Rnd 6 and 7 of the SMX series in North Carolina!
Hello all we have had a heck of a time here in North Carolina, we started out the month of May with having my bike a KTM 250 and Joshua's Bikes stolen from our garage (locked). We made round 6 with the help of a racer in same class by letting j use his practice bike (great!!). rnd 6 was in tuskarora and he does real well there when it is not a rain out. That day started out great he got first in his 10-11 class then while waiitng for the open class the clouds came in. You guessed it as soon as we got on the gate waitng for the moto on the track the light rain started, then when the gate dropped it all came down (i have posted pictures). He had a great time racing in that stuff and when the moto behind our finished the rain stopped, but by then they canceled the 2nd motos.
This past weekend started out with my getting his new 2007 ktm done going thru so we could practice before RND 7 on sunday. Well the clutch was dragging when it was fired up which was bad because when i test rode the bike it did not do this! So i figured just go and ride it it will loosen up (it did), but about 2hrs into practice he started jumping on the pegs and slowing down dramaticly like he was tired or something was wrong. I was standing on a table top i was getting him to clear when he came up to the top the rear shock spring came out the bottom of the bike!!!!!!!!! I was fortunate that josh wasn't in mid air when this happend and he pays attention the the bike like we talk about, he new enough to slow down and stop. I was able to borrow a shock and race rnd 7 which he had a blow from the sand monster a couple of times. He finished 3rd for both classes and was upset at him self, so we will see if he tries harder next rnd to improve himself.
Thanks to everyone who reads these ramblings
mike for josh #169
(maybe next time i will have him write everyone)