Alway's great to hear from you racer's,thank's for sharing the stories and picture's.Any chance of restoring a 250r?..Driscoll is starting on a tri-z...Maybe we could see you guy's lineup one more time.
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Alway's great to hear from you racer's,thank's for sharing the stories and picture's.Any chance of restoring a 250r?..Driscoll is starting on a tri-z...Maybe we could see you guy's lineup one more time.
shawnroy,
Im keeping my eyes open for an 85 or 86 250R. Just have to wait and see... Those TPC trikes are real nice too!
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1983 CoeShow is schooling the field.
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This is a pretty cool video!
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'86 "Factory Tri racing" Tri-Z http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthr...b-Top-Tank-ect
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This thread is simply amazing. I haven't gotten past page 11 yet, but I wonder if any of the guys that attempted to foil your (Mike Coe's) last season have seen this and what their reactions are/would be.
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Mike,
One NY race you refer to was held at the Little Valley fairgrounds in NY. It rained heavy that weekend, and the racing got messy to say the least. Riders were not allowed to ride their bikes in the pits for some reason and were required to push them to the stagging areas.
From what I recall, the 200 or 250 two stroke classes frustrated Rodney Gentry, but Curtis Sparks mopped up in the 200x class per usual. Gentry ran as a priviteer, and fell off the pace that weekend. We pitted with he and his Dad, but later that year he won over Honda and a full factory ride.
The 250's ran pretty a tight exciting race with a series of doubles on the back stretch that were absolutely incredible to see you pross sail over within inches of won another. The nerve and skill you had was really amazing to watch (even for a nine or ten year old such as myself)
One of my Dad's fondest memories of racing was saying you a couple of Honda riders pointed to my Modified 70 as I raced by exclaiming how cool it was. It was, being blue, with a white tank, and new 85 red, white, and blue Honda wing stickers on the tank. My Dad and I built the bike from scratch and it was trick!
I also recall the GN Ice Race at Lake George. I think you and Curtis Sparks were doing some handout promotion for free french fries at McDonalds. Curtis kept referring to them as "hot grease sticks" in a real smart ass manner. "Hey, come get your free hot grease sticks." My Dad loved it, and we have joked ever since about "grease sticks." The ice racing in the Northeast was quite a ride for a little kid like me, and seeing the pros from Cali (Team Honda and Team Grean) pitting on the ice and running with the locals was really cool. Heck, sheet metal screws were in every tire, and the Honda team mechanics were asking the locals how to best stud up the tires for bite and controll.
Great memories!! I hope this jogged some memories.
Thanks for all the posts.
JumpinJR66,
I remember that race well. I was forced to use Ohtsu tires for the 1985 season, as were all Team Honda members. While the Ohtsu reps worked exceedingly hard to design a short course racing tire, they had nothing to really compete with the existing Hoosier tires available to anyone. Ohtsu had nothing for the wet conditions for that event and we didn't fare too well in the main events that were quite sloppy. The Hoosier wet tire worked admirably as always. I can inform you that most of the races I DIDNT win that year were due to poor traction of the Ohtsu rear tires. Had we been able to use Hoosier tires, Team Honda may have won every race. Thanks for writing!!
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wow. this thread is amazing! keep the questions up boys...
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LOL - Steve Wright didn't quite have the talent......CLASSIC the older I get the faster I was.
He sure had a lot of wins.
Davin,
The comment I made concerning Steve Wright not having quite the talent was directed at his involvement in the 250cc Pro class. He did race it a few times, but like Tom Gaian, felt more comfortable racing in the 125-200cc classes. During the 1986 season, When Stevie raced the 250cc FourTrax, he had a much harder time competing with the top talent in that class.
Both Tommy, Stevie and ALL of the Team Honda riders were/are very talented riders/racers, no question.
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Hi Mike,
Its great to see you on here and of course get to share how much we all enjoyed the memories you gave us back in the day. Thank you!
Here is a picture of you and Dean from the DG website:
Isn't that Tom Gaian on the 250R?
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So coe you goin to make it and race at the 3 wheeler race at ashtabula pinelake this year in july
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Motoman,
I was aware that 3 wheelers were going to have a class at this years Ashtabula race. While I would have liked to have attended as a spectator, there were conflicting items on my calendar. I was happy to learn that Jackie Meadows attended and won convincingly in the pro race! Jackie was too young to have moved up into the 250 and open classes when three wheeler racing ended. He was one of, if not the fastest youth racers at any event he attended and I'm happy that I got to know him and his father, Jack Sr. Well done Jackie!! I know your dad (RIP) and mom were thrilled! You did it brother. Bill from TPC trikes was gracious in sending me a DVD copy of this years event. Thanks Bill, and thank you Motoman for inquiring. Sorry it took so long for me to reply.
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WOW. Awesome tread. Just read from start to finsh. (took me a couple of days...)
Mike appreciate you taking your time to come on here and give us your view from back in the day. '85 was definitely the High Point in 3 Wheeler racing. It was the Biggest I can remember. There were a lot of very talented 3 Wheeler racers that just quit when the Quads came on the scene.
I have a question for you concerning your early days on the 90. In the SoCal racing scene who was the fastest on the hard tails and who built the fastest/best engines during that time?
My family made the trip out West in '83 to come to the Santa Cruz Off Road National. It was the first real National event I ever attended. Got to meet all of the top racers. You won the 250 class and you won the Open class but ran off the track and did not re-enter at the same place so they bumped you to 5th.
I have some race shots but they pretty much suck since they were taken with a 110 camera.
I do have one of you holding down a rear tire. LOL
Not sure if you are on here anymore but I do appreciate your contributions to the sport and this forum.
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Mike- Welcome to the board brother!
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