Honda Odyssey and Pilot Forum

I got the track cut in yesterday.   First time on a bulldozer - that thing's fun!  Six way blade makes some interesting gouges.   :roll:

The track has two longer, fast sections and quite a few switch backs.  The corners are increasing radius, decreasing radius, the dreaded tight 180 and a couple sweepers.  Hopefully the track flows like I was looking for it to.  I'm not sure where jumps, bumps and such are going in yet.

I'm headed back out today to push more dirt around and I think I'm going to take my Gen IV car out and see how it (the layout) feels.  It's sort of hard getting any idea of motion and flow on a machine that goes an amazing 5 mph...

The river that runs through the property is up right now, so I'll probably have to use a mini-excavator to move the car across it.  No way the car would make it right now.  We do plan on building a bridge, so it won't be an issue.  Anyone know where to come across one or two used semi flat bed trailers?

I'll try to get some pix and get them posted later.

This will be the last weekend I get to work on the place for about three - heading out west for a desert race the end of this week.  Hopefully by the time I get home, the river will be down, the rains will have decided to leave and I won't need a web footed horse to get around.  Ah, spring in Ohio - the wonderful world of wet... (sucks!)

It's official - I'll be building a Stadium Lite track about an hour east of Cincinnati.  The motocross park is called New Vienna - here's the old owner's web page

The track will be located on roughly 7 acres - sort of(?) kidney bean shaped - section four in the pic below.  This is an OLD picture - most of the tracks are gone now.

I hope to head out to the land this weekend and start working on a layout.

My three main goals for the track are:
1) FLOWING.  None of this point, shoot, brake, turn, point, shoot, brake, turn crap.  The track will have slower technical sections as well as long, fast sections.  This is very much personal preference on my part but I enjoy a track that allows you to flow continuously from corner to corner instead of a choppy screwed up type of drive.  And since I'll be operating the dirt moving equipment, it's what I'm going to do!   :wink:

B) Wide enough for four cars - I'm planning on 35' to 40' wide

III) Multiple lines so there is passing able to be done in the corners, straights and even switch backs. (which usually and obviously develop one line)

I also want to set the track up so that it's multiple level friendly.  There will be table tops through out and there will be doubles in sections where they're able to be done safely.  Different obstacles may be side by side - say a table top on one side of a straight with a double on the other side.

We also want the track to be used by people with UTVs, quads and I'm trying to get some Trophy Karts here too.  The more we can keep four wheeled vehicles off the motocross track the happier everyone will be.  (I HATE quads on a motocross track - they screw up the turns)

Hopefully we'll have the basic layout of the track finished by the end of February. Weather will play a huge roll in this and I'll be out west playing in the Dunes for a couple weeks in the middle of Feb.

I'll keep everyone updated as it goes along.

A little clip of a few laps around the shop at night.

Was doing a little testing of the new ride.

I think I have some little spirit that sits on my shoulder and lets amazing things happen to me at times.

I call it my Dream Spirit.

The Dream Spirit's been good to me over the years.  It let me chase the dream of stadium racing in 98 & 99

It let me go desert racing in 01 and has continued to be good to me in the dirt world.

This morning it struck again. :worthy:

I'm riding in Pete Sohren's Trophy Truck in the Baja 1000!!!


I head to Phoenix next Saturday, we head down to Old Mexico on Sunday, pre-run Monday and Tuesday and then sit down, strap in, shut up and HAUL on Wed in the TT!!!

The truck is #6 off the line and I'll get to ride from the start to the Bay of LA - about one third the race - 377 miles.  I'll then become pit support or what ever they need.

YEEEEEE   HHHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm just passing this on from KiowA's site - Odyknuck gets all the credit, is the contact and the one to work with.  I've done nothing more than steal it from the other site, remove a little bit of stuff and post it here.

There's already a good response - and, as the paragraph below states - this place is KILLER.

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I am in the process of making arrangements for a Summer/Fall Pilot ride at Hatfield McCoy and need to know who is interested. We need to give them at least a month of lead time to make it happen. I'm thinking July, August, September or October. Listed below are the Hatfield McCoy preplanned dates we can not be on the trails. Lets make a go of it. Those of you that have been there know its the best trail system bar none. One thing to keep in mind is that we will be limited to Pilots, Odysseys, dirt bikes and 4 wheelers. I dont know if home builts will be allowed at this time.
Thanks
Steve Hubbard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 440-427-0546

Hatfield McCoy preplanned dates:
April 8th
April 27th thru the 30th
June 8th thru the 11th
August 31 thru September 4th
October 5th thru the 9th

Web Site: http://www.trailsheaven.com

I should have a confirmation soon on wiche weekend is OK. For those of that are interested please let me know.
Thanks Steve

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Ok Guys Its offical. We have been cleared for September 28th, 29th and 30th. Please let me know ASAP on what kind of Camping accomadations you will need so I can make our Reservations. Send the Info to my Email address: [email protected]
Ph# 440-427-0546  

This was passed on to me by Stoneman:  Nice Save!

It's easier to just copy/paste what I just put up on YDR:

<snip>yesterday (Sunday, 4/30) I finally found some time to get into the shop and start finishing up the Dez. I'd decided that, even though the airbox wasn't finished, it was time to see if the RX1 was going to fire up.
Final stuff was done - lines hose clamped, fluids inserted, wire harnesses checked. All seemed in order. Time to give it a try and see if the engine was going to come to life.

Turn the key, lights on the dash blink, fuel pump starts up and it's time to hit the magic button. The engine cranks over nice and quickly and there's the sound of an engine sort of trying to do something - pop, pop, pop. Little blue flames are coming out of the throttle bodies in no particular order. Hmm...

Unfortunately, I was constrained by time and I had to quit early - plus the battery was on the weak side - it's been sitting for the past four months: time for a charge. I'll try tomorrow.

Last night, laying there in bed it struck me. The engine was firing, but not correctly - as if the spark timing was off a bit. Aha! I know the problem! The RX1 engine is a reverse cylinder setup - the intake is on the front side, the exhaust is on the rear. Bikes are just the opposite. My wire harness for the ignition coils was on backwards! Cylinder 1 on a bike is Cylinder 4 on the sled. TADA!!

This morning I headed down and swapped the plugs around: 1 to 4, 2 to 3. Walked back up to the driver's area, turned the key and hit the magic button.

Here are the results!!! <---- Windblows Media File


The rattling sound you hear at the beginning of the video is a wrench, a pair of pliers and half a dozen Dzus fasteners floating around on the aluminum belly pan. Had me worried at first, but once I picked everything up, well, you hear the results.

The engine revs instantly. The primary clutch isn't installed at the moment, so there's no mass on the crankshaft. Nothing to slow down the rev up or rev down. The engine's also quite lean off the bottom end (why it's sluggish on response and back fires). I'm sure this has multiple factors effecting it. Broken air pressure sensor on the throttle body assembly, no air filters or velocity stacks, non-stock exhaust. I didn't have the Power Commander hooked up yet either, so there's not any way to adjust this out yet. - that's an easy fix, though - two quick plug ins and play with the buttons.

Right now I'm going to get back down to the shop and start working on finishing it up. It's time to get this beastie running and in the dirt again - Summer's on the way and there's a race in Mexico on June 17th. I plan on being there!