Subject: RE: Guzzi wins national roadrace title
Author: Rich Zink
Date: Oct 31, 2001, 8:15 AM
Post ID: 1708755800
Congrats Ken! Consistant and steady riding rule over cocky and over
your head. Have you come up with any pics of any of the 'battles' yet? Maybe
we 'Loopers' should put our collective (round) heads together and come up
with a design for the official 'Ken Pitts Racing Team' supporter T-Shirt.
My collection of team shirts is small and showing it's age. Just think your
shirt could hang in my closet alongside my autographed vintage (but
tattered) Kenny Roberts, Randy Mamola and Jimmy (RIP) Adamo team shirts.
Make a small profit to keep yourself in gas and oil. If the MGCL can help
support a winning LSR effort, we probably could keep a national roadrace
champion in spark plugs or something ;-) for our own little pride and joy.
Anyway, Good Job!
Rich
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Subject: (MGCL) Guzzi wins national roadrace title
I was not going to post this to the list at all until I read an
article in
the MGNOC about a fellow Guzzi rider that had a discussion with a
rider of
another brand about Guzzi reliability.
Final results are posted for the "American Historic Racing
Motorcycle
Association" (AHRMA) road race season. Much to my & a couple of
other
people's amazement, I have won the national title in "Historic
Production
Heavyweight" by 5 points. This win is not due to my own riding skill
or
really the overall speed of my bike but to the reliability of the
old Guzzi.
Several people in my class have faster bikes but with speed came
mechanical
problems that kept them from finishing every race, me & my bike
crossed the
finish line in every race we entered. This bike has had a long hard
life,
first pulling a side car for many years & then with very little done
to the
motor its getting flogged out on the race track. So for those that
say
Guzzi's are not reliable......well its just not been my experience.
Thanks to everyone that came out to the races & especially to those
that
came by the pits & said hello. I'll see you out there next year.
Ken
Asheville, NC