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For all the Dirt track haters, another DTX conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 172273" data-attributes="member: 1650"><p>TT does mean tourist trophy in flat track. It is where we differ from those across the pond. For many years you could run some ungodly sized engines in that type of racing, as opposed to how we used to have it for ovals, ohv could have 500cc engines, flatheads were up to 750 for the ovals in the expert class that were not classified as short track. The lap record at Ascot Park TT was heald by a sportster engined factory Harley ridden by Mark Brelsford for a very long time after the lighter weight rotaxes came along. 1200 cc bikes had been used on occasion too. Put that in the air off of Ascot's jump. Consider you are going about twice as fast as a similar distance would take you in supercross and pretend your bike weighs three times what it does. Yeah, makes me want to drink beer and beat someone up too!!</p><p></p><p>Just like riding around an mx track, it is very easy for anyone of any ability at all to ride around an oval or a TT track. The catch is that there are other people trying to do it faster than you are. New light on it that way. If you like seeing bikes running in high gear instead of second, and like races where photo finishes are quite common and you probably saw 5 guys all in position to take a win when the last lap starts, then I can't see how you can see it any different than I did. </p><p></p><p>I think I was a two year pro as an mxer in the early 70's before I met two people who could build an engine and find as much horsepower as the first five flattrack engine builders I had already known. Three of those first five would have been on the list for mx engine builders if I hadn't already included them on the list of flattrack builders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 172273, member: 1650"] TT does mean tourist trophy in flat track. It is where we differ from those across the pond. For many years you could run some ungodly sized engines in that type of racing, as opposed to how we used to have it for ovals, ohv could have 500cc engines, flatheads were up to 750 for the ovals in the expert class that were not classified as short track. The lap record at Ascot Park TT was heald by a sportster engined factory Harley ridden by Mark Brelsford for a very long time after the lighter weight rotaxes came along. 1200 cc bikes had been used on occasion too. Put that in the air off of Ascot's jump. Consider you are going about twice as fast as a similar distance would take you in supercross and pretend your bike weighs three times what it does. Yeah, makes me want to drink beer and beat someone up too!! Just like riding around an mx track, it is very easy for anyone of any ability at all to ride around an oval or a TT track. The catch is that there are other people trying to do it faster than you are. New light on it that way. If you like seeing bikes running in high gear instead of second, and like races where photo finishes are quite common and you probably saw 5 guys all in position to take a win when the last lap starts, then I can't see how you can see it any different than I did. I think I was a two year pro as an mxer in the early 70's before I met two people who could build an engine and find as much horsepower as the first five flattrack engine builders I had already known. Three of those first five would have been on the list for mx engine builders if I hadn't already included them on the list of flattrack builders. [/QUOTE]
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