2011 AMA Pro Flat Track - Hagerstown 1/2 Mile

2011 Hagerstown Half Mile AMA Pro Flat Track from TheFastandDirty.com on Vimeo.

2011 AMA Flattrack Champs - Springfield Mile

2011 Springfield Mile I AMA Pro Flat Track from TheFastandDirty.com on Vimeo.

Jurby Festival 1

A few pics of some interesting machines at the Jurby Classic Festival held during last year's ManxGP...

Indian!

Love these old hand-shifts...

A couple of brutish Italian customs with S&S lumps in them turned up. Far too much polished aluminium bling for me... but some real tasty billet bits and interesting ideas.

Love the shock mounting and beam forks on this old beaut

Indian race transport. In the back is...

... an Indian of course!

2011 AMA Fattrack Champs - Daytona

2011 Daytona Flat Track Round 1 & 2 Highlights from TheFastandDirty.com on Vimeo.

Blow away the Winter Blues

Winter can be a bit dull... especially if you don't have the resources to be building the next project.

So here's something that's perked me up... just a taster of what I'm going to be posting over the next few weeks...

2011 AMA Pro Flat Track Season Highlight Video from TheFastandDirty.com on Vimeo.

Manx Surprise

Professional photographer Robin of Northline Photography sent me this complimentary shot from the Manx last week... one of the best pics I have of the fortnight.

This has spurred me on and now plans are now afoot for the 2012 season.

Thanks Robin!!

Roof of Africa Pics

Overall Winner of Roof of Africa 2011 - Graham Jarvis (GB)

Igor Baleta: ...

that was a true test of character and resolve. After 20 hours and 7 minutes of racing over two days, i just scraped in by under half an hour. And as if i needed more drama at the end of the last day, 12 hours in the saddle, the sun was setting, my fuel was on reserve, had no more drinking water then both my g.p.s's ran flat literaly half a km from the finish line and i ended up lost on the edge of a cliff across the valley from where i was suposed to be with hundreds of spectators cheering me on and trying to direct me in, talk about stress...!.Thanks ENDUROWORLD, NOMADIK, my brother Nic and all the spectators and competitors who helped out along the way.

A few pics from my brother Igor's Roof of Africa 2011 where Igor finished in the silver class...

2 bikes, 2 helmets, 2 pairs of boots... 2 of everything...

Day 1 is a time trial in the streets of Maseru . Brother Nic - photographer and crew extrodinaire looks on with camera slung over shoulder

The orange plastic barrier fence took a few casualties.

Look out for No. 275

Day 2 - First day of tough riding

Winner in 2010 and 2nd in 2011 - Chris Birch (NZ)

Igor and buddies

The Goon Squad.
Igor Baleta: Ja nee, these kerels were propper all weekend long. They had a big flatbed truck with couches, bar, braai sound system you name it on the back

Igor through an easy section

Igor Baleta: I waited all day at this crossing to get a pic of one of these humped zebras, but alas, no luck

Lesotho

Igor Baleta: Top of Bushmans, two days befor the race... Fire in the sky, was fire in the lungs a couple of days later...!!!

Local Hero, Jade Gudzeit (ZA) - 2nd in 2010, 3rd in 2011

Bushman's Pass - the Silver and Gold finish

Igor Baleta: Taking a moment at the finish of a weekend of almost 21 hours of riding....LOL, awesome what the human body can endure, if the race went on another day or two or five , most would have just delt with it. THATS ENDURO...!!! it rocks

Igor Baleta: LOL cant believe its actualy over, getting GPS confirmation...

Igor Baleta: ROOF OF AFRICA 2011...Well done Red Cherry Adventures, Mike ,Ian ,Seamus and all the rest of the crew, was an awesome event and a weekend i will remember for the rest of my days.

Big thanks to ENDUROWORLD, NOMADIK, my brother Nic and all the spectators and cometitors who helped push and pull me up those mountains. Training for 2012 starts today :-)

Well done Chiiiiieeeeeeef!!

Well Done Chief!

My brother Igor finished the Roof of Africa yesterday... 60th out of 100 in the Silver Class. 11 hours and 32 minutes for the stage on Saturday... it was worth it! Brilliant achievement!

Bloody well done chief!!

Good Luck

... to Travis Newbold, Marco Belli and all those heading off to conquer Pike's Peak!

Dakar Pics

Some of the awesome pics of the recent Dakar at totallycoolpix - specially for Chief and Chief

Thanks motoguru on the Blood Falcons blog for the link.

Erzberg XVII

I hassled the organizers of Erzberg Rodeo again this year and they sent me an entry for Erzberg XVII (2011) before entries opened last Monday. Entries in fees paid and I have already been allocated my start number for June 2011!

I said I wouldn't do Erzberg again unless I was joined by a riding buddy or two. Unfortunately... my friends aren't keen so if I go... I'll be riding on my own again :-(

No worries... this time I plan on doing 'some' training and riding the bike more than once in the 9 months running up to the event! I WILL QUALIFY!

Erzberg Rodeo XVII... looking forward to it!