fuck ya mate its not about the race its about personal saftey and doing it in ya own time - go get a life boyOriginally Posted by dpex
Hardcore Biker
fuck ya mate its not about the race its about personal saftey and doing it in ya own time - go get a life boy
Forum whore
No mate - I threw that in as a equally silly statement to parallel your broad comment about 'weekend warriors' - taring all once/twice a week riders with the same sticky brush.
I'm now more concerned about your lack of suitable riding attire when on the road and your reason for justifying it.
Do you think that your track-day skills will enable you to avoid that car that just does not see you?
It's been a long few years since I did a track ride - Do they now have cars randomly shoot across the racetrack to hone these skills?
Forum whore
I drive to work and ride every now and then, I haven't ridden my bike in anger for a long time. Sunday we did the loop with my mates from work who all commute, every day; Beyond and I were waiting at the main stops for over 20 minutes...
This weekend warrior carved up the CoroGP and left the competition for dead ...
your arguments are flawed
:slap:
Team Zimmerframe
Mom.
Can I safely assert you haven't done an AMCC Advanced Rider Training track day?
They're not about speed (for the lesser riders) they're all about cornering and bike handling.
Sure, speeding down the two straights is a buzz, sort've. But learning how badly you corner, when following a line marshal, kinda sets your ego back a pace or twelve.
I remember following my very first line marshal into Jenian, then into the 'S' prior to Castrol, and thinking I was doing okay. As I started the role into Castrol, feeling like Valentino on the edge, I saw the fucking line-marshal had his left hand on his hip and was looking BACK at me!
It was about then that I realised I couldn't ride for shit and that I had to suck in my silly ego and suck out every last bit of knowledge from this man's head.
I had this dude coaching me for most of the day. We'd do a few circuits then pull into the dummy grid and he'd give me the Billy Graham about what I was doing right and wrong. As the day progressed, the wrongs gave way to more rights.
He led me, he followed me, he pushed me.
On the last round of the day I asserted, 'Right, let's see if I can follow you.'
Tee hee. The next time I saw him, after the first corner (Jenian) was when he passed me again, four laps later.
But I learned a shit-load on that day. Much more than I had learned on other track days whereupon I just went out and gave it as much death as I felt able.
And so, the AMCC, ART days aren't about just roaring around wasting petrol, they're true learning days....at least, for those who wish to learn.
The attitude of the AMCC folk is simple. Come to a track day. Avail yourselves of our expertise or don't. You choose. You can simply bash around the track, having a ball or you can get serious, pull in your stomach and ask for help. And believe me, when you ask for help, they're at you like a father trying to keep his two year-old from touching the stove element.
Then they chuck in a huge lunch, just for drill. :--))
Other track days are set up for a different audience; but each have their place in the great scheme of things.
On anyb track-day you come away knowing more than you did before the day began.
On an AMCC, ART day, should you chose to become a pupil, as opposed to a freedom fighter, you come away with so much more.
Only 'Now' exists in reality.
Team Zimmerframe
Geez. But ain't you a hero? Not.
Only 'Now' exists in reality.
I am a killer blue mantee
A slower rider is not necesserily a lesser rider. Some choose not to do trackdays and are perfectly fine at cornering.
You don't have to hit every apex, and imagine ripple strips on every turn. Mind you I did selectively quote that and should still give a big thumbs up for the informative info on your track session. It is always good to get practice in, just say that sort of stuff without throwing in the other crap and you will be better off.
Forum whore
It pays to bear in mind that you learned a lot about riding on a track. I've seen my share of track heroes T-bone cars while the old bloke on the Triumph with the single leading shoe drum brake is stopped about a 100 metres down the road because he could see what was coming.
Track skills and road sense are not in any way related.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Highway Biker
What a bullshit thread.How the fuck does someone who rides on the weekend get the label of weekend warrior.What a crock of shit.
Forum whore
You'll get used to him.
Forum whore
Hmm, you appear to place a lot of stock in the AMCC ART days.
Last time I was at one I thought they were excellent for the track and for learning your bike (a valid skill for sure) and racing lines. But I note that the road is not a track and has no flag marshalls. I also note that racing lines are not road lines and there are intersections and opposing traffic (etc etc) on roads.
Is the track really the best option for weekend warriors?
Rasta Ratskins
Righto, show's over! Everyone get back in your pidgeon holes!
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Que?
Pretty pointless whilst he's up against the one and only Katman.
mini meeeeeee
dpex, you're a condescending twat. Boast all you like about your prowess, sounds to me simply a variation of small dicked man syndrome.
I lahk to moove eet moove eet...
Katman to steveb64
I am a killer blue mantee
Not quite as eloquent as katman, but more to the point.
ArseBiscuit
A guy I knew was a real cricket nut. He played all through school, and into his mid-twenties.
Fuck he was useless.
We'd all kick his arse playing tip'ne run in the backyard.
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