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    Track days (jerking off in public)

    Last Friday happened to be my birthday, and as my boyish good looks fade into the past (where I was bulletproof, and cool, and unconcerned by breaking bones), I look forward to the next stage of life - adult diapers, a walking stick, maybe a zimmer frame, and really big ears (haven't you noticed old folks and the size of their ears?). But before senility hits, I plan to pack as much track time as my bank manager will allow before he hyperventilates.

    So, being blessed with the perfect woman, who - get this - talked me into arranging a day off for the MotoTT day last Friday, and some unseasonably good weather forecasted; we packed the truck with toys, pooch, and MadBikeBabe, and rolled to Taupo and Vegas for the weekend.

    After dropping MadBikeBabe off at the bach, I trailered scoot to the track, and then spent the day hanging with some really interesting people who wore dead cow.

    We had perfect weather, once the morning mist got blown away, the sun came out to play and started to warm the track. After a winter of greasy cold roads, tarmac with grip is a novel surprise. I bought some nice shiny new leather one piece last summer, and hadn't ridden in them, so I turned up looking like a newbie with pristine knee sliders. After a few laps, knee sliders transformed into molten plastic, tires nicely destroyed - I could feel the years slipping away.

    The MotoTT events are well run, and strictly controlled (which is good and bad depending on your viewpoint), and in terms of road skills, when you're shelling out for that shiny new sports bike, budget in some time at one or many of these events.

    The events are broken into groups;
    - newbies and those who don't want to share the racetrack with 900 riders
    - 900 riders (aka the intermediates who are too cool to hang with the slowies)
    - Ricky Racer and company, squabbling over the track like a Treaty Claim over land, but with less tears and fewer punch ups.

    The riding is fun, and bridges the gap between buying a full race bike, and jerking off in public (meaning riding like Rossi on the road). Most people are riding their street bikes, and few of them can afford to see it slide down the road on its side, so they ride with reasonable care and respect.

    The only criticism I can level at the MotoTT guys is the speed at which they load photos on their website - I need proof of that leaned over, dragging kneeslider, front wheel gently lifting as my rear tire smokes out of the corner moment that surely happened in real life and not in my imagination...?

    MBB

    PS, KatMan, sorry for not catching up while I was in Taupo, I had a surprise party waiting for me in Vegas that would have quickly turned to lynch mob had I been late.
    It’s diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; it’s life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.

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    Nice write up man. Here's to growing old disgracefully.

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    great write up!!!

    sounds fun...

    must
    get
    the
    buell

    to one... SOON (as i get back from portugal... if i ever do get back that is)


    what a ride so far!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clivoris View Post
    Nice write up man. Here's to growing old disgracefully.
    agreed,

    and hear, hear
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    Nice write up! And you're right about the ears. I swear my ears (and the hair that's growing out of them) is the only thing growing on me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajturbo View Post
    great write up!!!

    sounds fun...

    must
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    buell

    to one... SOON (as i get back from portugal... if i ever do get back that is)
    bring the RG, it's more fun with less expense.
    It’s diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; it’s life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.

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    next month, I shall be there... I too need to de-n00b my knee sliders again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    next month, I shall be there...
    Me too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    next month, I shall be there... I too need to de-n00b my knee sliders again.
    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    Me too.

    as will eye

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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    next month, I shall be there... I too need to de-n00b my knee sliders again.
    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    Me too.

    Quote Originally Posted by Chrislost View Post
    as will eye
    Me four

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    Quote Originally Posted by madbikeboy View Post
    Most people are riding their street bikes, and few of them can afford to see it slide down the road on its side, so they ride with reasonable care and respect.
    And if you do go for a wee slide () you and your bike have a much greater chance of escaping unhurt.

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    Good post enjoyed that thanks

    I note with interest that MotoTT days are apparently the only track days my insurer will cover hands down no questions and I am in serious need of some cornering practise on the SV.

    BTW - that lady of yours is clearly a keeper

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    Quote Originally Posted by discotex View Post
    And if you do go for a wee slide () you and your bike have a much greater chance of escaping unhurt.
    This is true.

    I need a T-shirt that says "I threw my bike down the track at 120kph and all I got was this scuffed alternator cover."
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    Hell ya should've cruised over and said hi MBB


    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    Good post enjoyed that thanks

    I note with interest that MotoTT days are apparently the only track days my insurer will cover...
    Same here otherwise I wouldn't be risking my latte machine

    Quote Originally Posted by discotex View Post
    And if you do go for a wee slide () you and your bike have a much greater chance of escaping unhurt.
    +1

    Quote Originally Posted by puddy View Post
    I swear my ears (and the hair that's growing out of them) is the only thing growing on me!
    Take the blue pill brother!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    I need a T-shirt that says "I threw my bike down the track at 120kph and all I got was this scuffed alternator cover."
    new KB shirt design?

    Crash knobs, on order for the next one.

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