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rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
I drop in once in a while; after all, I *am* interested in racing.
I've been club racing since 1988 and attending races since 1986. I
LOVE motorcycle racing, I LOVE track days, I LOVE teaching new track
riders how to ride, I *LOVE* the look in the eyes of newly licensed
novice roadracers lining up for their first grid.... I love racing
at Daytona, on the same track where I watched Jimmy Adamo and the
Britten and Ducati SuperMonos raced, even if I'll never be all that
fast; it's still FUN. It was cool as hell racing on the full course
at VIR for the first tim ein my career last month. It was even fun
finishing a mere 10th in our class!
Hell, even rec.motorcycles and alt.motorcycle.sportbike have fun
threads, interesting, offbeat, crazy threads.
Man, isn't anyone in here having FUN with their motorcycles or
watching motorcycle racing or at least riding to the races?
Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
Tim
I drop in once in a while; after all, I *am* interested in racing.
I've been club racing since 1988 and attending races since 1986. I
LOVE motorcycle racing, I LOVE track days, I LOVE teaching new track
riders how to ride, I *LOVE* the look in the eyes of newly licensed
novice roadracers lining up for their first grid.... I love racing
at Daytona, on the same track where I watched Jimmy Adamo and the
Britten and Ducati SuperMonos raced, even if I'll never be all that
fast; it's still FUN. It was cool as hell racing on the full course
at VIR for the first tim ein my career last month. It was even fun
finishing a mere 10th in our class!
Hell, even rec.motorcycles and alt.motorcycle.sportbike have fun
threads, interesting, offbeat, crazy threads.
Man, isn't anyone in here having FUN with their motorcycles or
watching motorcycle racing or at least riding to the races?
Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
Tim
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
> Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
> much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
Tim, you have to realize that r.m.r is more guys at the bar watching
racing rather than guys on the track doing racing. Now, some folks here
DO race (Is it Mike doing IoM this year?), some folks HAVE raced, but
primarily it's bench racing.
I don't race. I've never raced. I've gotten a speeding ticket once, tho.
I had a great time both at Fontana and Sonoma this year. Fontana races
were just spectacular (modulo the SSport red flag), and I just love the
Sonoma track. I think they had a great show this year, even tho SB race
2 was just a bore after half way. But that's the way the cookie crumbles.
Hopefully Miller will be just amazing. Talk about bang for your racing
dollar, we get SEVEN races at Miller, if my schedule is right. The full
WSB SB program (SuperPole and 2 races) plus the full AMA program (2 SB
races, FX, SSport, SStock). All on a huge track, TWO courses (3.5 and
4.5 mile courses), and a 3500 foot front straight?
HOT DAMN! What a day in the desert that will be.
Here, it's just an extended family chatting up politics and religion at
the Thanksgiving dinner. We're small, so we're close knit.
And everyone has their opinion. Right ways, wrong ways, side ways and up
ways.
Beyond spectacle, the back room details, the "process" of racing is
important here.
I've always said, that if you don't care about the outcome, the race
isn't interesting -- any race. I can enjoy SB races even if Ben and Mat
win each race. At Sonoma, SB 1 was a good race just watching EBoz and
Yates fight for 4th, while 1-3 paraded. Would Yates have fought harder
if it was for 3rd? Maybe. For first? Probably. But that doesn't make the
4-5 battle any less interesting. Yates was fighting hard for that spot,
and Eric was making himself REALLY wide to keep him off. Good racecraft,
good spectacle.
Hell, I was rooting for Lee Acree in SStock at Sonoma, considering he
qualified so well. And I'll be rooting for anyone but Jake Holden if
continues singing on the podium! :-)
But right now, the future of racing is more of a story than the racing
itself. More politics, more religion. So, this will be an interesting year.
Feel free to stick around tho. All are welcome.
Regards,
Will Hartung
> Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
> much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
Tim, you have to realize that r.m.r is more guys at the bar watching
racing rather than guys on the track doing racing. Now, some folks here
DO race (Is it Mike doing IoM this year?), some folks HAVE raced, but
primarily it's bench racing.
I don't race. I've never raced. I've gotten a speeding ticket once, tho.
I had a great time both at Fontana and Sonoma this year. Fontana races
were just spectacular (modulo the SSport red flag), and I just love the
Sonoma track. I think they had a great show this year, even tho SB race
2 was just a bore after half way. But that's the way the cookie crumbles.
Hopefully Miller will be just amazing. Talk about bang for your racing
dollar, we get SEVEN races at Miller, if my schedule is right. The full
WSB SB program (SuperPole and 2 races) plus the full AMA program (2 SB
races, FX, SSport, SStock). All on a huge track, TWO courses (3.5 and
4.5 mile courses), and a 3500 foot front straight?
HOT DAMN! What a day in the desert that will be.
Here, it's just an extended family chatting up politics and religion at
the Thanksgiving dinner. We're small, so we're close knit.
And everyone has their opinion. Right ways, wrong ways, side ways and up
ways.
Beyond spectacle, the back room details, the "process" of racing is
important here.
I've always said, that if you don't care about the outcome, the race
isn't interesting -- any race. I can enjoy SB races even if Ben and Mat
win each race. At Sonoma, SB 1 was a good race just watching EBoz and
Yates fight for 4th, while 1-3 paraded. Would Yates have fought harder
if it was for 3rd? Maybe. For first? Probably. But that doesn't make the
4-5 battle any less interesting. Yates was fighting hard for that spot,
and Eric was making himself REALLY wide to keep him off. Good racecraft,
good spectacle.
Hell, I was rooting for Lee Acree in SStock at Sonoma, considering he
qualified so well. And I'll be rooting for anyone but Jake Holden if
continues singing on the podium! :-)
But right now, the future of racing is more of a story than the racing
itself. More politics, more religion. So, this will be an interesting year.
Feel free to stick around tho. All are welcome.
Regards,
Will Hartung
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
On May 24, 1:02 am, Will Hartung <redro...@sbcglobal,net > wrote:
> But right now, the future of racing is more of a story than the racing
> itself. More politics, more religion. So, this will be an interesting year.
>
> Feel free to stick around tho. All are welcome.
Thanks, Will. I try to stay as far away from politics (national,
regional, in the workplace, and at the racetrack) as possible. I
find life is more fun that way!
Tim
On May 24, 1:02 am, Will Hartung <redro...@sbcglobal,net > wrote:
> But right now, the future of racing is more of a story than the racing
> itself. More politics, more religion. So, this will be an interesting year.
>
> Feel free to stick around tho. All are welcome.
Thanks, Will. I try to stay as far away from politics (national,
regional, in the workplace, and at the racetrack) as possible. I
find life is more fun that way!
Tim
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
tomorrow@erols,com wrote:
I try to stay as far away from politics (national,
> regional, in the workplace, and at the racetrack) as possible. I
> find life is more fun that way!
I'm guessing you don't follow MotoGP at all then...
tomorrow@erols,com wrote:
I try to stay as far away from politics (national,
> regional, in the workplace, and at the racetrack) as possible. I
> find life is more fun that way!
I'm guessing you don't follow MotoGP at all then...
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
On May 26, 12:47 pm, Mark N <menusb...@NYETSPAMearthlink,net > wrote:
> tomor...@erols,com wrote:
>
> I try to stay as far away from politics (national,
>
> > regional, in the workplace, and at the racetrack) as possible. I
> > find life is more fun that way!
>
> I'm guessing you don't follow MotoGP at all then...
Depends on what you mean by following it. Do I watch it on Speed TV?
Yes. Did I ride all the way from the east coast to California to
watch Nicky Hayden win the USGP at Laguna Seca in 2006, then ride back
via a different route? Yes, and I had a BLAST. Do I know most of
the riders' names? Yes. Could I tell you which riders ride for which
factory, and which tires they use? The former, some. The latter, not
at all. Do I know that they switched from 990cc bikes to 800cc bikes
last year? Yes. Could I tell you all the rules of the series?
Nope. Do I know anything at all about the politics of MotoGP? Nope,
and I don't want to know.
I do know this: I enjoy watching MotoGP, AMA Superbike, and World
Superbike on SpeedTV, I enjoy racing in MotoST, and I enjoy watching
CCS and WERA racing at Summit Point, and AMA Superbike racing at VIR,
and I can't wait for the Road America round of Moto-ST to be racing on
the AMA weekend, and because I've never ridden the Road America track
before. Also, I intend to have fun!
On May 26, 12:47 pm, Mark N <menusb...@NYETSPAMearthlink,net > wrote:
> tomor...@erols,com wrote:
>
> I try to stay as far away from politics (national,
>
> > regional, in the workplace, and at the racetrack) as possible. I
> > find life is more fun that way!
>
> I'm guessing you don't follow MotoGP at all then...
Depends on what you mean by following it. Do I watch it on Speed TV?
Yes. Did I ride all the way from the east coast to California to
watch Nicky Hayden win the USGP at Laguna Seca in 2006, then ride back
via a different route? Yes, and I had a BLAST. Do I know most of
the riders' names? Yes. Could I tell you which riders ride for which
factory, and which tires they use? The former, some. The latter, not
at all. Do I know that they switched from 990cc bikes to 800cc bikes
last year? Yes. Could I tell you all the rules of the series?
Nope. Do I know anything at all about the politics of MotoGP? Nope,
and I don't want to know.
I do know this: I enjoy watching MotoGP, AMA Superbike, and World
Superbike on SpeedTV, I enjoy racing in MotoST, and I enjoy watching
CCS and WERA racing at Summit Point, and AMA Superbike racing at VIR,
and I can't wait for the Road America round of Moto-ST to be racing on
the AMA weekend, and because I've never ridden the Road America track
before. Also, I intend to have fun!
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
tomor...@erols,com or whatever his name is that google bungled up for
me:
>I've never ridden the Road America track
> before. Also, I intend to have fun!
Make sure you do two things (besides have fun riding). Visit downtown
and the bar/restaurant who's name I can't remember but just ask
"where do the racers party". Have a brat at the track from the
VFD ladies. Both are awesome.
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
tomor...@erols,com or whatever his name is that google bungled up for
me:
>I've never ridden the Road America track
> before. Also, I intend to have fun!
Make sure you do two things (besides have fun riding). Visit downtown
and the bar/restaurant who's name I can't remember but just ask
"where do the racers party". Have a brat at the track from the
VFD ladies. Both are awesome.
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
On May 26, 8:19 pm, sturd <mikesturdevant...@hotmail,com > wrote:
> tomor...@erols,com or whatever his name is that google bungled up for
> me:
>
> >I've never ridden the Road America track
> > before. Also, I intend to have fun!
>
> Make sure you do two things (besides have fun riding). Visit downtown
> and the bar/restaurant who's name I can't remember but just ask
> "where do the racers party". Have a brat at the track from the
> VFD ladies. Both are awesome.
Thanks, I'll try!
On May 26, 8:19 pm, sturd <mikesturdevant...@hotmail,com > wrote:
> tomor...@erols,com or whatever his name is that google bungled up for
> me:
>
> >I've never ridden the Road America track
> > before. Also, I intend to have fun!
>
> Make sure you do two things (besides have fun riding). Visit downtown
> and the bar/restaurant who's name I can't remember but just ask
> "where do the racers party". Have a brat at the track from the
> VFD ladies. Both are awesome.
Thanks, I'll try!
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
"tomorrow@erols,com " <ct.morrow@gmail,com > Fri, 23 May 2008 11:56:08
>Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
>much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
Well all I can think about at the moment is a ride from London to
Catalunya and back, leaving in 10 days time. Which includes a day
messing around on old British Bikes just north of Marseilles. I plan to
have fun! I'll have an Asus eeePC with me so I might even manage the odd
post.
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"tomorrow@erols,com " <ct.morrow@gmail,com > Fri, 23 May 2008 11:56:08
>Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
>much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
Well all I can think about at the moment is a ride from London to
Catalunya and back, leaving in 10 days time. Which includes a day
messing around on old British Bikes just north of Marseilles. I plan to
have fun! I'll have an Asus eeePC with me so I might even manage the odd
post.
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Webmaster: http :// www .ecademy,com / T: +44 (0)192 0412 433
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Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
On May 24, 2:42 am, Julian Bond <julian b...@voidstar,com > wrote:
> "tomor...@erols,com " <ct.mor...@gmail,com > Fri, 23 May 2008 11:56:08
>
> >Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
> >much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
>
> Well all I can think about at the moment is a ride from London to
> Catalunya and back, leaving in 10 days time. Which includes a day
> messing around on old British Bikes just north of Marseilles. I plan to
> have fun! I'll have an Asus eeePC with me so I might even manage the odd
> post.
Great! I hope you have a blast and do manage to post. A riding buddy
of mine just got one of those last week specificaaly for taking with
him on road trips and posting while on the road.
On May 24, 2:42 am, Julian Bond <julian b...@voidstar,com > wrote:
> "tomor...@erols,com " <ct.mor...@gmail,com > Fri, 23 May 2008 11:56:08
>
> >Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
> >much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
>
> Well all I can think about at the moment is a ride from London to
> Catalunya and back, leaving in 10 days time. Which includes a day
> messing around on old British Bikes just north of Marseilles. I plan to
> have fun! I'll have an Asus eeePC with me so I might even manage the odd
> post.
Great! I hope you have a blast and do manage to post. A riding buddy
of mine just got one of those last week specificaaly for taking with
him on road trips and posting while on the road.
Re: rec.motorcycles.racing - I don't get it
On May 23, 2:56 pm, "tomor...@erols,com " <ct.mor...@gmail,com > wrote:
> I drop in once in a while; after all, I *am* interested in racing.
> I've been club racing since 1988 and attending races since 1986. I
> LOVE motorcycle racing, I LOVE track days, I LOVE teaching new track
> riders how to ride, I *LOVE* the look in the eyes of newly licensed
> novice roadracers lining up for their first grid.... I love racing
> at Daytona, on the same track where I watched Jimmy Adamo and the
> Britten and Ducati SuperMonos raced, even if I'll never be all that
> fast; it's still FUN. It was cool as hell racing on the full course
> at VIR for the first tim ein my career last month. It was even fun
> finishing a mere 10th in our class!
>
> Hell, even rec.motorcycles and alt.motorcycle.sportbike have fun
> threads, interesting, offbeat, crazy threads.
>
> Man, isn't anyone in here having FUN with their motorcycles or
> watching motorcycle racing or at least riding to the races?
>
> Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
> much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
>
> Tim
I'll play.
Haven't been out racing this year due to some unexpected expenses (as
usual), but the main goal to get into my first endurance race is still
on. My friend and I are trying to put it all together. We did a
rainy test at Summit Point and it went alright. The latest stuff is
posted on http :// azinger.blogspot,com
On May 23, 2:56 pm, "tomor...@erols,com " <ct.mor...@gmail,com > wrote:
> I drop in once in a while; after all, I *am* interested in racing.
> I've been club racing since 1988 and attending races since 1986. I
> LOVE motorcycle racing, I LOVE track days, I LOVE teaching new track
> riders how to ride, I *LOVE* the look in the eyes of newly licensed
> novice roadracers lining up for their first grid.... I love racing
> at Daytona, on the same track where I watched Jimmy Adamo and the
> Britten and Ducati SuperMonos raced, even if I'll never be all that
> fast; it's still FUN. It was cool as hell racing on the full course
> at VIR for the first tim ein my career last month. It was even fun
> finishing a mere 10th in our class!
>
> Hell, even rec.motorcycles and alt.motorcycle.sportbike have fun
> threads, interesting, offbeat, crazy threads.
>
> Man, isn't anyone in here having FUN with their motorcycles or
> watching motorcycle racing or at least riding to the races?
>
> Please, if you;re having FUN with racing, how about a post about how
> much FUN you are having.... once in a while?
>
> Tim
I'll play.
Haven't been out racing this year due to some unexpected expenses (as
usual), but the main goal to get into my first endurance race is still
on. My friend and I are trying to put it all together. We did a
rainy test at Summit Point and it went alright. The latest stuff is
posted on http :// azinger.blogspot,com
