redkow97

cool. it's like a marching band with cars.

what a job, right?

"so what do you do for a living?" "oh, i make fun, elaborate, frustrating, awesome; but totally pointless, chain-reaction devices for music videos."

jealous...

Looking for NESBA events at Nelson's Ledges ... Have they been there in the past?

they have, but not recently.

NESBA used to do 2 nelson weekends a season. One was run by the "midwest" staff, and one was run by the "mid-atlantic" region staff.

I always missed the June date for some reason or another (brother's graduation in 2008, bachelor party in 2009), but I rode the October date in 2008. There were no more than 30 riders total. like 16 in "B" group, 10 in "I" and 1 "A" guy.

Financially, it was a nightmare. in 2009, there were fewer than 5 people signed up for the September event (I was one of them), and they canceled it about a month prior.

for 2010, NESBA didn't even bother scheduling it. It's disappointing, but I can't say that i blame them.

Fasttrax is only $120 for saturdays though. I'll be riding with them a lot I hope. Might be there the weekend after doing Gingerman with everyone.

I am not responsible for the instance pictured, but like the title says, it's funny every time.

I was looking at a WERA album, and someone had a bumper sticker that said, "OMG! Ponies!" on their lower.

I've seen a very professional "Viagra" decal hidden in amongst other sponsor stickers as well. I think that one made it several months before the rider noticed.

my bike is orange, thus i keep orange duct-tape in my tool box. nothing spoils your buddy's weekend photos like a big orange penis on their lower fairing

but the all-time best track prank i've seen was my first TD ever at BeaveRun. They 'initiated' a new control rider by hanging his pit-bike from the scoring/timing tower. It was there through the entire riders' meeting, and he didn't notice until around 10 or 11 AM

Henry will be 2 in June. He's a beagle mutt from the Gateway Animal Hospital's "project Noah" rescue program. he was brought in as a puppy with a broken leg. we adopted him at about 7 months (leg was healed by then).

Taken at the Great Lakes Brewery

we also had Abe for about 2 months as a foster dog. i'd still consider him part of the family if he wanted to come back. He was adopted a few weeks ago.

i still like the 1 second Miller Highlife commercial better.

I actually live off Ridge, but not that far from Snow.

they just resurfaced Snow south of Ridge, so it's not too bad there. Must have stopped before Pearl. I only drive that way to go to the airport. Work is the other direction.

"snow road - i see you."

sunday's at Gingerman are weird though - you ride from 9-10 (20 mins per group) then they close the track for 2 hours because of an agreement with a local church(?)

I think they call the second hour of that break "lunch," and you ride 12-6 (instead of 5) to make up for the hour you missed earlier in the day.

all told, you should get no less than 2 hours of track time, and probably 2:20. It feels like a lot more than it sounds like.

I'm sure Brian and Monte can verify. My info is based on what I experienced riding Gingerman with STT two years ago.

A liter bike for the street may not make sense to YOU, but I dunno how you can hate on someone else's choice for a street bike when you don't know where their priorities lie or what they feel the bike 'optimizes' for them.

I don't believe i 'hated' on anyone's choice; i just disagreed.

my bike is for cheap thrills, emphasis on cheap. Perhaps I should have said that up front.

the 'line' where street performance becomes overkill is different for everyone as well. i guess my threshold is lower than most. I like that my 500 feels fast compared to my econobox, and I like that my 600 feels fast compared to my 500. If i had a 1000 to ride around whenever I liked, I'd be afraid of getting used to it. Then I'd be out of cheap thrills completely...

unless theyre redheads about 5'7 110# 36c.

finally, we agree on something!

it sounds like we just have different preferences when it comes to riding. I'd never utter a bad word about an SV650 as a track bike, but I absolutely prefer an I4 for track riding. the engine-braking of twins is less comfortable for me than an I4. My fault, not the bike's.

If you went camping with a friend and woke-up with your pants down, vaseline next to you and your ass hurt... would you tell anyone?

did i log onto the WERA board by accident?

Oh he was definitely passing novices. They were way off line and barely leaning over.

It looked like the 2-up rider was taking it pretty easy because of the passenger. No knee-down action, and the camera bike (a 600) almost came around him by accident in a couple of the corners :-P

it was a bit surprising that the liter bike still pulled away so easily on the straights with an additional person, and that track had a hell of a long straight, but otherwise, I think they were turning a fast "I" pace by most people's standards.

I think i'd keep up as the camera bike - no way I could (or would want to try to) be the 2-up pilot...

Actually 1/3 would be what 63mph, it's well into the 100's everytime we ride I dont use it as a work commuter its used for the twisties I've got a truck to go to work in. It's far more comfortable than a 600, has plenty of power so I dont have to shift every 10 seconds on a good set off twisties, on long stretches between good twisties I dont have to listen to the 13000 rpm revs that a 600 does, if the wife want to go its not luged down from 2up like a 600, and no its not capable of 190 anymore because I went -1 +1 on the sprockets. I've had a 500, every 600 out there, a 750, a 900 and a 954 and this is by far the best street bike I've ever had. I would rather take one of the 600's to the track though instead of the 1000.

I dont know what youve had in the past, just what youve got now so if youve never had a 1000 as your street bike youre not really in a positon to judge are you? Ive had your street bike and your track bike and have experinced the difference, have you ?

so you routinely go 100mph on public roads? I'm starting to see why our opinions differ.

As for riding in the twisties, i enjoy shifting gears. Putting it in 3rd and lugging it around is boring to me. may as well be an automatic at that point.

and how fast are you riding through these twisty roads? unless it's over 120, an SV650 takes turns just as well as a 1000RR; arguably better.

the only twin on your list is the 500. Do you have opinions on something like an SV650 or SV1000?

I don't think any supersport is ideal for street riding, so I wouldn't ride a 600 on the street either. i think i'll always have a twin as a street bike, or an older 600 modified for a more upright ride. I've ridden an R1 on the street, and it was very civilized - but I'd just feel like it was a waste of the power. If you disagree, and can afford the difference, to each their own - i just don't think it's worth it to own a 1000 purely for the acceleration. my 500 will do well over 100mph and is a hoot when the road curves. bigger bikes certainly pull away in a straight line, but it rarely matters to me.

I don't understand your logic... because you're not using something to it's fullest potential, it's not suited for the application?

So we should all be riding around on Ruckus's or mopeds on the street?

Hell, we should all be driving Geo Metros too, and save only the ballsiest ballers to drive something like a Malibu or Civic on the street

a 1000RR isn't a "malibu" or a "civic," it's a Ferrari Enzo. Sure you can, but why?

? I've got a 1000, best street bike I've ever had and I've had alot.

you have a bike that's capable of 190mph, so you're using about 1/3 of its potential then, right?

a 1000RR is a streetable race bike - If i said it was a 'bad' street bike, that might have been harsh, but there are absolutely better choices that make more sense. Even if you go to the track on a regular basis, a liter bike is only fully utilized by the most skilled riders, and most tracks still don't have a long enough straight for a 1000 to really stretch its legs. (maybe Barber and VIR?)

liter I4 riders rave about how much torque they have. if that's what you want, a liter twin does things just as well, and will cost you a lot less to buy, and insure.

Call it a difference of opinion. if we disagree, we disagree, but the thought of a cherry '07 1000RR sitting in the garage 25 days a month, and never even scratching the surface of its performance potential makes me a little sad. Man, i guess i AM a pussy.

impressive, but I think i'd keep up with that just fine at the pace in the video.

different orgs have different rules for boots, but "over the ankle" is the basic requirement. if you have leather work-boots, they'll ask you to tape the laces up.

STG has the Teknic "chicane" for $143.

http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Categories.bok?category=TEKNIC+APPAREL:Boots

I think that's what I have, but I got last year's model for like $99 on clearance at Iron Pony.

i know I saw 'my' boot at IP on clearance for $79 shortly thereafter, but they only had yellow left :-p

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3rd.....To those of you who are saying the CBR1000RR is not suited for road riding...WTF are you guys talking about? The CBR is the most road oriented and best mannered of all the litre bikes. Quit being such a bunch of pussies.

owning a liter I-4 for street use is like buying an Xbox 360 and only playing Tetris.

^ either way, it sounds like the bike tossed him...

might he have whacked the throttle as he was being "bucked" off? that would explain the 12:00 wheelie...

lord knows it all happens fast enough that once the sequence of events starts, the "thought process" quickly turns to "oh shit," and then you wake up laying on the track.

That Shoe is going to look good on his garage wall though!

yikes. what happened? the first pic of the wreck shows dirt already flying, so I assume the ground caused the bike to tumble into the 12:00 position.

Was it a lowside with grass causing the tumble, or a high-side with grass making it that much worse? (the latter seems more likely based on the helmet impact, etc.)

i vote sell it, and buy something more suited for street use. buy your wife some flowers, and yourself full riding gear with the leftover money. win-win-win.

"the problem with cheap rent is that your neighbors can afford it too."

my last two rental dwellings cost around $525/month and were nightmares... I have to remind myself of that each month when I pay $700 in interest on my mortgage.

last I read, 'Ghost Rider' retired and outed himself.

The problem is that 99% of the people in his videos don't speak English. There was a rumor going around that he was arrested while being interviewed by some news network.

I've actually seen a video where the cops come up and 'arrest' him while he's being interviewed.

someone who actually spoke the language (or claimed to) said he was never arrested - the cops just asked him for insurance and registration information on the bikes. When he didn't have it, they impounded the bikes he was sitting on (on a public street), but the cops were talking about how cool the bikes were mostly. Apparently the country he was in hadn't been made famous by one of his videos.

Anyway, it came out that the guy is just a rich hooligan having fun by putting other people's lives at risk. His car and bike collection is enviable though...

I'm with those who advocate the CHEAP solution.

$45 refurb from an online site will get the job done, and you won't cry if it gets wet, stolen, etc.

I've put my (car) tom tom in the map pocket of a tank bag more than once. The only problem is keeping it powered for extended trips.