Any POGer's going to Barbers?
Maybe. If I go I'll ride cross country Friday, and probably my SoCal Berkshire in MX Saturday which has a perfect 1-1-1-1 moto score so far at Barber.
Brian
i'll be going
dennis l.brown
I'll be there for the trials and vintage hare scrambles. Hopefully it won't rain again.
I am going. Not sure what I am riding.
I will be there !
1974 Penton 250 Hare Scrambler
1974 Yamaha MX100
1973 Honda CL 100
1978 Suzuki RM 125
1983 Honda XL 185
1993 Yamaha RT 180
Wow Chuck you have quite a growing list of machines! Looks like I'll have to get another to stay even (coming soon). The Fisher's will be making the trip to Barber for our season finale. Looking forward to seeing my southern friends [8D]
1972 Cheney Sachs
? Coming Soon
1972 Suzuki GT380
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125
I was hoping to go, but just too darn expensive getting there and staying there.
Mike, If you went to VMD, I am curious how Barber's Trials compares.
Good luck.
I've never been to VMD, but Barber is TIGHT. Mr Barber wont let Dave Lamberth cut down any trees, not even saplings to make the course, so its always pretty tight. I actually like that since its a very good representation of what trails are like here in the SE.
Brian
Yeah, Barber is more difficult than VMD. Last year was my first ever trials event VMD was my second. Even the trails between sections was tougher (made more difficult with the previuos nights rain).
The hare scrambles course was suppose to be 3.5 miles, I believe. They had cut it down to 1 mile!
I will probably ride my Blue 1973 Penton 250. I will be there Friday and half a day Saturday. I will leave just after the Cross Country. I have a SERA Enduro on Sunday about 250 miles away.
I'll be there riding my 73 250 Penton HareScrambler.
Gary Hext
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Gary Hext
Barber pre-entries posted yesterday. The MX was pulled back this morning possibly for some corrections.
156 - MX
54 - XCountry
10 - Trials
487 - RR Day 1
337 - RR Day 2
1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1972/73 Cheney Sachs Project
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1973 Penton Jackpiner Project
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125
Maybe. If I go I'll ride cross country Friday, and probably my SoCal Berkshire in MX Saturday which has a perfect 1-1-1-1 moto score so far at Barber.
Brian
Hey Brian: Am I missing something or am I misinformed, or what? I thought the CC was on Saturday and the MX on Sunday - not Friday and Saturday. My plan is to arrive late Friday. I don't want to miss watching the CC.
Bill Ryburn
Dear Missing Something,
Righty-thighty, Lefty-loosey. Race days; CC on Saturday, VMX on Sunday.
The Kid and I will arrive Friday PM or maybe Saturday AM. Save us a spot. -EP
OK Big guy make sure the Kid makes us Proud.
Ron Carbaugh
Looking forward to a fun weekend. The Kid will be going up against Dwight in Open Expert. Christopher has been able to keep Mr. Rudder in check only because Dwight chooses to ride that sloogy Ossa in the 2-Day events. Since they will both be riding 250 Penton's, I expect Dwight to be taking names ... and laying a good o' woopin' on the young folks. Dwight has won overall on a stock Wombat at Barber before! It should be good. I hope to catch some of the action as they lap me.
Ernie P.
Chattanooga, TN
LOL, That sloggy Ossa had a bad rod, .011 clearance on Piston and a single ring with .120 end gap. Makes me wonder how it even ran. And I thought it ran good. It will be fresh at the ISDTR.
Barber pre-entries posted yesterday. The MX was pulled back this morning possibly for some corrections.
156 - MX
54 - XCountry
10 - Trials
487 - RR Day 1
337 - RR Day 2
1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1972/73 Cheney Sachs Project
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1973 Penton Jackpiner Project
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125
Maybe. If I go I'll ride cross country Friday, and probably my SoCal Berkshire in MX Saturday which has a perfect 1-1-1-1 moto score so far at Barber.
Brian
Hey Brian: Am I missing something or am I misinformed, or what? I thought the CC was on Saturday and the MX on Sunday - not Friday and Saturday. My plan is to arrive late Friday. I don't want to miss watching the CC.
Bill Ryburn
Dear Missing Something,
Righty-thighty, Lefty-loosey. Race days; CC on Saturday, VMX on Sunday.
The Kid and I will arrive Friday PM or maybe Saturday AM. Save us a spot. -EP
OK Big guy make sure the Kid makes us Proud.
Ron Carbaugh
Looking forward to a fun weekend. The Kid will be going up against Dwight in Open Expert. Christopher has been able to keep Mr. Rudder in check only because Dwight chooses to ride that sloogy Ossa in the 2-Day events. Since they will both be riding 250 Penton's, I expect Dwight to be taking names ... and laying a good o' woopin' on the young folks. Dwight has won overall on a stock Wombat at Barber before! It should be good. I hope to catch some of the action as they lap me.
Ernie P.
Chattanooga, TN
LOL, That sloggy Ossa had a bad rod, .011 clearance on Piston and a single ring with .120 end gap. Makes me wonder how it even ran. And I thought it ran good. It will be fresh at the ISDTR.
Well, THE KID (Christopher), Spanked me. I got the hole shot and lead over half the event. My bike started pinging under full throttle then started pinging like it was running out of fuel. Might have tried to sieze a couple times so I started short shifting and ran the choke half on. I think it either had something blocking main jet or it was starving for fuel for some reason. I tried to pull float bowl after the event but couldn't without removing engine brace. I ended up 3rd in class, 4th OA. Baby Brian also caught and passed me on his Berkshire 100cc.
I plan on checking it out a bit later. Probably after the ISDTR.
Dwight
Hmm, Kirby grabs the holeshot again. Was hoping to be caught in the helmet cam.
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Kirby takes top honors in the 100cc expert class.
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1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1972/73 Cheney Sachs Project
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1973 Penton Jackpiner Project
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125
Dale, Thanks for the great photos and for making the long haul to Barber. I apologize for not stopping by for a visit. Race day gets too busy sometimes. Great to see all those red tanked Pentons --- where, oh where, are all those super rats?
Ernie P.
Chattanooga, TN
According to the Kid, it took two kicks to fire his Hare Scrambler and as he hit the woods he was near the back of the pack and thought "I'll never catch those guys." But as kids will do, he put his head down and pushed hard. I got a good start and was running about 5 or 6. Greg Holder spun out in front of me and as I squeezed by, I smiled to myself and thought bye-bye Greg. Well, that didn't last long. Greg got back by when I bobbled. Christopher got by about midway through lap one. The rest of my race was more of the same -- getting passed by black stripes and a few yellows. I will add though, that I did enjoy riding the Berkshire instead of the Hare Scrambler. The small bore CMFs are so easy to ride. I'm just not good enough nor strong enough to ride a 250 effectively.
It was exciting watching as the top riders blew past while lapping me about mid-race. First, it was Christopher who came flying by ... just on the edge crashing. Since he was solo, I thought he might have had trouble and somehow I had passed him back and didn't notice him along the trail. Not so. A few minutes later, Dwight, Brian, Lambreth came smoking by so I knew the Kid was leader of the pack. I'm sure the fans got a good show as Dwight, Brian, Lambreth were hooked nose-to-tail lap after lap. Brian is back where he ought to be ... racing a 100cc instead of a big bore. Barber CC is tight and the little bikes can fly with a skilled pilot at the controls.
Dwight, the Kid refused to ride his Scrambler in VMX on Sunday. Said he, "I've got to save it for Combs ... after all, the Ossa has a new piston and Dwight is really hard to pass and he never makes a mistake!" Getting ready for team competition at Combs: 1. Tulsa Trail Riders 305 (Husky), 2. The Flying Squirrels 455 (Penton), 3. White Lightning 744 (Ossa). It's all good.
Ernie P.
Chattanooga, TN
One more of the Penton crew. Fred's giving me the look, he was riding Corky's Hodaka.
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1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1972/73 Cheney Sachs Project
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1973 Penton Jackpiner Project
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125
Dale,
Thanks for the pictures.....looks like a great line up for the 100 class.
Ron Carbaugh
Great pictures! Anyone do the Trials?
Yep. I did the trials. For the most part, I thought it was easier than last year. 9 sections, 3 loops. All within a mile. I totally screwed up one section! Actually cleaned it, but stopped a foot short. 5!!!!!! Taht certainly didn't happened again! Rode novice and for 2 of the 3 loops only got 1 point per loop. Finsihed 10th outta 20
74 Yamaha TY 250
75 Jackpiner w/ 250 eng.
80 Ktm Mc 400
82 KTM GS250II (import)
82 KTM 495
2) 84 Yam RZ350
98 KTM 300mxc
00 KTM Duke 2
06 KTM 950 Adv.
08 Suzuki DR70Z
PS
Did anybody hear the drunken idiot on loudspeaker coming from the Sat. night road race ceremony? I'm sure the AHMRA will hear about it.
74 Yamaha TY 250
75 Jackpiner w/ 250 eng.
80 Ktm Mc 400
82 KTM GS250II (import)
82 KTM 495
2) 84 Yam RZ350
98 KTM 300mxc
00 KTM Duke 2
06 KTM 950 Adv.
08 Suzuki DR70Z
Pics look cool, Waiting for the Helmet cam footage from Brian/
G
72 six-day
79 KTM MC80 250
Dale, now that is a holeshot!! I cant buy a start on any other bike, but even against Classic 125s if I dont holeshot on my 100 I'm in the top 3.
I should have my footage up by tonight. I got the entire hour of vintage CC, nothing from PVCC, and only the two first motos of VMX.
Brian
Another Barber video from a GBH perspective (the guys behind Brian). I managed to hold off the intermediates for awhile making a pest of myself. Racing starts at about 9 min. into video taken aboard a 1972 Rockford.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Jw1HzQgSo
1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1972/73 Cheney Sachs Project
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1973 Penton Jackpiner Project
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125
Old news, but a few more pics found from Barber to share.
Did anyone mention it was dusty at times?
(http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/CheneySachs/Barber%202010/MotorcrossBarberMotorsportsParkOct2010-_PattyTerryPhotos_-1.jpg)
Bob Hext
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Hmmmmm, Ernie or Chris Phillips?
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1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1972/73 Cheney Sachs Project
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1973 Penton Jackpiner Project
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125