Roebling Road - my first track day is Monday.

tommymac · 04-05-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by the chi

And another addict is born...

prety much, I love seein gpeople after their first day, and I tell them to kiss their money goodye LOL

marko138 · 04-05-2011, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

prety much, I love seein gpeople after their first day, and I tell them to kiss their money goodye LOL

I went once...4 years ago.

Trip · 04-05-2011, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

I went once...4 years ago.

I went a couple of times and sold my sportbike. LOL

marko138 · 04-05-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I went a couple of times and sold my sportbike. LOL

It's not that I even disliked it. I just have better things to spends money on.

Trip · 04-05-2011, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

It's not that I even disliked it. I just have better things to spends money on.

I honestly have 1000x more fun on the pit bike than I did on the sportbike on the track. You still get that competition feeling, it's just you can push your ability 100 fold without any worry for yourself or the motorcycle. You can practice backing it in and all sorts of shit I would of never attempted with a $7k motorcycle.

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Originally Posted by particle man

you bought a gs. That's cheating.

lol

marko138 · 04-05-2011, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I honestly have 1000x more fun on the pit bike than I did on the sportbike on the track. You still get that competition feeling, it's just you can push your ability 100 fold without any worry for yourself or the motorcycle. You can practice backing it in and all sorts of shit I would of never attempted with a $7k motorcycle.

lol

I'm just not up for paying 150 or 200 bucks to ride for a day. I only did the first one b/c it was only 100 bucks.

CasterTroy · 04-06-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I honestly have 1000x more fun on the pit bike than I did on the sportbike on the track. You still get that competition feeling, it's just you can push your ability 100 fold without any worry for yourself or the motorcycle. You can practice backing it in and all sorts of shit I would of never attempted with a $7k motorcycle.

This is how I feel about a motard. I'm not a speed freak. I've DONE 170mph, and it didn't blow up my skirt any more than 100mph does. But what it DOES do is increase the "what goes wrong at 60 goes really fuggin wrong at 120" factor for me.

That's why I like my supermoto and SMALL tracks like Patriot. Speed is limited to about 95 mph and you get all the excitement of deals gap without the gravel, fuck-nuts with trailers, oncoming cars, and locals with their oil and kitty litter.

I also like the mini-moto on kart tracks.

On the BIG tracks (VIR full) there's just too many ego-hungry wannabe GP stars that never seemed to get selected by the big guns

who try to prove something to everyone else. Whereas on the smaller tracks it really DOES take skills. A huge powerplant can't make up for lack of ability.

tommymac · 04-06-2011, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CasterTroy

This is how I feel about a motard. I'm not a speed freak. I've DONE 170mph, and it didn't blow up my skirt any more than 100mph does. But what it DOES do is increase the "what goes wrong at 60 goes really fuggin wrong at 120" factor for me.

That's why I like my supermoto and SMALL tracks like Patriot. Speed is limited to about 95 mph and you get all the excitement of deals gap without the gravel, fuck-nuts with trailers, oncoming cars, and locals with their oil and kitty litter.

I also like the mini-moto on kart tracks.

On the BIG tracks (VIR full) there's just too many ego-hungry wannabe GP stars that never seemed to get selected by the big guns

who try to prove something to everyone else. Whereas on the smaller tracks it really DOES take skills. A huge powerplant can't make up for lack of ability.

or all the jockeys on liter bikes who blow by you on the straights only for you to reatke them by turn 3