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Old 03-27-2008, 08:43 PM   #1
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I'm concered about my street cred for Bike Nights. That is my main concern.

Which is why I buy used racing gear, track take offs and I drug my boots along the ground to make it look like I was peg scraping.

Plus lots of Chrome and Polish so others know I can ride fast.

Appreciate all the info guys. Just need some parking lot time and hopefully one day some track time.
Might I recommend actually doing a trackday and taking some personal time with an instructor rather than reading about it and practicing what you THINK you understood on an online forum.

Bad habits are the worst thing to try and break.

Last week I had an Army Ranger at the track for the first time. He has been riding a total of three months, most of them before he went to Iraq a year ago. He was scraping knee by the end of the day.

FWIW, scraping a knee isn't the entire point of riding well at the track. It's about being smooth, being predictable, managing your bike and corning well. For some, that includes hanging off the bike like a monkey. Forget about your knee... work on everything else. Especially if you aren't going to be riding at the track. Because, scraping a knee does not belong on the street.
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Old 03-27-2008, 09:06 PM   #2
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Might I recommend actually doing a trackday and taking some personal time with an instructor rather than reading about it and practicing what you THINK you understood on an online forum.

Bad habits are the worst thing to try and break.

Last week I had an Army Ranger at the track for the first time. He has been riding a total of three months, most of them before he went to Iraq a year ago. He was scraping knee by the end of the day.

FWIW, scraping a knee isn't the entire point of riding well at the track. It's about being smooth, being predictable, managing your bike and corning well. For some, that includes hanging off the bike like a monkey. Forget about your knee... work on everything else. Especially if you aren't going to be riding at the track. Because, scraping a knee does not belong on the street.




zoom... it was sarcasam... Smittie knows better... he's just being facaecious


edit... for the post you quoted he was being sarcastic... but your adivce sounds like its more for the origional post... my bad

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Old 03-27-2008, 09:12 PM   #3
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zoom... it was sarcasam... Smittie knows better... he's just being facaecious
Well, thank fucking god.......

I wish I had our instructional pictures to post... the first picture is of a guy at the track looking at his knee going through the corner, second in the series is running off the track, third is flying through the air.

*phew*

I love it when people work on just getting a knee down...
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Well, thank fucking god.......

I wish I had our instructional pictures to post... the first picture is of a guy at the track looking at his knee going through the corner, second in the series is running off the track, third is flying through the air.

*phew*

I love it when people work on just getting a knee down...
you most DEFINATLY need to get those photos posted up here! for a laugh but also for the informational aspect!
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you most DEFINATLY need to get those photos posted up here! for a laugh but also for the informational aspect!
Just for you man... I'll work on it JUST for you

I just, holy crap... it wasn't his post so much as the rest after it. I was just horribly confused and kind of skeeerd. Someone hold me. Wait, scratch that.

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Just for you man... I'll work on it JUST for you

I just, holy crap... it wasn't his post so much as the rest after it. I was just horribly confused and kind of skeeerd. Someone hold me. Wait, scratch that.

yeah gotta watch it... you'll end up with OSP holding you... upside down... with his face burried in....
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yeah gotta watch it... you'll end up with OSP holding you... upside down... with his face burried in....
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