Opinions about Mid Ohio ?

[Dwight Rudder]

quote:Originally posted by t20sl

Don't want to step on sacred ground but shouldn't these comments have been directed to Jack P.?

Ted Atkinson

Why ?   Jack quit the AMA.

[Dwight Rudder]

quote:Originally posted by brian kirby

quote:Originally posted by Dwight Rudder

Just attend Barbers Vintage Festival instead. I quit going to VMD because of the AMA screwing everyone there and what they did to AHRMA. Barbers actually wants us there.

They want road racers, they dont want US. Barber only accepts off roaders because they are forced to. You will never see me at Barber again, and I only live 1.5hrs away. George Barber can stuff it.

Brian

I think they want us at Barbers more than the AMA does at VMD. There were issues this year at Barbers that I heard were going to be addressed by AHRMA to Barbers.  I think they will be ironed out. Certainly you don't believe that VMD welcomes us more than Barber's ?

[brian kirby]

Never been to VMD so I cant compare.

Brian

[t20sl]

quote:Originally posted by Dwight Rudder

quote:Originally posted by t20sl

Don't want to step on sacred ground but shouldn't these comments have been directed to Jack P.?

Ted Atkinson

Why ?   Jack quit the AMA.

Dwight:
I meant immediately after the VMD while Jack was still there.  Jack was in charge wasn't he?  Jack might have, could have should have "had" input?  Maybe he quit because he was fed up but we haven't heard from him.  All I say is most everyone blames the "AMA" but never tries and find the decision makers.  Just my opinion.  I go for the swap meet mainly, sometimes to ride.  Went Sunday AM last year and 1/4 of vendors were GONE.  Been the same as long as I can remember.  Rules are there but no one enforces them.  
Ted

[OhioTed]

It's a cryin' shame not to go to VMD, but with Wauseon the same weekend, again, that's where I'm going.  True, there's a lot of neat stuff at the Mid-Ohio swap meet, but you've got to go to Wauseon to see what shows up there!

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[Bob Seymour]

Where is the Wauseon event in relation to VMD and about how far is Wauseon from VMD. If I am mainly interested in just the swap meet, is VMD the better of the two events? It sort of sounds like Wauseon and VMD might be like the Hershey and Carlisle events of the automobile world. Hershey caters more to the older original antique group while Carlisle is more of a Corvette,muscle car,streetrod type of venue.
         Thanks, Bob

[Kip Kern]

I am going to both!  Will do Wauseon all day Friday and then travel south to Mid Ohio Friday pm (2 hrs drive max) and be at Mid Ohio for Saturday am then head home Saturday pm!:D  I need parts for my "28" JD and would like to grab some bits at the M/O swap and see the POG family![]

[Dale Fisher]

http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Events/AMAVintageMotorcycleDays/VMDNews/12-07-25/My_AMA_Vintage_Motorcycle_Days_experience.aspx

Dale Fisher
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1970 Six-Day 125
1971 Six-Day 125 (Dave Fisher's)
1973 Jackpiner 175
1974 Berkshire 100
And some silly other bikes...

[seanguthrie]

Ha ha, couldn't get it in to 2nd gear on the line.  For a long time I did not think my 74 hare scramble had a 2nd gear.  Never been able to find it waiting at the starting line!

74 250 Hare scramble
2 68 Six Day (projects)

[Rain Man]

MIDO, I wish I was 800 miles closer and gas was a buck a gallon!!

Raymond
 Down East Pentons

[tooclose racing]

Hey - I'll weigh in with some XC racing feedback.  I'll try not to be too whiny because I certainly did myself no favors with my Six Day preps and a next-to-last lap crash on my MC5 that dropped me one spot on the podium.  Actually, I bet Gary Ellis is already shaking his head at me even posting this thread ()

Since this a one-off race, they are purely on an honors system for whether folks sign up for Expert and Intermediate.  In my Vint 200 Int class, the class leader was turning laps just a tick slower than the leading Experts.  Since he still races as an AHRMA Int, I'll give him a break and bitch loudly if he signs for Int next year.  In the PV race, there were AHRMA XC experts signed up for Intermediate. Why? Well..I asked them - they said flat out they had no chance of winning against Fredette and another small handful of what are basically AA riders (or almost AA).  I guess I get it - there are a handful of guys that show up (or have shown up) that are just gone. And its easy to see in the lap times. But I had to accept I was only going to win the 250  class if the AHRMA expert from my region crashed.  He's a great rider in his own right.  Didn't obsess about it, but I did drink alot of beer and cry when Gary or Big Dave came around. Of course - hey told me to Man Up.[]

So maybe they need...an Exhibition or AA class?

I still have a great, great time drinking it all in (literally and figuratively)and saying hello to you POGGERS.   The Cafe Racer tent this year had some fantastic bike builds (and tattooed women!).  And I would love to swing my leg over a roadrace bike on the RR course. If someone ever says "wanna race my dirt tracker?" I will just piss myself.  And no - I've never raced Dirt Track, but I want to now after watching THAT great show on Saturday night.

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