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  • My New Project: Ride>Eat>Repeat

    My New Project: Ride>Eat>Repeat

    Viewing the human experience through the foods we share. I’ve been grappling with things for a long time now. Johnny Killmore as a “brand” isn’t really a brand. It’s job is to say “this is who I am and what I do, collaborate with me.” It does that job, but the identity isn’t the same as a brand. I’ve been…

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  • Las Vegas Race: Sunday Summary

    The morning was packed with activity and we just made it to first practice. On the out-lap I spun up the rear on the throttle coming out of turn 4. The cold tire instantly broke loose and we were sideways. When a sidecar spins “chair away” it’s bad news. That’s how you flip over. as the chair started to come…

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  • Las Vegas Race: Saturday Summary

    This was a stunning weekend personally for me. The Sidecar Racers West went to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this past weekend for the penultimate round of the 2010 series. Our host club was WERA, who had not hosted out club before. The format left us two practice sessions each day with a race to follow. We set straight to it,…

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  • Race Report: Streets Of Willow Oct 16-17

    Things started out on a bad note this month. After damaging my transmission in the last race, I installed a used unit from ebay, and Becker Moto Works looked through the wiring to see if we could locate the gremlin that has been causing the engine to cut out and stutter most of the season. I rode the bike for…

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  • SRA-West Race Report: Sept 5-6 2010

    Well things were quite chaotic at Miller Motorsports Park’s East Track in Tooele, UT. The event was a double-header in conjunction with the AHRMA Bonneville GP vintage races. My passenger Vanessa was unable to make Friday practice, so we got straight to it in the morning sessions on Saturday. Immediately I noticed the electrical gremlin that has haunted us all…

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  • Miller Motorsports Park Race, Sept 5-6

    I have little time to get into things, but I had a fairly poor race last weekend, finishing 5th both days and destroying my transmission. A video of the start on Sunday gives you an idea of how things went, seen from several perspectives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e499pinwBE It was still great fun overall, but it ended on an expensive note. There is…

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  • NEXT RACE COMING UP!!!

    There hasn’t been much activity here as the site has been down with a server issue and I’ve been swamped preparing for the upcoming Labor Day race in Utah. Suffice to say the race bike has brand new paint and is in fighting trim. Vanessa and I will be looking for a best-ever finish at Miller Motorsports park, since Vanessa…

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  • Raw Video From The May Race

    Finally figured out how to edit video, and got some raw footage up on youtube. This is actually a race with rookie passenger Josh Fogle. We had some issues with timing during the race, which allowed the leaders by us, but in all it was a fun race, and we still trophied. The video will cut out durning the race;…

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  • Pikes Peak: RACE DAY 2010

    After a good day off Saturday, we were awake Sunday well before the sun. The pit area for the bikes is really just in the woods, and it’s difficult to get into your pit space in the dark. We wedged into our spot and got the bikes out, and the wait began. This year the cars would go first, and…

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  • Pikes Peak: Final Practice/ Fanfest

    The final stretch of the Pikes Peak course is definitely and eye opener for an asphalt racer like myself. From Devil’s Playground until the last mile or so is loose gravel. The cars had already practiced up there the past two days,  which pushed much of the loose stuff to the outside of the turns. I quickly noticed that the…

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  • Pikes Peak Part 2

    DAY 3: SECOND PRACTICE DAY From John’s audio-journal: This next day of practice brought a new mindset; ride smooth and let the speed come to us. This is often times the lesson after a crash or off-course to be honest, and it always seems to help. This day featured all pavement and the famous “W’s”, a section on terraced road…

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