4/28-29 track day in the rain, and one cancelled

[DLIT]

That sucks. You got more balls than I do, riding in the rain.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

does it ever rain in the fucking desert?

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

does it ever rain in the fucking desert?

Rarely, bro. Especially during the summer. Spring is the windy season. Big gusts.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by anyexcuse2ride

What a let down, I feel for ya....

Originally Posted by DLIT

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!

Originally Posted by DLIT

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.

[DLIT]

The dust clears by 1000am, usually.

[Trip]

Corsa IIIs probably didn't help in the rain.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by DLIT

The dust clears by 1000am, usually.

So the wind just stops by the end of the morning? That's the opposite of here... usually early mornings are calm and if it's going to be windy it happens in the daytime.

Originally Posted by Trip

Corsa IIIs probably didn't help in the rain.

They may not be the best, but there were a few people running dots out there... like supercorsas... i.e. completely slick on the edges. Crazy motherfuckers.