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mtgoat666
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Anybody die this year? Catch it on video?
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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ehall
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Lol. Nobody who rides a dirt bike is wreckless. Even the best go down occasionally.
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basautter
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Bikes are definitely more dangerous to race, especially with trophy trucks and other high performance 4 wheeled machines on the same course. That is
why I retired from racing bikes and am switching to a UTV. With age comes the cage...
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blackwolfmt
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CMON GUYS me and my homies ride fast and Wreck__ Less!!
And yes ED we all go down sometimes, sure aint gonna fly 40 ft of a bump goin 25mph
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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TMW
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A couple of things have changed Baja racing as we once knew it. I think the biggest affect has been the use of tracking devices. No more cheating
whether it't hwy speeding, off road shortcuts, Etc.
I also think for the bikes it has been the smaller engines. 30 years ago the KX500 2 stroke was the king ridden by some of the best desert racers on
the Kawasaki factory teams. Honda had the XR600/650 4 stroke. A heavier bike not as quick as the KX but still competitive.
Before everyone switched to a 450 the Bikes more often than not would OA the Baja 500 and 1000. The SF250 was the one race where Trophy Trucks would
beat the bikes everytime, I think it had to do more with suspension, too many whoops for the bikers.
More recently the lack of factory support. No more Honda, Kawasaki, KTM etc teams with the best racers, JCR was probably the last effort made.
Justin Morgan is a darn good racer and would be on a factory team as well as his team mate Mark Samuels, just not a lot like them racing today.
[Edited on 11-20-2018 by TMW]
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willardguy
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Quote: Originally posted by TMW  | A couple of things have changed Baja racing as we once knew it. I think the biggest affect has been the use of tracking devices. No more cheating
whether it't hwy speeding, off road shortcuts, Etc.
I also think for the bikes it has been the smaller engines. 30 years ago the KX500 2 stroke was the king ridden by some of the best desert racers on
the Kawasaki factory teams. Honda had the XR600/650 4 stroke. A heavier bike not as quick as the KX but still competitive.
Before everyone switched to a 450 the Bikes more often than not would OA the Baja 500 and 1000. The SF250 was the one race where Trophy Trucks would
beat the bikes everytime, I think it had to do more with suspension, too many whoops for the bikers.
More recently the lack of factory support. No more Honda, Kawasaki, KTM etc teams with the best racers, JCR was probably the last effort made.
Justin Morgan is a darn good racer and would be on a factory team as well as his team mate Mark Samuels, just not a lot like them racing today.
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everything changed on that awful day in 2013 ....let 1x and 7x battle it out every
year, there's better options.
and congratulations on our teams ISDE effort!
[Edited on 11-20-2018 by willardguy]
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joerover
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpNlLzwxY4U
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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David K
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Fun to see how it all began in 1967, running Hwy. 1 to San Ignacio... the pavement ending north of Colonet...
Originally created by NORRA and called the Mexican 1000 (until 1973)...
South of La Purisima, the course rejoined 'Hwy. 1' but that year it was still unpaved until you were about 100 miles north of La Paz.
Here's the map of the course for the following year, but it was pretty much unchanged other than dropping the ceremonial start in Tijuana and
restarting in Ensenada.
Checkpoints:
1) Camalu
2) El Rosario
3) Rancho Santa Ynez
4) Punta Prieta
5) El Arco
6) San Ignacio
7) La Purisima (Jcn)
8) Villa Constitucion
[Edited on 11-20-2018 by David K]
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