Mid-Ohio – Chin on the Tank – Motorcycle stuff in Philadelphia. https://www.chinonthetank.com Home Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 mid ohio 2018 https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/07/mid-ohio-2018/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/07/mid-ohio-2018/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:11:50 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=20069
  • the year of dust.
  • the year Yanns IT didn’t run.
  • the year Quinn came and didn’t have fun.
  • the year of the truck race. I won.
  • the year of long jump fun.
  • the year 90s boys raced MX.
  • the year 90s boys inspired me to read up on flamboyant colored racing kits.
  • the year Dr Ben didn’t fall.
  • the year Steve B got shot in ear with a firework.
  • the year cops shut down the oval track ha.

    • Oval track mayhem




    Woods Enduro course





    MX race with 90s boys



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  • July 6, 7, 8
  • Don’t fuck up. Make sure you have off Thursday and Friday
  • Leaving Wednesday night – truck caravan 9pm from Aramingo wawa
  • So… have your gear and bike shit prepped Tuesday night, so Wed you can get home from work, load your shit up, and get to wawa w/o rushing
  • Staying in a motel somewhere west of Harrisburg Wed night. TBD
  • Wake up Thursday, drive rest of way
  • 6 weeks to get your dirt bike running
  • Don’t fuck up. Goal is no rushing this year.
  • See you there

    • ]]>     https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/05/mid-ohio-details-2018/feed/ 4     KZs of mid ohio https://www.chinonthetank.com/2017/07/kzs-of-mid-ohio/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2017/07/kzs-of-mid-ohio/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:52:57 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=18494 Prices were all over the place. Total junk barely rolling with half the engine missing, selling for $2000. Nuts. Then there is the super clean 2nd year with the bassani exhaust, the dude said he sold for $3500, but I think he lied to me, he was a dick. Then the dude I bought a cb450 exhaust from had a old-guy-restored 1st year he said he’d consider selling for $25k, its gold apparently.

    Saw one just like Nate’s but with Lester wheels. Black is rare according to Adams nation wide search for the best, yet cheapest kz1000 available.

    Then saw a couple 2nd years like how I’m gonna have mine painted. They’re both apparently stock paint and def don’t match so who knows what’s right?

    Nobody wants a shaft drive. Less wheel power.



    ]]>     https://www.chinonthetank.com/2017/07/kzs-of-mid-ohio/feed/ 1     C&S x COTT on Iron & Air https://www.chinonthetank.com/2015/08/cs-x-cott-on-iron-air/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2015/08/cs-x-cott-on-iron-air/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:05:03 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=14263 I remember when Iron & Air first launched a few years ago. They started from scratch and have become a well known name in the vintage motorcycle world for their original content and high quality photos. So, I was really excited when I found out that they were going to run a post about our recent trip to Mid-Ohio.Photos and write-up by Jessie Jay and Ben Wentzel.

    I’m always happy to see our Philadelphia vintage motorcycle scene get coverage.

    Cast & Salvage Take On Mid-Ohio | Iron & Air

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    Some weekend highlights:
    – There’s basically no rules.

    – Swap meet has to be at least 2 football fields big. Tons of cool stuff.

    – Saw the American Wall of Death and had some beers with Sargent Mikey back at our campsite one night. Some even got to check out the wall of death first hand.

    – Started an amateur flat track race in our campground. It started by our crew setting up barrels to race around and quickly turned into half the campground watching and anybody and everybody lining up to race. One of the most epic things I’ve seen.

    – Some dude raced a 4 wheel thing on the flat track while blasting White Zombie.

    – Woods were really sloppy from Thursdays heavy rain. Rode some of the hare scrambles track which is pretty legit hard.

    – Dad look was in

    – Paid $10 and got to ride 3 laps on the road track. Everyone ripped hard on their enduros.

    – Watched pro racers on the real racetrack. Sidecar racing was probably the most fun to watch.

    – Watched the vintage dirt bike races. Those guys are legit.

    – Saw 1 boob

    – Saw 1 penis

    – Burned a girls leg

    – Walked through the paddocks and got to see all the race bikes.

    – Drove 1000miles round trip and worth every bit of it.


            

          
            
                  
          
                              
                                    
          
          
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    July 10th-12th
    Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
    7721 Steam Corners Road
    Lexington, OH 44904

    Google Map Directions from Philly

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