madbikeboy
28th December 2007, 21:49
Hi y'all, someone give me some bling for writing something positive for a change (some of you can whine worse than the evil ex on PMS day...).
This content is AO, some content may offend, viewer discretion advised...
I just fucking love track days. The guy in the bay next to us had a really shiny MV Augusta, pretty in silver and red. The smart people reading that sentence would notice the past tense - the word "had" is the giveaway. Sand traps and missed braking points seem detrimental to shiny MV's. Oops.
I was going to take the piss of the guy in the medium speed group with the tire warmers, but he stayed upright, and his R6 slayed my Gixer, plus his girlfriend was not entirely unattractive... Track knowledge is everything. Oh, track knowledge and tire warmers. And having a hot partner handing out spanners and drinks - priceless!
The spitfire-esq bass sound of V-Twins. The punishing scream of 600's. The sobbing of the guy with the MV. The hauting howl of Yoshi's mated to Blades and Gixer thou's, WFO.
But, the thing that I really love is the greasy weirdo's hanging out with their bikes. I like it because for once I feel like I'm not so out of step for being a greasy weirdo hanging out on my bike.
The Madbikeboy list of fucking shit hot things about trackdays:
1. No speed cameras
2. We get yelled at for being too slow
3. Racetracks have sandtraps instead of cheesecutters
4. There's always one person who brings a vespa or cruiser - they bring comedy and a useful reference point for actual speed.
5. There's always someone faster than you who if you observe carefully, and follow their line, you learn something really useful
6. Taupo uses the left hand side of the tire. Puke uses the right. I get TWO trackdays from a single tire!
7. There's always someone much slower that makes you feel like you're Rossi on Meth...
8. One day on the track is worth 6 weeks on the road
9. On the track, a chicane is a low speed bend - not a low speed cage... :)
The not so cool things about trackdays:
1. They're more addictive than crack and/or blackberries
2. They're really expensive if you do the math on a summer of trackdays...
3. Sweaty leather sucks. Unless you count this one time with that westy chick I knew, she was wearing nothing but a wristwatch and a smile, and I had her tied with leather straps to the roof... shit, wrong forum.
4. A tank of gas lasts about 75 k's
5. A rear lasts for a day. Maybe two if the second is at Taupo
6. No one passes me drinks and spanners. I reckon I need some tire warmers. Wonder what Georgie does on the weekends?? :scooter:
:Playnice:
Now, someone give me some bling for writing something that was sort of positive!
This content is AO, some content may offend, viewer discretion advised...
I just fucking love track days. The guy in the bay next to us had a really shiny MV Augusta, pretty in silver and red. The smart people reading that sentence would notice the past tense - the word "had" is the giveaway. Sand traps and missed braking points seem detrimental to shiny MV's. Oops.
I was going to take the piss of the guy in the medium speed group with the tire warmers, but he stayed upright, and his R6 slayed my Gixer, plus his girlfriend was not entirely unattractive... Track knowledge is everything. Oh, track knowledge and tire warmers. And having a hot partner handing out spanners and drinks - priceless!
The spitfire-esq bass sound of V-Twins. The punishing scream of 600's. The sobbing of the guy with the MV. The hauting howl of Yoshi's mated to Blades and Gixer thou's, WFO.
But, the thing that I really love is the greasy weirdo's hanging out with their bikes. I like it because for once I feel like I'm not so out of step for being a greasy weirdo hanging out on my bike.
The Madbikeboy list of fucking shit hot things about trackdays:
1. No speed cameras
2. We get yelled at for being too slow
3. Racetracks have sandtraps instead of cheesecutters
4. There's always one person who brings a vespa or cruiser - they bring comedy and a useful reference point for actual speed.
5. There's always someone faster than you who if you observe carefully, and follow their line, you learn something really useful
6. Taupo uses the left hand side of the tire. Puke uses the right. I get TWO trackdays from a single tire!
7. There's always someone much slower that makes you feel like you're Rossi on Meth...
8. One day on the track is worth 6 weeks on the road
9. On the track, a chicane is a low speed bend - not a low speed cage... :)
The not so cool things about trackdays:
1. They're more addictive than crack and/or blackberries
2. They're really expensive if you do the math on a summer of trackdays...
3. Sweaty leather sucks. Unless you count this one time with that westy chick I knew, she was wearing nothing but a wristwatch and a smile, and I had her tied with leather straps to the roof... shit, wrong forum.
4. A tank of gas lasts about 75 k's
5. A rear lasts for a day. Maybe two if the second is at Taupo
6. No one passes me drinks and spanners. I reckon I need some tire warmers. Wonder what Georgie does on the weekends?? :scooter:
:Playnice:
Now, someone give me some bling for writing something that was sort of positive!