| Author | Message | ||
     Reepicheep |
They can bring us as much swag as they want!  It'll be good to see you CeeJay! Which level did you sign up for? (I signed up for the old fat guy tier) | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
It looks like we are going to have a few Badwebbers there, so far that I know about Wolf Reep Ceej Dent Mike5 | ||
| Ceejay |
I'm in the OFGT if that means novice!  wonder if they'll allow camping the night before. the place is pretty much like a state campground if your in the trees area, so it would actually be fun for the whole fam-that's if they like camping... | ||
| Reepicheep |
Thats the one | ||
| Ceejay |
hopefully some day I can put another F in there and maybe two. As in Old, Fat, Fing Fast, guy tier, ha, ha, ha... Called Mid-Ohio and they don't allow camping the night before  I may take the friday after off and go camping in the area though, depending on time and how my fam is feeling, if any one is interested. Mohican has some really nice camping areas and isn't too far away at all. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I can add an F.... Frightened (well, not so much frightened, but somebody with nothing to prove to anyone, who just wants to become a better rider, and does not want to spend a month fixing bikes and body parts...) I'll probably go up the day of the event... gonna have to beg a truck off somebody though... or scare up a trailer and get a hitch installed. | ||
| Ceejay |
If-n-ya want to ride to my place I'm pretty sure I can fit two bikes, all the gear and what not in the back of mine...If my family comes which I doubt if we can't camp, you may have to ride with a kid on your lap but like I typed I doubt it... Frightened. Yeah I'm sure I'll be wondering what the hell is going on here, I went from wanting to do a btrax-top speed is prolly 30 mph by oneself to possibly doing 120 with a bunch of other nuts. I do like speed, I just don't enjoy the possibilities of an oops because of speed. You won't have to worry about me as I'm more of a danger to myself, ha, ha, ha... | ||
| Reepicheep |
I may take you up on that... thanks! | ||
| Ceejay |
buell answered one of my questions via a blanket e-mail. The gist of it stated that the participants get a t-shirt, some refreshments, knee pucks, and-what is way cool, a couple of trips around the track-I'm sure that they'll monitored, on new Buell's!!! very cool and a big thumbs up to Buell. There's more but I didn't have time to read all of the e-mail. Now I'm looking forward to fall time even more! | ||
| Reepicheep |
Dibs on the TT! | ||
| Ceejay |
wanna race for it?!  | ||
| Reepicheep |
I'll probably be too exhausted to even ride it. I was thinking about what 30 minutes on, 30 minutes off track riding really implies on the way to work this morning... and feeling tired already! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
My A$$ is dragging! I about froze on the way to work, add that to losing an hour of sleep last night, I'm ready for a nap.....  | ||
| Reepicheep |
It was 33 degrees near Cincy / Dayton, positively balmy! I rode today, and saw a lot more bikes then I expected (including one on an old ninja that nearly rear ended somebody at a red light). | ||
| Gunslinger |
Just touching base. I live about 40 miles West of Cincy. I love the area around the Whitewater and Ohio Valleys, good twistys. I am planning a trip to Deal's Gap over Memorial Day weekend. See you there. | ||
| Michael1 |
Just signed up for the Buell Day at Mid-O on the 4th of October. Hope to see some of you guys there. I'll be on my track SV though... I'll have more fun on that than my Uly. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I'll be there! I'm looking forward to it. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I keep looking at Sportbike track time and thinking I could squeeze some more track time in. Its a lot of $$$$ and then you need to start thinking about tires..... more money, more money, more money!!! | ||
| Ceejay |
There's one at Mid-ohio for Buells, Ducatis, Bimmers, guzzis, etc. in mid July(I think) for 185. I'm thinking about that one too. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
If you get anymore info on the mid July track day, let me know. | ||
| Mikef5000 |
I'm signed up for the Mid-Ohio track day too! It'll be my first track day, so I'm in the novice section. I have a textile suit right now, which looks like it would be allowed for the novice class. But I'm really looking forward to dragging a knee on a new Buell knee puck, so I plan on either buying some leather race pants, or renting leathers. Is it a bad idea to ride to the track event? | ||
| Ceejay |
From what I've heard it's better to drive/haul. Mid-O while not that far is still a haul when your worn out, plus then it's easier to bring a chair, and a cooler. If Reep's ride comes through for him your welcome to put you're bike in the back of my truck and ride with me, as I plan on driving, up there in the morn and back at night. | ||
| Ceejay |
Also I wonder if the 08 MY bikes will be there for riding(don't know why they wouldn't?) That would be way cool. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I'm good with my ride, I have to weld a brace onto a motorcycle trailer for the guy, but I love any excuse to melt metal anyway. I think the ride there would be OK, but the ride back would probably be a real danger. Didn't even think about the fact that the 08 bikes would exist by then... thats a cool thought. I still have dibs for a ride on the TT though! | ||
| Mikef5000 |
I would imagine they use the same demo fleets all year. So even though the new bikes are out, they're still using the 07 demo fleets. I hope I'm wrong tho. That'd be awesome. Hmmmmmm, If I only got 1 choice for the demo, what would it be....... now that's a tuffy! Do I go with a bike I'm seriously considering as my next bike: Uly or XB12Scg... or do I go on one that would be a friggin blast on the track: TT or R. | ||
| Xb9 |
I'll be @ Mid-Ohio with my RP 1208! Going to Road America June 7th (next week) also. Anyone else from Ohio heading up to RA? | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Fastrax is just around the corner. I can't remember is any other Buellers will be joining me on June 18th. If you are going to Nelson Ledges for this class let me know. | ||
| Ceejay |
Wolf-won't be at that one but still thinking about the one at Mid-O in July, did you already commit for that one too? | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I'm doing the one in Oct. with Inside Pass at Mid-Ohio. I hope I can pick up the second part of the racing class before the end of the season. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I just finished my first track school at Nelson Ledges in N.E. Ohio. I wish I would have found this type of riding long ago. I am sore as hell today but its all good. I drove up on Sunday to camp the night before thinking there would be some other riders there to BS with. NOT. I was the only one there. I set up my tent and got the bike off the trailer. I was riding it around the infield when one of the track workers asked if I wanted to go on the track. DUH!! I said hell yeah. I signed a waiver and I was on the track for a few get to know the track laps. It was getting dark so I parked it and watched the track workers get ready for the next day. Monday. I woke up at 3am, 4, then 5 finally I get out of the tent around 6. I just couldn't sleep. Between being stoked to ride and all the damn birds making noise, sleep wasn't coming easy. I wipe the dew from the bike and get some breakfast via the cooler and wait for other riders to start showing up......... Much to my surprise I was the only Buell getting on the Track. The big 4, BMW, Triumph, Ducati and even a Sportster came to play. We all take our bikes to tech. to be inspected and then have our first riders meeting. You slow, you fast. They split us up in 2 groups, "A" group is the fast, been on the track before guys and "B" group is full of the "I'm testing the water" riders. A lot of the "A" group are looking to get speed certified so they can start racing and get on the track with no instructors. The B group is FULL of people like me. "I want to ride better" The Classroom. We go over all the rules of the track, flags and get split into groups by riding style and bikes. They tried to put me with the Sportster rider but I cried and they put me with a SV650. We get geared up and head for the track. The Track. Nelson Ledges is about 2 miles + or - and smooth as silk in spots and rough a cob in others. It has 13 turns and two long straights. Turn 4 is a decreasing radius nasty bastard and turn 13 is tighter than anything on the Dragon. The ride. We start off slow following the instructor to learn the line. We do this for a 20 min. sessions, increasing speed with every lap followed by classroom instruction. We go over parts of the track and add things like getting off the seat and choosing target points on the track to keep the same line with every lap. FASTER and FASTER. The SV rider and I are pushing the instructor to go faster and we do. Now its our turn for the instructor to follow us to see how we are doing. We have been passing the other groups all morning and now its time to drop the hammer. The SV rider is first and I follow behind the instructor. We are hauling ASS!! After a few laps behind the SV we pull into pit row so the instructor can tell him what he needs to work on. Its my turn. We head out from pit row to turn one. I give it hell but try to work the turns the best I can. The Buell loves it but the SV isn't happy.... We go back to pit row and I get the thumbs up & "We may put you into the A group". I must be doing OK.... Its the SV riders turn again. We go out and pass a group on the back straight and I get left behind. Its against the rules to pass in the turns so I think I'm screwed. I drop the hammer every chance I get to get caught back up. I didn't see that my group went to pit row and my instructor pulled in behind me. I'm going as fast as I can to catch back up to the guy that is behind me the whole time. He passes me in turn 12 and motions for me to pull into pit row. I think I'm in trouble but he has a big smile on his face and says "You are going to the A group" YES!! The A group. I get a warm welcome from one of the instructors. "Watch out boys, Harley is here to show us how its done" It was a statement made in jest and I took it with a grain of salt. He was riding a custom Ducati that looked and sounded like nothing else on the track. We head out for our 20 min. run and it was GREAT. The "A" group was much smaller and a LOT faster. I didn't get passed by any students, only instructors got around me. The ban on passing in the turns was killing me!! I could roll up on a Speed Triple on ever turn and passing him there would have been easy for the Buell but that was a "NO NO". We head back to into pit row and the Ducati riding instructor comes up to me and can't believe how long the legs are one the Buell. "I thought you would hit the top end sooner, but you just kept going". That was followed by how impressed he was with the Buell and my riding. My head was starting to swell. He then asked how many track days I had done. When I told him it was my first he couldn't believe it. My head swelled more. I almost couldn't get my helmet back on for out last 20 min go around. After we finished and I was about to fall over from the ass kicking the track had given me, my "A" and "B" instructors had a talk and I got the big thumbs up to be "SPEED CERTIFIED". Now I can get on the track with no instructors and practice all I want. Here goes more money! I will post what pics I have later. Get on the track!! It beats the ass of any street riding you have ever done and makes the Dragon look like child's play. Plus its SAFE SAFE SAFE! NO rocks. NO cars. Nothing but a great time! |
