Uncle Punk

I think I missed the part where we determined that being fast excluded you from being a dickhead. I've said this before even if he is faster than all of us he still acted like a little baby. If I would happen to be faster than someone I certainly wouldn't be going around calling them a poser, just as I wouldn't accept being called one just because someone is faster than me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2gsjj8ROrM

Trying to sport drive your SS you will find that the brakes are the weak link. (Besides it weighs soo much.) Stock pads are about $175 for the front pads and they suck if you need to stop hard three times in a row. If you are going to mod it start with the brakes. I added about 60 HP at the crank which is fun but not a practical as good brakes would have been. At least you can tow 6,600 lbs.

I have the pit-bull trailer restraints mounted in my trailer. I have had spools on the bikes I've used them on and haven't had an issue with them getting in the way if mounted in front of the axle. If for some strange reason you couldn't get around the spools this could be a way around it. http://www.gillestooling.com/en/produkte/kts/index.php I love them for making track gear changes.

My truck should have the motor to stay with it for a while but like I said brake fade in the damn thing sucks. The AWD helps but it weighs 4950LBS which is one of the reasons the brakes fade away to nothing quickly. This latest V car is way better than the first one.

You could borrow my truck but brake fade will kill you.

I love 1911’s; I understand them, am comfortable with them since they were my duty weapon. I do not own one currently but would like to have one. That single action trigger can't be matched. With most guns after you work out its issues they become very reliable for a long time. This is why I don't have an issue with the less expensive guns once their issues are worked out they are just as reliable as an expensive one. (In most cases they don't need work.) I have a M9 that I would like to say is my favorite handgun but I can't because with me pulling the trigger my G34 shoots way better.

Don't we have sponsors on this forum who sell tires? Why are we posting for competitors for free?

I have yet to find a gun only forum that isn't too heavily modded for my taste. I go to them to find information about current events that interest me or information about my next purchase. I have yet to find one that will allow open free discussion about any topic and there is a whole lot of stupid in them just like most forums. I suggest finding a forum with no rules that has at least one of your interests as its main theme. The chances are pretty good that the majority of people participating in such a forum have guns as an interest so you can find excellent information on both sides of an issue without the mod filter. Beware in such a forum nothing stays on topic. I really like this forum and can accept the rules and the amount of modding that takes place this is why I participate here. There are more open places with less rules and moderators. The manufacturer being proud of their product is not the only reason they mark it with the country of origin it's also because they have to in order to sell outside of their country.

Get some!

My next phone will be the HCT touch Pro2. I don't need this phone but I want it. Five row keyboard, MS mobile and a screen size that makes browsing useful. I know three people who have them and so far they are in love with them.

I would be on this no problem except I have a wedding to go to around Mohican Saturday. Isn't face value around $70? That's not a huge markup. Can't you have them exchanged for a ticket that doesn't require a student I.D. for something like $20?

Yes, I know all about what happened to him. I was hoping to get to him before he got to the point of that happening but before the next ride down south I got a call from him telling me what happened before his legal problems started. Just like yamablaster024 he also has a lot of talent but has chosen to ride with the local stunters who do not chose wisely what they do or where. I enjoy watching the guys stunt and wish I could do it but even if I could I would like to think I wouldn't do if on purpose to antagonize the police. Don't poke the bear or you're gonna get bit.

I think Honda East is doing them for $7,250 no prep or freight.

For you guys who don't know yamablaster024 is the bike filming in the video. Justin you have ridden with him twice this year, first time on the fun run & then on the poser ride when you were filmed at Wendy's.

I know nothing about serving or hosting, I just want something that works. My brother and I have a small side business that we sell this little product through. We accept credit cards but that option is currently not working. It's not a huge deal because the web site is a very small portion of the business. We have two new products coming out shortly and need to have these added to our site plus we are also looking for an alternate credit host because the fees we are currently paying are just stupid. We did this site several years ago and haven't updated or changed it and we are thinking it could use some updating when we add the new products. Your pricing is in line currently with what we are paying for hosting. I would have no clue how to change things over. The site was more of a whim to see if we could have one associated with the product. You can count us a one especially if you can help with web design. http://www.punkparts.com/

The bike I was using is going to be auctioned off this week so more riding looks doubtful. The sheriff incident is over no teasing. The OSP incident is still under investigation.

Sorry I can't help there I bought them trackside from a vendor that weekend.

Yes, the picture is from the races last year. No, I will not be going to Nashville; I wrecked my track bike in May and haven't had the funds to put it back together this year. If work stays steady this winter I will try to do some track days next year.

Guys, I really enjoyed reading Brian's ride report about the races this year. I wasn't a member here last year when they had these races but here is a copy of the post I made on another forum about the races last year. I though some might enjoy reading. Guys, I had a great weekend at Mid-Ohio this weekend and thought I’d share. The AMA and CCS had a racing weekend there that in the past had been a large event when WERA ran it for the AMA but for several reasons this year entries were down. I go there for Friday practice because it has been over a year since I had been there and I started racing this year so I wanted to get to know the track with the bike I’m running this year at what I hoped to be a decent race pace. First morning session only two of us go out, the other guy was a young kid who got I got behind to follow for a while, well the track was just stupid slippery at 8:00 AM so it was useless to have gone out there I even went off the track but didn’t go down until I tried to accelerate to get back on track, no big deal just spun the bike around me at 2 mph in the grass. The next practice session was a little better but traction was still not good went off the track again in the same turn but didn’t lay the bike down this time, this was the last time all weekend I went off track. The third session they combined all the amateurs into one practice group so there were more people out there, I get behind this kid again and we start going around, damn this kid is fast he pulled me along to my fastest time on the track for the whole weekend but I still could see him when the session was over. We talked at lunch and I met his parent’s really nice people from Texas, didn’t meet by name just hi, how are you and exchanged pleasantries, the kid is polite and respectful and is only 17. The next session out the kid is gone, out of site in four laps and I’m left by myself running lap times between 1:39 to 1:41 with a few 1:43 to 1:46 when I come up on traffic, I need to learn how to pass. We go over to tech to check out our lap times and the kid is running 1:36 which I congratulated him on he thanked me and said his goal was for 1:32 which I thought was a bit optimistic but offered him good luck. By the end of the day he was running 1:33 all by himself as the fastest amateur there, I was the second fastest running 1:39, I might have a good weekend if nobody shows up to race tomorrow. Saturday schedule is two morning practices then qualifying for grid positions for the races Sunday. The kid and I don’t go out for the first session but all the new people who showed up go out, we talked about how stupid slippery the track is early in the morning and laughed about me leaving grass on the track the day before. We go out for the next practice session and now we have a few more people and the group is all amateurs. Now I have someone pushing me into turn one but he doesn’t get around me all session but I know he is there. The kid is gone and is obviously the fastest amateur there. I check lap times and the guy who was running with me ran a 1:38 the lap before he got up to me but I slowed him down to my pace 1:39’s still but he couldn’t seem to get around me. Time to qualify for the races tomorrow; I’m only doing two races because I’m trying to get by on one set of tires which are takeoffs from a guy that runs AMA F/X. The first qualifying session is for amateur heavyweight supersport, the kid is entered in this race and so is the guy that ran with me in the last practice session all three of us are running middleweight supersport 600s. There are announcers now for the spectators and they are announcing the riders who are entered in this qualifying race, when they announce the kid they say he is the son of someone so I guess his dad is famous but can’t quite remember where or when I had heard the name before. The other rider gets right behind the kid and is on his ass for three or four laps then the kid starts to pull away. Times were 1:32 for the kid and 1:35 for the other guy, well now I’m sure not to place any better than 3rd. I asked the kid if he knew to other guy was back there and he said he didn’t and his dad asked him why he let that guy run with him for so long. We talked for a while about it and the kid says he has more if the guy wants to challenge him, not cocky but sure that he was up for a challenge. The first race all three of us are in is middleweight superstock; I qualify third with a 1:39 but had my tire slide out coming down thunder valley, so I slow down, I don’t know if I was just too heavy on the throttle or if my tire is going away. The next race qualifying is middleweight superbike; I qualify fourth with a 1:40 and now there is another guy I haven’t seen yet who runs a high 1:39 slower than my best time but only six tenths off, I am going slower because I’m worried about my tire. I’ll do practice tomorrow and see if I need a new rear. I go home for the night and Google the kid’s dad, no shit his dad is famous but now I’m a little depressed as I see in dad’s bio that we were both born in the same year, damn I’m old. During the first practice session Sunday me and the kid don’t go out so I go to talk to him and his parents and tell them that I found out who he was and was sorry for not knowing who he was and that we are the same age so his kid is making me feel old. We laughed about it and his dad says “Shoot, I had him late too”. I have friends from high school that have twenty five year old kids and one with a twenty eight year old. We talked about what we had done the first decade after high school and had a nice talk. First race on Sunday is with the kid and the other fast guy. The other guy gets to turn one first and keeps the kid behind him for two or three laps, once the kid gets by him he checks out and wins by a large margin. I talk to the kid and asked him what happened the first couple of laps and he said he just couldn’t get around him at first, I asked him if his dad was mad at him for not making it to turn one first, he said his dad wasn’t mad just don’t let it happen again jokingly. My first race middleweight supersport went just like qualifying and I took third. I haven’t changed my tire and I ran a low 1:39 in morning practice trying to see if the tire was going away, no sliding but I’m worried about it, I didn’t need to push it in the first race because I was a couple seconds faster than the people behind me, I ran a 1:40 as my best race lap time. I decide not to change it and hope for the best. The track had a podium presentation with trophies and interviews just like the big boys for the first four races at the lunch break. Kind of funny for me to think of myself being up there and was a little nervous. I thank the experts for lapping me because I was running out of steam, I am not in the shape I should be in to run eight hard laps and I was dreading having to try and do another lap at pace. I thanked my girlfriend Paula for giving me the inspiration, opportunity and support to do this and Michelin. This was the first time I have been eligible for contingency money. I am normally a mid pack racer but not a lot of people showed up. I do fine in the formula 40 races or as they are also referred to as formula fatty. The next race is middleweight superbike and I am gridded fourth the guy who qualified third is running slicks and I’m on these old DOT racing tires, I better make it to turn one first and hold him off. Yes, I made it into turn one third just hold him off and I will podium twice this weekend, are you kidding me. The third lap the kid goes down into turn one, I hope he is alright, no red flag, the next time around no yellow flag he must be good, now I have second this can’t be I have never placed top three before except formula 40 and now two in one weekend. I look behind me lap four on the back straight expecting to see the guy right on my ass and he is not there I have this thing, now don’t push it, stay relaxed and bring it home. Fuck, the bike dies. Half a lap earlier I’m feeling great and this piece of shit fucking bike dies going down thunder valley. I pull off the track and try to start the bike, nothing, just sweat dripping down my nose; I can’t think straight, I am mad as all hell. I remember the guy I got the bike from telling me that it does vapor lock some times. I have had the bike all season and it hasn’t happen yet and it picks now to do it, my last race of the year, mother fucker. I unscrew the gas cap, screw it back on and the bike fires right up, son of a bitch. I drive back to the pits and my weekend is done. I go to check on the kid to see how he made out and he was okay not hurt at all, his front just tucked on him and he didn’t know why as he wasn’t pushing it. I tell them what happened to me and his dad Bubba tells me that the same thing happened to him once on a race warm up lap at Daytona, he pushes it back to hot pit, one of the mechanics takes the cap of and the bike fires right up. He starts the race a lap down and still takes third. Cool story to hear straight from Bubba Shobert himself. Clint Shobert won the top amateur award and I sure we will see him in the top level of the AMA in two to three years. Short story, I ran in the AMA Sports Road Race Grand Championships this weekend at Mid-Ohio, took a third in one race, meet Bubba Shobert and his son Clint, have an autograph to prove it.

Always being kept down by the man.

That's funny!!! At this time I am having major financial difficulties. I was on unemployment for five months and lost a renter on one side of a duplex I own. That should be no big deal but I just got an estimate for damages yesterday at $16,100. I can't rent it the way it is so I'm fucked bike wise this year.

Oh yea, we rode with jbctown until we got to Millersburg. Wise choice not to stay with us, what a cluster fuck it turned out to be. Once a rider is with the group they get the full support and safety that it can offer. No one is left behind; I will even go home to get my trailer if needed. I will leave your ass if you don't make the start time though. There are a whole lot of other things going on with the OSP that I can't post until I'm sure it's resolved or dropped but I am not impressed with their detective skills.

I need instrument cluster, fairing stay, sub frame with tray.

I don't know if your Buell has a slipper clutch but that Kawi does. You can't get rid of the Buell, I think it's kind of cool that you ride it well enough to surprise people that a Buell can actually act like a sport bike.