BMan1113VR

Not to be confused with anyone else.

About Username: BMan1113VR

uhh, me. . .

I am a native of Los Angeles and I am of the curious type. I can spend hours browsing Wikipedia trying to broaden my knowledge, and to avoid doing other things (See: procrastination). I am new to writing/editing Wikipedia articles, so my formatting skills are still developing.

Knowledge, if any . . .

I like to consider myself to be a person of broad general knowledge, but my metier is motorsports and land vehicles in general. Since childhood I have been involved with designing, building/fixing, and racing all forms of motorsport (from Gopeds to shifter karts to 600cc and vintage motorcycles, to cars (drag racing, SOLOII, SCCA road racing, etc.). I love anything with an engine and wheels (be it 2, 4, or whatever).

Special Knowledge

Cars/Motorcycles/Other Things that I would consider myself an expert on:

Cars

• Toyota Matrix: includes Pontiac Vibe, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Celica. esp. XRS variants
• Porsche Cayman
• Porsche 944: esp. Turbo/951
• BMW 3 Series: esp. e90 (all) and e46 (all)
• Mercedes E Class: all versions after 1998
• Ford Mustang: esp. SVT Cobra, and 05+
• Volkswagen Passat: B5.5 and B6
• Locost: Lotus 7 DIY
• Mazda MX-5
• Ford Panther platform: includes Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, Lincoln Town Car
• Porsche 550 Spyder: well . . . kit versions
• Saleen: all
• Porsche 996 Turbo
• Kit Cars

Motorcycles

• Kawasaki EX500: Ninja 500R
• Honda CB series: Own 1977 Honda CB550F
• Yamaha Diversion: Its a XJ600S Seca!

Other Things

• Micro kart: Use to hand fabricate chasis and design systems for these
• Southern California: Especially involving car culture
• Los Angeles: Especially involving car culture
• Metal Music
• Punk music: Surf rock, Skate punk
• Drag Racing
• KROQ

My Photo's on Wikipedia

Work in Progress . . . 134 more pictures waiting to be uploaded (as of right now).

CARS

My cars/My Friend's Cars/My Family's Cars

• 2004 Toyota Matrix XRS w/ 2ZZ-GE
  2004 Toyota Matrix XRS w/ 2ZZ-GE
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  2006 Porsche Cayman S.
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  2006 Porsche Cayman S driving the Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße.

European Porsche Trip Cars: Main

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  Porsche 356 wood mold
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  Porsche 962 IMSA Andretti
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  Porsche RSK Spyder
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  Porsche 962 IMSA Andretti
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  Porsche Museum at Gmund, Austria

MOTORCYCLES

My Motorcycles

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  1977 Honda CB550F Super Sport. Still working on it, but don't worry, that slip-on is gone!
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  1996 Yamaha Seca II.

Other

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  Extremely old unknown motorcycle with a stickshift(hand operated) @ the Schlumpf Collection.

OTHER

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  Sample timeslip from Los Angeles County Raceway without altitude correction formula applied.
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  Los Angeles County Raceway

More to come . . .

Cellphone Picures

For temporary/last resort usage on wikipedia.

LA Autoshows

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  Lexus LF-A concept at the 2005 LA Auto Show
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  Lexus LF-A concept at the 2005 LA Auto Show
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  BMW M6 Concept at the 2005 LA Auto Show
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  BMW M6 Concept at the 2005 LA Auto Show
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  Pininfarina Maserati Birdcage concept (2005 LA Auto Show)
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  997 GT3R Cup Concept (2005 LA Auto Show)
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  Bugatti Veyron Concept at 2005 LA Auto Show
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  Ralliart Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept (2005 LA Auto Show)
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  Ralliart Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept (2005 LA Auto Show)
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  2006 Lotus Exige (2005 LA Auto Show)
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  Corvette C6 Z06 Concept (2004 LA Auto Show)
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  2005 LA Auto Showcar.
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  1953 Porsche Carrera Panamericana 550 Coupe at the 2005 LA Auto Show.

Pages That I Have Created/Complete Overhaul

• Suzuki TL1000R - Completely redone (from scratch) Dec. 14th, 2006.
• Yamaha Diversion - Still a Work in Progress
• Sepulveda Boulevard
• Los Angeles County Raceway - Created, currentlyworking on expanding and wiki-fying
• Dragstrip infobox template - Dragstrip template using LACR as an example. Feel free to use, but PLEASE, let me know when you use it (I would be curious to see how it is used).
• Superformance - Working on Superformance, Hi-Tech Automotive, and all cars made by the two.

External links

• http://www.dragtimes.com
• http://seca2.forumup.org

User Boxes

WikiProjects

This user is a participant in WikiProject Automobiles.	This user is a participant in WikiProject Motorcycling.	This user is a member of the WikiProject Television Fawlty Towers task force.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Motorsport.		This user is a member of WikiProject Sports Car Racing.

Music

This user plays the bass guitar.	This user appreciates real punk music.	This user enjoys heavy metal music.
This user is a fan of Metallica.	AC/ DCThis user is a fan of AC/DC.	ABBThis user is a ramblin' man looking for some good clean fun.
TOThis user is a fan of The Offspring.	This user is a Black Sabbath fan.	This user makes good friends and a bottle of pills.
When this user dies, this user takes the stairway to heaven.	MöHThis user is a fan of Motörhead.

Other

This user is a Germanophile.	RCTThis user plays RollerCoaster Tycoon.	007This user likes martinis shaken, not stirred.
This user drinks beer.	MB This user rejects your reality and substitutes his own!	This user enjoys cigars.
This user loves Porsche.	This user can drive.	This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
This user is from California.	This user supports Formula One.	This user plays American football.
This user does weight training.	This user is a surfer.	99.9This user is a member of the Triple Nine Society.
This user eats chili.	This user eats sushi.	This user drinks nothing but Dr Pepper.
This user drinks. Period.		This user is a Capitalist. |} Languages Wikipedia:Babel enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse. Search user languages