Belly up to the Bar (aka The Post Whorin' Thread)

t-homo · 08-17-2009, 11:01 AM

Finish line still isn't marked. I may have let off a little early one pass, then I just figured I would run as hard as I could until just before the ambulance, then hit the brakes.

Day at the real track was good for the first two sessions. After that, my buddy's brakes went out at the end of the front straight. Straight off of the track at probably 125, down to 115 before he hit the air fence straight on. Frame is cracked bad on both sides of the steering stem. Forks are bent, radiator is destroyed and the wheel is pushed back into the headers. He's got spare everything but frame so he is going to try to get one of those and have the bike back together by Sept 6-7. The best guess any of the people at the track had was a huge bubble in his brake lines. Corner worker verified there were no brakes, then they slowly came back to working again.

zed · 08-18-2009, 11:07 AM

that sucks

t-homo · 08-18-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by zed

that sucks

yeah, it was thadd that went down.

zed · 08-18-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by t-rock

yeah, it was thadd that went down.

again?

t-homo · 08-19-2009, 02:00 AM

At Hallett, yeah. The last time was the beginning of May because he rode my bike at Hallett 3 weeks later on the 29th or so. Then he was out on his bike for the June trackday when his roommate went off in turn one. This time it was him that went off. Frame is cracked BAD on both sides of the steering stem. He is hoping to have a new frame and everything in/on it by friday night to run at drags.

Dave · 08-23-2009, 12:28 AM

so after long pondering why a company would produce what is obviously a streetfighter but would then attempt to market it as a cafe bike when the only claim to that title was the addition of clubman bars. i really didnt want to believe they were simply trading on the name for sales and then it occured to me that ducati may have trademarked the piss out of the other name. its a longshot but i suppose ill give buell the benefit of the doubt this time

08-18-2009, 11:07 AM	#2
zed yellow don't corner well Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, KS Moto: 06 ZX10R Posts: 1,243	that sucks __________________

08-23-2009, 12:28 AM	#6
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	so after long pondering why a company would produce what is obviously a streetfighter but would then attempt to market it as a cafe bike when the only claim to that title was the addition of clubman bars. i really didnt want to believe they were simply trading on the name for sales and then it occured to me that ducati may have trademarked the piss out of the other name. its a longshot but i suppose ill give buell the benefit of the doubt this time __________________ TWF Post whore #6

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08-17-2009, 11:01 AM	#1
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	Finish line still isn't marked. I may have let off a little early one pass, then I just figured I would run as hard as I could until just before the ambulance, then hit the brakes. Day at the real track was good for the first two sessions. After that, my buddy's brakes went out at the end of the front straight. Straight off of the track at probably 125, down to 115 before he hit the air fence straight on. Frame is cracked bad on both sides of the steering stem. Forks are bent, radiator is destroyed and the wheel is pushed back into the headers. He's got spare everything but frame so he is going to try to get one of those and have the bike back together by Sept 6-7. The best guess any of the people at the track had was a huge bubble in his brake lines. Corner worker verified there were no brakes, then they slowly came back to working again.

08-19-2009, 02:00 AM	#5
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	At Hallett, yeah. The last time was the beginning of May because he rode my bike at Hallett 3 weeks later on the 29th or so. Then he was out on his bike for the June trackday when his roommate went off in turn one. This time it was him that went off. Frame is cracked BAD on both sides of the steering stem. He is hoping to have a new frame and everything in/on it by friday night to run at drags.