Recent content by beta_kevin

Makes sense, thanks Merlin!

Yup...it pretty confusing...depending on what you read, it's hard to figure out if the 82' heritage special is a sohc of dohc...since I'm not knowledgeable enough to simply look at the engine and know. I did find the following quote though, which seems pretty clear. Found this from the XJ...

Well, it's been a few months since my last update. I never did make it back out onto the track as I had hoped. It's tricky business with 2 young kids and job hunting. I sorely missed racing a Barber this season...would have been a blast I'm sure. Guess it's something to look forward to next...

Back on the track...at Blackhawk Farms Raceway for a "All levels track day". Was the only vintage bike out there, so I got lots of looks and conversations out of being the odd ball in the pack. Ended up doing the Novice group as all other groups were sold out. Would have been nice to run in...

Paddock spot at Blackhawk Farms

Zipper busted.

My daughter trying on my gear.

Hungry for more oil...

Getting some track time at Blackhawk Farms. Got plenty of looks in the pits as I was the only vintage bike their, but on the track we we're all equal...mostly ;)

Thanks :) Yea...it's pretty ridiculous if I sit and think about it too long...but it just sorta worked out. Love taking my bike out on the track and going head to head with similar bikes...so fun! Not sure If I will venture to any other far off destinations anymore this season...thinking of...

Yes, the seca version is what I assume they had in mind, they (AHRMA) just choose to not clarify it in the rules and I'm too much of a newbie to realize the differences, at least when I started down the road to racing my bike. So the only difference is 4 or so hp between the SJ are R versions...

Interesting...this is where I found specs. http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/yamaha_xs_400_dohc_1982.php http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/yamaha_xs_400_1982.php I can't image after seeing other bikes like the Honda FT500 Ascot with CB600 forks and duel disk breaks in the superbike lightweight...

Yea, I wasn't really shying away from the fact either. Makes me chuckle just thinking about the ridiculousness of it all, specially because there is a huge difference between the 1982 yamaha XS 400 DOHC version and mine...about 17hp difference. Guess a clarification of which model XS400...

Back on the track again...this time in AHRMA - New Jersey. Interesting turn of events got me a ride out east with some folks from ChiVinMoto http://chivinmoto.com/wordpress/. I was curious about both the New Jersey event and the AMA event at Mid-ohio (half the distance). After discussing it...