Racing tips

[pepehaha]

Hi all,

next year I plan on racing in the local series of events called "offroad marathon".

It's a 2hour race on about 5min laps, XC to MX like.

Sometimes the tracks get very muddy or very dusty, any tips for that? Ie what to do to prevent my shee from overheating, when the space in front of the radiator is full of mud?

An example what the race can turn into:

 

Thanks for any tips...

[2001Stroker]

Yea, take a fan cooled bike, with a louvered grill. That's some muddy shit right there.

[pepehaha]

Yea, take a fan cooled bike, with a louvered grill. That's some muddy shit right there.

Well, I love my shee and I intend to keep it, I won't be racing profesionally, I have my shee mostly for trail riding with my friends..

Edited November 30, 2008 by pepehaha

[2001Stroker]

I just don't think it would be a good idea to ride something with an exposed radiator, like a Banshee, through that stuff. I think you'd be setting yourself up for disaster. Are there any other people that go to that race on a Banshee?

[shogs]

2001Stroker has a good point. It'd be pretty damn hard to keep your shee from overheating. If its a 2hour long race odds are your shee will overheat quickly.

[rtcc]

you could add a fan or else you will need some sort of screen tear offs for the front grill. But 2 hours is a long time, if you are constantly having to clear mud off of it.

[THE GRIM RIPPER]

Spandex..... Like fat lady pants stretched over the rad. You can duct tape from the bumper to the handle bars. The material will also prevent the mud from building up and sticking.

 

If you are allowed to pit, have a buddy waiting with a compressed H20 fire extinguisher to shoot through the radiator.

 

And also have your buddies at pre thought out areas with fresh gloves and goggles (with ALOT of tear offs)

 

If you are worried about your bike overheating, route the radiator overflow tube up the bars and zip tie it to your handguard NOT FACING YOUR HAND! Just so you can see if it starts to boil over and spit out so you know to do something about it (stop or whatever)

 

I cant stress how inportant in races like this it is to keep the grips and your hands free of mud, so invest in some serious hand guards, seriously.

[MikeNick]

Hi all,

next year I plan on racing in the local series of events called "offroad marathon".

It's a 2hour race on about 5min laps, XC to MX like.

Sometimes the tracks get very muddy or very dusty, any tips for that? Ie what to do to prevent my shee from overheating, when the space in front of the radiator is full of mud?

An example what the race can turn into:

 

Thanks for any tips...

FUCK THATTTT SHIT!!

[brian]

You don't want the radiator to get clogged up with that shit ??

Get in front ! Stay in front !

Simple. :thumbsup:

[AKheathen]

FUCK THATTTT SHIT!!

u kiddin? that looks fun as hell!! :woot: i usually have a creek or pond to splask through. get some regular window screen, and tripple it up in front of your grill. then spray the whole bike down with wd-40 or cooking spray. you should be able to keep the screen clean by tapping it once in a while if the bud doesn't just fall off. i feel sorry for whoever's behind you

[differentstrokes]

Get some roll-off goggles if you don't already have some, handguards with Moose or MSR "elephant ears" over them are a good idea too. For the radiator, try several layers of screen door material cut in rectangle sheets taped over the outside. Make sure you tape them in a way that you can pull each one of them off as they get packed with mud.