Greenwood Lake NY wintertrikefest

[Bryan Raffa]

pic out my window today
birds are keeping a few spots open and it was open in the middle yesterday wich is solid now..I was on the shore line ice today with the zinger but did not go out farther than the width of the bike.. staying cold and a light snow tonight will insulate it nice..now that its froze over the wind cant get at it.. lets hope it dont warm up..

[Meat-BoX]

Woo hoo its cold as heck up here finally. Only a few hours up the thruway.
Um, any of you guys ever thing of going North? Its colder up here and theres a ton of snow. Oneida lake is about 10' deep in most bays as its only 35' at its deepest I think. Anyway the wind blew out the ice a few weeks ago but it was frozen over and Im sure the bays didnt thaw. There is an event in Feb, Of course. All the events are in Feb. Any weekend will be an event for us.
If anyone would like to come North I will do the Recon and im sure we could be racing in a few weeks for sure. Heck, theve been ice fishing.
Not me though, two times under the ice is enough for me. Scary shiot there.

[JohnR.]

I have plenty of vacation time from work so I can come up whenever.

John

[JohnR.]

I'm going to try to swing by the lake on my way home tomorrow, poke at it, and see how its looking. I was busy doing the axle bearings in my R tonight. If I have time tomorrow I'm going to either give it a quick detailing or start doing the axle bearings on the 4x4, that should be interesting since I never fooled with something like that before.

John

[Bryan Raffa]

I was out on the lake tonight with the 350x only 8' from shore...I got the Itch bad now.......

[JohnR.]

Yeah, me too, I'm jonesing for a rip down the lake. I'm doing my best to get my R, the 4x4 for plowing, my daughter's 70, and my 70 with a 97cc swap done by next weekend. Sadly, I'm most excited about getting the swapped 70 done.

John

[ChrisD]

All I can say is that we better get out there quick other wise my bike will start being too nice to ride again. I have been working on it non stop and broke down and bought all of the stupid stuff people ignore. If I don't ride it this winter, I probably won't again. I'm thinking bubble wrap and peanuts are in its future.

danmit! let's go already!!

Hey John, have you talked to Mike lately? I left him a message, but haven't heard from him.

[JohnR.]

I'm sending over a PM Chris.

I'm going to give mine a quick spray with the Honda spray wax and buff the polished aluminum quick, that's it. I'm not going to hit the woods with it but I also don't want to stress over it's well being all the time.

John

[thefox]

I was out on the lake tonight with the 350x only 8' from shore...I got the Itch bad now.......

I see how it is, take your zinger out 2 feet, then take someone elses X out 8 feet.

[ChrisD]

Bryan. Keep us tuned in. If eastern NY doesn't freeze, we coming west!!!

[Bryan Raffa]

I see how it is, take your zinger out 2 feet, then take someone elses X out 8 feet.

it's been a few days..its thicker

Hahah Im heading south...Im takeing my tires with me to PA tomorrow...if there's ice Im rideing.. just wanted to rub it in a little...

[riverrat]

Well yesterday Greenwood Lake finally froze over. IT is probably only an inch thick. I am hoping for some snow, and that would add to it and freeze, but the weather is not looking promising.

BTW just purchased a brand new 07 4x4 360 prarie with a plow to make the race track. If it does freeze my 250R won't be ready as money and time did not allow me to work on it, but my 200x works, and the 110 works. I will keep everyone posted.

[Meat-BoX]

Well I went to Kawasaki yesterday to get my part and got talking with a customer there. The've been racing on Panther Lake for a few weeks now. Its about 30 minutes north of Syracuse. I will be getting up there soon and digging for info, after they dig out. Got about 6' of snow in the last few days. I guess they had a big weekend there last weekend and I missed it.
All I need now is a new chain and some tires And the Trike set up for flat trackin. Should be ready in a week or two.

[Meat-BoX]

Ok so I got it all together, and the adjustable dogbone is actually longer than the 84-85 DogBone. I can get it about an inch shorter than stock at its lowest setting. I feel this is not low enough, and with 20" tires im going to be at a disadvantage. Has anyone ever cut a section out of a stock dogbone and welded it back together? Thats been running through my head. Also, I was thinking how the Trike should be lowered. If I can only lower it an inch in the rear, do I drop the Font end an inch also. I need to get lower if I want to be competitive, but I feel the trike has to be sitting right or it may handle weird. Anyway it will be good to be out and having fun on the Purple and Green machine.

[Bryan Raffa]

slide the fork tubes up in the tripples +2..Make one a inch longer that the one you got on the lowest setting.. even if you dont ride it at least you got it done and you can update your build thred!!