TRI-Z Q&A with driscoll

[Tecate250]

Too cool. Too far away for me to go. You like to draw Brett? Another hobby of yours.

[3WW Star-driscoll333]

i dont do much drawing anymore..... I own a silkscreen and embroidery business.(25 years).. so I have artists that give me ideas... then i decide what i want the tee-shirts too look like.....billy might post the tee-shirt on here soon.... im not sure, so u guys need to ask him about that....

[mjquadracer]

some old pics

[Bryan Raffa]

that was invatation Only.....? how far did you slide them forks up..

[3WW Star-driscoll333]

yes..... i think it was invitation only..... and if i remember right it was a huge success with the fans and racers...i think me and jimmy white tangled in the first turn...the tri-z was awsome on speedway tracks.... and i would usually slide the forks up 2 inches or so.......

[Bryan Raffa]

now was that with the tri z front end? or the other wink.. wink.. was there a issue with the tire rubbing on the pipe... Ive gone 2" but dont think any farther than that. you runnin a axle there or spacers? back of the fender cut off.. that by choice?

[3WW Star-driscoll333]

just by looking at the pick... im really sure they are the honda 200x forks... they are silver... the stock yammy's are black... and i never took the time to paint them... and nobody ever caught it... 20 years later it is seems to be a huge interest....i never ran spacers or experienced any rubbing...just slid them down and ran'em !!! i really dont remember cutting the fender... i think the back fender is a fiberglass SRP... sundahl didnt produce very many of those... i bet they i mpossible to find now... i loved the SRP,s ... they alowed me to really hang it out... alot firmer and lower....

[3WW Star-driscoll333]

in the second pic... i recognize Jeff Hoskins #72... he is still racing quads at most of the D-38 races here in so cal...that kid was really fast.. we ran alot of Hemet Ca. speedway together... we would travel up together every thursday night... and race and turn around and drive back home the same night... i think he was only 15 or 16, so he had to be at school in the morning... those were along night... it was hard but i will always remember those old race days....

[Bryan Raffa]

school the next morning.. you think he was sleeping in study hall ..lol GREAT STUFF..

[Tecate250]

Sweet info. I find it very funny that no one caught on to the forks. Stupid Honda. lol

[3WW Star-driscoll333]

at the time i was worried my friend from factory honda , might get in alot of trouble for selling them to me.... but nobody ever questioned it... i also thought the $hi+ was really going to hit the fan when sundahl and i won the parker 400... but again , nobody asked me about it....

[Tecate250]

So could a privateer swap parts from different machine? Or was it "suspose to be stock"?

[leadfootedone]

hey I remember you Brett. I bet i even have old dirt wheels with your pics in it. I even had a Factory tri sticker on my old Z!!!!!!!

[3WW Star-driscoll333]

privateers could do anything they wanted... and i could too.... its just a big NO-NO to buy a factory honda front end and bolt it on a factory yamaha..... but i wanted to win races , and i worked with the yamaha font end for months... i gave up... and asked a honda rider for parts that he was just going to give back....we kept it a secret , and nobody ever questioned it.... it was legal to run at any racetrack ... it just would've pist honda off..... and maybe even got the rider fired... i will never give the riders name.... that will be a secret forever..... those old TR-Z stickers were pretty cool... i still have a few laying around..... yes, i was in dirt wheels a few times... the good'old days

[250rAL]

it just would've pist honda off.....

I imagine Yamaha wouldn't have been too happy either!