Baucum;50426 said:
Great stuff as usual, like your articles.
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Dick Jagow Harescramble race report.
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Great stuff as usual, like your articles.
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
Baucum;50409 said:Hello Husky fans! Sorry for the break in concentration Shane. I was in go-go race mode and when I recognized your stance and steed I got a grin on my face similar to the pic shown here. I wasn't trying to put you into the brush. I was actually going to show you my sweet line through that fresh cut section in the trees.Sorry dude.
No problem at all, I forgot that you were in the race and was just taken off guard hearing my name. I'd been yelled at a couple of times by them as your pack was coming through. I was just frustrated that I missed the chance to see how long I could keep you in site. I was feeling on that day (even though your laps were a minute faster than mine) and thought at the time I could have hung on for a few corners at least.
Plus, it's always more embarrassing when a friend sees you go off course instead of some random stranger. I figured if I didn't fess up to it here you would call me out on it anyway
Next time I'll be ready!
I didn't know you went down until Jake said something about it after the race. You weren't the only one to go off course, though I think you chose a really bad spot. At least where I went off was flat and had a thicket of 4 foot tall blackberries to keep me from getting too far off course. I guess that's what you get when you try to pass a guy on the outside who isn't going to make the turn. Ha. Surprisingly that wasn't the worst mistake I made all day. I thought I had a flat on the first lap and milked it through the woods. It wasn't until I got off the bike on the mx track and did an inspection that I noticed there was plenty of air and the axle nut was still in place. It was just really slick in spots. 
I know what you mean about the ride-a-long. Remember the Shelton Enduro?
Thanks Kelly.
I know what you mean about the ride-a-long. Remember the Shelton Enduro?
Thanks Kelly.
jmetteer
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here is my report from the same race...
Out of the 35 riders signed up for the open expert class I was friends with 10 of them... That added to the pressure as well as riding a class higher than I had been racing this year...
That... Was... Awesome!!!
Can I have my first three laps back please? Ugh, got a great start and was 5th coming out of the first corner, then at the transition to the field I washed the front out on the clay crap and lost about 10 positions. :bonk: After that I proceeded to ride three laps sitting on the seat like a fool getting passed regularly. My leatt/hydration pack combo were not working well together. Every time I tried to stand up it would push my helmet down and I would be looking at the front fender. I pulled over and grabbed the first clip I found on my chest and it was for the leatt so I took it off and tossed it to a guy over the fence and had him put it by my friends truck.
From there I rode like a maniac, I made up almost a minute in the last 4 laps, passed a bunch of people that had got by me and picked up a few more positions on people that were pitting for gas. My friend whom I was trying to catch was getting closer and closer, I could see him ahead most of the last lap but could not get close enough to make a move. He ended up 8th and I got 9th, 9 seconds behind him and lost a $5 bet in the process.
Good times.
Here are a few pictures my friends got of me.
more pictures I took of the morning race, and my friends sister took of my race here...
http://jmetteer.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/2009-OFFROAD-RIDES/09-09-20-DICK-JAGOW-GP
Josh's pictures...
http://josh-mel.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/2009-09-20-Dick-Jagow-Race
Ben's pictures..
http://dirtsurfer.smugmug.com/Races/Dick-Jagow-9-20-09
Later,
Out of the 35 riders signed up for the open expert class I was friends with 10 of them... That added to the pressure as well as riding a class higher than I had been racing this year...
That... Was... Awesome!!!
Can I have my first three laps back please? Ugh, got a great start and was 5th coming out of the first corner, then at the transition to the field I washed the front out on the clay crap and lost about 10 positions. :bonk: After that I proceeded to ride three laps sitting on the seat like a fool getting passed regularly. My leatt/hydration pack combo were not working well together. Every time I tried to stand up it would push my helmet down and I would be looking at the front fender. I pulled over and grabbed the first clip I found on my chest and it was for the leatt so I took it off and tossed it to a guy over the fence and had him put it by my friends truck.
From there I rode like a maniac, I made up almost a minute in the last 4 laps, passed a bunch of people that had got by me and picked up a few more positions on people that were pitting for gas. My friend whom I was trying to catch was getting closer and closer, I could see him ahead most of the last lap but could not get close enough to make a move. He ended up 8th and I got 9th, 9 seconds behind him and lost a $5 bet in the process.
Good times.Here are a few pictures my friends got of me.
more pictures I took of the morning race, and my friends sister took of my race here...
http://jmetteer.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/2009-OFFROAD-RIDES/09-09-20-DICK-JAGOW-GP
Josh's pictures...
http://josh-mel.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/2009-09-20-Dick-Jagow-Race
Ben's pictures..
http://dirtsurfer.smugmug.com/Races/Dick-Jagow-9-20-09
Later,
robertaccio
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Dude nice ROOOOOOST!!! in some of those shots, aggro time!!
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
What the hell? Upstaged in my own thread....
One of these days I'm going to learn how to blow up berms like the big kids, may even try that getting the bike sideways in the air thing. Nice pics.
One of these days I'm going to learn how to blow up berms like the big kids, may even try that getting the bike sideways in the air thing. Nice pics.
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
Baucum;50448 said:
Actually, I kept it on two wheels the whole race which I was quite pleased about. It just took me a minute to get back on course as I ended up stuck behind a log where I went off course but no crashes all day, just a few close calls getting way sideways on the first lap in the grass section.
I'm turning over a new leaf, practicing not crashing so I can actually get the bike to the next guy when I'm down in Baja
jmetteer
Husqvarna
Pro Class
speedkills;50538 said:What the hell? Upstaged in my own thread....
One of these days I'm going to learn how to blow up berms like the big kids, may even try that getting the bike sideways in the air thing. Nice pics.
Nah, your report was much better than mine.
Ben had the luxury of riding the course while you were out there so he knew where to go to get the good shots of the expert/pro class. 
Brenna and I were flying blind with our camera's...
Later,
speedkills;50538 said:What the hell? Upstaged in my own thread....
One of these days I'm going to learn how to blow up berms like the big kids, may even try that getting the bike sideways in the air thing. Nice pics.
I'll give you props, your speed is really increasing well and your stamina is coming back. I think your progress is very good. When I first started riding with you you were a bit behind, now your right there and I'm working on shaking you, will not be long before I'm casing you.
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
Motosportz;50544 said:
I thought I noticed a familiar looking F150 circling my block a little too often.
I think I can attribute a fair bit of my speed improvement to riding with you actually. Every person I ride with I learn something different from and steal what I'm capable of. Right down to the model of their bike if that's what it takes.
speedkills;50546 said:I thought I noticed a familiar looking F150 circling my block a little too often.
I know, I was shocked when i heard you were moving and might have to drive further to stock you.
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
Damn, beat me too it. Does that make Kelly my pimp?
oops... he he he
Yes it does.
speedkills;50550 said:
Yes it does.
speedkills;50538 said:What the hell? Upstaged in my own thread....
One of these days I'm going to learn how to blow up berms like the big kids, may even try that getting the bike sideways in the air thing. Nice pics.
Hey, just remember who took the 1st place trophy home and who finished 9th
WoodsChick
WoodsChick;50579 said:Hey, just remember who took the 1st place trophy home and who finished 9th
WoodsChick
Nice
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
Jake found a few more pics of the race!
And here are a couple of Jake
And here are a couple of Jake
I have never seen Washougal so vacant / quite on a race day. Was the turn out small?
Also where are the HDB hand guards i got you?
Also where are the HDB hand guards i got you?
speedkills
Husqvarna
A Class
Motosportz;50686 said:
The spectator turn out wasn't huge but the race it self was well attended.
Those hand guards didn't end up fitting with my flexx bars, I'll have to find something else to put them on or sell them. Jake tried them on his WR but didn't have any luck with them.
speedkills;50688 said:
the top clamp only fits for the husky application. it will fit his TXC