Spoiled
 

im spoiled, im used to riding with ppl that are faster then me or just as fast. ie trip and his friends, osp, to a point nighthawk and gramps, i love riding with pc its a chill moment. but since i moved to this area, let me preface this i am not fast, dont think i am in the least, ppl that i ride with are behind me, we stop they catch up and are like damn, your smooth, quick and controlled. i have no problem helping out new riders or ppl that are still in the learning stage, but speed is all relative. i miss following someone else and learning there lines, now i have ppl trying to follow me and i hope that my lines are proper and that im not teaching someone bad habits. there is a local guy that is supposed to be fast and i hope to meet up with him and see what the fuss is about with him, in short words.... god damn i miss riding with osp and trip:sorry:

If anything they'll learn how to brake hard going into every turn. :lol:

im getting better, thank you very much

Yes you are... As am I...

:bfp:

just think of all the twistys i will be hitting while you are stuck in FL...

You'll surely be much, MUCH faster than me the next time we ride together... That pisses me off.

i cant tell if this is a sarcastic post as i will be faster or sarcastic that i wont be any faster and we will still be dead even

I think you're faster now... with all the straight and flat I have, I'm sure I won't progress at the same pace you will...

i know that was hard for you to type.... :angel:

You know, you had a great opportunity to ride with trip the last couple of days...

gas says other wise

it'll be nice to ride with you guys... get a few pointers... I've got a LONG ways to go...

i dont think im faster honestly, you are always right there behind me anyways

It definitely is more challenging to ride with people faster than yourself. I ride with people faster than me 90% of the time.

Not really... The only things I have ego for are drinking beer, touching girls, intelligence, and Mario Kart.

You underestimate the sneakiness... I think Trip said I surprised him once or twice...

Aug 25th or Sep 18th. Gonna be in/around Fargo either of those days? :whistle:

Tell them you'll follow them and give them tips after, if you want to help them. As far as you being equal to or the fastest guy on rides, go to the track! I guarantee you won't be the fastest. And what I do when a faster guy passes me is follow them for as long as I can and copy their lines. I did this last track day, I couldn't get turn 5's line down for shit all day, until I followed a faster guy and copied him. Not only did I get the line down, I also cut a personal best. Head to the track, Drewps, you'll fucking love it. And save the lack of money stories. I know you just graduated and have ill student loans to pay.

I'll be there both of those days... get there the 23rd or so... leave the 20th... or so

mario kart for super nintendo, n64, or the wii?

N64... you have no chance. I pwn battle and am damn good at racing...

oh. no. you. didnt.

I pwn all at racing, and am damn good at battle.....on the n64

:kawi:


i'd race you for a bottle of patron or 24pk if you werent so damn far

Bring it to Indy mother fuckers!

there is no way in hell i cant make it to indy this year. and i hate to say it but if i could, the nhra race would have 1st priority

I hate to say it... but your gay...

you've never been to a nhra event. nothing like it.

ehh I've been to a few drags... ehh... not feel'n it. they're cool in their own right... just not my thing.

so we going to both track days then, or just one?

HUMMMM... how much?! that'd be fucking awesome!

If I remember right, early registration (5 days out) is $235 for the orientation school (what I'm doing monday, required if no track experience) late reg is $255
Regular track day is $165 early or $185 late.
NO REFUNDS, run it in the rain...

Not sure which i'm going to, but if you wanna go to one or both, I think I could make that happen.

I'm gonna look at my budget... I'd LOVE to hit up both... really the first is the one that could be kinda tight... pretty sure I'll be fine with the 2nd...

Let me know.
And the orientation school is $225 and $250.

yeah will do. this for a day or weekend?

one day.
August is a monday, sept is a thursday (wierd) they are usually on mondays.
Need to be there NLT 0700 day of.

fees for the orientation school do include lunch and snacks.

And they usually have tire vendors there, if you need new rubber after your trip.
It's all self tech inspection, but they say 50% or greater tread, and no flat spots.

ok... I'll have to look... my current tires are good... though I'd need to change fluids... I think the 25th might be a bit too early for me... I'll still be all fucked up from the time change... (17hrs) and I get in (as of right now) on the 23rd.

I'll keep ya posted though

I probably wouldnt stand too much of a chance on 64, Im not bad, but the one on super nintendo was always my game.

your current tires are good NOW, but you've got a few thousand miles of riding between now and then. Plus, strada's may not be the best for the track.

I know Darren, a tire guy that's usually there, sells race take offs for $50 m/b, if you bring him the wheels. He'll even put your street rubber back on at the end of the day!

no yeah if I do the one after I'll most definatly be looking for new tires prior to.

how far is it from Fargo?

2.5 hours roughly.
probably be best to go down the night before... I'll see how everything goes this weekend, I'm going with some veterans of the place, so I'll do what they do.

sounds good

Ebbs, you'll have the money and you don't need take-offs. Buy some new Pilot Power 2CT's. They heat up quick and they double for an awesome street tire, too. And you're not going to burn through them at your first track day at all. Not even close. You can thank me later.

There SHOULD be a Micheline, Bridgestone, and Dunlop tire reps at the TD

The only good Dunlop and Bridgestone tires are their DOT race tires. Well, the Dunlop Qualifyers are pretty good, too. You should look into those too, Ebbs. But Michelin has a good DOT race tire in the Pilot Race and an excellent street/track tire in the 2CT. The Dunlop 208GP or 209GP is suppose to be tits. I might try it next.

You should be able to save a bit of cash by buying at the track.

dont need to preach to the choir about track days, done mid ohio and set to do nashville in august.
by no means do i think im fast, but comparaed to the guys i have met, im not slow :lol:

I was talking to Ebbs in the quote you quoted me.

well if $$$ works out right... I was gonna just use my Strada's for the first track day (the orentation one) then when I got back... buy a set of take offs... (as I don't want brand new tires to sit for a year)...

but right now it's too early to know for sure if I can swing it.

take offs aren't new... they're used. :lol:
I'd say it's worth $50 IMO to get a better tire to run for the day.

I wouldn't ride race takeoffs unless you got tire warmers, it's better to just get a set of powers or some shit. Especially being noob to track dayz you might not even be able to heat up takeoffs.

most of the race take offs are like PP's or Qual's. Not true race tires.

apparently you don't get your takeoffs from the same place I look, cause they are true race compound tires not DOT.

didn't say they were new... I said I didn't want new tires to sit for the 6 months before I get back... :blah:


I don't want RACE take offs... but powers someones selling for $50 might be worth looking into... if all else fails I'll buy new set of tires... but they'll be the Road2's if not the Strada's again

i know this i was too lazy to quote you above, so i just quoted that one to get your attention instead of quoting the one about getting to the track and realizing how slow i am compared to other riders

I don't know if the people are faster than me, but 90 percent of the time their bikes are a lot faster than mine.

Earlier this year I raced a TL1000R down Lookout Mountain. Horsepower don't matter much going downhill. On the switchbacks, he went into the opposite lane to shave the corner. Super unsafe and I hate it. I stayed in my lane and kept up with him all the way down. And we went very fast. At the bottom, I pulled up next to him. He gave me a thumbs up when he saw me on my old GS1000.

you give him the bird for riding like an idiot?

natural selection will take care of guys like that Ebbs

Tire vendors at the track is where they come from
Most of these guys are just getting started and are just a bit beyond normal track days.
Generally they are qualifyers or whatever the bridgestone equivalant is, as bridgestone and dunlop are track sponsors.

I dont hang around douchebags like that, I usually turn around and go the other way instead of encouraging them to kill themselves or another biker by pushing them beyond their limit.

STT and NESBA usually just have a tire guy of their own and just sell new. WERA boards is where I would look for takeoffs.

CRA is the local race league. It's their take offs that the tire guys are selling.

I get challenged at stoplights and on twisty roads quite often (and I challenge others too). Both by hot cars and hot bikes. Depending on location and traffic conditions, I usually accept. I can't be the only one this happens to. In the late 80's, I raced a GSX-R1100 that had a wheelie bar. At least I was able to quickly turn off the road after he blew my doors off, because he couldn't. But at my age, I take any race I can.

I never get challenged on the bike. I always get challenged in my POS honda civic that could be beat by a camel. Stupid rice burner kids ruining it for the people who buy the cars for good gas mileage.

You've proly rode that road more than anybody, don't forget.

Me and a friend on a 1000rr were riding the other day. We pulled up to the stoplight and just revved a little bit joking around. Next thing we know, the two cars in front of us (late 80s civic type shit) were revvin hard and raced once the light turned green.

Yeah, I was riding down here with 2 guys on R1's and we pulled up to a light next to an older Taurus. Light turned green and he stomped on it, sqwaked the tires a bit... without trying we still beat him to the next light, laughing our asses off the whole way! :lol:

The last time I raced anyone was with my old 500R... At a stoplight, some joker pulls up in a TSI, revs it, I nod, he takes off and I sit there... He gets half a block away, I dump the clutch, catch and pass him before the next light. We get caught at the third light and I smoked him from the start... Something about being able to ride your bike and not being able to drive his car.