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BHF - 1st (& 2nd) track day

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#1 ·
sorry for all the threads but i felt that i should have my own... ;)

wow. what an experience. i don't know what to say. everyone was so damn helpful it was unreal. i had won a free track day through CLSB and Wink helped me from day one by trailing my bike up to BHF.

i went into the day knowing a decent amount of what i needed to do in order to be decent on the track but after my first session i realized i couldn't actually implement those techniques. i was completely discouraged after my first session and was saying in my mind "this isn't for me." after the second session i had gotten a bit better and had changed my mind again. :laughing: as the day progressed i got tips from wink, ron, greg, brian and everyone else imaginable. it really helped my confidence. so much so that i even stayed for sunday's session. thanks again wink!! day two was even better. i could implement what i learned during saturday's session and improve even further. i had a few close calls with the rumble strips and actually ran off in 6 after coming in too hot (for me) and chickened out. i preferred to ride in the grass rather then lowside a brand new bike. on my last session i went out with mr hix. he carried me through the track and i was draggin' the knee through quite a few of the turns (yes i realize this doesn't make me fast :flip ). but from the first time out to the last session, man what a turn around. it was AWESOME!!! if you can't tell i'm still pumped.

it was an exhausting experience but an amazing one. i'm sore as hell this morning but i can't wait to get out and do another. Wink, greg, ron, twink, brian and everyone else i can't thank you enuf for helping me with everything. giving me a place to sleep so i could stay another day. giving me some grub at the end of the day. for all the invaluable tips and techniques that helped me improve from the first session on. and not to get even sappier, i'm seriously moved by the willingness to help out a complete stranger. :cheers: you guys are rad (i think i've used awesome enuf in this post). thanks again and maybe i'll see everyone in two weeks! :laughing:
 
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#2 ·
Sweeeettt... We've sucked in another new member!
It was a great time. I'm glad we were able to help things come together for you to say on Sunday.

See you out there again soon.
 
#5 ·
great. can't wait. i need a new desktop pic. :)
 
#7 ·
Like I told you at the end of the weekend, that was some very good riding you were doing in that last session. Very impressive indeed for a first track weekend.

In fact, I think you might have outgrown that B sticker in a single weekend. I guess you need to come on out to the next event and we'll check it to see if it still fits. ;)
 
#8 ·
BOOYA!! ron don't give me a big head too soon. :laughing: i appreciate the vote of confidence and i'll definitely be out again but when i do i think i might just stick around B to hone my skills a little better. that last session was killer but i was still running wide i turns. i need to work on my entry point a bit more among other things. thanks for everything.
 
#10 ·
I wasn't planning to put these up till tonight...but then I thought about how excited I was to see pics of my first trackday...so I decided to put them up for you this afternoon.

WARNING....LOOKING AT THESE PICS WILL ONLY FEED THE ADDICTION.
 
#15 ·
yeah i was waiting back for you guys but you were too far back. i wanted to take the ramp like the carousel :laughing: but then i realized my tires were probably really cold and i didn't have any gear, oh yeah...and it was dark.

man did it suck riding home. how damn boring. i did get on it a little bit and hang off but there was so much traffic isn't wasn't worth the effort.
 
#23 ·
Oh! That was you that was checking out the air strip! :lmao:
 
#28 ·
aw...aren't you cute. i like you too wink...y. :laughing:

btw...the corn is ready for picking. fuggers. :flip
 
#31 ·
I'm not pickin on ya, but I was behind you when this happened and this was the first thing that went through my mind :jester
 
#33 ·
awesome. yeah i made a pass, can't remember who it was and i came up into the turn too hot for me and just said fugged it, i'm rollin' out. :laughing:

i better not have some south park sticker on my bike at the next track meet. :lmao:
 
#37 ·
i like this as my avatar a little more. :) from sunday.

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