Me at thunderhill : Kawasaki ZX Forums: Kawasaki Ninja Forum

SLIDER · 07-01-2009, 02:37 PM

Finally had a trackday after not riding for 8 months. didn't do to bad. just gotta work on my braking a little and some body position issues and I'll be back to normal. oh yeah did I mention it was 104* in the damn shade. about 110-115* on the track. I got heat exhaustion after lunch and had to call it quits unfortunately. anyway here ya go

Project08 · 07-01-2009, 02:41 PM

Pics are not showing up either that or I am a tard or both.....

SLIDER · 07-01-2009, 03:22 PM

haha I've had that problem before on a few different computers. they're showing up on mine.

ZX6Ray · 07-01-2009, 05:39 PM

Damn.

Very nice. I'll wait til the temperatures go down before I take it to the track. I sweat enough as it is.

JBearSVT · 07-01-2009, 06:03 PM

Nice! Making me jealous. Right now the choice is between track days and bills, and well...

rasiain · 07-01-2009, 06:13 PM

good stuff
one day when all my stuff is together i will be doing those things

clarkmanning · 07-01-2009, 06:34 PM

Lookin' good out there.
Congratz on calling it quits when you get tired. Plenty crashes happen in the last sessions of the day.

LT1MAN · 07-02-2009, 09:44 AM

people watchin were sayin "what is that black blob out there slidin around the track?"

SLIDER · 07-02-2009, 10:17 AM

ZX6RAY - it won't matter how hot it is. you'll be dripping in sweat by lunch time lol

JBEARSVT - all I can say is TRACKDAYS!!!!!!

Clarkmanning - well... I didn't really have much of a choice honestly. after the 5th session when I got into the pits everything spun and went black and I collapsed. then I got the lovely tingly feeling in my chest and quivering lip lol.

LT1MAN - LMFAO nice. there was that one moment of "why is there a black blob flying through the dirt" lol

oh yeah almost forgot. I had my onboard camera rolling the whole day and my girlfriend took some footage from the side. I'll see if I can put something together. although it's nothing really interesting since I was running pretty slow. I really do recommend hitting the track for all of you. your skill levels will jump dramatically after one day.

ZX6Ray · 07-02-2009, 10:53 AM

So were there any scouts out there? Sign any contracts at the end of the day after you tore up the track?

SLIDER · 07-02-2009, 11:33 AM

lol not that I saw. even if they were they wouldn't have been looking at me. I was only doing 2:17's through traffic. I could've run a slow A group at best that day. But I stuck with B+ just to be on the safe side

LILBILL303 · 07-13-2009, 01:02 PM

pretty sweet man. i took my 125 to jennings a few weeks ago. No pics though unfortunatly. first track day ive actualy done on it. I did surprisingly well. that thing flys through the corners. I was puttin liter bikes to shame...until i hit the straights lol. The one thing i saw missing from your bike was the Big piston forks, we need to get to work on that lol.

Scabbs · 07-13-2009, 01:10 PM

nice man.
the group i do my trackdays with (PSSR) goes down to thunderhill every year.
except this year. were going to try out ORP. it just opened this year.
so we'll see how that goes.

pictures look nice though.

SLIDER · 07-14-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by LILBILL303

pretty sweet man. i took my 125 to jennings a few weeks ago. No pics though unfortunatly. first track day ive actualy done on it. I did surprisingly well. that thing flys through the corners. I was puttin liter bikes to shame...until i hit the straights lol. The one thing i saw missing from your bike was the Big piston forks, we need to get to work on that lol.

lol yeah those 125 aren't to great for the straights I'd imagine. Sounds like a lot of fun to ride though. I talked to dave moss about the BPF's and he said I'd be better off getting some cartridges from GP suspension rather than going with BPF's and ohlins. he also told me to skip the TTX series rear shock since they're on the 6th generation and still haven't made that many improvements. He told me to go with a Penske or Elka instead. So it looks like GP cartridges and an Elka shock for me. He also told me that they figured out that the cbr 600 cartridges will swap in with a few modifications. I guess that set up works pretty good.

Scabbs - let me know next time when you're going to T hill. I'll see if I can meet you guys out there. MKP and I are gonna try to do a trackday at some point. same with ZX6RAY. where is ORP?

05Carbon636 · 07-14-2009, 09:28 AM

i wanna do a trackday one day.. it sounds like alot of fun.. i dont know how the bike has to be set up or how much you gotta pay to do it.. but i definetly wanna do one.. my trackday is the dragon lol.. thats as close to tearin twisties up all day as i've come.

Scabbs · 07-15-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SLIDER

where is ORP?

its eastern Oregon.

they have there website up.
check it out.
looks pretty fun.

only bad thing.
there is no running water, no plants, no bathrooms.
its pretty much just the track for now.

SLIDER · 07-15-2009, 08:34 AM

lol sounds like they have less than the basics. I'll have to check it out.

SLIDER · 07-15-2009, 05:03 PM

ok that track looks a little scary in the run off department. I might have to wait on that one until it's more developed

NOFXpNk05 · 07-15-2009, 05:34 PM

i have still yet to get on my first track day, this makes me want to ride my bike even more, i need some pants and a track.... unfortuately around here on the peninsula of VA there are no tracks around, just drag and stunters...... of which i dont care much for, one of the days lois, one of these days....

SLIDER · 07-16-2009, 08:26 AM

haha just keep saving your pennies. It'll be well worth the drive, where ever you go...