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Old 05-02-2008, 10:32 PM   #6
ceo012384
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What a let down, I feel for ya....
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That sucks. You got more balls than I do, riding in the rain.
Yeah, it wasn't ideal obviously. I really learned a lot and had a good time though. You just really need to be smooth with all your inputs, hang off, and be extremely r e l a x e d on the bars and weight the pegs. They taught us a bit about using 'brottle' and 'thrake'... i.e. mating the rolling off of the throttle with the squeezing of the brakes simultaneously, so you're only loading the front once and squatting the contact patch, instead of twice. Helped a lot. In a couple of the turns I was sliding the rear a bit. Scary shit. As the day went on I was getting tired and out of it so I called it a day a little early.

I think it will help a lot for any panic situations I ever run into on the street in the rain, for sure.

Still really fucking aching to get some dry laps in though... been waiting 6 god damn months!
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Rarely, bro. Especially during the summer. Spring is the windy season. Big gusts.
That must suck... blowing sand and dust and shit all over the track. That's practically as bad as rain for chrissakes.
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