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I am so pumped for April!!! Great times should be had for sure! Looking forward to see what kind of grip is offered by some Dunlop slicks!
**The OFFICIAL TEAM GIXXER smacktalk thread**
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I am so pumped for April!!! Great times should be had for sure! Looking forward to see what kind of grip is offered by some Dunlop slicks!
Grip is Awesome! But I think it is really the contour of that tire that makes it soooo smooth.
that was some fine riding right there. Good job Trey. You should be quite proud of how far you've come in so few times at the track. Do you have any of you working traffic? You were pretty much out front that whole session. Again congrats.
Here, fixed that for ya
What, someone stay up all night editing video when they got home? Trey, I had a 1:45 in there somewhere; you were running 1:47 and 1:46's consistently. Jay, my best lap all weekend was a 1:41.1 - not bad for the first weekend, but something you can beat pretty easily...
I was following Trey, didn't even know Charlie was on the track until he blistered us both - in my mind was "oh HELL no"...and then he pits off before I have a chance to get him back
Trey, I will echo what Jay said: You riding has improved GREATLY since the last time you were out on the track. IMHO (a non-coach opinion which carries no weight), is that the main thing you need to fix before going to A is your LINE ON EXIT. You've fixed about half of it already, but that drifting out is unpredictable, and a lot of A riders would think you were going to hold the line and attempt a pass (sometimes CLOSE) on the outside - just about the time you'd drift out...fix that, and I think you are good to go. A close pass on the outside of a turn, with the passer decreasing the radius on you - is well, unnerving....except for that one issue, you looked pretty dang consistent to me. There were some other A riders out there in I in those sessions, and they couldn't pass you either.
Did I mention your bike is FREAKING FAST? Jeez, on the straights I could match you, but not enough to pass you. Do you have video of that pass I made on you in the front straight in the first session we rode together?
It was a great weekend all-in-all. Getting a warm weekend after so much cold was blind luck. Track had a few weepers, but not bad. Two pretty bad accidents: One on Saturday (a bike was following another too closely, and the lead missed a gear - following bike plowed into him).
The one on Sunday I was right in the middle of and somehow made it thru unscathed: Going down the straight heading for the museum turn, a AMA racer goes blitzing past on the outside, and one of the Northern Coaches (on that nice orange KTM) goes blitzing by on the inside, both of them heading for the turn at the same time. The KTM on the inside realizes hes going too fast to make the corner, grabs a handful of brake - smokes tire which invokes flying highside (KTM goes somersalting and rider with it), just about the time the AMA racer converges on the turn - I don't remember if the AMA racer crashed trying to avoid, ran off the track himself, or actually impacted the KTM or it's rider. All I remember is smoke, riders, and parts flying thinking to myself "stop target fixing and DODGE this crap!' and made the turn. One for sure got transported but that's all I know right now.
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That's just a dang Beemer photo bombing a Gixxer paddock...
I dunno Jay - after drooling all over Felix's bike like it's this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, maybe Charlie (who is apparently by himself financing their new location) needs to try and get Pandora's to give us a Threefer...I can always change the banner and the stickers....
Go check out what Pandoras just posted on there fb page... A Trifecta!
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Keith maybe your wheel bearings are giving way because you lust after everything out there EXCEPT your ole faithfull that still pulls with the newest stuf fon the market 
I still don't wanna be on anything except my black/red beauty which is why you shall be punished in April for your actions
I still don't wanna be on anything except my black/red beauty which is why you shall be punished in April for your actions
Keith maybe your wheel bearings are giving way because you lust after everything out there EXCEPT your ole faithfull that still pulls with the newest stuf fon the market
I still don't wanna be on anything except my black/red beauty which is why you shall be punished in April for your actions
Speaking from the point of view of someone who hasn't ridden one yet.....advise you don't.....and punish is a relative term
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Speaking from the point of view of someone who hasn't ridden one yet.....advise you don't.....and punish is a relative term
meh, meh, meh...... How much does your gixxer cost? Now how much does one of those beemers cost?
Can you even bleed the brakes on those things? With the anti lock, how does that work?
Because I need to hit the lottery...
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