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Blade Runner said:
Repeat as necessary. Hmmm, now that I wrote it down it sounds easy. Why the f am I so slow? :(
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Must be that whole "self preservation instinct thing..." LOL. :D :laughing It amazes me just how fast some guys are there. My very best times are around a 1:33 flat, I can see where where I can hack off a few seconds......but to hack off 10???? That would take a set of brass balls.

125cc Lap record (listed by fatbaq.com) 1:23:67 Jeff Chen aboard a RS125R (slicks)

2 wheel Lap record (listed by RRW.com) 1:19.79 by Larry Denning aboard a YZF-R1 (DOT tires)

I would love to see some on-board camera action of that kinda pace @ Grattan!
 
#22 ·
I know I know.
The fear of pain is bigger than my balls. :rolleyes
It may be blind an technical, but it is fast and laid out well. :thumbsup
 
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T-5 and 1 are where I could make up tons of time if I had the cohones. I would always downshift into the jump before 5 know full well that I could take the turn way faster. I would brake way too early into 1 as well, though I did get into 1 waaaaaay too deep a couple times. I did love to drag knee in the bowl though, the sound was great! Man that's a great track.

BTW T-11 is the blind right hander just before the front straight, I crashed there in the rain.
 
#24 ·
You know at that track, I shorten up where I consider a turn blind. Thinking about it it is blind. I guess I'm going so slow after 10 and the dip. It doesn't bother my slow ass too much. It's that dip that seems to mess me up.

I thought T1 was pretty straight forward and fast, but I run it too slow too. :rolleyes

I know that I'm fucking up t5 and there is major time to be made there. I've had the rear in the air trying different things there and it just gives me the Willies. Mark takes it well. He seems to just let the bike scrub speed by pushing the front and letting it drift in. I know the trick is to do minimal braking and let her slide, but I'm a woosy. :mad :laughing
 
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Blade Runner said:
Mark takes it well. He seems to just let the bike scrub speed by pushing the front and letting it drift in. I know the trick is to do minimal braking and let her slide, but I'm a woosy. :mad :laughing
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It's all the bike Bruce! That thing just rails :) Or as Jim @ 4&6 said..."you just CAN'T highside those things". T5 is tough, it looks like a tight corner on the bike but in reality its pretty fast.


Sticky-- Hope to see you out there next season. Good to see another non-SV650 lightweight rider! :D :D
 
#27 ·
Yeah, I'm planning on doing the "CLSB Blackhawk ODDY is way cool for organizing it day." I love the little bike, I think I'm going to keep it forever maybe give it to my daughter eventually.
 
#28 ·
Yeah it was pretty cool when you let me take her. After I got over worrying about breaking your only toy at the time. I swear I heard sucking sounds from the tires in #3.

BTW, it's not the bike bro...





It's all the movable ballast.:twofinger

Sorry, I couldn' t help myself. :evil
 
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:twofinger :twofinger :twofinger
 
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:laughing Just see if I come to your next gay track party. My wife has been wondering about all you "boys".

And I just decided not to pick on you about your new toy. Maybe I should rethink that. :evil

Thanks for the :jester
 
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