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Wow , what a day. It started nice with light traffic. One hour from my driveway to signing the waver at the gate. One of my buddies, Isle of Man Dan, was going to race for the Motorcycles Unlimited endurance team on Saturday, so we pitted with Patrick Hart of Motorcycles Unlimited at his trailer. Patrick is a good guy, who is always ready to offer advise and of course parts and service. Today he was giving away electricity for my tire warmers. A real tall guy named John pitted with us. It wasn't until later in the afternoon that I found out he was KawiJM.
The day was overcast, light breeze, and cool. The kind of weather that you can leave your leathers on all day and still be comfortable. The track conditons were good. It was a little dusty at the apex of turn 4 and turn 6. The guys at LSTD had decided to have a second ambulance so down time at the track would be minimal. Everyone was asked to pitch in and extra $10 to cover the second ambulance. As it turned out, no one took a trip to the hospital. That was a pleasant change. The ambulance did go out on the track a few times, but wasn't needed.
I was working on getting my but off the bike and rolling on the throttle thru the corner. It really felt good and I never scared myself. My rule for track days is to not go over 80%. I want to have fun and increase my skills, but not go down. Been there, done that, it's no fun.
I had changed my gearing to a 15 tooth front sprocket, and the extra drive out of the corners was very evident. I lost count of the Ducatis, CBR600RRs, RC51s, and other "fast" bikes I passed. It's a great feeling to motor the old Superhawk past them. Did I mention that the front forks are Race Teched, Fox Twin Clicker shock, D & D slip ons, Dynojet jet kit, Sharkskin race body work, ss braided front brake lines, and a 929 master cylinder. Well they didn't know all the particulars. They just saw the red bike with the yellow "DDS"s for numbers. Uncle Sam pays his part of my motorcycle addiction.(I also give away free toothbrushes at the track)
Got to meet Chris(mrr1150gs) in the afternoon. Nice to see someone my age at a track day with all the young whippersnappers. That's when I found out that the John I was pitting with was KawiJM. Small world, but linked together by Two Wheeled Texans. Thanks Scott.
The day ran on schedule with very few delays. I put 120 track miles on the Superhawk. My buddy, Isle Of Man Dan, usually run in the A group and I run B. But on the last session he went out with me on the Motorcycles Unlimited SV 650 race bike to get some track time with it before Saturday. We waited until everyone else was gone before we went out. Dan and I have raced cars, karts, and shifter karts together at TWS since 1992. In fact he is the one that got me into racing. But I'm the one that got him into sportbikes. We help support each other's go fast addiction. We spent the session dicing back and forth while getting thru traffic. It was by far the most enjoyable session of the day, and brought back lots of racing memories.
The way home I set the cruise on 70(legal limit). Drifted back to the memories of the day. Euphoria set in once again and I was drawn back into the life of a TRACK DAY JUNKY.
The day was overcast, light breeze, and cool. The kind of weather that you can leave your leathers on all day and still be comfortable. The track conditons were good. It was a little dusty at the apex of turn 4 and turn 6. The guys at LSTD had decided to have a second ambulance so down time at the track would be minimal. Everyone was asked to pitch in and extra $10 to cover the second ambulance. As it turned out, no one took a trip to the hospital. That was a pleasant change. The ambulance did go out on the track a few times, but wasn't needed.
I was working on getting my but off the bike and rolling on the throttle thru the corner. It really felt good and I never scared myself. My rule for track days is to not go over 80%. I want to have fun and increase my skills, but not go down. Been there, done that, it's no fun.
I had changed my gearing to a 15 tooth front sprocket, and the extra drive out of the corners was very evident. I lost count of the Ducatis, CBR600RRs, RC51s, and other "fast" bikes I passed. It's a great feeling to motor the old Superhawk past them. Did I mention that the front forks are Race Teched, Fox Twin Clicker shock, D & D slip ons, Dynojet jet kit, Sharkskin race body work, ss braided front brake lines, and a 929 master cylinder. Well they didn't know all the particulars. They just saw the red bike with the yellow "DDS"s for numbers. Uncle Sam pays his part of my motorcycle addiction.(I also give away free toothbrushes at the track)
Got to meet Chris(mrr1150gs) in the afternoon. Nice to see someone my age at a track day with all the young whippersnappers. That's when I found out that the John I was pitting with was KawiJM. Small world, but linked together by Two Wheeled Texans. Thanks Scott.
The day ran on schedule with very few delays. I put 120 track miles on the Superhawk. My buddy, Isle Of Man Dan, usually run in the A group and I run B. But on the last session he went out with me on the Motorcycles Unlimited SV 650 race bike to get some track time with it before Saturday. We waited until everyone else was gone before we went out. Dan and I have raced cars, karts, and shifter karts together at TWS since 1992. In fact he is the one that got me into racing. But I'm the one that got him into sportbikes. We help support each other's go fast addiction. We spent the session dicing back and forth while getting thru traffic. It was by far the most enjoyable session of the day, and brought back lots of racing memories.
The way home I set the cruise on 70(legal limit). Drifted back to the memories of the day. Euphoria set in once again and I was drawn back into the life of a TRACK DAY JUNKY.