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Barber 10-29/30


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I had a really good time when I ran Barber on Oct 10 after the vintage race weekend. I didn't start crossing the curbing on the left chicane around turn 7 until the third session and was amazed at how much easier it made them. I am hoping to go down and run there again next year after the vintage races. It is a great track.

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Ran barber a few years ago.. Man was It awesome. but the curbing going into 7 sucks. i just went around it after feeling like I was going to get bucked off, then waiting on the bike to settle before initiating turn in. No thanks.

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The curbing is not all that bad these days. My Sportclassic has a less than modern suspension and I didn't feel it unsettle the bike any more than a regular bump in the road. The trick is to get your butt out of the seat by just a little bit and the bike just glides right over the top of the curb, it almost feels like you are going to motocross it. I was doing my weight shift while I was over the apex of the curbing so when I came back down into the saddle I was already off center and ready to dive into the long right-hander that follows.

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I hear ya on the crashes. There were a bunch of crashes on saturday, seemed like every session in all groups had people going down. Even had a coach go down first lap first session in turn 5. Apparently he wasn't listening in the riders meeting about taking is slow for a couple sessions. :)

I went 2 months ago and had my first on track crash... 2 turd burglers crashed in front of me and I had no where to go. When I was there there were 24 crashes throughout the day... Great track though, just over booked all the time!
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