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TMP long weekend Sept 1,2,3 & intro school
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Wheelieboy
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Phew....I didnt get run over.
I think it got dented by the curbing. The bar ends dont go that far and there was red paint in the dent.
I think it got dented by the curbing. The bar ends dont go that far and there was red paint in the dent.
Sorry for holding you up...4:23, I could hear you behind me and that's why I pulled off, when I can hear someone on my tail it actually makes me more cautious as I don't want to make the wrong move and have someone rear-end me 
mma01
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It was cracked. Bar end punched a hole right through it. It never hit the turtle either cuz it highsided after the turn in the straight part. Bike is completely totaled.
HBHarrison
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Sorry i did not, i didnt bring my DSLR camera with me as i was actually riding that day...for 1 session that is. Broke my already broken and welded shift knuckle again. I came to the track sunday because mma01 had a spare shift knuckle for me and so i came out and thought i might as well take some pics for you guys while i was there
wild2crazy
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Good job buddy!!!! i was coming to snap some shots myself just stupid me desided to go to the wrong track(mosport) oh well saw some nice go karts lol
dbro
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that sucks.. crappy way to end the day for sure
N3WMAN
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A bike that got ridden back to the pits is not what I would consider completely totaled. Yeah it needs a new frame but otherwise it wont be too much to fix.
Yep, my GF (Xtina) was a bit behind her when it happened. Unfortunately we looked at the gopro footage from my GF's helmet and it was a bit too far ahead to catch it all in good detail.
Yeah, the frame has a big hole in it and is cracked pretty badly. Tough fix for sure! Bike was so pretty with all those carbon fiber bits
And OMG, what a great weekend! Thanks a ton Guys With Bikes (GWB) and TMP/Cayuga for putting on such an amazing event!!
Thanks for the pics HBHarrison!
Yummm marshmallows!
Love love LOVE my new S20 tires! So much more confidence inspiring than my 2CT's, and I like the quicker transition too with the 190/55 vs. 190/50.
Another huge thanks goes out to Donald (toastman) from Platinum Powersports for setting up my suspension, and letting me know my rear shock was totally shot
I'm going to post a review in the review section about the "Intro to Track" course put on my Donald and the GWB team shortly, in the mean time, here are my impressions.
First of all, coming from a guy who thinks he is/was "hot on the street", let me tell you this: There is never a time when you ride like this on the street. Staring at a concrete wall as you roll ON the throttle, coming out of a tricky(fun) double apex corner, keeping the throttle wide open until at 200kph it's time to let off and squeeze the brakes as hard as your internal organs will permit, then let go of the brakes and tip it into the corner at 120kph and have faith that your tires will stick and your suspension will soak up those mid corner bumps. Scary. At least the first few times you do it
Without instruction I'm pretty sure I might not be alive, or at least be injured, and for SURE my bike wouldn't be as pretty as it still is
The "Intro to Track" course was amazing! It started out with tech inspection for your bike, then the "riders meeting" where they go over the flags (debris flag, red, yellow, and the black flag, got one of those for pulling wheelies, whops) and general info about the groups, passing, safety, etc.
Next was the "classroom" session. They have a big track map printed out, explain to you the lines, tricky spots (turn 6, left hand, decreasing radius, etc.), how countersteering works, braking, passing, tires and their pressures, suspension, etc.
Then it was out to the track! We had our own track time (nobody else on the track except students) and it was an amazing one instructor per 3 students!! We started by the instructors leading us around and showing us the lines and he'd turn around and watch us do the corners (while he was doing the corners! lol). Then they'd re-arrange the students by skill and send them out again and do the same thing. Every lap picking the pace up a bit. They had hand signals to tell you if you didn't have your bum hanging off enough, if your head was in the wrong spot, if your feet were in the wrong spot, etc. Once the session was done we'd head back to the classroom for a "debrief" where they'd tell and show each rider where they were strong, weak, wrong lines, body position, etc. Then we'd repeat that a few time and after lunch it was time for us to lead! WOOT!
I forgot to wrap my brain around the fact that we'd only be running the front straight at 50% throttle while behind the instructors so when it was my turn to lead and I turned it to 100% in 2nd gear you can guess what happened! Monster sky wheelie all the way down the front straight!
I got black flagged, I said "it wasn't my fault! It was the bike!" and they told me to keep the front tire within a few inches of the ground, then off I went. It was great. The instructor would take turns riding behind you for a lap or two then pass you, sometimes close/aggressive to get you used to how you get passed on a REAL track day! yikes! And then the instructor would hand signal what you were doing wrong, or show you the proper line, show you to carry more speed in some parts (for me I was always slow in the left hand turn right after the chicane).Then it was time to go out all by yourself! It's easy to follow someone around the track, but when you're leading you have to know/remember how "fast" you're supposed to be going into that particular corner. As they said, it's better slow in and fast out, cause too fast in makes for a non-shiny motorcycle at the end of the day. It only took me a few laps to get all the entry, apex and exit points down pat. And from that point forward, once I got comfortable with my pace, I just kept stepping it up a little so that basically every single corner scared me a little. Once comfortable again, step it up another notch. Eventually I was thinking "there's no way my tires are going to stick at this speed" but they never let me down. I only had two scary moments, one was when I rolled on the throttle too soon/too much in turn one and my rear tire broke loose over the bumps mid corner. I just rode it out and nothing bad happened. The other was in turn 12 heading on to the front straight. I cut the apex a little tight and right as I was rolling onto the throttle I hit the turtle and spun my back tire. My exhaust is loud and the people at the wall could hear my engine rev and saw my back end slide and they jumped back from the wall, but again, my bike saved me (through no actions of my own, lol). The instructors pointed out I needed to not be so abrupt with my corner exit throttle application
It was great preparation for the "real" track day the following day! What I was thinking when I booked two track days back to back? I'll never know. I'm paying for it today. Especially with my "weak" leg with the two metal rods in it, it didn't like it much at all. Oh well, I sacrificed a bit of body position and all was well. The real track day was great! Took a while to get the hang of how to pass people safely, and eventually you get tired of only passing people on the straights and being stuck behind them for the entire rest of the track, so you pass them by out braking them into a corner, taking a better line then them (or a tighter line in turn 6) and just making it out of the corner ahead of them, etc. It's great when you get passed by a better/faster riders and you follow them for as long as you're able, learn that your tires really WILL stick at those speeds, and you CAN rip it through left after the chicane (thanks asian guy on the red CBR 125!)!
All in all, amazing Intro to Track class, amazing track day by Guys With Bikes/TMP, not one issue with my bike all day, just wish my legs could have held out for two days
-Jamie M.
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^ I know folks have been busting your chops Jamie but it sure sounds like you had a good time!
Welcome to the addiction. I'm about to order a set of wheels for my track bike that cost almost as much as what I paid for the whole bike ... just because
I'm paying for yesterday's win in my class at Shannonville. Sunny day, clear sky, only got a short ride in today because I am still BEAT from riding yesterday and the day before.
but it sure sounds like you had a good time!Welcome to the addiction. I'm about to order a set of wheels for my track bike that cost almost as much as what I paid for the whole bike ... just because
I'm paying for yesterday's win in my class at Shannonville. Sunny day, clear sky, only got a short ride in today because I am still BEAT from riding yesterday and the day before.
I meant totaled in the eye of the insurance company which obviously wont be going through.
Sucks it was her street bike though.
Congrats on the win!! They told us not to "try to win" our trackday sessions, but that checkered flag feels so good^ I know folks have been busting your chops Jamie
Welcome to the addiction. I'm about to order a set of wheels for my track bike that cost almost as much as what I paid for the whole bike ... just because
I'm paying for yesterday's win in my class at Shannonville. Sunny day, clear sky, only got a short ride in today because I am still BEAT from riding yesterday and the day before.
The "asian guy on the red CBR 125" that was showing me some lines said it was Brian P's old bike
That guy/bike can corner -Jamie M.
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Ohhhhhh, for peeps that were at TMP on the weekend, Mike has got some pretty nice pics of ya!!
Send him an e-mail and let him know who you were and he'll let ya know if he's got pics of you!! mtbrider25@hotmail.com
-Jamie M.
Send him an e-mail and let him know who you were and he'll let ya know if he's got pics of you!! mtbrider25@hotmail.com
-Jamie M.
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