Winter Series Harescrambles......and the KDXs...
Posted: 12:17 pm Oct 12 2015
So, the winter HareScrambles have started here in Wetter Washington. My son and I started racing last year, at this particular series. I was only able to make 3 races do to an OTJI, but my son completed his series and took 2nd overall in his class (15 & under). When we started this series, my son was riding my 93 KDX with my 95 KDX front end on it. I was on my 95, with the 93 front end (I had the 93 FE set up for me and was using it on the 95). In late November, I was able to score an 01 220, in stock form, for my son. He wasn't able to race it until the 2nd to last race last year, do to it needing some work (like anew piston). Over the summer I rebuilt his forks with new bushings and 10 weight (he is a heavy bugger (the boy, not the bike)). I also started on my KDX refresh, which has taken most of the summer and I am still not done with it yet. I am waiting on forks and need to figure out front wheel seals and spacers as well as a set of graphics for it.
ANYWAYS......Out of the six of us, I have four racing this year;
Matthew (8 & Under) 7 yo, CRF50F (story about him later)
Michael (9-12 YO) 9 yo, CRF110F...Not competitive, but it's good to "not win" as well as it is to win.
Casey (15 & Under) 15 yo, KDX220R.....This class rides the same race as everyone else.
Tim (200B) ** yo, KDX200.....I sucked last year!
Here you go:
![Image](http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/evil_tim13/Mod.jpg)
The KDXs (actually the riders) dominated the 200cc class! These bikes rocked yesterday! The mud on the track was so deep that we could barely keep the bikes running...I had to mostly ride the track in 1st and sometimes 2nd/3rd gear. We couldn't get a straight line ride on most of the track.
On the back side of the track (heading into the trails), which is really a service road and rough as hel!, my KDX just absorbed the bumpiness of the terrain...I hit that part and WOT 4th gear, while resting at the same time
. In the trails, of course, the KDXs shined and we passed and passed. With the boy on my tail, I hung a hard right and start an up hill climb, pinning it to keep him off of me.....BAM, someone dug a whole, my front tire goes is and slides left...I'm down and the boy passes...He got a couple minutes on me and I couldn't catch him after that.
It was a good, wet, muddy, slippery and slimy day.....
My bike after the race....( You can see the 220 behind it)
![Image](http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/evil_tim13/WP_20151011_008.jpg)
ANYWAYS......Out of the six of us, I have four racing this year;
Matthew (8 & Under) 7 yo, CRF50F (story about him later)
Michael (9-12 YO) 9 yo, CRF110F...Not competitive, but it's good to "not win" as well as it is to win.
Casey (15 & Under) 15 yo, KDX220R.....This class rides the same race as everyone else.
Tim (200B) ** yo, KDX200.....I sucked last year!
Here you go:
![Image](http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/evil_tim13/Mod.jpg)
The KDXs (actually the riders) dominated the 200cc class! These bikes rocked yesterday! The mud on the track was so deep that we could barely keep the bikes running...I had to mostly ride the track in 1st and sometimes 2nd/3rd gear. We couldn't get a straight line ride on most of the track.
On the back side of the track (heading into the trails), which is really a service road and rough as hel!, my KDX just absorbed the bumpiness of the terrain...I hit that part and WOT 4th gear, while resting at the same time
![Super :supz:](./images/smilies/icon_super.gif)
It was a good, wet, muddy, slippery and slimy day.....
My bike after the race....( You can see the 220 behind it)
![Image](http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/evil_tim13/WP_20151011_008.jpg)