Out of curiosity, where did you finish on both bikes
In the first heat on the Suzuki 450 I finished around 9 out of 13. In the second heat I finished last of the riders that did not DNF. this was an open class where the vast majority of entrants were born after the Maico was built in 1981. Interesting to see that if you added the age of the competitors to that of their bikes age, it would have been unlikely that in aggregate the ages would have been in excess of 23 years. My age and that of the Maico would have been 70. When last did you hear of a 70 year old racing a nubile young Yamaha with a youngster twisting the throttle ?
I did not experience any problems cross racing. Yesterday was an attempt to sort out the bike in advance of our planned equivalent of your Classic Dirt in South Africa in June 2008. The Maico is a lot diffrent to my YZ 490, KTM 500 and Honda 480 CR which I also race from time to time, these bikes are less tiring and may be a consequence that the Maico is a twin shock. This was the first time I have raced a twin shock in such a race.
Notwithstanding the Maico made for an interesting day. The suspension was problematic, the barking bumps in the run up to sweeping corners played havoc.
This week it will be back to the suspension drawing board. I think that the motor was fine, may need to add a cup washer or two in the clutch. I ran an electronic ignition and a 38 mm flat side carb- net result worked well..
