Kaw'ee

. AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO POSTED PICS TO MAKE THIS POST POSSIBLE !!! AND OF COURSE I SURELY MISSED A FEW PICS THAT SHOULD BE ON THIS THREAD...... ................................... SO HELP ME OUT HERE !!! ................................................. .

. Look up any bike you've been wondering about.. . http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Index.htm .

I guess I go back too far! Mine's not even listed. It was a Suzuki X6 Hustler – a 2 stroke vibrator. I THOUGHT THAT WAS YOU ... HERE YA GO.............. http://www.suzukicycles.org/T-series/T20_hustler_X6.shtml

. ................................................I THINK SOMETHINGS UP.................................................. . . ...... " ME "..... Took my first steps yesterday..with no cruches, And spent a couple of hours today walking. Knee is great , but foot still numb, and no feeling in front of leg yet.. . .................SO LOOKS LIKE ITS TIME TO SADDLE UP.................. . Going to go try a river run by myself and see how far i can go. see if bike still works see if leg still works see if butt still works see if I still work. . ..............................................................I HAVE A PLAN !!!.................................................. ...............................................THIS SHOULD AT LEAST GET ME TO YUMA.............................. . . ............................PURCHASED A X-RAY OF MY TIBIA, FOR NINEBUCKS............................... ..........................................YEP !!! IT'S "SCREWED" UP ALLRIGHT.......................................... . . ..................THE DOC' TOOK THIS X-RAY TO SEE HOW I COULD HAVE DONE THIS.................. ..................... . . ...LOOKING FOWARD TO RIDING WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN, ...SOON AS I FELL I WONT HOLD EVERYONE UP. ...KAW'EE.....COUNT N DOWN. .

FROM LAST YEARS SDAR. DESERT DASH,,, JASPER TRAIL.

LOOKS PRETTY NEAT TO ME...NICE WORK, PRYO BUT I'M MORE OF A RECTANGLE GUY MYSELF, WHEN IT COMES TO LOGOS. USEING THE FULL EXTENT OF MY PC. SKILLS I'LL CROP TO STRECH'EM JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE IF MORE RECTANGLED. NOPE !! THESE SUCK,,, THEY START LOSING THE MAIN LOGO.. MAYBE ADD THE YEAR 2007' SOMEWHERE AND SHOULDNT ONE OF THOSE BIKES BE GREEN !!! SORRY......PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST.........

Marty Moates...... R.I.P.

from SATEX at ADVrider There are people out there with chronic, severe, and unrelenting pain that is resistant to any and all treatment. I have no idea what he was going through, but when massive doses of opiates, nerve block surgery, etc. still leaves you in agony every minute of every day, it's tough for me to fault a man's decision. . from Photog at ADVrider Marty Moates' 1980 victory in U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross was a breakthrough moment for American riders By Bill Center UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER December 14, 2006 The 1980 U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross is the most historically significant motorsports event ever held in San Diego. Until that event at Carlsbad Raceway, Europeans ruled motocross. And they thumbed their noses at the young American hybrid of Supercross. After all, no American had beaten Europe's best on our soil. The Europeans annually came to Carlsbad and whipped the Americans. Then along came 1980 and a 25-year-old privateer from Santee named Marty Moates. On an extremely hot day in a rock-hard canyon south of Palomar Airport Road, Moates stunned the world and changed the course of motocross/Supercross history. “I don't know why an American rider had never won the U.S. Grand Prix before Marty,” Broc Glover said several years later. “I thought we were better riders by that time. It was like they had a spell over us.” Marty Moates broke that spell before more than 30,000 flag-waving spectators at the site and a national television audience. And in the wake of his great – and wild – ride, the popularity of motocross and Supercross took off with the American riders. No European rider ever again won a U.S. Grand Prix at Carlsbad. Two seasons later, Brad Lackey became the first American to win the world championship. And starting in 1981, Team USA – which included such locals as Glover, Rick Johnson and Ron Lechien over the years – won 13 straight Motocross des Nations championships. “The riders of my generation and the sport owe so much to Marty Moates,” Rick Johnson said last week. “He opened the door. No, he blew through it.” By now, everyone in racing knows what happened last Thursday night. Marty Moates took his life. Why exactly remains a mystery we'll probably never solve. We do know this. Like so many other motocrossers turning 50, Moates lived in great pain. He had recently gone through a third round of back surgery without achieving much relief. Days after Moates died, Mark Simo opened a box of Moates memorabilia at the offices of the No Fear apparel line Mark and Brian Simo co-founded with Moates. “There was a pile of Marty's X-rays in that box,” said Mark Simo. “I have no idea how many. A lot. Knees. Arms. Back. I know his fight against pain became a fight against painkillers. “He smiled through the pain so you tended to overlook it. In my mind, there's no question the pain contributed to what happened.” As a rider, Moates did nothing to avoid pain. “Marty always rode on the edge,” said Mark Simo, who served as Moates' mechanic. “When he was 18 or 19, he was already in pain. He led almost everything he started. But he didn't win as often as he crashed.” He even crashed twice during the two greatest rides of his life – that historic 1980 U.S. Grand Prix at Carlsbad. American riders had come close at Carlsbad before. But each time, the Europeans had turned away the upstarts. So American fans turned out in record numbers in 1980, most waving tiny American flags. They were for Lackey, not Moates. Lackey was already riding on the European circuit. He was considered the top American threat. Then the first of the two motos started. As Moates was getting an exceptional start, many of the favored riders tangled and fell. So, too, did Moates. But he scrambled back onto his bike and won. Even after he won the first moto, however, few gave Moates a chance of being on top at the end of the day. But as the second race unfolded, it became a dogfight between Moates and Lackey. Behind them, the Europeans wilted in triple-digit heat. The Americans pulled away. Both fell without losing position. And the checkered flag fell on Marty Moates – the first American to win the U.S. Grand Prix. “What I remember most about that day is that Marty was so humble about it,” said Mark Simo. “It was an electric time. The rest of us were going crazy and Marty was like, 'What have I done?' “Marty was a great rider. But he always had junk as a privateer. He was a perpetual underdog. Anything that could go wrong, would go wrong. Things were always breaking. But when the bike held together, Marty would ride his junk faster than the factory riders rode their good stuff.” Marty Moates never won a championship as a rider. But he won thousands of fans with that one great ride on a hot June afternoon in 1980. “Greatest day ever,” said Rick Johnson, who six years later dedicated his victory in the last USGP at Carlsbad to “the rider who made it possible.” Marty Moates. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192201 .

steve / PM'ed you.... Is that you on the Zundapp ? ..............................................................................................................................................

. HEY ... GREAT POST STEVE !!!.... love the map. But dont think thats the 'Gas Domes'..... I think there a few miles east still . ...............Pretty sure thats the outlet for the salton sea trailer park sewers .

Been there, Rode that, back in the late 80's after the big rain storm wiped it out, there was a couple of years when you could ride down to the desert floor on it, I remember about 3 or 4 of the tunnels were caved in and we had to walk our bikes around them on goat paths, which was the hairest part of the ride with one exception... ..............................................THE GOAT CANYON TRUSSEL !!! ..................... I KID YOU NOT, when your Going down the tracks, towards the desert, you come out of a large lefthand sweeping tunnel, thats so long its really dark inside becouse you cant see any light from the end of the tunnel behind you. and due to the gap inbetween each railroad tie (thats right, no dirt, no nothing) you have to get up to about 40 mph's to make it across without the bars ripping out of your hands.. and theres only 40 feet or so before you hit the trussel.. And once commited, theres no stoping or slowing down untill you reach the other end !!! .........................So you come out of pitch darknes into bright sunlight, While going at least 40 mph, with only 40 feet of solid earth below you to decide if you want to chicken out / or not.....before you hit the trussel of couse we had our tour guide that has done this before , go first !!! And we waited at the start of trussel to see if he makes it .. He did , So back into the tunnel a couple of hundred feet, turn around and Pin It....... So yes tmtmo, to get back to your question...[ or just absolutely crazy?? ] Had a group of friends that hiked it once, from the campground at I-8 to desert floor and it took them about 10 hours to do it and they had freinds waiting at bottom to bring them back up, they said they they would never to it again, And some mountain bike guys from work that used to ride it alot.. http://www.mountainbikebill.com/CarrizoGorge.htm

Pic of Steve Mc, is from Steve-o, I think we might see a " Steve's Corner " Soon.He seems to have a good picture folder avail; and hondapilot has alot of good stuff too... Or maybe they can help out here with............ A PIC' A DAY..... Kaw'ees Corner Theme Is,,,, Any Pic that makes you wanna get out and ride !!!

Thats nice pryo,,but the rest of us grew out of ours.. ..............But Hey,,,,, Not that you still dont look great riding yours !!! ............ . . ( Why do I have this funny feeling I'm going to get hammered next ? )

Steve, nice bike, for a CHICK! Steve,I know your still kinda new, But if your gonna open the door that far,,,,,,,,, were coming in !!! .

...Hopefully everyone is aware that Otay has old WWII gun-bunkers and barracks. one has a resident. $5.00 for anyone who knows the name of the resident! . . .................................................................... S I R !!! .................................................................

YEPPER.....Pretty Sweet, Steve..............................HOPE IT HAS A WINDSHIELD WIPER.......... ............ .

ALLRIGHT STEVE-O,,, WHAT ARE YOU SMILEING ABOUT ??? ................4 FLYING F 650S, AND A NEW ADDITION DOWN IN YOUR SIGNUTURE .......................... SO WHERES THE PIC' ... JEALOUS MINDS WANT TO KNOW. !!! .