Another attempt at something positive...

**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...).

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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??

Now, someone give me some bling for writing something that was sort of positive!

**Sharry** · 28th December 2007, 22:22

Yes indeady it is nice to read something with a positive strain to it. Track has always attracted me, although I have never been to one with or without a bike. It sounds very addictive. Bike racing is the only sport I been able to enjoy on telly. Maybe one day....... maybe one day I could hand out spanners

**hospitalfood** · 28th December 2007, 22:24

you can have mine, I dont like it anyway. just not that big on green. maybe if I had a kwaka.

**u4ea** · 28th December 2007, 22:29

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

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

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.

well deserved indeed but be careful what you ask for......

you might like it!!!!

oh you promise :P

**Swoop** · 29th December 2007, 19:33

You were doing quite well really.
Up to the point of asking for bling...

I liked the idea of Taupo + Puke on a set of rubber. You aren't related to McJim by any chance?

**madbikeboy** · 31st December 2007, 06:59

Originally Posted by HDTboy

The guy with the R6 was on his 2nd ever trackday, "his" warmers are mine, "his" girlfriend is Two Smoker's fiance.
I did manage to score his bike for one fast session just after lunch in order to give RossiGal (yellow gixxer) a bit of a hurry up, and check the suspension settings of the R6.
Trackdays are a shitload cheaper than going racing on a big bike.
You may be inclined to take the piss out of those with warmers, but the tyres on his bike have done a day's racing, a trackday, and he uses them for commuting as well. That's good value.

The warmers actually make sense - I'm riding old school Metzler M3's which take forever to get up to temp (Diablo's are too expensive, if I want to eat, ride, and pay the mortgage...). Yeah, I've done the math on racing the gixer, way too expensive for this humble paycheck... The chick on the yellow gixer was quick, sensible bike for tackdays and racing. Chatted to her for a minute too, seemed like a good sort. I need more time on Puke - done it a few hundred times in a cage, way different on the scoot...

**madbikeboy** · 31st December 2007, 07:07

Originally Posted by Sharry

Yes indeady it is nice to read something with a positive strain to it. Track has always attracted me, although I have never been to one with or without a bike. It sounds very addictive. Bike racing is the only sport I been able to enjoy on telly. Maybe one day....... maybe one day I could hand out spanners

Yeah, often need uppers after reading some of the posts... Seriously, jump onto the next track day, there are people of all sorts, chicks on 250's - ducati's, guys on everything from Harleys to race prepped KTM's - the woman on the race prepped GSXR600 (read below) was cool to chat to. Bike racing on tv is kind of cool, but actually doing it on a track is way better .

Maybe someday someone can hand spanners to you, you just never know how life is going to work out...

**HDTboy** · 31st December 2007, 12:06

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

The warmers actually make sense - I'm riding old school Metzler M3's which take forever to get up to temp (Diablo's are too expensive, if I want to eat, ride, and pay the mortgage...). Yeah, I've done the math on racing the gixer, way too expensive for this humble paycheck... The chick on the yellow gixer was quick, sensible bike for tackdays and racing. Chatted to her for a minute too, seemed like a good sort. I need more time on Puke - done it a few hundred times in a cage, way different on the scoot...

What would you say to geting a pair of Continental Race attacks for $250? Give me a call, I'm in Takapuna

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