http://www.hellbentracing.com/HBKTM.htm
OK it's only been two years (argh) since I plunged in- but with the help of Charlie Brown, Russ Hoehn, and Thom Green I'd like to thank them right here- it is gradually coming together...
SIEGE
Siege, Look'in good! Don't know if your photo scence was done on purpose, but the old brick pavers add a nice 'vintage' touch. If you ever race east of the Missippi ... look for your Penton breathern. -EP
Ernie P.
Chattanooga, TN
CJ - where's the high-zoot custom seat for that beast?
Keep this thread going with race reports, riding impressions, results and pics after you fire it up. It's chomping at the bit to out-run the 250 herd on Horsepower Hill...Washougal, 43 days 22 hours til gate drop. Get wrenching!
Jon
And it has real shocks ta boot !
Raymond
Down East Pentons
SIEGE..good luck on the 2-5-0.
But I gotta ask..when do us Penton guys get a Siege-design t-shirt? Or have I missed a previous limited run? If not...puh-lease do a Penton shirt. Yes..let me acknowledge the Katoom on your 2008 catalogue/poster. But for chrissakes..you designed shirts for the Hodaka fraternity..and COOL ones at that!
BTW - your work is awesome...I was just at the site trying to make a decision on what to get. It took me a couple of visits to figure out the inventory situation (duh...). Just in case any other POGGERs haven't seen this guy's vintage MX work - it's #@!* brilliant, to borrow a British phrase.
http://www.wischt.com/siegeshirts.htm
hey Boys
whoah! I didn't realize anyone had responded! my apologies for being MIA here- I can design a Penton Shirt- no problems! I would have come unglued to have had a Hodaka as a 12 year old - especially with the chrome tank- I don't care now. Instead as a 45 year old I lust after KTMS and Montesas, and luckily have the chance to experience them. Jon- the kickass custom seat for my KTM is coming by the way fear not!
I am designing the ISDT Reunion Shirt this year, and I'll be thre one way or another
I hope with a ride of some sort - in a perfect world it would be my own KTM.
thanks for the kind words by the way about my work: I obssess and struggle with design constantly and wonder if I am sane sometimes - at least I get to shoot the models, and between that and my racing family / community I ought to be a happy man.
I'll be in Pennsylvania racing at Allentown in a week or two, and as I said at the ISDT thing in November- I'd love to join you guys, Ernie - thanks man. The bricks were here when I found the place....
- SIEGE
OK Project nearing completion.
http://www.hellbentracing.com/HBKTM.htm
the shocks cleaned up nicely- (seen only in the "before" photo on bottom of this http://www.hellbentracing.com/HBKTM-2.htm page)
it turns out are NOT Konis, but .... how do you spell it?
Cortecosi ?
or are they Ceriani?
let me know // CJ
Wow Siege,
It looks like we are travelling down the same path. :D
(http://www.post-vintage.com/images/75KTM250.JPG)
Hopefully I will have the my 75 Katoom running well by Washougal. I'm really looking forward to it this year since I missed 2008.
The "Factory Novice"
they look like early WP shocks to me. [?] Maybe the colors throwing a wrench into it. I have 3 1/2 of these 250's. I wish I could find the time and $$ to get them running...
Raymond
Down East Pentons
Rain Man,
The shocks in the photos are WP's, but the captions say they are not the "real shocks". I had to read it a few times to catch that.
;)
The "Factory Novice"
hey Jay
that's looking good
better than mine- my Q is what came on the bike originallY? I think it was Cerianis, but not positive - are Ceriani's made by / for Corte Cosso? Or Vice versa ?
- CJ
The first multi-position swingarm bikes had Ceriani gas shocks but they did not last well and later ones came with the Marzocchis that we see on most of them.
Larry P
Yeah, but they sure were great until they blew.....
I wish I had a working pair of those cherries today!
I have 2 of those 74 1/2 250's in the barn with the cerriani's and I can bottom them both out... with my hands unfortunately :(
Raymond
Down East Pentons
Siege, You gonna have her in Boise.I didn't make it last year sounds like I missed a good race.I'll be on my 72 125 six days hopefully hooked up and runnin.I think a 250 is definitely in my future.
best of luck,
mitch
yes, Idaho if I can help it at all...
OK, the home stretch... I need FENDERS
DC Plastics? that's what Al said -
do I have any others choices? anyone with experience with one or another brand/mfg?
let me know // CJ
[email protected]
If you don't care if they are not the ktm/penton shape ; check out crhighperformance.com he has non cz fenders and cz sets that will work; the Preston Petty type. And I think they are shiny not the matte like DC ,and CR's are $11.00 less per fender . LG
Thanks seige, it has been great to work on this project. by the way we did start it up a week or so ago, It ran pretty well, just need to make a few changes. Check out my Goof rides motocross helmet in the back ground..
Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)74'
250 hare scrambler (project bike)
72'sixday (project bike)
OK Boys.
Check this out- since February the bike has been out, was missing 4th gear, came all the way back apart, fork rail (is the the proper term? - the shadft the shirt fork travels on) straightened, and then went all the way back together.
The engine is fantastic - pulling all the way up into the stratosphere, but the suspension is terrible. Of course with no oil in the forks (DOH!!!) of course it feels peculiar...!
it was 3 years ago, and I thought.... ok I just haven't managwed to retyail what has ben done. Oh well- easy fix- however I found one fork cap had gotten stripped flat and is not really anything one would want to put back into a race bike....
anyone have a spare aluminum fork cap for a Ceriani fork?
get back // CJ
206-526-0549