Are you interested in other motorsports?

Posted by: Paul

Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/17/03 07:17 PM

Besides your Pontiac, do you have an interest in another form of gearhead enjoyment?

I enjoy Jeeps - not soccer-mom SUV's, but ones that actually get used on trails. Currently, there's 4 in my stable (one is strictly parts). I also have a street bike (a litghtly modded Suzuki GSF1200S Bandit puttin out ~120 RWHP) and an old '74 Yamaha TY250 trials bike for playing around the property.
Posted by: BryantGTP

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/18/03 12:14 AM

My bikes are in my signature.

That's a sweet Suzuki. Pictures?
Posted by: Paul

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/18/03 01:35 AM

Of course, I've got pictures! thumbsup

Here's one of my fav's:



There's a bunch more of the B12 here.

I've got a few of a couple of my Jeeps scattered around the web here and there in case anyone is interested.
Posted by: BryantGTP

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/19/03 12:48 PM

Sweet deal. I had to pull my Honda apart this summer to flush the fuel system and took tons of pictures. But of course my hard drive crashed and I lost them when I had to re-image my laptop. SOOOO, hopefully I'll be getting some pictures up. My dirt bike is relatively new to me so I have yet to get some pictures. I'm putting the graphics kit on soon so I'll take some before and after pics.

I'd be interested in some Jeep pictures.
Posted by: 97 GP GTP

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/19/03 09:57 PM

There are a few of us around here that do a lot of pickup pulling. It's an expensive hobby, but it tends to be kinda exciting.
Posted by: Paul

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/19/03 11:06 PM

Here's a couple of shots of my '86 Cherokee. It has to have one of the highest mileage 2.8L Chevy V6's that hasn't self-destructed... it has ~175K on it... it's outlived two speedo heads. smile





I'll dig up some more, but I've gotta get back to work.
Posted by: Redshift

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/20/03 04:41 PM

I like to campaign our PFYC.com Z06 around the local road courses in driving schools. I'll begin instructing this winter/spring.



You can find out more about this car (SEMA show car we did for GM) at:

http://www.pfyc.com/z06

I would love to ride a motorcycle but after a recent nasty accident I'll stick to cars and trucks.

cheers
Posted by: Paul

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/21/03 05:05 AM

Must be nice!

I can barely afford to go to the races as a spectator, let alone as a racer. (Well, maybe I could if I cut down on my motorized inventory... but I'm happy just playin' - break/wreck less and there's no rules to worry about.)
Posted by: Paul

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/21/03 07:24 AM

Here's an old shot of my CJ-5 just before I stripped it for a frame-up. The pic is from a members page. The bearded guy is me. The other guy is Paul, Jr.



I'm the kind of guy who loves low-budget answers to better performance. Here's an article I wrote on my Cherokee's low-budget axle swap & upgrade:
Click here for the article.
Posted by: BryantGTP

Re: Are you interested in other motorsports? - 12/29/03 12:05 AM

Went out riding today so I snapped some photos:

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It was 52 degrees here in New England so a friend and I took a ride. Hit the trails for about 3 hours. Tons of mud though because it is so warm and all the snow and rain we've been getting.

Bike looks like crap with those plastics. I have a graphics kit that I'm waiting to put on in the spring. Then it will be the classic blue and white Yamaha colors.