Hi,

I'm new to this forum. Any body here get out to the track?

 

Ya, I go. I moved up here from Los Altos less than 6 months ago so I know people down there. I am going to Thunderhill next month. What do you ride? How experienced are you?

J

 

Right now I'm sadly w.o.b. (withoutbike). I sold my aprilia RS250 to help pay for my recent wedding. My past bikes have been in order: Ninja 250, Seca II, F2, 900rr, DUC 916 (fav.), and the aprilia. I do have a Honda NSR250R SP, but that is more for my wife than for me. I'm too tall for it. I hope to go AFM racing again next year on a f4i.

How do you like your R6? I borrowed one from a friend for a day and loved it, handling was awesome.

 

Raced back in 95/96 open supersport/superbike on a cbr 9. Mostly Canadian east coast events(R.A.C.E./ASM) and some WERA in Michigan and Ohio. Had a major accident and now it's strictly trackdays.

 

I love it! It made me a much faster rider. I used to take it over highway 9 and blow everyone off the road. I only ran into one guy up there who could out run me, and he was on a 2001 GSXR750.

I am debating the R1. With my GPs the R6 doesn't powerslide as much as I would like, and it doesn't pull the 2nd and 3rd gear wheelies coming out of the turns that I long for. My only fear is that the R1 won't handle as well and I will end up being slower than I am now. The other thing is it is fun hearing the excuse from other people that I passed them becuase my R1 is so much more powerful than their liter bike. I love saying that is isn't an R1.

I figure that there is a reasonable chance that Yamaha will redesign next year so I am going to wait and see. Hopefully I will know by next month, if not Sept is their official press release month.

I strongly recommend the R6 to anyone, no matter how good you are. If I could afford it I would keep the R6 and get the R1, but my recent wedding prohibits that.

Let me know when you get a bike, I can hook you up with some good riders.

J

 

Yeah track riding is the best, it really slowed me down on the street. Those trees and curbs scare me too much! Sears point is my fav, the last time I was at thunder hill i crashed.

I would personally keep the R6. After riding small bikes to liter bikes on the street, i think middle of the road is the best way to go. Liter bikes are too much for me, I think they make you a lazier rider because you have all that torque & HP to use. Great for wheelie bikes though. You could put a 2-3 grand into the R6 to boost it around 15 HP, get some magnessium rims, etc. That would be a really fun bike. Just my 2 cents...

 

I also road race but only for fun(test and tunes). So far i've I've done SIR, PIR and chilliwack. I'm doing Spokane next weekend(Northwest tracks).

Track day sessions definitely give you a new perspective on street riding... you'll hate it! The only time i street ride is during non-rush hour and early morning runs(6am) on sundays with a group of 10-15.

After riding a 1 ltr twin for 2 yrs, i'm happy to come to a smaller bike again. 600cc's are definitely middle of the road... it also sucks when the only time you pass people are down the straights(though i got better as time went on).

My dream bike is a 00 TZR 250... i love 2 strokes... i have no desire for big bikes anymore. (except 600's)

FYI: there are almost NO 600cc bikes or above in Japan... it's all naked and 2 stroke bikes.

peace

 

Yeah, after riding a big twin for a while my self, it was weird when i started to race the aprilia. My times were so slow! I was suprised how much my cornering speed had dropped. Those 2-strokes have basically no torque, so they really show you how to keep that cornering speed up. Unfortunately, I'm really to big (6'1") for them though to be physically comfortable on them.

My wife makes the NSR look huge though, she's only 5'4". I hope to take her to a track shool (Class) later this year.