Give me a brake !

rich1

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I have raced a lot of different things ,
Cycles... Motocross ,Enduros , Flatrack Dragraced 1/8 mile,
Karts... Dirt and Paved Ovals , Enduro roadcourses ...
Cars Drag raced 1/8 mile and 1/4 mile.
I have managed to do quite well( I have the awards to prove it) in anything that I choose to race. Some buddies and I have got together and built a track thru the woods and an 1/8 mile dirt oval on 80 acres. That's where the BLASTER comes in !
Most everyone in our group has a 4 stroke big bore ATV. Not me ,I got this "TOY" ATV as they call it . Ive got something that I have used for years to beat others with for years....
Brakes. Im using EBC extreme pads. Ok everyone has brakes, but how well do they stop ? Who cares ? You should ..you cant go any faster than you can stop. That should be the 1ST thing that you fix ,not the last. I don't know how many time I outran someone because my brakes worked flawless. That means they did not drag , grab, fade the most important being fade. I have always used the largest brakes I could put on my ride. Everyone has brakes at the start of the race ,right , how about the end. But you don't need brakes to go fast you say . That's correct..but in front of my house is a" hill." If you coast down it on anything you will hit 60 MPH ! The hill is less than an 1/8 mile and at the bottom is a house with a T intersection. I have seen just about any kind of thing come down that hill and not make the stop sign. You name it . In fact the house that the road stops at has had its fence torn down 4 time, the fence is on top of a ditch and a 15 foot hill.
Hey...Just don't tell anyone...Ok ?
 
No... just a little humor in the title.
A lot of people I have spoken to about BLASTERS said get one with the disc brakes. I waited 2 yrs playing with a mini- buggy to find my 04 Blaster. The mini buggy is now being sold.:D
 
yeah i totally agree with you, i have AWK's rear on mine, and i have my front drum brakes set to a light touch to grab hard,

i know what your all going to say.... "drums fade.... get disc's" well i didnt have money to do that and i dont run them through that much water and they always worked good for me
 
in front of my house is a" hill." If you coast down it on anything you will hit 60 MPH ! The hill is less than an 1/8 mile and at the bottom is a house with a T intersection. I have seen just about any kind of thing come down that hill and not make the stop sign. You name it . In fact the house that the road stops at has had its fence torn down 4 time, the fence is on top of a ditch and a 15 foot hill.
Hey...Just don't tell anyone...Ok ?

When I showed my girlfriend this rant she laughed that much she laid a dozen eggs!:D:D:D