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« Last post by Mikku on April 24, 2026, 11:35 PM »
Am now in Tokyo and yesterday I swapped out the Maxxis tyres on my Quamen for the Vee Mk3s that were originally on my Sunday. That should better suit the track that I’ll hopefully be racing on tomorrow, though will see when I go for a practice session there this afternoon. 
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« Last post by Mikku on April 24, 2026, 11:30 PM »
I watched a good vid a few weeks back on Ti BMX frames / parts - Brant Moore’s interview with Roscoe Siebers of WLDLFE Bikes. V. interesting and it seems like Ti is getting cheaper and therefore more and more popular in BMX. In other news, I’ve just bought a 2.35” Rant Squad tyre for my Sunday, which means that the Vee Mk3 tyres from that are now both on my Quamen in readiness for racing that on Sunday!! Confusing, eh! 
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Thanks lads.
I’m just so glad I sold the bikes because that would have been a complete nightmare.
Talking of bikes…
I’m going to paint and fit my Ti bars to the road bike. I’ll post a pic soon. Basically the grip shifter is damaging the carbon due to the way it mounts.
I’ve also bought a Ti coloured stem to match the cranks, some bar extenders as they’re quite short and some knock off Paul levers from Ali express.
I do need to paint the bars as they are gold, but I have some “fire” flip paint and 2k clear left over from other projects.
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« Last post by Mikku on April 21, 2026, 03:36 AM »
Was supposed to go to that second April race in Osaka on Sunday but life (aka moving preparations) got in the way of that. I could have gone but decided to save both time and money, and put the effort into sorting and clearing out house stuff instead!  That said, I'm driving down to Tokyo with a car-load of stuff on Thursday, so if the weather stays good and my back holds up, I plan to enter that third April race on Sunday. Fingers crossed!
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« Last post by Funkyworm on April 16, 2026, 03:18 PM »
Forums are still a viable option for groups of people with the same interests, just look at the museum or pistonheads, but it takes a community to have a community and i fear too many have moved on to other things.
Totally agree, sad times indeed, especially when the museum seems to continually do so well... Must just be down to the purely huge numbers in the states keeping that place going . Even their for-sale page seems busy ... Weird really ... I don't think a few of the admins on here helped the situation tbh. I've heard a few people bad mouth some of them & their elitist attitude & I've had (off site) issues with a couple myself over the years tying to throw their weight around as if they're the (gatekeepers to the hobby)... Wont name any names , all water under the bridge ....Ah well, times move on .
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« Last post by Taipan on April 13, 2026, 11:08 PM »
deffo echo all the above replies 
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« Last post by Taipan on April 10, 2026, 12:15 AM »
So sorry to here of your loss fella.
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« Last post by Mikku on April 06, 2026, 12:17 PM »
Was able to hit up the first of those three-in-a-month races yesterday - a small local race north of Tokyo. The track was super damp and slippery following Saturday rainfall, and I just didn’t have the confidence aka balls to do anything other than tiptoe around the berms, particularly the first. Moto after moto that meant losing a position or two in the first berm despite getting out the gate well. I therefore went 4/4/5 out of 6 riders. Disappointing but that’s the price of putting self-preservation first, so can’t really complain.  With racing done by lunch and fuel still left in the tank, I headed over to a much larger and thankfully drier track for an afternoon practice session. This is one of the most popular tracks in Japan, as evidenced by the number of cars in the parking area. Riders ranged from beginners to elite, and at one point I lined up on the gate next to a World #1! Talking of gates, I managed to get in some much-needed gate practice, all with a view to racing there later this month. That’ll be the third of the three April races, the second being a return trip to Osaka on the 19th.
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« Last post by Mikku on April 06, 2026, 11:56 AM »
Mate, am really sorry to hear about your mum. Puts everything into perspective, I know, but am glad you’ve still got projects to work on and give your mind something else to think about. 
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 BMX Plus - August 1989 .pdf now available for download at https://oldschoolmags.com/With thanks once again to Sebastien R.
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