shock valving question...

[Krooser]

Well I was one of the first to jump on the full face helmet bandwagon when I bought a Simpson Bandit circa '81… paying almost $300 back then was a major investment. But I never really liked the lack of peripheral vision I got with the Bandit even though it offered a larger eye opening than was offered by most helmets of the day… so I DO have a spanking new open face in stock.

I'll have four or five windshield bars in front of me along with some 1/2" stainless hardware cloth to stop rocks and chunks of mud. The tracks I used to race at all required a screen… couldn't imagine racing without one really. I did take out my screen the year I ran the IMCA Florida Series just to be like the other guys… I think I put it back in after night #2… just got tired of being pelted with stones on those oiled sand tracks.

[billetbirdcage]

You could race naked as far as I'm concerned because it doesn't effect me in the stands, pits, or as a driver or car owner (besides I don't want to see that, lol) but:

You getting hit and temporarily blinded, knocked out, or etc will and you become a danger to people other then yourself.

Personally I wouldn't allow you on a race track with an open face helmet if it was my decision.

I know your semi joking about the open face, but I said my peace anyways

[Krooser]

BBC... if this didn't scare AJ that open face helmet won't faze me...

[Matt49]

Who says it didn't scare him? Confusing bravery and fearlessness is ignorant.
It's 2017 and we know a lot more than we did back then. I sincerely hope that nobody I race with shares your cavalier attitude toward safety. To BBC's point, a great many safety flaws on one man's car carries a very real risk of endangering everyone else on the track and even those in the stands.

[Krooser]

Matt... I don't take safety lightly... been on fire twice with serious second degree burns (house fire while lighting a space heater and falling into burning gasoline after open headers ignited a leaking fuel line). You'll never see a guy so concerned about fuel cells, mounts, lines etc.

I wore a Hinchman suit with full Nomex underwear, gloves and a head sock almost 40 years ago way before my fellow dirt drivers even thought about most of that equipment. I just don't care to wear a full face helmet.

BTW... that photo of AJ and the caption was supposed to invoke a smile and, maybe, a holy sh*t... kind of a reminder of how brave these guys were...

[Matt49]

That's good to hear.
No doubt racers were a different breed back then.

[riddle28]

you may wanna look up what happened to steve francis' deal last year before you decide on an open face and endanger yourself and competitors

[Krooser]

Back to shocks...

My regular shock guy tells me he re-valved my AFCO single adjustable gas traction shock and he sez it's about the best work he's ever done... and he's pretty savvy.

If i ever get this deal on the track we will see... don't have the particulars yet as I haven't had a chance to pick up the several I dropped off to be checked/re-valved.