• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

BMP Racing, OMRA GP and XC, Starvation Ridge, April 13-14

oregonsage

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I didnt make it to the race last weekend so the details are sketchy. Cold spring days, intense wind on Saturday and lots of new forays through the rattlesnake infested prairie terrain (but rattlesnakes dont move when its cold, so no big deal)

Mark took the BMP/Watson Suspension TXC310R to 2nd both days. On Saturday he once again did battle with big bore KTM mounted Chuck W and once again came up just a bit short....maybe we shoulda used the 511 as there are lots of fast stretches out there on the wind blown prairie.

Sunday was a different story, Mark had no problem handling the field, even passing the winner twice.... That happens when you take ill timed soil samples (or in this case rock samples). Mark lost the lead both times he went over the bars and wasnt able to regain it the second time. I guess you cant win them all.

This was the first race weekend with the FMF full system mounted and remapped with 'open pipe' settings. It is very fast now. Mark says throttle control is a bit tricky with this setup and a map switch might be handy; I say put on a fatter rear tire to minimize the wheelspin :thumbsup:

Next up; the legendary China Hat ISDE the last weekend of April. Mark will be riding in the 40Ex class with the youngsters so he can do the full course.
 
Hot off the presses...Saturday GP results 50 Expert

50 EXPERT
RIDER NUMBER RIDER NAME START TIME FINISH TIME Laps CLASS FINISH OVERALL FINISH
201R CHUCK WORLEY 1:15:00 2:57:00 4 1 1
1R MARK JOHNSON 1:15:00 2:57:50 4 2 3 BMP/Watson Suspension Husqvarna TXC310R
16R DAVID WINTERS 1:15:00 3:04:00 4 3 7
76R NELSON LYON 1:15:00 3:17:00 4 4 28 BMP Husqvarna TXC310R
28R DON HOUSLEY 1:15:00 3:17:30 4 5 29


GP Standings after 3 rounds
1R HUSQ MarkJohnson BendOR 225
16R KTM DavidWinters BendOR 195
76R HUSQ Nelson Lyon MilwaukieOR 170
28R KTM DonHousley ScappooseOR 105
35R KTM VincentTaft LafayetteOR 60
74R KTM RickNewman HillsboroOR 60
50R KTM JeffStob VancouverWA 50
 
Sunday XC results 50 Expert

50 EXPERT
RIDER NUMBER RIDER NAME START TIME FINISH TIME Laps CLASS FINISH OVERALL FINISH
47R JIM TULLY 9:06:00 10:47:00 4 1 1
1R MARK JOHNSON 9:06:00 10:47:20 4 2 2 BMP/Watson Suspension Husqvarna TXC310R
16R DAVID WINTERS 9:06:00 10:56:00 4 3 3
31R MIKE FISHER 9:06:00 11:01:30 4 4 5


XC Series standings after 3 rounds
16R KTM David Winters (ISDE) BendOR 200
1R-GP HUSQ Mark Johnson (ISDE) BendOR 140 (rode 2 of 3)
31R KTM Michael Fisher (ISDE) PortlandOR 120 (rode 2 of 3)
47R KTM Jim Tully (ISDE) MedfordOR 75 (rode 1 of 3)
28R KTM Don Housley ScappooseOR 65 (rode 1 of 3)
11R HUSA Steve Sprague (ISDE) BendOR 60 (rode 1 of 3)

This is a 'secondary' series for us; we focus on the GP series, however several of the XC events are held on the same weekend as GP or are in Marks backyard (China Hat). Mr Tully should be able to jump ahead after the next 2 day event as it is in his backyard and others wont contest there since the series only counts the best 8 events. Then back to the desert for 2 races, which is Marks home territory.
 
Non-Series Husqvarna 250 rider and Old Time MX racer Ralph Bonaduce made a surprise appearance on Sunday and placed 2nd in the 40 Am class

40 AMATEUR
RIDER NUMBER RIDER NAME START TIME FINISH TIME Laps CLASS FINISH OVERALL FINISH
109F BRIAN WISE 11:10:20 2:00:00 6 1 18
2F RALPH BONADUCE 11:10:20 2:04:00 6 2 21 Husqvarna CR250
62F ALEX LAPIDUS 11:10:20 2:05:30 6 3 23
47F TOM BEAN 11:10:20 2:05:40 6 4 24
13F KERRY COOPER 11:10:20 2:07:00 6 5 26
74F STEVE KARIKER 11:10:20 1:41:00 5 6 31
3F MIKE Mc INTOSH 11:10:20 1:45:00 5 7 34
501F CHRISTIAN VEDDER 11:10:20 DNF 5 DNF DNF
 
Another Husqvarna 250 WR rider, Craig Stiff continues to roll up points in the 60+ class...I notice he beat 2 of 3 'young' 50+ riders :-)

60Q
RIDER NUMBER RIDER NAME START TIME FINISH TIME Laps CLASS FINISH OVERALL FINISH
29Q STEPHEN THORNTON 9:06:15 11:01:15 4 1 4
11Q AVERY JONES 9:06:15 10:39:00 3 2 10
55Q CRAIG STIFF 9:06:15 10:40:00 3 3 11 Husqvarna WR/CR250
 
Paul Salvatori on a Husky 4-stroke continues to put in a solid performance as a first year racer, holding down 3rd in Beginner class and 3rd at Saturday's GP

BEGINNER
RIDER NUMBER RIDER NAME START TIME FINISH TIME Laps CLASS FINISH OVERALL FINISH
12B TOM REIL 1:16:00 3:08:00 4 1 14
552B BLAKE HANEY 1:16:00 3:11:30 4 2 26
16B PAUL SALVATORI 1:16:00 2:45:20 3 3 30 Husqvarna
23B JASON CARVER 1:16:00 2:46:00 3 4 32
15B COLIN HORN 1:16:00 2:53:40 3 5 39
551B NICK DASCANIO 1:16:00 2:55:00 3 6 41
17B SEAN THRASHER 1:16:00 2:55:30 3 7 43
20B CHASE SATTLER 1:16:00 3:11:30 DNS DNS
 
oregonsage said:
Mark took the BMP/Watson Suspension TXC310R to 2nd both days. On Saturday he once again did battle with big bore KTM mounted Chuck W and once again came up just a bit short....maybe we shoulda used the 511 as there are lots of fast stretches out there on the wind blown prairie.
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Is that WoodsChuck that used to ride Honda? Is so i have ridden with that guy. He rides with a real fast crew up in Seattle area. Nice guy and yes, fast.

Good job :cheers:
 
Chuck is from Albany, formerly Nevada. His kid is a rapidly developing AA rider and apparently Chuck is practicing with him because he has gotten quite fast in the last year.
 
oregonsage said:
Chuck is from Albany, formerly Nevada. His kid is a rapidly developing AA rider and apparently Chuck is practicing with him because he has gotten quite fast in the last year.
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thanks I did not think "woodsChuck" was on a KTM but have not seen him for about a year.
 
oregonsage said:
Non-Series Husqvarna 250 rider and Old Time MX racer Ralph Bonaduce made a surprise appearance on Sunday and placed 2nd in the 40 Am class

40 AMATEUR
RIDER NUMBER RIDER NAME START TIME FINISH TIME Laps CLASS FINISH OVERALL FINISH
109F BRIAN WISE 11:10:20 2:00:00 6 1 18
2F RALPH BONADUCE 11:10:20 2:04:00 6 2 21 Husqvarna CR250
62F ALEX LAPIDUS 11:10:20 2:05:30 6 3 23
47F TOM BEAN 11:10:20 2:05:40 6 4 24
13F KERRY COOPER 11:10:20 2:07:00 6 5 26
74F STEVE KARIKER 11:10:20 1:41:00 5 6 31
3F MIKE Mc INTOSH 11:10:20 1:45:00 5 7 34
501F CHRISTIAN VEDDER 11:10:20 DNF 5 DNF DNF
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Im waiting for you to correct me on the bike.

Guys on the OMRA board were talking about the Husky that passed them...good to hear it was you ****************************************
 
The 55 year old guy wanted to get up to Starvation Ridge earlier to ride the 50 AM class in the morning but my riding buddies had to sleep in. As a result, I had to ride the the 40 AM class. Of course my trusty WR/CR250 did all the heavy work and I just tried to hang on for 2 hours and 54 minutes. Almost past-out (seriously) when I got off my bike and had to lay down for 15 minutes. But, overall it was a great day and a lot of fun. And best of all, I got out of bed all by myself today!
 
oregonsage said:
Im waiting for you to correct me on the bike.

Guys on the OMRA board were talking about the Husky that passed them...good to hear it was you
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Lonny, it's actually a 2006 WR250 with a CR ignition, 19" rear wheel and LTR suspension.
 
Bono said:
The 55 year old guy wanted to get up to Starvation Ridge earlier to ride the 50 AM class in the morning but my riding buddies had to sleep in. As a result, I had to ride the the 40 AM class. Of course my trusty WR/CR250 did all the heavy work and I just tried to hang on for 2 hours and 54 minutes. Almost past-out (seriously) when I got off my bike and had to lay down for 15 minutes. But, overall it was a great day and a lot of fun. And best of all, I got out of bed all by myself today!
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Nice showing, OLD GUYS RULE
and I 'corrected' the bike model
 
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