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It should only affect one session at most I think.

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I'll throw in on a garage, I won't be on here much this week though, work is crazy - like 20 hour days crazy until Sunday.

I'm signed up as of today. Didn't pick up a garage.

They've been bumping people mid-day the last couple I've been to. If you ask for an evaluation and the CR says you're good to go they will move you up. But yes, novice is a full-day thing and they will not start new people into intermediate just because novice is full. That's a shame. Novice isn't balls-to-the-wall pace, there are groups all the way from cruiser speed to running mid 1:50's. I will say that I had never ridden my Ducati until my first track day on it, lets you learn the bike really fast.

FAIR WARNING I just called Mid O and they are at 30/35 registered spaces for Novice group and 10/40 for Intermediate. If you are not Intermediate or Advanced group (you will know if you are) and have not registered yet and still plan to go, I would recommend signing up ASAP. Walk-ups are not a good idea when things are this crowded. My guess is that a few from Novice will bump to Intermediate to clear the field a bit, so to speak. (this will NOT allow for more novice riders, it will just open up the track a bit in novice for those already signed up). See you fella's (and ladies?) there!

safe travels.

I can swing by Sunday evening to load up your Daytona. I fly back Sunday morning and will be back in Columbus around 12pm, will then need to load the CBR and pack all my stuff. $50, can fit 4 bikes comfortably, 5 bikes if you don't mind a tight fit. I'll give Mid O a call tomorrow and see how full the day is looking. If it's empty I'll just do a walk-up like usual... if it's got a good number of people I'll reserve a spot.

I am. I probably won't eat anything more than a protein bar until lunch.

I always drive up in the morning and try to be there about 6:45-7am. Tech starts at 7, rider's meeting is at 8. Sessions start anywhere between 8:30 and 9. Each session runs 20 minutes. Session order is: Intermediate Advanced Novice

Can't make 9th, probably can't make 16th. Y'all have fun

The VP of my department wears a blazer over a graphic t-shirt and jeans most days of the week. No raggy/torn clothing is pretty much the dress code where I work. I guess we are held to a different standard because we are "creatives". That said, I usually wear a collared shirt and jeans whenever I'm not in-show, then it's a black collared shirt, black pants and black shoes.

That may be true for tank slappers in corner exit/entry but it seems that this one was more about the bike getting upset due to losing traction through a corner and then trying to re-right itself after regaining traction. Tank slappers happen when the geometry of the bike gets out of whack while attempting to go in a straight line - it's the bike trying to fix the problem the only way it knows how. for example:

My ride? Or Sonik's ride? Every ride is a shit show!

That's a surprisingly level torque curve.

Going to have to turn this into the ohio triumph/FZ10 owner's forum.

You don't want any weight on your bars. With proper body position your bars are not weighted. If you weight you have weight from your torso on your bars when you get into a tank slapper, the force is pushed through your whole body and it will shake the living hell out of you and may even toss you off the bike, if you have no weight on the bars your body will not be pushed around by their violent movement and you have a better chance of being able to throttle out/save it. A steering damper could possibly have helped, but who knows. They don't 100% stop tank slappers, just reduce the likelihood and severity. Sometimes things like this happen and in all respects there is nothing that could have been done to save it. Looking back and analyzing it is a good exercise but there may not be an answer beyond "look out for gravel" and "be more vigilant when a road's surface is unknown to you." Granted, I am just as guilty of riding faster than is probably wise on certain roads in certain conditions, so I'm not speaking from a pedestal by any means. As far as getting back on the bike, do it. You may be spooked for a little while because of the down but you'll get past it. When I went down a few years back on my Striple, I slowed down a lot. What helped me the most was the track, it let me get confidence back and helped me figure out what I was doing wrong and work on correcting things in a controlled environment.

$8999 I think I saw on the sticker at IP today.

You should call it the ape hanger.

Would certainly make for a good project bike if the buyer wanted to get it street legal again. Pretty straight-forward since the title is clean.

I'll admit I didn't know the route yesterday. I also hadn't memorized the route for the ride I planned, figured I could leave it up to the turn-by-turn on my phone... until my phone died. Last time I make that mistake. I thought it was only going to be maybe 3 or 4 of us and not the 10 that showed up, so my plan was pretty loose from the start. Once we got going it all worked out but I felt bad that everybody showed up and I wasn't really prepared to organize/lead a large crowd. It was also unfortunate that the eastern crew ended up waiting so long at the bucket. But yeah, it seems there's a lot of interest in the group rides this year, which is great. My only input is don't expect the ride leader to provide you with entertainment, come prepared to make your own fun. As long as that's the case everybody should leave happy. Pace-wise, I was happy with the Jacob/Durk group. We ran mach retard for a little while, slowed it down on the shitty roads like that terrible section of 28 (at least I did) and ran a medium-fast pace for the rest of the time. It all worked out fine and we didn't wait long at intersections.

Seems Street Triples like to romp in the tall grass. Hope everything turns out ok Nivin, for the bike and especially for you.

Home safe and sound, cbr is in bed after a long day of playing.

You did indeed. I would have come out if I wasn't buried for the next 3 weeks in work.