Sidecar Motocross racing.
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:24 am
I'm out here in the desert, and I ended up hooking up with two Estonian dudes who are also out here working to ride. One of them has been racing motocross his whole life, and has more metal parts in his body than anyone I've ever met.
All four limbs and his face have been reconstructed. He was pronounced dead on the scene after being cut off by a left turning station wagon at 50 mph, and randomly started breathing on his own again. He hit the back of a pickup going 160 mph (on his GSXR 1000), broke the rods that were ALREADY in his arms from the station wagon, and was back on his dirtbike within a few months (even though he couldn't kickstart it himself, and had to have someone else do it).
Anyway, suffice it to say that riding with this cat and his friend have been a blast and is helping me to learn a lot about dirt riding. Apparently he is ranked number five in the U.S. for sidecar motocross racing, which I've never heard of.
Alas I tried to watch a video of it, but this crappy company computer won't let me, nor can I embed one. Here, though, is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvesXbuer4
I can't imagine this NOT being interesting. Let me know how it looks.
All four limbs and his face have been reconstructed. He was pronounced dead on the scene after being cut off by a left turning station wagon at 50 mph, and randomly started breathing on his own again. He hit the back of a pickup going 160 mph (on his GSXR 1000), broke the rods that were ALREADY in his arms from the station wagon, and was back on his dirtbike within a few months (even though he couldn't kickstart it himself, and had to have someone else do it).
Anyway, suffice it to say that riding with this cat and his friend have been a blast and is helping me to learn a lot about dirt riding. Apparently he is ranked number five in the U.S. for sidecar motocross racing, which I've never heard of.
Alas I tried to watch a video of it, but this crappy company computer won't let me, nor can I embed one. Here, though, is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvesXbuer4
I can't imagine this NOT being interesting. Let me know how it looks.
