Geezer Gears Racing - Meet The Team!

As we start getting ready for the 2016 racing season I thought I would pass along some pictures and stories of Roger, our team rider.  We thought we would call this segment "Meet The Team".....

Roger moved to Colorado in the late 1980's from western Illinois (the Quad Cities area).  He had pretty much grown up around bikes and the need for more thrills led him to Enduro racing.

Roger raced at the Limon Enduro, up in Steamboat Springs, over in Chadron, Nebraska and down at PMI in Pueblo in the early 1990's.

During this time he primarily  rode a 1991 Suzuki RMX 250.  He managed to win a few trophies along the way too!

Stay tuned for more updates to our "Meet The Team" feature!


See ya' at the track!

Pops

Bike Enhancements For 2016

I just got a slew of pictures and updates from Roger and I thought I would pass them along.  We'll show you some of the upgrades and enhancements but to see all of them, well.... you'll just have to come to the track to see them!

I mentioned we dyno'd the bike in my last post.  We've added a quick throttle, rebuilt the front suspension, added a Dynojet Power Commander, and upgraded the race brake pads.  Here are some of the other enhancements:

 

New brake guards.....

 

 





 

New chain and sprockets.....

 

 



 

New grips.....

 

 

A new Ninja rear shock.....

 

 

 

A new rearset from Woodcraft.....

 

 

A new windscreen from Zero Gravity.....

 

Roger says he's not quite done yet with the adjustments for 2016.  If you are a vendor who didn't see his gear listed and want to sponsor us just contact us using the Contact Form on the right side of the blog.  Let's be honest - someday we'll all be Geezers so why not support the Geezer Gear Racing Team now by sponsoring us!!

I've got more pictures and videos coming in future updates so stay tuned!


See ya' at the track!

Pops

Gearing Up for 2016

Happy 2016!!

Ok a little late I know but I've had a pretty good fall / winter hunting season so far it was hard to start thinking about racing!

The weather has been warm here lately and I've been seeing more folks out on their bikes.  Our home track (High Plains Raceway) is still dealing with some snow so we won't be on the track anytime soon:

Photo from High Plains Raceway Facebook:  www.facebook.com/HighPlainsRaceway/

Now for a little housekeeping:  For our friends in the European Union countries please see the notice that Google has provided with regards to Cookies used on our Blog.  To be honest I'm not that smart so I can't tell you what Google does but check down at the bottom of the Blog and you'll see the notice.

Onto racing....

Over the winter we dyno'd the bike:

Thanks to Imperial Sport Bikes in Denver, Colorado for working with Roger on getting this done.  He'll have a little more "boogity boogity boogity" under him this year and I can't wait to see how he can translate that into better times around the track.

We also upgraded the truck so that it can handle the 30' trailer a bit better. We might have an issue hooking the trailer up to the truck but we'll figure that out when it gets a bit warmer.

Stay tuned to the Blog as we start working our way to raceday!

See ya' at the track!

Pops

End Of The Season Thoughts....

Well it's finally over - our first full season of racing.

Roger did well for his first year - our best finish was placing 11th overall in Thunderbike.  The other categories that we raced were respectable too.

We made a lot of new friends, been in some close battles, mourned the loss of one of our own on Pikes Peak, and learned a bit more about ourselves.  Oh yeah - we got a 30 foot trailer with Air Conditioning, refrigerator, microwave, and 2 flat screen TV's too!


We want to give a bit Geezer Gears shout-out to one of our newest friends - Heather Longway.  You might have seen her around the track taking pictures like these:

©2015 Heather A. Longway Photography – used with permission

©2015 Heather A. Longway Photography – used with permission

©2015 Heather A. Longway Photography – used with permission

If you like these pictures (even if they are only of Roger), you should see what else she has:

Heather A. Longway
Photographer and Videographer

You can email her at:
heatherlsmith13@yahoo.com


One of my favorite pictures that really summed up the racing this season is this one:

That's Roger on the back side and Santiago Shirtz on the inside coming up to the finish line.  Thanks Santiago for making this season a blast!

I'll be going through the videos during the off season to put on the blog.  Thanks to everyone that made this year a fun year of racing!

See ya' at the track!

Pops

August 29th & 30th Race Videos

I'll see how this goes but this is the first time I'm posting videos.  If this works out Ok I'll go back through the season and add video clips from earlier races.

These were taken August 29th & 30th at the High Plains Raceway near Deer Trail, Colorado.  The sky was hazy and overcast due to the lingering smoke from the forest fires in the Pacific Northwest.

Sorry about the angles or blurry images - I'm using a hand-held Canon Vixia HFR10 digital video camera that has high def capabilities and optical / digital zoom.

The pits are situated to the North and East of the bulk of the track.  I shot most of the videos from a point where you can see most of the track.  It's also an area that I can get to somewhat quickly so that I can get back to the pit when the race is over before Roger gets there.

For this weekend only the North course was open.

Let me know what you think.  You can drop me an email or use the form on the right.

See ya' at the track!

Pops

End of Day 1

Well our day is over and Roger is off to the showers.  We finished making some adjustments on the bike for tomorrow's races and now the tire warmers are off and the bike cover is on for the night.

Storm clouds are starting to brew. The morning was cool and humid and by lunch the sun came out and really warmed things up.  The bike seemed to be better suited for the warmer conditions and Roger's lap times reflected it.

We also learned a few things about the toyhauler today, and we've started a list of things we forgot.  The things we forgot weren't mission critical but more functional things like a broom, a clock, and a fly swatter.

Roger's lap times are starting to come down and he's getting more comfortable on the track but when you boil it down this is really a young man's game.  While Roger has gotten recognition and awards with his enduro and motocross and drag racing he is starting this style of racing a lot later in life than the other racers.  My hats off to him for sticking with it!

Tomorrow, as they say, us another day!

See ya' at the track!

Pops

Racing in Comfort

Last night Roger and I spent the first night in the new toy hauler (well technically the first time was on the way home from picking it up in Arizona).  The trailer got its initiation thanks to the full fury of Mother Nature - rain, wind, and hail ranging from pea size hail to just about golf ball sized hail.

While watching the local weatherman we realized how far we have come in our creature comforts.  We used to come down for a day, then we were camping in tents, and now this!

The body of the trailer survived the storm but the vent covers, well they didn't make it.  During the rain we saw the water coming in from the vents and realized we had problems.  After the storm we managed to borrow a ladder and I patched the holes and cracks with duct tape.

The weather forecast for today is temperatures in the 80's, cloudy, humid, and a chance of rain.  Sundays forecast is more of the same.  It's probably a good thing that we spent the time last night fixing it.

The sun has come up and the generators are in full humming mode.  I guess it's race day.  We have 2 races today and 2 races tomorrow, and I'll do my best to keep you posted as to how we did - just don't ask about the karaoke at the pavilion last night!

See 'ya at the track!

Pops