Updates from Javelin Broderick

Javelin Broderick is the 2009 WERA Lightweight Twi...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:09:38 GMT

Javelin Broderick is the 2009 WERA Lightweight Twins SS Novice and Lightweight Twins SB Novice CHAMP!

The Gixxer600 is built and we are currently practi...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:24:48 GMT

The Gixxer600 is built and we are currently practicing on it. Looking good!

PSR / Powerstands Comes Onboard!

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:04:10 GMT

Hi To Everyone,

Today we confirmed our sponsorship with the great people at PSR!

PSR, also commonly known as Powerstands have been giving Javelin rider support since last year but have now decided to up their game by offering him full sponsorship for the remaining 2009 race season.

This couldn't have come at a better time for us considering the myriad of high performance equipment that PSR has to offer us. Be sure to visit our race trailer at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from April 10-12, 2009 to see the exciting new equipment that we will be using from this fabulous company!

Building A 2008 Suzuki GSXR600 To Race Superstock!

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:58:02 GMT

Building A 2008 Suzuki GSXR600 To Race Superstock!

Its Official! We Have A Shot!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:44:00 GMT

We just received our acceptance to try out for the 2009 Red Bull Rookies Cup!!

Javelin is in school right now and has no idea that he has been accepted to try out.

I can tell you that when he gets home this evening he won't shut up until he goes

to bed..............if he does at all!!!

His mom asked if she could be the one to tell him becasue she never gets to tell

him about racing stuff. I printed out the acceptance letter and she is taking it over

to him at school (she works there).

I just started getting butterflies as I was writing this..........

Letter Is Attached!

Wish us luck!

Bernie & Javelin

Number 814

SCminiGP Race + Star School!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:27:05 GMT

Hey Everyone,

Had a fun-filled 4 days of riding this past weekend.

I feel like I have sun stroke though as I spent the entire 4 days as support crew for the kid.

We started the weekend off with practice at California Speedway and SCminiGP. They had a rough time getting their program started in the beginning but now everything seems to be pretty smooth sailing. If I had one complaint, it would be a lack of track time as we have to share the day with the Go-Kart guys and it eats up our time a lot. They have made a decision to start doing some events at The Grange circuit which is fine with us. A much better facility and we do not have to share with karts. Our next race will be held there and it is going to be a three day event. Javelin and I are both stoked with that since it was the track we ran the endurance race on and we both know it pretty well as you can imagine.

So Saturday practice went smoothly and Javelin was running pretty consistent 1:06 laptimes. They changed the configuration of the track slightly and this made it a bit faster. We spent the entire day working on cornering speed and getting the most out of corner exit. The 1:06 is still down quite a bit from what the fast guys but neither Javelin nor myself are concerned about it for now. We'll see how the rest of the series unfolds. Javelin can do with his own talents and his own bike so on to practice. The bike ran flawlessly all day and thats saying something since the motor is still running on the same topend that was on it for the endurance race. My personal schedule with work made it so that I had no time to change it out prior to the weekend so we just had to keep our fingers crossed that it would hold out ----- and it did. So it was 1:06's for the day and we both felt a little frustrated that we couldn't get anything more. I always have to remind myself that he has only been riding street bikes for 8 months and the GP bike for only about 2 months.

So we got a hotel room for the evening and crashed out pretty early. The heat of the day takes the wind out of your sails pretty quickly and 8:30 - 9PM comes around pretty quick............ZZzzzzzzzz. The next morning we got there about 8AM and got our pit setup. We have made some good friends already and a couple of them provided parts for us that got broken after the crash at the endurance race. Our fairings, upper fairing support and brake reservoir cover were all provided by friends at the track and we are totally grateful. Morning practice was yielding similar lap times to the practice on saturday so we more or less got over the times and focused more on technique. I was reminding Javelin to work on his reference points around

the track and to stay focused on the job at hand. The bike was still running great and we closed in on the heat race.

Heat Race:

The heat race went alright. The one thing Javelin has going in his favor right now is his starts. I guess this comes from his dirtbiking experience and he can get a launch as good as anyone on the grid. The green flag dropped and he got a great start into the first corner. There were 7 bikes running in the heat and Jav got a 4th into T1. He was doing a great job of holding his position but the 2 riders behind him took advantage of a couple of spots where he is weak and relagated him back to 6th. Sixth was what he brought home which put him in pretty good shape for the main. So not last place but still stuggling to find the pace of the much more experienced riders up front.

Main Event:

The main was pretty much a carbon copy of the heat. He got a great launch again and held a 4th place position for 3 of the 7 laps. Eventually, he got worked over but it was different this time. You could definately see a more aggressive pace coming from Javelin especially after the first rider got around him. I started timing him and he was laying down 1:03 laptimes with a smokin' hot lap of a 1:01! This was "really" fast for Javelin and I think we broke down another barrier in his riding. He hung with the pack almost till the end and came across the finish line in 6th place about 2-3 seconds behind the 5th place rider. Much better than the heat and much better pace than he was running all weekend. We'll see how this translates at the next round. He told me after the race that he was determined to not let the pack get away from him and thats what got his laptimes down. He is starting to develop mentally now and is able to push himself beyond his comfort zone. This is important as a racer and is something that all racers face each time they get on the track. The ability to be able push yourself beyond what feels comfortable is definately something that takes time. What I have always been impressed with in Javelins riding is his smoothness. He has very good bike control and always appears to be in control of what

the bike is doing.

Star School!!

Well, Monday and Tuesday were dedicated to Jason Pridmores Star School. Javelin told me he was more excited about Star than the race at SCminiGP. He loves learning from Jason and his team but also says that The Streets Of Willow is one of his favorite tracks to ride. We got there pretty early on Monday and set up our pit area. Javelin headed into class and I stayed outside getting his bike ready. We brought the Ninja 250 as well as the GP bike to the track but Jav wanted to run the GP bike mostly. The Ninja stood silent as a backup in case the the GP took a dumper but that never happened. He did however run the Ninja for about 4 or 5 sessions over the 2 days to stay familiar with it. He is obviously more comfortable with the GP bike even though it is down on power from the Ninja. Since he had already done the school before, the classroom and track lessons were the same as before. The difference this time was all down to details. Mark and his coaches worked Jav pretty hard this time around and were constantly giving him advice and direction. Roger, one of the coaches, said that Javelin has all the big stuff worked out but now needs to focus on the little things (well, they are all big things I guess) like consistency, braking smoothness, body setup from corner to corner, etc. The boys did a fabulous job with the kid but day one was staying consistent at 1:41's. This is about what he was doing there before and he had wanted to hit a 1:39 at least this time around. I told him he has to have patience and it will come.

On day 2, it did come as he started running consistent 1:38 laptimes. Star Schools instruction was starting to show dividend on day 2 as Jav's smoothness and cornering speed just kept getting better. You could see it. As a matter of fact, I would go out on a limb and say that he had one of the fastest cornering speeds of anyone in the advanced group on Tuesday. They could catch him on the straight sections but no one was on his tail through any corner on the track that I could see. It was really fun to watch and we ended the day on a high note with his 1:38 laptimes and a pair of completely toasted knee pucks. Now I have that as a new expense to add to all the other expenses......lol

BTW - For those of you who weren't aware, Jason has gotten a fantastic ride in World Superbike! This is amazing for all of us Pridmore fans as Jason will be running the rest of the years races on a Honda CBR1000 RR. Now we have a World Superbike rider as a coach and that ain't a bad thing by no means!!

A special thank you to Mark and Jason for supporting Javelin and his efforts. Javelin feels a special bond with you guys and is always proud to tell his friends that he is a Star School rider. Looking forward to helping you guys out in return as his career in racing starts to develop more and more in the future.

Javelin is currently on holidays with his mom and brother in Canada. Dad had to stay home to continue working so .........here I am!! Our next event is in July so I will update everyone after that.

Stay well and thank you all for the continued support. Its all gonna pay off!

BTW - Enjoy the quick video snipit. Jav is on 814 which is now black and yellow (Hey, just like Jasons superbike!)

Best To All

Bernie and Javelin

Number 814

The 8-Hours Of The Grange Endurance Race!

Sun, 25 May 2008 10:03:32 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Well, it only took a week for me to be able to get to this race report! I have been so busy with work and travelling for work that I never even found myself on the internet until yesterday!

Last Saturday, we ran an 8-hour endurance race on the RS85 chassis at the Grange. The Grange is a smaller go-kart circuit up in the Apple Valley area and it is just the coolest

little track. Well maintained, friendly folks and a decent little road circuit. As you can imagine, eight hours is a long time to ride so we put together a team. It was my friend Sean who has a lot of experience riding NSR50's, Javelin and finally myself rounded out the three riders. We figured that 20 minutes on the bike each every hour would be pretty managable. Some teams had 4, 5 and even 6 riders making their days pretty easy. We had done some testing up at the track prior to the race and Sean had the best laptimes at 1:07. Javelin was biting at 1:09's and I was .....well, not very fast...lol. I simply had big problems with my legs on the bike and had difficulty getting correct posture and feeling comfortable.

Raceday came around and we were all together having our final discussions on race strategy. Given that it was going to be a long day, I suggested that we all take it easy for awhile and let the field settle out. Also to give us a chance to get used to the bike and to make sure the bike even makes it through 8 hours of almost continuous operation. Everyone I spoke to said I was nuts entering that little 85cc motor into this race. They didn't expect it to make it past 4 hours......boy were they wrong! Sean was voted to be first out to get the start and to help us gain position to hand it over to Javelin. I went last as I was also the team mechanic and wanted to get the bike out for awhile first to see if anything needed fixing prior to my stint. We ended up being 8th on the grid which was pretty decent. We were also racing against YSR and NSR50's, and even Motards as big as 450cc!! I wasn't really happy with their choice to include such big bikes as I thought it would make things a little dangerous for the smaller bikes but it turned out alright even though some of the passes these guys were making were less than safe.

The green flag dropped and Sean was off!! He started picking off bikes immediately and was up to 3rd place as he came around for the second lap.The only bikes ahead of him were the Motards and he was after them. This was exciting but also made me very nervous as it was so early in the race. We were all thrilled as Sean came around again and was closing in on the first of the two leading Motards. Thats when disaster struck!! None of us knows for sure what happened but going into T1 at the end of the front straight, Sean lost the bike. We figure it was a combination of heavy braking and cold tires. The front suspension may have bottomed out and because of the tires not being completely up to temp yet, Sean got ejected from the drivers seat and bike slammed into the pavement, skidded through the dirt and ended up into the hay blocks on the outside of the corner!! Javelin and I were devastated.........

We ran in our leathers down to the corner to see Sean trying to pick the bike up but he couldn't and went down on his knees. As it turns out, he injured himself pretty good. A fractured collarbone, a fractured scapula and he did something to the ligaments in his shoulder. He was down for the count .....

I picked the bike up and rolled it back to the pits. Fairing was cracked up on the right side, brake lever / reservoir were spun around on the clipon and the reservoir had serious rash on the cap. Footpeg on that side was bent and loose but remarkably, the bike was not in too bad a shape? That was what I thought until I grabbed the front brake and fluid started leaking from the rash on the master cylinder. "We're Done", I said as I knew we did not have a spare master. Javelin was pretty upset that he didn't even get to fire a shot on the bike. I was torn between being sympathetic for Seans condition, anger for being out of the race after 3 laps, and my other brain that never stops thinking. So, I dropped that emotional side of my brain and went to work trying to figure out how we could get around this. We searched in vain for spare parts at the track and then I had a stroke of genious (at least in my mind!). I pulled the brake reservoir cover off and flipped it 180 degrees and screwed it back on. Voila!!, the master was holding pressure again as I gave it just enough meat to seal. We all jumped in to get the bodywork secured and to tighten down and straighten the footpeg. It all worked!! The moment of truth was of course firing the bike. The little Kwakka KX85 fired right up as if ready to redeem what had happened early. Javelin was feverishly getting his leathers on and we were wiping the bike down and checking for any other potential problems. After 30 minutes in the pits, Javelin was off and running.

Now we had a pretty serious issue..................only 2 riders for 7.5 hours. One being an old guy (Me) and the other being a kid. We had to trade off every 20 minutes and it was the most gruelling thing I have ever done to myself. It was bright and sunny and 110 degrees plus. We could barely stay hydrated as we guzzled bottle after bottle of water. Believe it or not, we both got our laptimes into a consistent 1:10 - 1:11 timeframe and we were working it. By the middle of the afternoon, after some attrition and a lot of very hard riding, we found ourselves back up to 9th place overall out of 25 teams starting. Bear in mind that most were on smaller 50cc bikes but some of those guys were laying down the same times as us! Very good riders with lots of experience.

By 5PM, I was getting into trouble. My legs were starting to cramp very badly and I was breathing through my mouth which is something I never do when I ride......... I was getting worried. By 6PM, I had had enough. I was getting dizzy on the track and making mistakes. My laptimes were going up and I was not able to concentrate anymore. I pulled into the pits unannounced and said that was it. And it really was! There was no amount of "iron will" that was going to allow me to go back out. My body had shut down and it was finished.

Javelin was equally tired but still couldn't see it stopping. His eyes were bloodshot from wind and he could barely keep them open. His laptimes had gone up as well and I made the decision to stop the race for us. Six hours straight was something to be proud of. At 6:30PM, Javelin got up from his chair and said he was going to finish the race. As much as I was done myself, I knew I had to let him try as he had worked so hard all day, I knew that he wanted that checkered flag. At 6:45, Javelin rolled back out on the track and went for it. Not only was he back out but his lap times were dropping again. He got hat little bike down into the 1:11 1:12 range again and was picking off bikes like crazy. He ran 45 minutes straight and after some serious passing, came screaming down the front straight to take the checkered flag. He rolled the little Kwakka into the pits all dirty but still ready

to run again..............that little bike amazed us all!

I can't begin to describe how proud I was of my son. The endurance and persistance he showed that day was absolutely amazing. Sean had made it back from the hospital by 6 and was there to see the finish.

Our official finish was first in class as we were the only 85cc to enter. Not sure where we finished overall but we did about 320 laps that day between us and we were wiped out completely. It was an awesome event that I would never even consider doing again unless we had a minimum of 4 riders.

A special thanx to Greg our surrogate team mechanic. Greg was unbelieveable in helping us all day from handling the pit board, to fueling the bike, handing out water and giving us both as much moral support as he possibly could. What a great guy to have with us............................thanx heaps Greg!

Thanx Everyone for your continued support and have a great Memorial Day weekend!!

We are heading out today to go riding with Mark at The Track Club - www.thetrackclub.com

We'll be racing again June 8th at California Speedway with SCminiGP followed by 2 more days of training

with Jason Pridmore at Star School www.starmotorcycle.com .

Bernie & Javelin

Team Razorboy 814

I Met John And Ashleigh Hopkins at LAX!

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:24:20 GMT

Wow!
What a treat!

The day after Javelin runs his first roadrace, I am headed to LAX to catch a flight to Boston on business. I am sitting outside on a bench and a limo pulls up right next to me. Out gets Bill Maher! I said a quick hello and a wave and he reciprocated. I though that was cool and headed on to the terminal to head for security.

I am walking between first and economy check-in and this guy and gal are walking by me and he looks strangely familiar. He then looks straight at me as I walk by and it was The Hooligan _ John Hopkins and his wife Ashleigh. They were just passing through on their way back to Miami from China. I immediately stopped them and started a discussion. It must have been 10 or 15 minutes we were talking and they were the nicest people. I told them all about Javelins racing and his admiration for John and Kawasaki!!! They were both pleased to discuss this and we went on for awhile. Ended up taking my picture with him on my cellphone and then Ashleigh took another one with her camera. Hopefully, we will get a chance to meet them again when I have Javelin with me. Jav was happy that I got to meet him but of course bummed that he wasn't there too.

Awesome and so close to Javelin running his first race that it has to be a good omen.

Bernie

Last Racetown 395 Race and 1st SCminiGP Race!

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:17:41 GMT

Well it was another weekend of fun as we headed out for the last race of the 8-race dealer series at Racetown 395. This would also mark the first roadrace ever for Javelin on the RS85 with SCminiGP. We were joined this weekend by mom and little brother Gage. I also had a dear friend of mine Matt show up for the roadrace as well.

We started things off with SCminiGP practice on Saturday morning at the California Speedway Kart track. The whole day went pretty smoothly even though we don't seem to get nearly as much track time as we would like. Javelin got himself back into the 1:10 range where we left off before but was getting a lot smoother around the track. We obviously need to get a lot faster if we are going to be competitive in this class. Javelin runs in what is called ProGP which are the fastest bikes in the club. The guys he is competing against have mountains of experience roadracing so we basically jumped into the deep end on this one. That being said, Javelins dirtbike experience makes it easy to compete but doesn't automatically make him fast and that is what we need to work on more.

We wrapped up practice at around 3pm and immediately headed off to Racetown which is about an hours drive North of Cal Speedway. We got there in pretty good shape and Javelin did get out for practice to get things dialed in. Bike was running well but Jav was having problems. He fell 2 or 3 times during practice. I don't know what was going on to be honest? Maybe he was too tired from roadrace practice but I doubt it. He normally rides much more during a day out than we had done. I think he was under a LOT of pressure. Not only was it the last race of the series but his mom and brother were there also which probably made it hard for him to focus. I knew he wasn't with it but figured we would get through alright. I was just praying that he stayed safe and didn't get hurt. As it turned out, everything was pretty uneventful. Bike ran well and Jav did a decent job. He unfortunately couldn't get a good start on either moto and ended up 5th on the first moto but then moved up to 3rd as the 2 riders in front both fell during the race. I consider this 3rd to be a gift. He did manage to pull off a 3rd in the second race as well and almost took himself out when he blew a corner and then got hit from another rider from behind whom he had just made a pass on.

That was it! The series was over and Javelin got a nice big 2nd place trophy! We are all really proud of him and how hard he fought for this. Vincent was within his grasp on a number of occasions and I think that meant more to him than anything. It really shows how far he has moved up since this all started 3 years ago. This boy knows how to dirtbike..................

Congrats Javelin!

We spent the night back down in Fontana to be close to the track for the next days events. Bright and early we were there setup and ready to go. They were running the track in the clockwise config which is normal but the last weekend that we were there, they were running it reverse. This meant that Javelin had to relearn the track. It was OK morning practice and we were still doing 1:10 - 1:09 laptimes. I knew this wouldn't be enough to be very competitive against this crew of much more experienced pavement riders.

Finally it was time for the one and only heat race. Javelin was on pole due to picking a number from a hat. He was pretty nervous by the time his race was called but was ready to get on with it anyway. He gridded up and the green flag dropped. They made mince meat of him by the third corner....lol. He went around once and looked ok but on lap 2, his bike was extremely loud and I could see as he went by that his expansion chamber (exhaust) had split into two pieces!!!! You could tell that the bike was way down on power but remarkably, he stayed in it and kept racing. I guess he figured he would rather blow it up than quit so I was happy. He did however come in last so he had to grid last for the main.

When he came in, I went over the bike and sure enough, the pipe was cracked in two behind the main chamber. This was Sunday and there wasn't anything that was going to fix this pipe so we knew he would have to run the main with it as is. Some people suggested various bandaids but I declined as I didn't want it falling apart again and potentially getting hooked in his chain or something. The upside was that I could hear everything he was doing all the way around the track...lol

He gridded last for the main and when the flag dropped, they were off!! He surprised the hell out of me when they came through T3 and he had picked up 2 positions! Not a bad start I thought to myself especially with a hurtin' motorcycle. It wasn't to last though as the 2 riders managed to get around him after about 3 laps of the 5 lap race. He did hold them off for awhile though so we were very happy about that! Well, with 2 last place finishes, we have nowhere to go now but up! Looking forward to our next event which will be the 8-hour endurance race at the Grange on May 17th! We don't have any immediate plans for dirtracing as of yet but we do know that we are moving on to a new track. We are hopeful to get to race at Piru Motocross Park again as it is very close to our house.

See ya'll later!!
Bernie & Javelin

Number 814

Javelin Broderick Happenings!

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:45:19 GMT

Hey Everyone!

Well, this is Dads first Blog on the webpage and I am going to continue to do updates from here from now on as it gives us a better look at Javelins history.

The last two weeks have been so busy that I have a hard time remembering everything? We did a 4-day run the week before last that included Racteown 395 dirt racing, The Grange RS85 testing and 2 days of practice on the Ninja 250 with The Track Club!

The race at Racetown 395 was probably the most aggressive race that Javelin has ever put on! It was followed by disappointment with a photofinish that was handed to his competitor. The first moto wasn't very eventful. Jav got an OK start but wasn't in any battles really thoughout the entire race. I believe he was 3rd in that moto. The second moto was something completely different? He got a massive launch off the start and headed into turn 1 in second place squeezing a number of riders wide as he muscled his way through. His fastest rival Vincent still got ahead of him into the corner by a nose but it was "game on"! After 2 laps in the moto, it was clear that Javelin was weak through the last 2 corners prior to the start finish and the 3rd place rider was strong there. However, once they got over the finish line step down, Javelin was extremely strong down the front straight and into a pretty tight left handed turn 1. So here is what started to happen - the 3rd place rider would attempt a pass right before start finish and they would come over the jump together but as they came down, the 3rd place rider was no match for Javelin coming down the front straight and into 1. There were actually gasps coming from the people around me as they both flew by at a speed into 1 that made me very nervous. But Javelin would slam that bike into 1 and relegate the 3rd place rider back to third. Jav would then pull away some but lose his advantage again on those last 2 corners before the finish line. Unbelieveably, this happened 3 times in a row and the spectators were getting pretty excited! This was the hardest battle being fought all evening without doubt. Each time the 3rd place rider would get the edge and each time Jav would take it back going into 1. Vincent had pulled a nice lead by lap three because of the back and forth going on behind him but by lap 5, Jav and the third place rider had actually caught up to Vincent and even put a wheel beside him in an attempt to pass! This wasn't to happen though because of the battle still coming from behind. White flag came out and all top 3 riders were packed together coming around for the final lap. I held my breath as they Jav pulled his move going into 1 for the last time. Vincent managed to pull out enough to secure his 1st place victory while Jav's battle went on. Then he made a mistake and instead of switching up his line on the last corner and surprising the rider behind him, he kept the same line thinking he could race him to the finish. They came over the finish line so close that I didn't even know who got it?? The start / finish flagger looked bewildered and I don't think she knew either? It was not meant to be however and Jav was handed 3rd place. Talking with him later, he felt confident that he could outrun the other rider to the finish but it was a mistake. He should have swapped lines at the last moment and blocked the other rider around the last corner. Live and learn.

We stayed with friends that night and the next morning went to Grange Kart track to test the RS85 with our friend Sean. We have all three entered into the Grange 8-hour Endurance race and we plan on riding 20 minute sessions each...........................all day! Sean is by far the most experienced on these little bikes being a class winner with CMRRA in the past. The day went very smoothly with Sean quickly getting into the 1:07 range after 1 session on the bike.......he is fast and smooth. Javelin also did very well pulling a 1:09 after 2 sessions so he is on the move as well. Me on the other hand? I have some work to do..................lol. I was like a new born baby Giraffe on this thing!! I am 6'1" tall and I couldn't get my feet back far enough on the pegs. I kept dragging my toes around corners but after 2 sessions I started to work it out. On the second to last session of the day, Jav came in with a broken shifter that ended that days testing. The shifter has since been repaired and reinforced.

The Track Club was awesome as always. I was hampered with bike problems all day which made me ride more conservatively than I am used to. I did have a moment going into T1 though that had me spinning up my Pirelli Supercorsa rear from apex all the way out to within 4 inches of the edge of the track! I finally had to let off a bit which gave me a bit of a wiggle. This was enough to throw my feet of the pegs but I regained control and continued. Jav had wanted to ride the RS85 on the big track but couldn't because of the aforementioned broken shifter. The Ninja250 ran well except for a float bowl sticking on day 2 which we fixed pretty quickly. On the last three sessions of day 2, I gave Javelin the ZX-7R to take out on the track. He was so stoked that his face lit up like a Christmas tree!! He did really well on the big machine and looked like Dani Pedrosa...lol. He put in three very smooth and fast sessions on the big bike and I was thrilled. Thanx Mark for letting me run your ZX10R to chase the little bugger around!

After 4 solid days of riding, we were both completely exhausted on the way home to Ojai. Nothing much to look forward to now except the next weekend which had the Racetown 395 series end and the very first SCminiGP roadrace! Nope, nothing to worry about here.....................lol

Check out the next blog to learn how things went!

Bernie And Javelin....................Number 814

The Adventure to Get the 125.

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:07:56 GMT

Well it all started yesterday morning. My dad and me woke up at 5:00 in the morning so that we could get on the road at 6:00. So after we got all packed up and ready to go we hopped in the truck and started driving. The drive from Ojai to San Francisco was about a 5 hour drive there. On the news they were saying that there was going to be heavy rain but all we got was sprinkles.

So we finally got there at about 11:00 but when we got there Dex's(the owner of the bike)wife was standing outside of the house with the garage open and the bike sitting in there. When I walked up to it my mouth dropped. It was nicer then it looked on the pics,I was soooo excited to get out there on it. But Dex wasn't there yet becuase he was out at his kid's basketball game, so my dad and I decided to go get some grub and then come back. So we did, we just went to local Denny's about 10 minutes from his house. So we got something to eat and we figured that he probably wasn't there yet so we just went to the RadioShack across from the resturant.

After hanging out there for about 1 hour we decided to go back to the house and see if Dex was back yet. Right when we pulled in the driveway he pulled up behind us in his HUGE Hummer H2. When we got out of the car he kinda walked right by us and went in the house we thought he didn't even know who we where but about 2 minutes later he opened up the garage and we started lookin at the bike. My Dad and him talked for no less than 2 hours and the guy was super nice and very easy to work with.

So after we got the back packed up in the back of the Ridgeline we said good-bye and drove off. While we were up in that area we decided to go see Mark and Dori(Owners of The Track Club). They lived in San Jose and we were in Daly City so we decided to call them and ask if we could stop by, they said yes so we drove over there. When we got there Mark was standing outside waving at us. We got out of the truck, said hi and showed him the bike. He really liked it and when we told him what we got it for he thought we got a really good deal! So we went into the house for a little bit and talked and went on the computer. Not to long after Dori came home. It was fun having everyone there. So after hanging out there for about an hour. We decided to leave and start heading home.

So we started driving looking for any sign of a Starbucks but never did find one. After about 2 and a half hours of driving we found a In-And-Out Burger and decided to eat there. So we had some food and got back on the road.

While we were driving my dad decided to start telling me about the horror movie called the Blaire Witch Project. Ya that freaked me out. About 10 minutes after that I fell sound asleep,I have no idea how.haha While we were driving my dad said that he got hit with a HUGE shower of rain and wind. He said that it took over and hour more to get home because of the wind's.

When we finally got home, my dad woke me up and I got out of the truck and went in by myself. My mom and brother were already asleep and the house was completely dark. Dad was outside in the rain bringing the bike into the garage. I sat on the couch and stated hearing noises. I was freaking out because of the story my dad told me. It was just the wind and rain but it was still really scary because it was so dark. So quickly I ran around the whole house turning all the lights on. I ran upstairs and jumped in my bed and went to sleep as fast as I could. No nightmares though but it sure did give me a jolt.

It was a fun trip and I hope to be able to do it again sometime.

The End

JUST BOUGHT AN RS125!!

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:56:57 GMT

Hey everyone,

Just yesterday my Dad hooked up with a guy in San Fransico with an RS125.

The bike is in great condition and will get me started in the 125 race classes.

Wish me luck!!

Thanks

Javelin Broderick

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THANKS TO ALL MY SPONSORS!!!

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:44:07 GMT

I just wanted to say thanks to all of my sponsors.

You guys have been such a huge help with everything.

Without you guys racing would be a dream and not a reality.

Thanks A lot

Javelin Broderick

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Honda Corona Team

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:47:23 GMT

So get this in about 1-2 months I might get to hang out with the Honda Corona Team at Buttonwillow Raceway.

I'm looking forward to the possibility of getting some tips from their new riders, Jake Holden and Alex Hoffman.

A Corona Extra RS125 might be cool don't you think?.

It's gunna be cool!!

SCMiniGP

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:47:49 GMT

I'm probably going to start racing with the SCMiniGP.

It's an organized racing clubs for kids.

The highest engine cc is 80.

So what me and my Dad might do is get a RS125 chassi and an NS80 motor.

I hope we can get it figured out.

Panolin '08 Catalouge

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:56:59 GMT

I'm going to be in the '08 Panolin Oils Catalouge.

I'm so excited!!!

It's a good way to get my name out there.

Honda RS125

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:38:17 GMT

Hey everyone.

I was wondering if anyone has or knows anyone who has an RS125 for sale.

It would be a big help.

Thanks

Red Bull '08 Rookies Cup Selection

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:43:57 GMT

Well I am now in training for the '08 selection.

I'm gunna work hard and get fast.

I hope I can make it.

Jason Pridmore Star School.

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:21:39 GMT

This year I will be training with Jason Pridmore for most of the year.

The program is called Jason Pridmore's Star School.

He will be getting me ready for the '08 Red Bull Rookies Cup selection.

He will be training me on all my bikes.

Lets hope it goes good.