Dude he is just fucking around...he does this all the time just to argue over nonsense. redflip

I give you 4 months and ur back rippin it up again. :lol:

the cessation of taxes...well, once the estate taxes are paid of course...:lol:

He knows that, there is no way that he's taking this seriously. Heck, I even told him before hand that I was going to argue with him.:lol: I agree with you about him being back on the street in no time, with the SO provision, of course. :lol:

Guys, I already sold all my street fairings. I'm serious about being off the road for a couple seasons, at least.

Thanks. And for the record, in regards to my cruiser thing. You guys have seen this already, right??

http://www.clutchandchrome.com/news/...w-color-scheme

Uhuh, we'll see...:lol:

I'm guessing that it's not crash proof...:wink:

Had not seen until now, but would definitely love to have.

Tits, nice setup. :drool:

True... trade offs. We participate in a dangerous sport. Sure you will be getting away from the soccer moms, cell phone weilding teens, pot holes, gravel, and tickets. But the threshhold is so much higher at the track. The margin for error is smaller. The crashes faster... and more often. You may only crash once in ten years or more on the street, but you know you will crash at the track. Atleast there are no curbs to hit if you go down at the track. :panic:

I had and Uncle that was into Harleys and Hot Rods. Guess which one got to him first... the hot rod.

Now, I'm no engineer, but I think you might be onto something.

Pork. No shit the hot rod. Hmmm. But then again he probably felt more secure thr. Most guys on harley puts around.


And I'm not sure abt the great people being caveman. Although if u throw his wife in that mix then I guess so. However, I met him due to my home location and that I found out he's been stalking me since high school. But that's another story/thread.

Dlit. Have u cleaned up the bike at all? Insurance look at it yet? Have you spoke to ur bike & medical insurance about track days and coverage there?

Glad to hear you're in relatively good shape. Whatever you paid for your gear, it was worth it for those few seconds.

That said, I've never seen a crash thread with the OP bragging so much about their riding prowess. You crashed on the street and there wasn't any evidence of sand/gravel, so chances are pretty damn good you just plain fucked up. It doesn't take much, and blaming it on tire goblins will only take away any potential lessons learned.

A buddy of mine that picked the bike up said there was some gravel by my bike's sliding marks. The kind of gravel that falls from a gravel truck. I think I said that earlier in the thread. And you can take it as bragging, I look at it as I'm very experienced.

I understand where you're coming from though, but sometimes tires aren't to blame for wrecks? Are you kidding me? What's one of the first things you here at the morning meetings at track days? "Make sure your tires are warm." There was no inputs being made from me at the time. I wasn't trail-braking, counter-steering, shifting my body...nothing. I'm not afraid to admit it if I fucked up, but nothing I was doing at the time seemed like I would be the main cause.

I could say I fucked up...but how? And what lessons can I learn when I don't know how I fucked up? I'm thinking it was a combination of things at this point. Cold-ish tires, improper suspension set up and maybe there was gravel. I wouldn't mind saying I fucked up but I wasn't doing anything different or special than I usually do. I guess you could say I fucked up by hauling that much ass on the street to begin with. Tiny mistakes multiply even more at higher speeds.

I'm honestly still baffled by it, so I'm doing what I think is best for me at this point.

Well, I don't know but I like the fire that I'm "hearing" in your posts and that's all that I was after!!!:wink:

Hee, hee, hee that a boy!:rockwoot:

Yea... it was an 800 horsepower 70-something Plymouth Roadrunner with a giant blower sticking out of the engine. My other uncle that sold it to him claimed he could stand it on end down the entire street. He was out in the country with his buddy when he lost control. He rolled it. Killed both of them. Two months later my dad passed away in his sleep, his heart just stopped. Pick your poison....

WOW Pork... that is crazy. Sorry for your loss. I too have lost my father, but to cancer. It's tuff.

You know its kinda funny. I just posted that and looked back at it. In the year and a half that its been, I don't think I once realized the irony in that situation. It kinda caught me off guard.

He was 46. Life is too short, live life how you want.

True... life is too short. Never has anything ever been more true.

I remembered the first time I went for a proper asphalt surfing excursion. The two things that kept going in my head when I was sliding and them tumbling were "Damn, I'm glad I have an Arai on my head and a thick ass leather suit on my body."

Really glad you're okay.

But I'm wondering. Have you been bodysnatched or is old age mellowing you out? :lol: I remember a time you'd have had the law called on ya for some of the razzing you are taking in this thread.

I'm also jealous. It's been 2 weeks on my ankle and I still can't walk. I can finally shuffle for a few feet, but definitely no bending. I fantasize about hitting people with my crutches when I have to be out and about.

Definitely take it easy man, don't want to overdo it and ruin yourself for life trying for too fast too soon.

I hear ya on the street thing too. I feel like when I do ride, if it's not at the track and I am not constantly challenging myself its no fun anymore, and I'm not even good. I'm not comfy pushing it to the limits on the street because I always think about that next guardrail, or a deer, or dirt etc, that it almost makes me a nervous wreck to go much higher than the speed limits these days, which to me isn't alot of fun. I've almost considered giving it all up lately n selling the GSXR.

Good luck with everything.

Come to the dark side, get a dual sport.

:lol: Then I get to worry about trees. I want to, I really do, but money is a factor. I'm aiming for a track day in March, see how I feel about stuff then.

I'd like something like Ebbs has, since I know I cant afford the BMW currently, butI'd definitely need it shortened. :lol:

Eh, I would go with something more highway worthy where you are at. Something you can use on street and enjoy.

Fixed it for ya...:lol:

I would never get a dual sport. The Ducati Diabel or a Goldwing.

And see I would LOVE to just venture off a street and down some random dirt trail just to see where it goes...

I must've missed the part about the gravel... certainly doesn't take much of that to ruin your whole day. As far as bragging v. experience, I guess it's just personality differences. I know a lot of experienced riders, and none of them started a conversation about their crash with "my limits are higher than most". As someone that knows neither you personally nor your riding abilities, I thought it cames across as unnecessary and just wanted to point it out to you.

I wasn't implying tires can't cause wrecks, but unless you lived a half mile down the road from the crash (doesn't appear to be anything for miles in either direction), it seems a pretty odd place for a "cold tire" incident. Seems you should have been riding at a good clip for a while at that point, that's all. One of the most aggravating crashes I had in '09 was a low-side at VIR because I just couldn't figure out WTF I did wrong. Like you, I just wanted to understand why. The only conclusion I could come to was I must have put too much weight on the clip-ons during that lap. It was toward the end of the 2nd day riding there, each day over 105 degrees. It took me weeks of over-analyzing everything about it to draw that conclusion, so I understand where you're coming from.

Good luck with it, and I hope you find a way to continue enjoying your bike.

actually the BMW F650GS used are running around 5k... that's what I'm looking for next... will do 90+ gets 50+mpg more comfortable...

My KLR actually lets me get the balls of my feet on the ground, you might be able to touch a toe

Good luck with that. Hubby just got a DRZ and I can't even touch well enough to sit it upright (off the kick stand)... I think I'm your height or a little taller (5'5"). He can barely touch but with his weight he compresses the suspension enough that he can. I don't think it moved when I got on.

I heard the real reason for the off was that DLIT slipped on a pile of DLIT's ego that was layin' mid corner :D

Fuck yourself. Crossed up much?

Oh, I hear ya. My bad.

Now that was funny I don't care who you are.

Hilarious.

Truth hurts :p

It was a good one, I'll give ya that.

Still thinking track only? Or are ya relaxin a bit now?

Fuck the track!!! The track is for pussies.

There ain't nuthin' like splitting lanes at 120+, right, DLIT?

The only reason I'm relaxing is to let my back heel. Then, off to the track. Hopefully by Feb. Got a corner working gig. Two guys per corner, each of us get 20 mins an hour on the track. Not a bad deal. Already have four of those days lined up. Two in Feb and two in March.

Haha. Track > Street. Always.

damn where have i been, oh yeah ,,assghan,,nway glad your ok man, take your time, a back injury never fully heals, my wrist still aches sometime after i broke it and its been 2+ years, cruisers are cool so fuck wht errbody says, wht happened to as long as its two wheels,, im getting a street glide one of these days hopefully and I enjoy riding my dads goldwing trike, shit ,music, storage,cup holder,heated grips etc... 1600,1800 CC idk, when you turn the throttle hard from a stop she feels like she is gonna wheelie but is too heavy, thats fun and makes lil kids happy to see her bouncing, nway,, if i can have fun on my nephews 8occ honda than u can have fun on anything and that duc is the shit,, let your back heal and glad your still alive, ur right count your blessings and take it easy

and in your famous words to all these hater tell em to " EAT A BAG OF DICKS"

Dude, slow down on the blunts.....:lol:

Holy run-on, Batman!

A L whts good homie, im drug free mane,, im outa school gots me a diploma and a college edumacation i aint gotta type proper like homeboys

eat a bag of dicks

:lol:

We have a gig like that with our series. If you work track days or race weekends, you get track day time for free, or even free race entry fees.