Powersport Grafx

[Tatonka]

These guys have been great from day one! Bart & the whole gang at PG have gone out of their way to work with RiderDown, from design to delivery they rock! They have donated to our fundraisers and have been instrumental in our efforts to reach out to riders like Shane Watts and David Knight! If you need a new look for your ride check them out at www.powersportgrafx.com!

And now, a word from our sponsor -

"Powersport Grafx designs and manufacturers custom and aftermarket graphics for riders and powersport industry customers from our high-zoot, well lit and spacious production plant and design studio (well, it is dry inside and we do have a supply of light bulbs) in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Powersport Grafx brings to the powersports industry quality, service and a professional approach to your individual needs. We cater to the Powersport Industry. We specialize in plates, shrouds, fenders, swingarms,and pre-printed backgrounds."

RiderDown is also pleased to announce that we will be offering these cgraphics kits directly from the RDF store! Stay tuned for details!

Pre-printed Backgrounds & Graphics for the Extreme Rider!

Powersport Grafx • 313 9th St., North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 • ph: 800. 903. 6764

Tell them RiderDown sent you!

!=!

[50ccMoM]

Thanks guys !!!

[Croft315]

Great guys at PG! I'm pleased to see I made the right choice when I got my last set of graphics (PG)!

[Tatonka]

This was posted on RacerXill (12/23/06), Bart has been an awesome supporter of RiderDown..............

My First Bike: Bart Hayes

Do you remember when you got your first bike? For most of us, it’s one of the best days of our lives. Thanks to the support of our friends at Spy Optics, we’ve decided to start a new Saturday column called “My First Bike.” The subject of this week’s column is Powersports Graphx's Bart Hayes, who has fond memories of his first bike, which sparked his passion for racing motorcycles.

This is a picture from back in the day of a “heavily” modified SL100 Honda. Notice the period-correct riding gear (Bell RT with a Pacifico face fender) with a sweatshirt to ward off the cold and the Hondaline gloves. http://www.racerxill.com/images/articles/medium/0000004661.jpeg

The “weapon” was stripped of all lights, turn signals, speedo, and metal fenders. I had installed Preston Petty fenders and number plates. The rear number plates were bolted to the rear of the side panels just like we had seen the Europeans do for GP racing.

My partner in crime, Dale Cooke, and I had installed OURY grips and sawed off the muffler and put a Kasler slip on muffler in its place. The stock filter was replaced with a K&N-type filter. The hot ticket in the day was the trusty Cheng Shin rear tire because it was all we could afford. We eventually had to replace the sprocket bolts with those from an SL175; seems the Cheng Shin offered more traction than the stockers could handle.

Besides the safety-wired (wire from the neighbor’s electric fence) spokes, the ultra-trick setup was the Schrader valves installed in the fork caps that allowed us to throw away the fork springs. Over the course of a few years we learned all about welding, maintenance, duct tape, loctite, and electric fences.

The last version of this bike had a cantilever rear suspension (just like we’d seen in the magazines). However, our first try at long travel suspension resulted in a seriously pretzled swing arm. The revised swing arm must have weighed 10 pounds more, but it didn’t break and the cool factor was definitely there.

All of these mods resulted in this being dubbed a “Genuine Dirt Racer” or GDR for short (GDR is the race shop that we now run our GNCC effort out of today).

[quad17dad]

I just came across this post. Can you start a new thread for the "first bike" posts. This could be really fun. Sounds a lot like my first bike - a 1972 Honda SL 70. A lot of the same mods too:lol:
That suspension mod wasn't from SkunkWorks was it? I'll be scanning some old pics to impress you with:cool: This should be a lot of fun!!!

[Tatonka]

Chris - that would be fun to see what lurks in our collective dirt bike history! Go ahead and start a thread in the "Fun Stuff" section and let's see what we get.

I wanted a SL 70 really bad when I was on my CT 70 but made a bigger jump instead to a '73 Suzuki TM125...:Powerslide: Still not quite sure what Dad was thinking letting me buy that bike, how did I pull that one off? :wink: Let's race!!

[quad17dad]

Cool! I'll scan some old pics in tonight. By the way Bruce, isn't the CT-70 a girls bike?:muhaha: