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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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  • 2009 Season Wrap Up

    Once again the SRA-west  hosted their season finale at Willow Springs Raceway, this time at the high-speed main track. The real story is the driver’s championship. I was a bit excited that my sponsor and mentor Bill Becker was leading by a single point over an Isle of Man TT veteran and all-around funny guy Wade Boyd. Whoever finished ahead…

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  • Season Finale Almost Here

    Hi all, Team Johnny Killmore is preparing for the last race of the season at Willow Springs Raceway Oct 17-18. There will be three teams coming to the Raceway that have not made it this year. That is the bad news. All of these teams are running modern, Formula 1 spec equipment and know how to use it. This makes…

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  • Johnny Killmore now on Twitter!

    Yes folks, you heard it right. I opened a Twitter account. When I’m at the race track I am spending far too much of my time updating people with the same information, which then generates the same questions from multiple people. To alleviate this, I would like for thos interested in up-to-the-minute news directly from the track to follow me…

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  • Race Report: Miller Motorsports Park

    What a horrendous weekend. It wasn’t all bad of course; just the parts where I was on the track or in the pits! After putting well over 100 hours of labor into the bike, my sidecar looked essentially the same. A modification to the body by sponsor Bill Becker added an awesome look and more wind protection, but it still…

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  • Part 5: Culmination Of A Dream

    Sunday. Race day. The culmination of a dream. We were at the course as the sun rose. Parking near the bottom of the hill, we drove the last mile on the race bikes to  a pit spot in the forest they call pit lane.  I could feel the bite of the morning cold as we rode in, even at street…

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  • Pikes Peak Part 4: Final Practice

    The section from Devil’s Playground to the summit is all dirt, and has some fairly fast sections as well. It was quite cold in the morning but after we took to the course it was soon forgotten. This part of the course was easy to get confused. There are some first gear switchbacks and a 3rd gear sweeper that look…

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  • Pikes Peak Part 3: Doing the W’s

    Thursday saw us handling the asphalt section in the top 3/4 of the course. This felt much more natural after the previous day’s practice. The sun had not risen yet as we began our riders meeting in the half light. This was an interesting group. Semi pros, vintage heroes, off road guys, quad guys, and Joe Average all milling about…

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  • Belated Thanks

    I’d like to take a quick moment to thank Dan Norton of Sliklube Performance Lubricants for his generous donation. I found it waiting in the mail for me when I returned from Pikes Peak. It is greatly appreciated. If anyone is looking for an Amsoil hook up, contact him at sliklube@hotmail.com

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  • Pikes Peak Part 2: Registration and First Practice

    Arriving at the campground Tuesday morning I got a chance to meet Dave and Steve Hennessy, who I had only talked to on the phone until now.  Both motocross hack racers, they seemed to approach the coming race with a casual manner. Dave had grafted an EML left-side chair to a Suzuki TL1000S, with a shoe-string budget and a lot…

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  • Pikes Peak Part 1: Getting There Is Half The Fun???

    Things started late in the morning with temperatures in the high 90’s and 500 miles of desert laid out in front of me, followed by another 300 miles of heavy mountain driving. I borrowed back a 1992 Ford Festiva I loaned my father about a year ago in order to reap the benefits of a 62hp, 1.3L engine. The consistent…

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