It pays to be nice and mind your manners

[mjn]

Cool story!

Good for you man.

 

[PADEROLIS]

That's awesome Megawatt, I was just wondering today how many people in my own neiborhood ride!

 

[suzuki4life]

Last night I was riding out to the drag strip with five others for the last track night of the year. Then all of a sudden a HD rider with an iron worker union jacket jumps into our formation, not at the end but in front of me (I was tailgunner). Nobody knew him or invited him into the formation. At first I thought about waving him off as if to say "get the fuuk outta here". Becaue I would never jump into a group of bikes formation, I may join up at the end but never ride within another group if not invited. But I hang back and think well he is keeping up with the sporties and he is holding his line, so I do nothing and say nothing.

Fast forward the story -- turns out the HD rider and I are in the line next to each other to register to run the drag strip, and we start talking for close to an hour. He turns out to be super cool, an says that he rides Busas and has a few. Once again I shut up and listen instead of jumping to conclusions or laugh at the guy on this new stock HD. He tells me he holds the West coast record for fastest Busa and shows me a pic of a certificate with his name and a time of 7.77 sec. He shows me pictures of these incredible turbo busas all stretched out and they look like works of art. He said one of them made 745hp and it looked like it.

Tells me he has maps from quasar has worked with other big names in the performance world and he is the owner of Marks speed shop. Here is the kicker, Mark M (forgot his last name but know it starts with an M) turns out to live seven houses away from me around the corner!!!!!! This really is a small world and I got a neighbor I never knew I had that I can talk Busas with now. We both said we will walk over to the other house to say hi from time to time.

So the moral of this story is to always treat people with respect, don't jump to conclusions, remember there is always someone out there that has done more, knows more and has more than you.

Mark M.....ummmmm who is mark M that holds any record? Especially one for an entire coast? Hmmmmmm.....

 

[the_1]

great story loved it

 

[megawatt]

Mark M.....ummmmm who is mark M that holds any record? Especially one for an entire coast? Hmmmmmm.....

Well I found him on the MDRA4u site, he has runs super street, outlaw1, and sportsman class in the motorcycle drag race association when the organization has run here in Vegas. Mark Moore

Either way if you believe or not, he is a cool guy when I spoke to him.

 

[SpeedAdict]

You never told us how you did at the strip

 

[chrisjp]

what has happend to all the 'tollerance' in the world. the second we think someone is offending us off we go. nice write up good to see that others think the way i do and try not to assume and give everyone a fair chance till they prove themselves unworthy

 

[tinmann840]

Cool Story. Never judge a rider by his bike. Even if it's a Harley.

 

[megawatt]

You never told us how you did at the strip

O yea, I am getting faster with every trip to this track that is a half mile above sea level.

I only made two runs before taking off to meet up with other friends -
RT - .232, 60' - 1.823, 1/4 of 10.485 @ 133.95
RT - .324, 60' - 1.843, 1/4 of 10.444 @ 134.60

Stock engine gen 1 busas almost never dip into the 9's here even with air shifters, shinko, and stretched. This was the first time for me stretched at +5, and I already know I can bring down the 60' easily. Sooooo much more confident on launches compared to stock wheelbase.

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

So i shouldnt have left the note on the new car that parked in front of a forklift cylinder cage?that I needed to fill ?

I tried 2 be cool told him park here again + i will stomp your booty kill your children and harvest there vital organs 4 beer money.:alien:

Hey Gary whats up brother man? :cheesy:

 

[TRUFICTION]

Great story
maturity and patience pay off

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

O yea, I am getting faster with every trip to this track that is a half mile above sea level.

I only made two runs before taking off to meet up with other friends -
RT - .232, 60' - 1.823, 1/4 of 10.485 @ 133.95
RT - .324, 60' - 1.843, 1/4 of 10.444 @ 134.60

Stock engine gen 1 busas almost never dip into the 9's here even with air shifters, shinko, and stretched. This was the first time for me stretched at +5, and I already know I can bring down the 60' easily. Sooooo much more confident on launches compared to stock wheelbase.

around $550 + around 3 hours my time and you will have .040 every single run you make all year. Im going show some boys how its done next season @ prostar pro-et starting with Memphis Tenn.I may even visit Elvis.

this was step 1 cost me $170 exact rpm every launch next comes crossover delay box setup.My hookup ryan sent me that.

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[shean1]

It never cost anything to be a decent human being.. If you were raised that way it comes easy, for some of us it a little harder because life has not yet showed us the value of decency...

Very cool...

 

[EarlyBird]

Just way cool!

 

[Ikuzus]

Wisdom is something you can't buy "Priceless"

 

[BusaWizard]

Good for you, never judge a book by its cover.