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Garage is getting very close:

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Made huge garage progress this weekend. It's mostly done (details in Garage Build) and I'm incredibly fucking happy with it. I'm on some garage forums and a lot of people there have amazing garages that are nicer than mine and 10 times as big.... but they paid someone to do it all, and they just use it as a museum for their vehicles that they don't work on. This space is going to get USED heavily, and I built the entire thing myself. It's a pretty awesome feeling. On to the pics:














Also, ordered an onboard camera setup that will be here this weekend in time for all my TDs and Gap days:

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Had some track fun recently, but then had to cancel my trip to the gap, SC, and Jennings GP

A couple laps of NHMS at pretty much my full pace. I'm slow :
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I also threw it on google video because sometimes the quality comes out better there:

2008-06-03 ceo012384 NHMS TTD Laps

A couple people taking photos got a few of me:

Coming out of the bowl. Didn't have my torso down quite as much on this lap:


Dropping into 1, had been spending this morning working on learning to trailbrake a bit:


Tipping into 7 approaching a slower group:


Good form in this one, taken during the transition from 1 to 1a, before full lean:



Those Corsa IIIs fuckin' STICK!!!!!:




Prof photog posted up some photos...

Turn 6 the bowl:



Coming out of the bowl up the hill between 6 and 7, hard on the gas:



Turn 2 remote-cam. These pics always come out cool, wish I'd known he was there so I could have tweaked my form a bit... this was a first lap, trying to heat up the tires:



Coming out of 3-4 up to the hill at 5, full WOT (look at the forks):



Tipping into turn 1:



Coming out of turn 1, initiating the flip to throw the bike to the other side into 1a:

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Then I crashed coming out of the bowl pretty hot trying not to mutilate a girl in front of me who lowsided and slid right on the racing line due to the slope of the ground.

Here's a shot of her sliding on the racing line:



Here's a shot of me and my bike barely missing her:



Getting up after the aftermath:










Blew out a seam on the IXS suit:





Held Phantoms held up great, left:



Right:



Helmet face shield (and chin a little bit):



Bike:



Can got squashed somehow, I think it hit the tires/fence:



Hands down, tank slider saved the entire bike. If you have a late model r6 and aren't running these, you're rolling the dice:

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Figured out all the insurance stuff. Getting paid for the entire estimate of damages as well as a replacement helmet.

TONS of goodies are on the way and I'm picking up the bike this weekend and starting to take it apart.

Ordered about 3g's of stuff today

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Organized/worked on the garage a bit:



Got new lid and got paid for it in full by insurance. Arai RX-7 Corsair Josh Hayes Replica:







The black paint is metallic... it's fucking sweet. I tried to get a closeup:









Got the check in the mail today for the entire estimate of damages.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to pick up the bike and a lot of the parts I ordered. A couple things won't be showing up until monday.

This bike is going to have a full kit of street and track gear, as well as lots of cool parts. And I still haven't spent all the money