Wed December 27 2006, 02:32 PM
mxaaronI was riding 250 Beg, at Woodland, I had never ridden mx before, ever. I knew nothing about my bike except that if I twisted the throttle, it went. I knew that you could adjust suspension, but had no idea about valving and spring rates. To make matters worse, my first bike was a polished and ported kx250 that had been sprung and valved for a 240 pounder. I was 140 pounds, soaking wet with rocks in my pockets. It was a very rough ride to say the least. I just thought MX was tough. After several motos of riding as hard as I could, finishing no better than 7th, I was resting at my truck, wondering if my forearms would ever pump down. Ted comes over and asks me if I was 392. I already told this story. I was not at ANY point offended by it, nor did I think it was wrong in any way for him to approach me. He told me that I needed suspension work. I went home, thought about it, shopped around in my home area, got the bike revalved and re sprung. The next Woodland race, I had horrible buyers remorse for all the money I spent until I holeshot both of my 250 Beg motos, led them bell to bell, and took my first overall. Moral of the story: Ted told me to get my suspension done, I did it, it worked perfectly. He taught me a lesson.
At no time did Ted offend me, engage in unscrupulous business tactics, or leave me with anything less than a good opinion of him. (that was probably before he knew I was a liberal. Hell, I dont even know if I was a liberal at that time!) Anyway, he is a good guy, does good work, and I would never mean to slander or talk smack about how he runs his business or performs the work that he contracts to do. (How he votes may be another story!
Just kidding!)Hope that clarifies the story some.
