Zorros Racing taking on the Tecate Score Baja 500, 2014

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Who else rides with a twist throttle? Mamito we may need to make a change on the throttle setup. I ride with the thumb throttle and really dislike a twist on a quad. How do the rest of you feel about it.
 
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Who else rides with a twist throttle? Mamito we may need to make a change on the throttle setup. I ride with the thumb throttle and really dislike a twist on a quad. How do the rest of you feel about it.
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The thing is that in long races twist is more confortable and it helps on the fatige of the arm

I have a twist, I just can not do a thumb too many yrs on dirt/street bikes
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-- i run with 23, 22.. and you defenetly need skid plates all over... nice arms and suspension(i can hok you up if you need too) , i can get you also rear suspension with link if you need it.

Mamito...What kind of hook ups get you get on suspension??

 
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what gps is recommended and can we get something from score to load on it so we have points to shoot for?
I will bring a copy of my title (need to put it in my name as well) but we do not have registration here on them.
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for prerunning your engine should be fine, we just need to make sure you have extra parts for maintenance..

and for the GPS not sure yet, ill ask in rdc and bring back the answer...

-- i run with 23, 22.. and you defenetly need skid plates all over... nice arms and suspension(i can hok you up if you need too) , i can get you also rear suspension with link if you need it.
Mamito...What kind of hook ups get you get on suspension??
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i can get you nice prices on LSR arms and the Texeira arms from Immortal ATV.. also for the shockk if you guys are on a budget we can send them to http://dirtworksmotorsports.com/ and have them revalved and made long travel...

i know them personally and they are the best company out there besides JET... and even when jet was going out of bussines, they only referded their customers to DW. so you guys know we cant go wrong with them... they are the ones that are going to service mine to have them ready for the race..

I have thumb. I tried twist for a race and right back to thumb,
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so we got 2 guys with thumb and 2 with twist... the thing is that i dont have the thumb set up no more... and for long races, twist is more comfortable... but its ok if you dont ride that much youll have about 250 miles to get used to it before the actual 125 race miles. LOL..

and here you got the official dates for next year guys... so you guys can plan accordingly..

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yesterday i got off the phone with John from RE and it looks like my head its not really cracked but there are a lot of improvements that should have been done to it when i send it to PP and prep..

so they are servicing 100% of my head...valves, springs, and fix my PP.. so ill be even faster than before(like i really control it, lol). ill keep you guys posted...

 
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This is the new results after the head was fix /upgraded by RE in Tucson..

And ill probably go with a HC3 to"get the real personality out and perform to its best and keep the realability intact" as said by the byilder..

What u guys think?

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This is the new results after the head was fix /upgraded by RE in Tucson..
And ill probably go with a HC3 to"get the real personality out and perform to its best and keep the realability intact" as said by the byilder..

What u guys think?

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I dig it definitely go with the stage three cam though I love the mid range and top end I get out of mine. I'm running the stage two right now for the bottom end and mid range grunt for pulling hills. Looks like they made some nice improvements we should be rippin in baja. Are you doing anything with the bottom end. (Balanced crank, Carrillo rod, cp piston)?

 
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Bottom is brand new oem exept the 12:5:1 CP that I put in in june.

You guys need to get an desert tank or oversize fuel tank. ImmortalAtv can hook u guys up.. since with the stock tank I were not sure if ull reach the next fuel point while prerunning

 
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I just got done with my kind of workout...35 mile ride through the desert!!! Man it feels good to be out riding again. I am in the process of marking a 50 mile loop to ride on. I marked out a 30 miler when I was preparing for the other races, but it's not long enough. Hope everyone is having a great Saturday!!
 
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Do any of you guys have a go pro? Do you know how long you can record on the go pro? 20, 30, 60 minutes or longer? I am thinking about borrowing my brothers go pro. For 2 reasons. 1) I think it would pretty cool to have some footage of our experience. 2) I think that I will record part of each day and upload it to Facebook so that my family can see what it's like there and what we're doing each day.

I know that wal-mart has an off brand of the go pro. I also heard that it is not that great. Has a delay in and if you're going fast everything is blurry.

 
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I just bought the newest go pro black edition. It will be released on the first of October . So I should get it by the 8th I hope. And I ordered all the cool accessories . I'll probably need some extra batteries and a few extra sd cards. I'll let you know how it works mawest. This thing is going to have gps built into it and wifi as well so I think we will be able to track the riders on the course. I hope the salesperson wasn't a liar.
 
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You should post some videos of you riding. I believe I saw a short clip you posted on Facebook a while ago.
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That was my buddies gopro we were playing around on the hills. As soon as I get mine I'll have some good videos for sure.

 
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I have a few more questions for the team. (sorry if I sound like an idiot but I am a logistics type of guy) I have been reading and doing some research on some other race teams. For example Matlock racing. As I read their race report here are a few questions that came up.

Mamito since we're using your bike for the race I guess most of these questions are for you.

What is the plan if something goes wrong with the bike? Example...Blown tire? radiator? spark plug? suspension? chain? ect. I know that we're using the baja pits. Will they have all the spare parts we will need just in case? Or we will be SOL?

Matlock also talks about the importance of a GPS for the highway sections so they can stay under the 60 MPH speed limit.

I realize this is still 9 months out but we need to start getting our race plan in place. Arrival, pre running, chase trucks, getting the other riders where they need to be on race day, their race section, tech inspection, riders meeting, ect. I would be happy to put something together so we're all on the same page and know what to expect each day. Also, I think it would be appropriate to put together a list of what every one MUST bring with them.

I would love to hear everyone's feedback and suggestions.

We all know that Baja is a mean course and can show it's teeth at any split second and we need to be prepared!!!

 
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