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Old 11-20-2005, 06:31 AM
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Real Name: kirk smith
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I GIVE UP ( the history of club moto )

Building and preping a track for a special avent is not hard . Hitting a deadline 5 days a week is . Club moto has the some of the most difficult dirt to work with in northern california . To do a good job requires a rototiller (which no one else needs) , a piece of equipment that is so overtaxed that it breaks on an almost daily basis . I cannot stress to mutant enough that the rototiller is the life blood of club moto . It changed club moto from a track that used to be called "club marble " and "club blue groove" to one of the best tracks in nor cal " IN ITS DAY " which unfortunatly came to an end on AUGUST 2 2001 when Shaun reed , my track manager and one of my best friends crashed at club moto and was paralized . Since that time , club moto has been in suvival mode , in part because I have a full time job to suport my family , like I have most of the time I owned the club , and it has been imposible to replace shaun . The amount of work it takes to do a good job at club moto is unbelivable and the fact that mutant has run it into the ground so far proves my point . Shaun was a master at fixing broken equipment and GETTING THE TRACK READY BY OPENING TIME 5 TIMES A WEEK . this is what people fail to realize . building a track is fairly easy , it just takes time . preping a track is easy if you have time and enough people to water .GETTING THE TRACK READY BY DEADLINE 5 DAYS A WEEK is hard . Sand tracks take one pass with the tractor and throw some water down , if its not wet enough , throw down some more . Club moto must be ripped , usually 2 passes three widths wide all the way around the track . Then rototilled , 3 more passes . Then hand watered 2 hours before the start of riding . Anyway , mutant has failed to provide the amount of labor and materials nessisary to do the job correctly and the equipment has degraded to the point where it no longer does a good job or breaks before the job is done . I have spoken to mutant about this many times and they seem to think its fine SO I QUIT . The amount of heat Ive taken for TRYING TO HELP IS UNREAL . AS MR 1 POST " new guy "norcalride" stated on the " no cigar " post ," kirk has brought the place to an all time low , then goes on to complain about all the things I have NO CONTROL over , "poorly prepped , rutted out , dry and dusty ,chunks of cement in the corners , one lined craphole . If the prep is bad , every track is a one line crap hole . I did not do it out of "SPITE" you dumba$$ . I did the best job I could and then left it to mutant . I think club motos numbers have fallen below critical mass ( the number nessisary to sustain itself ) and I will be suprised if it suvives another year . In any event , im tired of the abuse Ive recievec for trying to help out . ' NORCALRIDE " YOU TAKE THE CAKE , I HOPE I GET TO SEE YOU ON THE TRACK WHEN I START TO RIDE AGAIN , IVE GOT A BIG FAT BLOCK PASS FOR YOUR NOISY BUTT WHEN WE MEET . good luck . When I start riding again ,I hope to see everyone at argyl (which I fixed for the trans cal and brought up their numbers , thank you very much )or e street . I will be doing the layout and prep for the GOLDENSTATE NATIONALS for MOTOWEST next year , one at carnegie and one to be anounced . otherwise Im done . Id like to thank all the people who liked the changes I made to club moto this time , there are far more of you than not , sorry I cant fix it anymore . The rest of you loosers need to put some effort into helping your local tracks while you still have a place to ride . A "ONE LINED CRAPHOLE " is better that nothing whiwh is what well have localy after club closes . THANKS TO ALL THE FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE CLUB MOTO WHAT IT USED TO BE . I REMMEMBER YOU ALL AND I TRULY APRECIATE IT . SEE YOU AT THE TRACK . KIRK
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