Uncle Punk

Don’t want to make any enemies here but I will state what has been my personal experience. A modern 1000 can outrun a busa and a 12 on top end. I have owned both a busa and a 12; have never owned a 1000 but ride with people who do. I have been pulled on by 1000’s with both bikes. Before you say it’s the rider which in most circumstances is a legitimate mitigating factor we switched riders with the same results. For me that’s the end of that myth which seems to be perpetuated by busa riders. It may have been true at some point in history but has not been for several years. Street riding is very restrictive in how it will allow a modern sport bike to utilize their abilities. I run at the top end of the intermediate group for track days, however when street riding I can stay with expert racers. These same people can run away from me on the track like I don’t even exist. There are so many things that a modern sport bike can do that you just can’t come close to pushing what they are capable of on the street. I have been at Mid-Ohio on both a busa and a 600. I am positive that I can outrun myself with the 600 over a busa. That is as close as you can get to having the same abilities with both riders.

Carroll Dale is my mothers first cousin. Played pro football in the first two superbowls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Dale http://yhst-14398121215936.stores.yahoo.net/pro4759.html

I'm glad this was started again. I remembered seeing this post started when I was lurking around in here and thought I would like to get in on this. Has anything been finalized? I have been to Mid-Ohio a couple of times and sure would like some help trying to figure out how to get around there quicker than I did the last time. I didn't ask for help at the time and probably should have. I have seen Lizard 1 offer help to others in the past and would assume he would be spending all his time helping others, are there a lot of other instructors out there to help multiple people? How do you know if it’s time to move from intermediate to advanced?

I rode it with another guy right after the repave; the lines weren’t even painted on yet. New blacktop is slippery! It was the most fun and scariest ride I had on the street all year. We ended up having to slow down and just goofed of dirt track-drifting on the fresh pavement. I would not have wanted to be with a group for that ride. I’m sure it has cured by now and should be good to go in the spring.

Hey guys, I’m from Elyria and I rode with about a dozen of you this past summer out of QSL in Sheffield. I registered after that ride and made a few posts but the site crash got rid of me. I’m back! Inya, I saw your new powder coated wheels last Saturday, they look great.