WSMC Race Day

[Slaughter]

Shandra - forgot to let you know that I told Sunny hi for you (she got kinda stressed out the past week)

(they have to make a big hole in the skull and dura, remove the clot, find the bleeder and clamp/cauterize/suture it). Not good.

From the sound of it, you're en route to recovery, which is great news.

Doing good enough to be eating strawberry jello while reading your post
:D

[RacR4JC]

yo steve, sounds like you got pretty banged up! i'll keep you in prayer dude, hope you heal quickly and completely.

[Slaughter]

Thanks Kenny - I'll see you next month (from the sidelines) - tomorrow I go talk to the Orthopedic surgeon abour shoulder surgery. If Surgery, I'm definitely missing 3 race weekends! :sad:

[morbidelli17]

Off-topic a bit: I'm getting the itch again. How much does WSMC sell-rent transponders for?

[Slaughter]

it's $60 a weekend.

$280 purchase

You don't need transponders til April's races. They're dialing in the system before requiring them

Forms:

http://www.willowspringsraceway.com/clubs/wsmc/forms/transponderorderform.pdf

[morbidelli17]

Thanks. Got some insurance issues I need to straighten out before I race again; hate to say it, steve, but what happened to you is a very powerful reminder of why you need to be covered eight ways from Sunday before you hit the track.

[Kurt'sSV]

Got the newsletter in the mail yesterday and of course the 550 Superbike race is the featured race on the second page. Damn it. I had a feeling that the one month I didn't race it would get a write-up.

[Kurt'sSV]

With no practice time because of rain again, I had a few technical difficulties in both my races and subsequently didn't set the world on fire in either one. In fact, I was dead, dead last in MWT because my new suit is so slick that I couldn't keep my butt planted on the seat. Holy fuck is it hard to ride a bike when you can't keep yourself planted. Thankfully Shandra and this other dude fixed my problem by covering my seat and tank with Stomp Pads. Kenny ran away with the 550 SBK win, but I had fun racing with Brienne and JC Gibbs for 6 laps. My clip-on came loose on the last lap making my clutch move to a place where I couldn't grab it and I missed my shift going into 9. That sucked. Oh well, next month I should be more up to speed.

[RacR4JC]

that was a fun weekend. i too am out of practice, i haven't turned a wheel since january save for riding my motard around a little bit to shake out the bugs. we're having a problem with the new forks and the brembo brake caliper so i've only been able to put about one track day on it so far. the SV is completely new from when i rode it last. it now has a 2004 GSXR600 front end on it that works much better than the reworked bicycle forks that are now collecting dust. it also has the F3 5" rear wheel mounted which even with pirelli tires has almost completely cured the vague sliding feeling the bike used to have. the wear pattern is now completely different with no more chicken strips, and instead of burning a flat spot between 1 & 2 o'clock, the flat spot extends from noon down to the edge of the tire... the left side of the tire is rounded and the right is flat. the phrase "stretching throttle cable" now not only applies to turn 8, but turns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 9 as well. chasing down 1000s does burn down the tires quick however as i found out in the formula twins race. pinson must have found some new horsepower in his harley because he now runs away from me down every straight and out of every corner. i was trying to make up some time on him and was hard on the gas coming out of turn 2... then i hit the ripples on the exit and the rear got loose... really loose. i did the garry mccoy and moved my body around to catch it as well as roll off just a pubic hair... and then it hooked up... and my feet came off the pegs. i continued with caution the rest of the race, realizing i needed to save my tires for the 550 race. 1:32.2 was my best time of the day and was in that first race chasing the 1000s. i have come to the conclusion that this rain needs to stop so i can get some damn track time! ...and that i will need to carry a spare set of knee sliders with me at all times...

[Kurt'sSV]

Didn't like the Michelins? Or just getting a good deal on the Pirellis?

1:32.2, damn, that's faster than I went in January.

[huevos]

haven't been out there in a while.

gettin rustier by the second.

won't be going in april either because my best friend is getting married on the 23rd.

GAAAAHHH! what an inconsiderate asshole that friend of mine.

GAAAHHHHH!!! SONUVABITCH!!!!!

might as well just hang up the tennies and call it quits cause when i do get out there it's gonna be in geriatric mode.

doesn't help that i have $1500 woth of pirellis gathering mold and rotting in my garage.

anyone want any tires?

maybe in may.

[huevos]

SO...it appears i don't know how to count sundays on a calendar.

Now hopefully i didn't schedule myself to work the weekend before. I'm gonna have to check.

Maybe i will see y'all in april afterall.

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by huevos
SO...it appears i don't know how to count sundays on a calendar.

Now hopefully i didn't schedule myself to work the weekend before. I'm gonna have to check.

Maybe i will see y'all in april afterall.

It would be a good weekend to come out. Double points ya know.

[Slaughter]

YOU ALL SUCK!!!

It's gonna be at least 2 more months AND I have to miss the first double points weekend!!

BA-WWAaaaaa!

[oren]

2 months without a new injury to Slaughter... wow. :D

[Slaughter]

Geez - I doubled my lifetime collection of broken bones and concussions in one crash - I think I get some karmic slack coming my way now.

[efward]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
... My clip-on came loose on the last lap making my clutch move to a place where I couldn't grab it and I missed my shift going into 9. That sucked. Oh well, next month I should be more up to speed.

What are you doing using the clutch anyway?

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by efward
What are you doing using the clutch anyway?

Yeah, yeah. Afterward I realized that I should have just jammed into 5th from 6th w/o the clutch easily enough. I don't like to try to double down shift w/o the clutch because you get a lot of wheel spin with a twin, but that's not the case with turn 9. Mistake.

Now upshifting without the clutch is awesome. I think the bike accelerates so much faster that way.

[Kurt'sSV]

All WSMC races (except novice races) will be 8 laps or longer this summer! Yay!

[RacR4JC]

sweet, now i will really need 2 sets of fresh tires on race day... well at least rears.

[jadeblue1]

what a goregous day! a few too many red flags at the start, but some great racing! i did all my corner work yesterday, so i got a head start on the world's greatest farmer's tan...i also took a bunch of pics of you guys while you were out there. it'll take me a few days to get them all cleaned up, but i'll post the best ones when i'm finished. drop me an email if you'd like me to send you a bigger version of your pic.

this is who i got snaps of: kurt, shaggy, efward, rac4jc, coyn586, jstekman,-jiggy-i tried, but i was in 6 for your race & the sun was at a weird angle, i'm not sure if i got you or not-btw-what color is your bike now?

major props to shaggy & dustin-you guys looked great-i was on 4b for your first races of the day & boy you guys were shakin' down the front of the pack! kurt & kenny were doing really good too, that was a very competitive bott race-i was in 4a & 5 for that one. it's more fun to watch the longer races, you can really see some good battling now.(can't wait 'til next month!)

[efward]

If you have a pic of me virtually ass-packing somebody in T5 and my rear wheel off the ground, I'll take that one. ;]
Great weekend though.

[jadeblue1]

i have you in a pack going around a crash in t5 & over the top of 6- (i think it was your a pack going around the crash-have to check,'cuz there was a crash in t5 for the middleweight nov's too, & i got a great shot of that one also)

[Kurt'sSV]

Man, I got smoked out there this weekend. I don't know what it is, but I just wasn't up to racing. Jiggy said the same thing about himself, too. I've gone backwards since January on my lap times. If this keeps up, I'll be doing 1:45's next month. Oh well. All I can do is practice some more and try to get myself competitive again.

[efward]

a crash in t5 for the middleweight nov's too
A crash? I thought they were going to call that race due to carnage.
There were like 4 before the red flag finally came out for the guy that came back on the track over in T3 -4a area...
In HW novice there was a bike off the track past T5 from the first wave and the group I was trailing just about came to a stop to inspect the damage on the bike.

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Man, I got smoked out there this weekend. I don't know what it is, but I just wasn't up to racing. Jiggy said the same thing about himself, too. I've gone backwards since January on my lap times. If this keeps up, I'll be doing 1:45's next month. Oh well. All I can do is practice some more and try to get myself competitive again.

Maybe it's the shiny red suit.

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by efward


Maybe it's the shiny red suit.

No, I think he BB's in my head aren't right.

[efward]

Kurt, watching your race it seemed like you were lapping solo for a big chunk of it. Do you think that's part of it?
I started in a 2nd wave and after getting by a few riders it felt like I was the only one out there. I would have really liked a good battle for 20th or whatever. ;]

[Kurt'sSV]

Yeah, I was lapping solo because I couldn't keep up with the fast guys after turn 1 for some reason. That made it rather boring. My fastest lap all day was my last lap in 550 when I was trying to catch an RC51 who was racing in HW Twins.

Baisically, "it" just wasn't clicking.

[coyn586]

yesterday was a great time!

[Longdong Silver]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
No, I think he BB's in my head aren't right.

maybe its because your balls are the size of bbs. :D suck it up next time.

[RacR4JC]

I had huge problems with tire grip this weekend, no clue why! Got my suspension set up closer though and things were working okay. C'mon Kurt, get on the gas dude!!!!

[sunrisesvrider]

Originally posted by Longdong Silver
maybe its because your balls are the size of bbs. :D suck it up next time.

Brotherly Love:love:

Kris - Next month's race is on Father's Day. I'm sure Janey would love to have her dad take her to watch uncle Kurt race. I'm going to be there. I'm sure Kurt will ride better with us cheering him on.:)

[coyn586]

Originally posted by RacR4JC
I had huge problems with tire grip this weekend, no clue why!

running non-Dunlop tires could be the problem??


jk ;)

[efward]

Pay no attention to that man. He is a paid consultant for Sport Tire Services.
Stick with the M1s

[coyn586]

Originally posted by efward
Pay no attention to that man. He is a paid consultant for Sport Tire Services.
Stick with the M1s
Really? I wish my tire bill from last weekend reflected that statement :eek:

[RacR4JC]

Pirelli, baby! I'm happy with my World Superbike hand-me-downs that don't explode ;) ;) ;)

[coyn586]

according to your above post.. those "world superbike hand-me-downs" don't really grip very well either :D

[twf]

and my michelin hand me downs grip and dont pop :D

[Kurt'sSV]

Well my Bridgestone's gripped but didn't turn. :(

[Slaughter]

You are all GIRLIE MEN!

I don't remember hearing such whining about tires back in the day (real men don't need kick-starters - OR electric starters):

http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/MartinWillowSprings65bikes.jpg

[Sui]

Originally posted by Slaughter
You are all GIRLIE MEN!

I don't remember hearing such whining about tires back in the day (real men don't need kick-starters - OR electric starters):

http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/MartinWillowSprings65bikes.jpg

Haha, nice.

[Slaughter]

(Slaughter now runs away to hide - hoping everybody thinks he is in the picture somewhere)

[RacR4JC]

hey, i don't see any buells there!

[Slaughter]

They were pretty well obsolete by then!

[Kurt'sSV]

Hey so, who's racing this weekend? I'll be doing the solo GT-Lights race on Saturday, apparently with Zoran. I wonder if he smokes when he races? He, Kurt Spencer and maybe some other TWF guys are coming down.

Sunday it's the usual 550SBK and MWT. Weather should be nice though maybe a bit breezy.

[twf]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Hey so, who's racing this weekend? I'll be doing the solo GT-Lights race on Saturday, apparently with Zoran. I wonder if he smokes when he races?

yes,we will be in same race ;)
can't smoke during the race but I make up for it after race :D

[efward]

I'll be there.
Thinking about entering my bike in all the novice races now that Dustin said it was officially ok to do so.

[jadeblue1]

you sure you want to do that john? lightweight novice is the last race of the day... kind of a long time to wait around just to have me beat you :D :D :D :D :D j/k good luck though if you're doing more than one..
zoran, they should let you, i mean, it is a 20 lap race, you could clamp your visor down on the butt & hold a smoke in place...i think i could zip tie an ashtray to the brake reservoir...hmmm
well, it'll be cool to see you all out there - good luck to everybody...

[Tom]

I'm jealous [-(

anyone know if jiggy's racing this month?

[efward]

I just want a picture of me and my bike sitting on the grid with all the lightweights while the starter is looking around wondering what the hell I'm doing out there. I'd wait around for that. ;]
...and I'm sure you would beat me... but not by much.:D

[jadeblue1]

you'd look like Gulliver surrounded by the Liliputans-it would be pretty funny..

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by ubermensch
I'm jealous [-(

anyone know if jiggy's racing this month?

Yeah, Mike's racing this month. He's doing the ARC tomorrow then MW Novice on Sunday.

[twf]

he is still novice?:D

[Tom]

He's doing just fine. I know someone that has been a novice for 5 (and counting) years :p

[efward]

Originally posted by ubermensch
He's doing just fine. I know someone that has been a novice for 5 (and counting) years :p

Who?

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by efward
Who?

Him.

Shandra's out there today. She called me from the track to tell me she got t-boned in turn 1 by Kris Baker, son of hack, hill-billy mechanic Kelly Baker. Shandra kept the bike up-right as she went off into the dirt and road it out. Her ribs are pretty sore from the little shit's handle bard jabbing into her and the medics think they might be cracked just a bit.

[HoolieB]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Him.

Shandra's out there today. She called me from the track to tell me she got t-boned in turn 1 by Kris Baker, son of hack, hill-billy mechanic Kelly Baker. Shandra kept the bike up-right as she went off into the dirt and road it out. Her ribs are pretty sore from the little shit's handle bard jabbing into her and the medics think they might be cracked just a bit.



It's not nice to hit a girl! Please give her my best.

[harbiho]

That sucks!!!

Keep us posted.

[jadeblue1]

i'm sore & have some pretty nice bruises coming up, but i'm lucky i had my chest protector on when i got hit. the side wrap protected my ribs from getting broken. i've got a possible hairline fracture or two, but i'm still going to race sunday.

but the bike that hit me was an aprilla mille, and when it made contact it was hard enough to stand my bike up (i was almost in the apex of a left-hander) knock my teeth together & make me see spots right before i went off the track.

the aprilla crashed - sad to have such a pretty bike get totaled that way-kind of like a ferrari hitting an olds cutlass

ps- if you go out there this weekend, bring lots of water-it was still 70 at 8 o'clock this evening

[efward]

Glad you're alright. How about a race report?
Great weekend.
I didn't see Kurt scrapping with Kelly or his son... ;]
Maybe next time. Careful Kurt he's got some lbs on you..

[racinteach]

Originally posted by efward
Careful Kurt he's got some lbs on you.. Seen kurt Lately?;)

[Kurt'sSV]

That aside, the weekend was pretty awesome. It was fun hanging out and pitting with the Twin Works Factory guys, Zoran, Kurt Spencer and John. Spencer and Zoran went 1, 2 in 550 Superbike and I met my goal of 5th in that race. If I ride that well next month, I might land on the podium again.

Zoran would have ran away with the light weight twins race on his SV500, but the exhaust pipe broke after a few laps because he was having to run the motor smashed against the rev limiter all the way through 8 because it was running out of gear. John took a close second on the other SV500. The bike that beat him was this 80hp 660 single that rules that class.

The weekend was a lot of fun, but man am I tired today.

[efward]

Hey Kurt, was Kurt Spencer the guy on the yellow SV running in BOTT Heavyweight? I think he took third?
That guy was fast. A 650 beating a bunch 0f 99x Ducatis. Nice.

[Kurt'sSV]

Kurt Spencer got 4th in BOTT Heavyweight. He did that race because Suzuki pays contingency money for that class. It was pretty awesome watching him stay ahead of that 998. The Ducati would make up a ton of ground, and fast, down the front straight, but once they hit turn 1 Spencer would pull away again. Because Spener's bike is so freak'n loud (no silencer, just straight pipes) I could hear him hanging onto the throttle all the way to the 1 cone in turn 1 from the Heartman Garage. AFM guys know how to brake . . . or in the case of turn 1 at Willow not brake.

[jadeblue1]

yeah-the twin works factory guys are always fun to watch-they make it look easy. there was some really good racing this weekend: shaggy & dustin were en fuego, and jiggy did well in mw novice. efward-you looked like you had a pretty good one too. kenny-were you able to fix your muffler after that incident, or did you have to ride the rest of the races w/out it?
morbidelli-great to see you out there-where did you end up placing?

[morbidelli17]

I was served a generous portion of my ass on a silver platter by everyone else in my class. Steve Slaughter was cool enough to loan me his transponder (don't EVEN get me started on that) and I don't even wanna look. Hand-timing told me that I was at least SEVEN to EIGHT seconds off my prior average lap times. I haven't turned a lap time that slow in ten years. I'm sure the rider played a major part in this; I'm rusty, haven't raced for months. I'm not sure if I'm gonna bring the bike into the shop (I suspect clutch problems) or just take it out back and shoot it. Dead last in my race. Ouch.

On the bright side, I did run down and pass someone on an Aprilia 250 who started in the wave prior to me. M/C Speed Factory's official motto: We're Not Last Anymore.

Good to see everyone out there. Zoran's bikes are as awesome in the flesh as they look on the board. And it was really cool to see Jonathan Forman back down here; we raced together a long, long time ago, and it's nice to see him doing well.

[Kurt]

Hey Kenny,

where did ya run off to after 550SB? I was surprised to see you all packed up and driving off early, I heard your pipe exploded in 550.

Man.. I had an extra pipe in my trailer that you could have slipped on. Heck, you could have ridden my bike in BOTT Middleweights to keep up your points chase.. Bummer I didn't catch you earlier.

It was a good weekend overall, It was a blast dicing it up with Zoran and Kenny out in practice. Kurt W. looks to be back on form posting his fastest time to date, 32.6. Shandra was lookin' solid out there in practice, unfortunately she was stuck in that big clump in traffic.

[efward]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Kurt Spencer got 4th in BOTT Heavyweight. He did that race because Suzuki pays contingency money for that class. It was pretty awesome watching him stay ahead of that 998. The Ducati would make up a ton of ground, and fast, down the front straight, but once they hit turn 1 Spencer would pull away again. Because Spener's bike is so freak'n loud (no silencer, just straight pipes) I could hear him hanging onto the throttle all the way to the 1 cone in turn 1 from the Heartman Garage. AFM guys know how to brake . . . or in the case of turn 1 at Willow not brake.

The guy chasing him on the 998 was my friend Dave. After the race he kept saying that it didn't matter how deep he went into T3 the 650 would always outbrake him and go around.
He claims he was setting him up for a last lap pass in T9 but missed a shift coming into 9 and never got the drive to pass. ;]
He also insists the 650 must be bored out to something bigger. ;]

Thanks Jade, I ended up taking 5th in my heavyweight race and set a new personal low lap time. Still smiling.

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by efward

He also insists the 650 must be bored out to something bigger. ;]



Hahahaha. Yeah, I like to think that Kenny's bike has nitrous and that's why he's faster than me, too. ;) The motor in Spencer's bike is totally stock, never been opened, and no one out brakes him into 3.

[twf]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
The motor in Spencer's bike is totally stock, never been opened, and no one out brakes him into 3.

that is my motor,never opened :)
Kurt has 125hp :D

[coyn586]

funny watching Zoran before GT races trying to figure out a way to rig a cig/lighter thing on his bike so he could smoke during the race.. 20 laps is a long time to keep him away from his smokes.
:D

[RacR4JC]

Hey guys, good weekend. I dipped down into the low 1:31s on saturday and getting better. Changed some things on sunday and ended up going slower, then got ran into in the Formula Twins race and bent the header tubes and lost some HP. Then the muffler exploded on the last lap of the 550SBK race. The bike wasn't working as well as I would have liked and I had enough clenching experiences for one race weekend so I decided to call it a day. Sorry we left in such a rush Kurt, I was sick all weekend and just wanted to get home. Anyone have any info on Andy and if he's alright?

[RacR4JC]

any word on Andy Palmer? I saw the ambulance roll when he crashed...

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by RacR4JC
any word on Andy Palmer? I saw the ambulance roll when he crashed...

Nope. None of us seem to know the guy. I don't even have a clue where he's from.

Guilty conscience? :p He'll be alright.

[RacR4JC]

I just don't want any bad blood. Thats what happens tho when u stick a wheel in on me... Sux dude! I was racing watercraft earlier today & had an altercation on the race course there too... same side... just hasn't been a good time for people trying to pass me...

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by RacR4JC
just hasn't been a good time for people trying to pass me...

Hmmmm . . . . . . . I'll keep that in mind.

[twf]

Originally posted by RacR4JC
I just don't want any bad blood. Thats what happens tho when u stick a wheel in on me... Sux dude! I was racing watercraft earlier today & had an altercation on the race course there too... same side... just hasn't been a good time for people trying to pass me...

I did not have problem passing you :D

[RacR4JC]

yah, how about we slam your header tubes shut & take my advice on suspension setup and then we'll race. ;) bike needed more sag, front suspension wasn't compressing and i wasn't getting all of the front tire on the ground and it was pushing like mad. but with a bent exhaust and suspension that wasn't working, i was happy to stay with you guys for a while!

[Kurt'sSV]

I got my first race win in 550SBK yesterday! :groove: It was rather unexpected and nerve racking because my gas light started blinking on lap 2 of 8.

Unnecessarily long race report which none of you will read to follow!

[jadeblue1]

that was a good race & you were riding really well.
congrats mang!

let's see, i got me first wheelie on pregrid, & did everything possible to totally mess up my start, but it was a really fun race. got my knee down (2x!) in 4b (also scraped toe and bodywork!) that was kind of cool... but the best part is i'm out of novice...

[sunrisesvrider]

Kurt winning his first race yesterday made it a great Father's Day!:D
I was up in the bleachers in turn one yelling encouragement like "Kurt, Haul Ass! Don't let those Sonsofbitches catch you!" The other people around me gave me a few strange looks.

Kurt failed to mention that he was second in his class in the Saturday enduro.

[Kurt]

Congrats Kurt, good for you!

[madmakr]

I heard Kurt won a race. That's the rumor on the street.

Guess it's no rumor. Congrats Kurt!!

Everything is going according to plan.

1. win a race
2. get sponsor
3. join AMA Superbike series
4. beat Mladin

Only a matter of time now!

[twf]

Originally posted by madmakr
I heard Kurt won a race. That's the rumor on the street.

Guess it's no rumor. Congrats Kurt!!

Everything is going according to plan.

1. win a race
2. get sponsor
3. join AMA Superbike series
4. beat Mladin

Only a matter of time now!

all that already happened,to bad he woke up :)
good job Kurt.

[JesseJames]

Haha with the fuel light blinking the whole time!


Congrats Kurt I was glad I was able to catch the last part of your race out there...you looked really smooth!

[Tom]

Alright Kurt, what illegal mod did you do to the bike? :D

just playing. Good work and congrats on the double podium weekend!

[jasinner]

See, what he didn't tell you is that the earth opened up and swallowed all of the competition. :D


Congrats dude!

[huevos]

congratulations Kurt, looking forward to reading about it in your race report.

I'm not sure when I'm gonna get out there again, got a lot of shit going on lately and racing has had to take a back seat. Almost considered selling the garage full o' pirellis that i have but i'm gonna wait, maybe get out in august or september. we'll see.

i sure do miss it.

[Kurt'sSV]

I'm going to post for Jiggy since he doesn't have internet access. He came out to race at WSMC for the first time since May. Zoran rebuilt his forks and he bought a steering damper so we was all jazzed to try those out. He couldn't believe how much better the forks were on his bike. After his first practice session out there he had a massive increase in confidence. His times were looking good, too. He was doing consistent 1:35's and even did a '34. He also talked the race director into letting him have an expert license even though he was 2 points shy of getting one.

So on Sunday he did 550 Superbike with me. Apparently he was running well and battling with another guy on an SV when he high sided in 4B. I guess the bike bucked once and threw him up over the wind screen, but he felt like he was going to save it, but the bike bucked again and off he went. The bike didn't suffer too much damage. He's a little sore, but nothing appears to be broken. It was disappointing to see his bike crashed out there every time I went around.

I, on the other hand, had a great race, though only finished 3rd. We were hauling balls at the front and the four of us - at the front -ran in the 1:31's. I did the fastest lap of the race at a '31.3. :)

[HoolieB]

Oh, bummer for Jiggy! I guess that explains why he might be gimping around at work then...

Good job, Kurt! I saw your dad on Saturday and he mentioned that a win is overdue for you. Sounds like he's right. You've got the speed, now you just need luck.

[sandie]

wow, you go fast!

oh, and get well soon jiggaman!

[Tom]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Zoran rebuilt his forks and he bought a steering damper so we was all jazzed to try those out.

who learned you how to spoke? english major my :ass:

:D

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by Tom
who learned you how to spoke?

Zoran. :)

[jadeblue1]

this weekend was fun! i rode way too much practice sessions before racing, couldn't get tires for my bike, and had a seal go on the engine during a race. but i did take the new sv out in 550sbk & i'm 7 points ahead kurt in overall point standings! (kurt spencer, that is.):D (& 1 point behind ben attard).

[morbidelli17]

My race strategy worked brilliantly. I came THIS CLOSE to taking my first win.

I cleverly selected a class that is under-subscribed and went out on a weekend that was blazing hot when we were among the last races set for the day, calculating correctly that many people wouldn't show up. The only bit of racing I actually did was in practice that morning, when I diced it up for a few laps with the guys running closest to my lap times, thereby demoralizing them so much that they weren't on the grid ... :D

So there were two of us when the green flag dropped. And because of some confusion at the start, the other guy left early - or so the WSMC officials claimed. Therefore, they were gonna dock him a lap and I would have won. But there was a red flag (a 250 rider crashed and left his bike lying on the track) and a complete re-start, so no penalty for Chris.

That was cool; we had a big pow-wow in the pits with the race officials during the red flag, and I told Chris and the race official what I'm about to say to you now; it would have been a chickenshit way to get my first win, and had Chris protested, I would have told the race directors that he was right, they were wrong, and he should not have been penalized.

On the restart, I led through turn one, then Chris came by. (Did I mention that he's about 10 seconds a lap faster than me? :D) But I had a good time, got more comfortable on a bike with a really soft motor (down about 10-12 horsepower) and trimmed many seconds off my lap times from last time I was out there. And I didn't crash.

The trophy says 2nd place on it.

I've had worse weekends at Willow.

:D

Congrats to Kurt and Shandra.

[jadeblue1]

michael! i didn't even see you there this weekend-however-i did see your race...(didn't realize it was you in it, i was sitting on the podium watching you guys go by & thinking to myself-now there's a race i should be in-the grid is not as intimidating...) good job on the 2nd place finish (and trophy!)

[morbidelli17]

We came by to see you, but you weren't in your pits. I did see you on the track once. My lawyer Sandy doesn't believe you really exist, so I wanted to introduce you two ... :)

p.s. I love your slogan; I wasn't very fast at all, but I was faster than everyone who didn't show up ... :)

[twf]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Zoran. :)
I see no fuck word there :)
sorry to hear about jiggy.
31.3,you starting to count tenths?you have to drop couple more seconds before counting tenths :)

[morbidelli17]

First, glad to hear that Kurt's OK. Secondly, listen closely to my tale of woe; I came THIS CLOSE to winning my first race ...

Just got a new motor in the EX, and I was so looking forward to my race (God, it's race 16, the day is looonnnnggggg). One of my competitors crashed in practice and broke an ankle, and none of the fast guys showed up, so I was looking forward to a good result.

Only two of us take the grid in BOTT Lightweight. I get the holeshot and pull out to a seven-bike-length lead on the back straight, barrel into Turn Eight and I see a corner worker come running out in front of me with a red flag. There's a cloud of dust and a rider motionless next to a 250 right at the exit of turn Nine. I go by slowly; he's still not moving, but his eyes are open, so I figure he's OK.

I sit on the hot pit and wait. When it's time to go, my bike won't restart; there's a puff of smoke and a faint smell of burnt electrics. I push-start it and head out. I get another holeshot and I'm gone, but the bike is not running right. Still, I don't care. Understand that I'm in the lead, headed for what could be my first-ever win. I'm not stopping until I get passed, the thing dies or throws me into the desert, period. I crash, I crash. I blow it up, I blow it up. I am NOT pulling out of the lead for any reason.

It finally dies just past start-finish. I pull off and watch for the other guy to come past. He never does. Turns out he never got off the start line. The real heartbreak is that all I had to do was park it 10 feet before the finish line, wait for the checkered, and then push it across to take my first ever 1st place trophy. Instead, I got a DNF and 1 point for starting.

At least the nice ladies in the office gave me the 1st place trophy anyway as a souvenir.

[morbidelli17]

A quiet race day, exactly what I needed.

My now-ruined motor is still at the shop, so I jacked up my bodywork and slid my friend's EX500 underneath and headed out. It ran OK; the way it came, it pulled like a beast at full throttle, but on part-throttle, it was blah-blah-blah, and I was just waiting in every turn for it to come back onto full song and highside me. So I "fixed" the carburetion until it ran worse in the race; it was fine on part-throttle, but wouldn't pull to redline. If it's not broke, I say, fix it until it is!

Four guys on the start line; I led until just before turn one. The rest of the race was an exercise in pushing as hard as I could and not joining the crowd of people who had thrown it away in turn eight because of the "breeze" (it's bad karma for WSMC guys to even say the word 'wind', but I will say that yesterday was some of the fucking windiest 'breeze' I've ever encountered there. Lots of crashes in turn eight on a track that was spotless and clean.)

I got it home in one piece. I took home a nice plaque for third place, made up a few points, and most importantly - before 'fixing' the carburetion - chopped two seconds off my lap time from month before last. I'm starting to feel some old form come back, saw myself being more aggressive pushing into corners, harder on the exits. I've been really lost out there the past few months; I'm realizing that racing is like playing a musical instrument, you get out of practice. I need seat time. I need practice time. I feel like I can see where I need to be again. Now I've just gotta get the bike running right, put my head down, get some track time, and get there.

Peace.

[warmseth]

hi, my name is seth. shandra, i've met you out at the track a few times and i've pm'ed zoran and kurt for advise a couple times. part of the advise i was given was to gear 15/45. i bought a 45T rear and threw that on last week (had a 47t on before). then in loading the trailer i realized i had been wrong in assuming the front was a 15. it was a 16 so i was geared awefully tall. i put a set of michelin power race soft front, and med rear. the front i changed from a 60 series (that's what was on it when i bought it last month) to a 70. i dropped the front 8mm. i've been sick since wednesday but i was feeling better so i decided to go for it. woke up at 415am and hit the road sunday morning out to willow. anywho, i ran my very first novice race this weekend on sunday. the tires made a world of difference over the h2's i'd been running on my 2 previous track days. the gearing was very very tall. i was tired as shit. BUT my lap times improved by 8 seconds! i felt pretty good about that. my previous best lap had been a 1:48. the weekend's best time was 1:40 (won't count the fact that it was a 1:40.8 because i'm not fast enough to count tenths :P yeah i know i should round UP) i started off the race with my best lone ranger impersonation (picture a reering horse) when i got a bit too excited on the grid and hammed the throttle/clutch enough to do a ten o'clock wheelie and then set it down so hard i nearly tank slapped on the grid. that incited the announcer to broadcast "WHAT A WAY TO START A RACE!!" :D luckily i had gridded last so i didn't interfere with anybody behind me doing my starboys routine. i stayed on the asses of my inline-4 compatriots for nearly the whole race. if i had the skill to do so i could have passed them several times int he omega as they were holding me up there. but alas i am a newb with not enough balls and/or brains to figure out how to pull that off yet. and when we got the the crest of 6 they would just take off and be 75 feet in front of me til we got to t1 and i would catch back up. my headcold caught up with me around 4 laps in in the form of extreme exaustion. i started to drift off the back of the guys and by the 6th lap i was so far behind i just sort of sat up a bit, took it easy and made sure i completed the race. i figured there was no point in risking a spill if there was no way in hell i was going to catch anybody. i had a great time and i am thrilled to have my first race behind me. it was making me very anxious and i expect i will be slightly calmer next month. thanks for the advise guys! i'm sure i'll have more questions and i hope you are as hospitible as you have been when they arise.

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by warmseth
i got a bit too excited on the grid and hammed the throttle/clutch enough to do a ten o'clock wheelie

We saw that. Nice. ;)

[Kurt'sSV]

This was posted by Josh Welch, WSMC #93. If this doesn't describe our mindset (as WSMC club racers), I don't know what does:

;)

we're club racers...we live our life month to month, the third sunday is the start of every month. kind of like a goldfish swimming around in that little bowl living its life in three second intervals, we live ours in 30 day intervals and suddenly forget how much money we spent last month so we go ahead and do it again. we don't like to see any mention of years...suddenly reminds us of all the time and money we spent on this addiction.

[morbidelli17]

Precisely.

I heard back from Crago that my race motor would be ready in time for me to race next weekend, and that made my day way more than any phone call to the mechanic should.

See you all out there - I think ...

[Kurt'sSV]

It's on like Donky Kong! Huevos is loaning me a belly pan and a motocross number plate to zip-tie onto the front of my bike so I can go racing! Hopefully I can remember which way the track goes. Mostly to the right from what I recall.

Not a warm weekend forecasted out at Willow, but any forecast that does not include wind is a good one.

[vgunsnroses]

I'm pretty new to all of this so my questions may seem obvious but....where is this track? Is it open to spectators? And if so what time does it start?
Thanks.

[Kurt'sSV]

The track is called Willow Springs. It is just outside the town of Rosamond which is about 20 miles north of Lancaster off the 14. In the middle of nowhere in other words.

The races are every 3rd Sunday of the month and last all day.

[jadeblue1]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
It's on like Donky Kong! Huevos is loaning me a belly pan and a motocross number plate to zip-tie onto the front of my bike so I can go racing! Hopefully I can remember which way the track goes. Mostly to the right from what I recall.

Not a warm weekend forecasted out at Willow, but any forecast that does not include wind is a good one.

donky kong? (umm donkey kong)

avast! your naked street fighter sv will be a worthy competitor against the mighty fzr 400 with the "brakes of death"! all should be on the edge of their seats as the carnage and mayhem of the 550 sbk race is battled out before their very eyes!!

MUHAHAHAhAH! :D

(no, really i'll be the blue bike in the back reading the paper & drinking coffee down the front straight playing lounge music)

it'll be a bit chilly, but it'll be a fun weekend for racing-hope some of youse guys can make it out to watch ;)

[jadeblue1]

good weekend-it was nice to see the socalsv peeps back out in full force! huevos,tom,jiggy, kurt w/the streetfighter sv-y'all ran really good races... it was fun.
c ya next month....

[Tom]

The trooper award for the weekend has to go to Huevos. He shows up at the track at 10am on Saturday, finds out that his battery is shot after trying to jump start it many times with his truck, gets a big cut on his finger while safety wiring, then finally makes it out for 1 practice session (valued @ about $12/lap). As if that wasn't enough, he loses his wallet, then runs out of gas on the way to dinner. After dinner, a blind hessian guy picks a fight with him in a bar, then he ended his night with another altercation with a prostitute and her 16 year old pimp. The best part about that was he told them that he was an off duty Sheriff. :) Quick thinking. His one weekened was more exciting than my whole past year combined.

I had lots of fun hanging out with you all this weekend. :)

[twf]

sounds like emergency room story :D

[Kurt'sSV]

A word to the wise - an SV with no bodywork is about as aerodynamic as a brick shit-house. That thing was so hard to ride at speed out there. I didn't notice it at SOW because you don't go very fast on that track, but on big Willow's back straight and turn 8, it was a bitch to control. I almost took 5th in the race behind two rookies, but I was like fuck those guys. I pulled my skirt down and went to work on them, finishing 3rd in the race which gave me 3rd overall in 550 Superbike.

Tom looks to be a wet weather specialist. He went out in both the wet Sunday morning warm-ups and was one of the fastest people out there. In the drizzle he ran a 2:01 to my 2:03. Maybe I should be on Michelin's?

Stevan had a hell of a weekend. I'm just glad he didn't crash on the track as well. Though if he wasn't going to be there, I wouldn't have been able to race. Maybe as a thank you I'll help him organize his shit a little better. :)

Jiggy didn't crash all weekend. Kudos. Though I think a tip-over might make the pumpkin colored paint job look a little better. ;)

[druiid]

Well, the naked SV gives quite a wind-blast, no doubt.. but, you eventually get used to it. When I lost my half-fairing it was quite a bit different for a while (that isn't to say it wouldn't be nice to have a fairing again).

[Kurt'sSV]

My bike is set up way, way different than yours and when you're accelerating beyond 120mph it gets tough to handle. It's hard to "get used to" tank slappers at that speed.

[druiid]

That is true :)

[coyn586]

Hellz yeah it was a good weekend.. I got my first WSMC expert class podium finish! 3rd place in 750 Superstock.

Note: I was riding my new Kawi ZX-6R, which is basically still a bone stock streetbike with racebodywork installed, and an Ohlin's shock and fork revalve!

http://www.trackdaz.com/images-site/3/newkawi.jpg
http://www.trackdaz.com/images-site/3/trophy.jpg

[J_C]

Sweet, congrats Dustin!!

[o4trix]

Originally posted by coyn586
Hellz yeah it was a good weekend.. I got my first WSMC expert class podium finish! 3rd place in 750 Superstock.

Note: I was riding my new Kawi ZX-6R, which is basically still a bone stock streetbike with racebodywork installed, and an Ohlin's shock and fork revalve!

http://www.trackdaz.com/images-site/3/newkawi.jpg
http://www.trackdaz.com/images-site/3/trophy.jpg


Wow, WAY TO GO!!!


I like your paint scheme; last time I saw your bike it was still all grey...

[huevos]

race report...race report...coming up.

this one's gonna be a good read, check out a couple of excerpts:

“YOU WANT AN ASS KICKING? BECAUSE IF YOU DO YOU’VE FOUND IT BECAUSE I WILL SERIOUSLY KICK YOUR ASS.”

or how about this little doozy:

“OH NO YOU DIDN NOT JUST DISRESPET ME LIKE THAT!” It looked like her neck was gonna snap off at any second. She started screaming “LATRAY! LATRAY! Come here quick. Dis fool be disrespettin me!”

tune in later for the full report, hopefully later this evening.


Dustin, Kurt, Tom, Jiggy all star in it.


LAter,

Stevan

[since413]

Congratulations on 3rd place overall in 550 SBK Kurt! (I thought you looked ok naked)

I decided to take a shot at the title in BOTT middleweight and put a pass on Kenny Kopecky in 3, and led for 2 laps, but the pressure of the #1 plate holder got to me and I threw it away in turn 5.:o

Thanks to Jiggy for offering to help put me back on the track, and Shandra for the 411 on the mad-braking Aprilia.

See you all in January! :D

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by since413

I decided to take a shot at the title in BOTT middleweight and put a pass on Kenny Kopecky in 3, and led for 2 laps, but the pressure of the #1 plate holder got to me and I threw it away in turn 5.:o



I wish I could have seen that pass. Tom and I ran back to the motel after the riders meeting because I left my ramp in the motel room. #-o That must have been really exciting to put a pass for the lead on the #1 plate holder, though it all came crashing down a few minutes later. Ah, the ups and downs of racing.

[Tom]

Originally posted by since413
I decided to take a shot at the title in BOTT middleweight and put a pass on Kenny Kopecky in 3, and led for 2 laps, but the pressure of the #1 plate holder got to me and I threw it away in turn 5.:o

You should have hit his kill switch when you went by. :D

[warmseth]

hey, novice #574, here:

since413, we were all mouth agape over your leading the race there for a bit. i was like "heck yeah, an sv in the lead!". Dustin congrats, and happy birthday. Kurt, that last lap was particularly exciting.

this weekend marked my 3rd race that i've done. i did my first two practice sessions aboard my very ill running (sputtering under 7k) sv. the first session was very cold and quite damp. it was hair raising...like riding on ice, especially T3 which was a real butt pucker of a turn. 2nd session was raining cats and dogs but interestingly, less slippery feeling. by the time i raced (race 12) the track was totally dry and it had warmed up enough that i should not have been riding as slow as i was but there i was slow poking like never before. i started in grid #5 and got passed by half a dozen i-4s within the first couple of laps, then the most gorgeous sv snuck up and passed me out of T5 into 6. Michael Bisig #728 just kept pullling on me more and more until by the end of the race he was half a lap ahead of me. i was pretty bumbed about that. then later i found out he isn't a novice so i felt slightly better...unless he loaned his bike to a legitimate novice, then i feel crummy again. anyway, i didn't finish last (10th out of 14) and i didn't crash. and i rode in the rain for the first time...that's right i've NEVER ridden in the rain much less at pace. so overall though the results weren't stellar, not a bad weekend. shandra i tried to catch you a couple times to say howdy but you were preoccupied every time i went to say hi...next time. see y'all in january

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by warmseth
Shandra, I tried to catch you a couple times to say howdy but you were preoccupied every time i went to say hi

Yeah, she has quite the harem of guys flocking around her at the track. Even I have to make an appointment to see her. You also have to have the right paddock pass to get into her MotoGP garage. ;)

[huevos]

Originally posted by Tom
fyi...Mike is (or at least he was before that race) a novice. He was close enough to advancing out of novice that they let him into an expert race. So, the only people that should feel crummy are the experts he beat in 550 sbk. ;)

OOUCH dude. That hurt. I was all happy go lucky today, skippin' around and shit, before I read your post. Now I feel all crummy. You ruined my Christmas Tom. Hope your happy!:sad:

[Tom]

hehehehhee I deleted it a second too late.

[huevos]

the damage is done my friend. too late. When my mama asks me why I'm feelin all crummy and shit on Christmas eve I gonna send her lookin for u.

[morbidelli17]

WSMC, January 06: It finally happened; my first ever race win. Eleven years of trying ...

Six-rider grid, me on the EX, one gentleman on a GS500 and four guys on Ascot 500 singles. Larry Cochran, WSMC Race Director, got a holeshot on me and led for most of the first four laps; my bike was quicker, but I couldn't get through Turn Nine nearly as quickly as he, so I couldn't close the gap enough to make a nice safe pass down the front straight.

I got a good run out of Nine to take the crossed flags at halfway and had a shot at him going into Turn One, but I decided to be patient. I worked hard to stay right on his tail all through that lap, kept the gap close through Nine, and passed him on the front straight. He passed me back next time through Nine; I passed him back again on the front straight. On the last lap, last turn, Larry said he could have shoved it up the inside, but it would have killed his drive and - as he said later - "Why put us both at risk?" I've raced next to this guy for a decade, and he's always been fair with me, and I've tried to race him hard and clean.

I crossed the line with my fist in the air, and danced so hard in the seat I nearly missed Turn One. I caught a glimpse of ZenSandy jumping up and down in the Turn One stands. I screamed myself hoarse in the helmet during the cool-down lap. And some guys I've raced with for a few years came by to offer congrats.

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

In January.

[dapittbull69]

congrats on the win morbidelli!!!

[Slaughter]

That was TOO COOL to watch today.

A dozen years racing - a few podiums and now today A WIN!!

You deserve it.

[Tom]

I was phenomenal this last weekend, but the rest of you needed work. http://c2turbo.com/forums/images/smilies/toothless.gif

Too bad the wind sucked for you guys in 550sbk. I wanted to see what Palmer had for Martinez, but too bad he decided to pull off the track a little early for a break? :) The Kawasaki looked good, and it was just as fast as Breanne's bike on the front straight. Too bad she got held up by Kurt for so long. :D

Congrats to Seth for the nice finish. I had nothing for you this weekend.

[jadeblue1]

so if it's that windy next month-i'm racing a sail board! it was great to see brienne out there his month-she's such an awesome rider...morbidelli-way to hang on to the lead for the win!!warmseth-glad you got your bike sorted out-you ran a good race-especially in the gail force winds...tom-good to see you get it back together so fast & run a good race-remember the rule-don't pass me on a curve on a wet track:D
i got the best start of my life in 500ss, then i had no idea what i was supposed to do with it when i ended up in the middle of the pack in turn 1 (note to self-work on pack riding). however-i did have my first encounter with a wonderful invention called tire warmers...amazing what a difference they make...see y'alll out there next month.

[morbidelli17]

Thanks. I always wanted to know what a win - any win - felt like. It feels like this:

[Kurt'sSV]

Congrats on the win, Michael.

That wind during the 550sbk race sucked, and so did I. It was just as windy for everybody else, but it seemed to bother me more mentally. I think everybody and their mom passed me. I almost pulled in after the 3rd lap. I've heard pro racers talking about "saving it with your knee" when their front tucks on them, but I've never done it myself. Ended up doing it in turn 9 during one of the three times the front started to go on me. "Saving it with your knee" isn't any fun.

I'll give it another shot in February if the weather is good. Otherwise . . . . . :confused:

[morbidelli17]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

After a get-off in Turn Nine, saving it with your knee there sounds like a recipe for significant seat-tenting ...

[warmseth]

congrats on the win michael. thanks for that tom. kurt, i'm not looking forward to the opportunity to try that :p shandra, i couldn't agree more about the wind and the "great start, now what" sentinment. boy do i ever understand the power of wind after this weekend. i really felt faster than i've ever been, and STILL i couldn't break into the 30's..my best lap was a 42. i'll post my race report here if y'all don't mind:

recently my bike was running like crap and i brought it to crago racing (thanks for them shandra). they sorted some crapped carbs and later dyno'ed and i was found to have 63hp...a good 40ish less than the majority of the novice middle weights i've been racing with. i went to pick up the bike on friday and asked "so what did i have before you cleaned the carbs"? he said i was basically only running on 1 of 2 cylinders and was pulling something like 39hp. that made me feel pretty good actually. 39hp and i finished 10th (out of 16 if i remember correctly) last month. anyway, i was quite anxious to see what 20hp more felt like. i drove out late morning on saturday and got one session of practice in before spending the rest of the day doing corner work (man that is a job i do not envy..cold/hot). it was COLD out there but i feel like a learned some good stuff by watching the pros go through some corners that have been troubling me. sunday (race day) 1st practice session felt pretty good. the bike didn't feel AMAZNGLY more powerful but it felt 100x more smooth on the power. 2nd practice session felt great. i had a great opportunity to be next to a couple of fast guys (coyner and beck) as they went around the first couple turns. and i actually managed to hang with them (sort of) for a few turns as they were being held back by slower packs in front of them. unfortunately a guy red flaggged us and i was only able to get a few laps out before going back in to pit. my race was going to be middle weight novice again and i currently had 7 points (out of ten needed to get out of novice). so i just had to finish 10th or better to get out. there were 19 guys gridded and i felt confident that i coult get at least tenth.

i gridded 6 which is second row but on the good side of the track to set me up for T1. the wind was howling with such force that as i was in first gear, clutch in, and as the guy's holding the board about to turn it sideways, i'm being blown backwards a few inches! I got a bloody great start and was out in front with one other guy for a couple hundred yards but a pack of 3 other guys snuck in on the inside and we went into T1 five abreast. i'm not keen on trusting 4 other novice racers to hold their lines so i backed off a bit an took the outside line. now i'm back in 5th with a short straight before going into T2. i'm about 25 feet from reaching the inside candy stripe of T2 when a guy zips around the outside and then dives inside and slows way the heck down. i've been holding my line and i'm a bit pissed about him potentially slowing my corner speed so i continue to hold my line. and he tightens his. and we collide. for those that don't know, T2 at willow springs is a big fast sweeper and it goes on and on and on. and for the first 1/4 of it i i was tangled with this guy. i pushed him off me with my outside knee and then leaned a little farther into the turn as it was tightening. the push off him sent him wide and put me into a bit of a tank slapper. one of my feet came off the peg and i got nervice and shit slowed down in my head (as it does right before you wreck) enough for me to think "aint this a bitch. i've been out here all weekend and i'm going to wreck in the 2nd turn of my 1st lap??" but somehow i was able to stay on the throttle and everything mellowed out by the time i got to the apex...if you can call the apex of T2 an apex. i felt good the rest of that lap. into the 2nd lap i got passed out of T6 by a guy and then it was just me on my lonesome battling my own fatigue and more daunting, the wind. my god, that wind was a tough mofo. according to announcer dave, it was blowing 35mph. at one point down the front straight i was in full tuck headed into the headwind. i figure i was doing 110-120 maybe. so combined, wind resistance of like 150ish mph. i go to bang down gears for T1 and i can't move my leg! every time i went to turn the bike in it was twice as hard as usuall to lean the thing over. really made me respect what those guys on 'busas must have to deal with :D . end result is i finished 6th place out of 19 guys which i feel pretty darn good about considering my hp defecit. means ultimately i held my grid position. so i have graduated to probationary expert. and i now have a chance to battle better riders on machines more closely matched in hp to my own. i am really excited to join y'all out there in 550sb and the other classes...which reminds me; what else can i run in? bott middleweight? something else too, right? thanks all.

[Tom]

Originally posted by warmseth
i'm about 25 feet from reaching the inside candy stripe of T2 when a guy zips around the outside and then dives inside and slows way the heck down. i've been holding my line and i'm a bit pissed about him potentially slowing my corner speed so i continue to hold my line. and he tightens his. and we collide.

Thanks for killing my drive! :p A group of us were close behind when you two hit, and I was sure you guys were gone. My path was clear until the guy behind you decided to be nice and try and avoid you two. :) I suck at passing so that was the last I saw of you guys, but that was one hell of a save......for both of you.

You can also ride the sv in BOTT middleweight and formula twins. Or you can do 650 superbike too. LOL

[warmseth]

i overheard friends of his explaining it like i just ran into him from behind...which i suppose is partially true. but like i said, he wouldn't have gotten run into had he not cut off my line and locked up the stoppers. what was your take on it if you don't mind me asking. and be honest. if it WAS totally my fault i'm not afraid to hear it. i'm still a newb and nobody got hurt :)

ps- very sorry to have thwarted your flow. i know that's all we got on our little twins

pps- what happened to the guy i hit? i know he went wide but did he keep it on the track?


**one more edit...i thought i remember seeing the #s 6 and 3 on his plate...could totally be wrong about that, but other than you tom, senior coyner was the only other guy running those #s. crap, i'd feel sort of lousy being so agressive with charlie. then again, cutting in from wide like that doesn't seem all that much like a charlie thing either:( ok, enough speculative rambling. i just hope it wasn't him

[Tom]

Reading these race reports it never ceases to amaze me how you guys can remember numbers. Everything I saw was from peripheral vision, so I can't point fingers even if I wanted to. That and I have no clue who's who out there. The bump did catch my attention because your bike got out of shape. He stood it up for a split second but it didn't seem to affect him much. You guys did real good by staying on the bikes, so it's probably nothing to worry too much about. That's probably the last you'll see of him anyway since you are out of novice now. ;)

BTW, it definitely wasn't me or Charlie. :)

[warmseth]

:cool: werd! thanks again tom. and the only reason i remember (or thought i remembered) that small detail was because it was relative traumatic. otherwise it is usually just a matter of "a guy with a red bike" or a "dude with green leathers" sorts of details that i recall. also, i'm only recently getting to know more of us out there. but the more of us i meet the more i think racers are pretty swell people by and large. see y'all in february

[coyn586]

Originally posted by warmseth
i had a great opportunity to be next to a couple of fast guys (coyner and beck) as they went around the first couple turns.

wow dude.. you think I'm a "fast guy"? you sure you weren't trying to type "fat guy"?

[twf]

Originally posted by coyn586
wow dude.. you think I'm a "fast guy"? you sure you weren't trying to type "fat guy"?

[coyn586]

Zoran! Please tell me that T-shirt is available! I'll take like 5!

[twf]

working on it.:)
XXX for you :)

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by twf
XXX for you :)

Does that mean Dustin's shirt will be a triple large or does that mean it will have a porno picture of you facking a poosey? :confused:

[twf]

on his it will be shown exactly,so you can call it porn :)

[warmseth]

well you may not be as fast as young beck, but you sure are faster than me so, yeah i meant faSt. maybe if we become buddies some day, i'll bust your chops about weight...also if you charge me $20 at tech again for starting the engine you may hear me mutter something under my breath. ;)

[morbidelli17]

I want that t-shirt bad ...

[twf]

they are on order.:)

[jadeblue1]

i want one too:D ...when are they coming in & how much are they?

[twf]

dont know yet.
price will be to cover cost of making them.

[Stinky]

I'll take one only if they move like that.:D

[Tom]

Originally posted by Stinky
I'll take one only if they move like that.:D

You can buy as many as you want, and then some, if you can invent a way to make animated tshirts!

[twf]

they are done :D
http://forum.svrider.com/index.php?topic=56005.75

[Kurt'sSV]

Haha. Nice. I will wait for the next reprint so I can get mine in a size medium.

[Burst]

hmmm... well looks like I will be out for new racer school this weekend. :D I hope I can get my balls back and remember to turn the throttle. Been a while since I have ridden Big Willow.

See you all out there.

[Kurt'sSV]

Yay! Remember for the school, Gregg, you only need to turn a 1:59 to pass. It's not until Sunday that you need to go fast.

See you and Steve under the Michelin canopy (I'm switching to the French rubber this weekend because I like those Bib stickers :) ).

[Burst]

It is only a 1:59? I thought it was a 1:50?

[Kurt'sSV]

2:00 is the cut-off time, unless they changed it? Where'd you hear/see 1:50?

[Burst]

Sweet, I KNOW I can run 2's all day long on big track.

[Buellba Fett]

Anyone from the Santa Barbara area heading out early Sunday to watch the races at Willow Springs? Lookin' to either ride or drive. Unsure, since the weekend forecast for both SB and Lancaster includes rain.

[o4trix]

Originally posted by Buellba Fett
Anyone from the Santa Barbara area heading out early Sunday to watch the races at Willow Springs? Lookin' to either ride or drive. Unsure, since the weekend forecast for both SB and Lancaster includes rain.

Unfortunately I can't go this month, but if you ever want to go watch the races in the future I'm down...

[morbidelli17]

Weather guy needs to be shot; ZenSandy, Sparky and I had great weather at Willow this weekend, once the track dried out and it warmed up a bit (Jesus, pushing my bike this morning was hard because it was so cold, I think the grease in the bearings was frozen!)

Took a 4th in BOTT Light; as usual, some new guy shows up and starts showing me the way around the track ... and it's always good to see Jonathan from up north on Zoran's contraptions :D which always go good.

No hardware, but I extended my lead in the class points, and ran two seconds a lap faster than last month. That won't be enough to take a championship - or even podium on a regular basis - but it's nice to feel like I'm making progress in my riding. I'm back to within a second of where I was before on this bike, with these tires, in this configuration.

[Monsterdood]

I hope you didn't me (Chris) in the BOTT LW.... The guy in 2nd was from Nor Cal on an SV500....

The weather was awesome compared to what I was expecting. I would say it was a great day at the track....

[Kurt'sSV]

Yeah, the weather wasn't too bad out there this weekend. Zoran and the whole Twin Works Factory team came down from up north because riding in the cold is better than riding in the rain. It's awesome when they all come down, even though I don't podium with them there because they kick all our asses. Our pit made up half the 17 rider grid in the first race.

This weekend I also learned that a motorcycle will run great when it has gas in it, but to keep it running great, you have to keep putting gas in it. You can't do it just once. :o

And kudos to Burst for going from 21st in turn one to finish 9th in his first race.

[J.Moto]

So I wouldn't mind going out there to check you guys out, but 10 bux to check out CLUB racers?!

[Kurt'sSV]

It's $10 to get into Willow Springs regardless of what you're there for, ya cheap bastard. Sorry we're not good enough to entertain you. :p

[J.Moto]

HAha, I know. question: Is it 10 bux even if you already paid for, say a trackday, or you are racing?

I actually meant to go today to watch you guys, but totally forgot about it. Drats, because it would have filled up boring time (damn weather...didn't go hiking at all this weekend either).

[Kurt'sSV]

Yup, I pay $10 when I go there to race, though you pay it once for the weekend and wear the wrist band for re-entry. You pay $10 at the gate for most track days, sometimes your gate fee will be covered in the cost of the track day/school, and I think Tues, Wed, Thurs they don't charge a gate fee.

[warmseth]

correct. $10 is USUALLY only on the weekend and good for the WHOLE weekend.

i thought the weather kicked serious ass. so much better than was expected. yeah the moring was a bit fridged but oh well at least dry lines were avail though all but t5. and by race 5 (bott mid) everything was perfectly dry and the sun was even out. i had a GREAT 1st race weekend in probationary expert. got 7th in that formula twins race. did crappy in bott mid. did crappy again in 550sb BUT improved my best lap time by 4 seconds!!! and i felt much more confident all weekend. if i can get out on saturdaynext month i might actually by up to speed and in the pack of faster guys next time. :D

[morbidelli17]

Originally posted by Monsterdood
I hope you didn't me (Chris) in the BOTT LW.... The guy in 2nd was from Nor Cal on an SV500....

The weather was awesome compared to what I was expecting. I would say it was a great day at the track....

Dude, I absolutely meant you ... and it was a compliment. You rode that thing very well, and your lap times rocked. Good to see another EX out there ...

[Tom]

I saw so many SV's this weekend that my head is still spinning. :) Thanks a lot to the yellow guys from up north for coming down. I learned a lot just by watching and listening. Jon coached and pushed almost 2 seconds out of me during the last practice session on Saturday so that kicked ass. :D

[Burst]

So I survived my first race weekend. I had a blast out there with everyone. Fortunately the weather just kept getting better and better, by the time my race was up, we had sunshine, minimal wind and a very dry track.

Thanks to Kurt for sticking around and watching me race. I have a feeling I would have done much better if I had really pushed for turn 1 instead of wimping out like I did. Overall I am pretty happy with how I did though, I didn't expect to be in top ten for my first race, so I can't complain.

See you all out there next month :D

[sandie]

YAY GREGG!!!! you'll have to start up a monthy race report here so there's another one i forget to read! :o

[twf]

Originally posted by Burst
I have a feeling I would have done much better if I had really pushed for turn 1 instead of wimping out like I did.


you actualy did smart thing,turn 1 was not in great shape this weekend :)

[Burst]

Originally posted by twf
you actualy did smart thing,turn 1 was not in great shape this weekend :)

Yeah... though it would have been nice to be in top 5 for my first race. A better start might have put me there. I am happy with top ten though. :)

[sherides'em]

Yes. I agree. I say "Just Say No" to turn 1 for the first time out ;)

:D

[jadeblue1]

yeah gregg, you did great on your first race-you looked really fast & the bike looks awesome! amanda-good to see you too, you're looking fabulous (as always). seth-good racing this weekend too, (this was your first weekend in expert, right?) huevos-damn you move quick- i tried my best to draft you & you took off like a bat out of hell-i couldn't hold your pace!

awesome to see the yellow guys too(twin works) always fun to watch the yelow bikes!
:D

[sunrisesvrider]

Had a great time at the track. Kurt and Tom, I have a new sticker to put on your gas tanks: DNF? It stands for:
Duuuh Need Fuel?:confused:

Burst, great ride for your first race! You'll be out of the Novice class real quick.

Even with the TWF guys showing up, Kurt got a great hole shot in the 550 Super Bike Class and lead the first lap.

More people on the board need to come up to the club races. There are at least six board members racing. For only $10 you see 18 races!

[morbidelli17]

You mean other people were struggling through One? I thought it was just me. The first half of that felt very slick, like I'd toss it in there, let it push, then catch it on the way out ...

[twf]

first 2 laps I went sideways through turn one.it was to cold and tires would not warm up on left side.

[eeeeek]

I've got to get Leigh to come down on her SV500. Do you think you could make a special shirt for her, Zoran?

[codzilla70]

I had a huge (for me anyways) slide comming outta T1 durring the last practice on Sat, almost high sided.:eek: When I got back to my pit I put my hand on the tires and it was a very noticable diff in temp between right and left and this was after tire warmers!

Love the F3 wheel:D Thanx Zoran!

[warmseth]

T1 scareed the poop out of me too. on my last race (550sb) i had thrown a new set of tires on MOMENTS before and had no time for warmers. they were ice cold on my warm up lap and i did a fantastic two wheel drift. i rolled off the throttle after straightening it out and looked back at my rear to make sure i nothing was wobbling or loose. good times! :D

Tom is was nice to finally have met you. and Shandra congrats on bringing that beautiful new bike out to play.

[jadeblue1]

EVERYBODY needs a zoran shirt!!:D

here's a pic of me with mine on for the 500 mod prod race...it's even pink:love:

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by twf
first 2 laps I went sideways through turn one.it was to cold and tires would not warm up on left side.

Yeah, you went sideways almost into me the first time through turn 1 in Formula Twins LW. Nice. Then Spencer did the same thing in turn 3. Thanks guys. :|

And let us know when you can get more t-shirts printed up in smaller sizes because you have a lot of takers.

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Yeah, you went sideways almost into me the first time through turn 1 in Formula Twins LW. Nice. Then Spencer did the same thing in turn 3. Thanks guys. :|



Yep, we both tried to whack you with our rear tires.. ;)

You did have a very nice flyer of a first lap in 550 SB, leading most of it. Big props, I see a big difference from a year ago. You look pretty solid out there.

now if you could only remember to re-fuel..

[twf]

Originally posted by Kurt

now if you could only remember to re-fuel..
and speed up after first lap is completed :D

[o4trix]

Originally posted by sunrisesvrider
More people on the board need to come up to the club races. There are at least six board members racing. For only $10 you see 18 races!


I'll be there next month to check out the scene... :)

[Burst]

Originally posted by sunrisesvrider
Kurt and Tom, I have a new sticker to put on your gas tanks: DNF? It stands for:
Duuuh Need Gas?:confused:


I think I will make some stickers for them before the next round.... I was thinking something like this for the gas cap...

[Kurt'sSV]

I hate you people. :tongue:

[Kurt'sSV]

Excerpt from the WSMC Feb. Newsletter
. . . and Kurt Whittington (#650) from Stanton riding under the SoCalSVRiders.[org] banner [finished fifth] . . .

This has got me and Codzilla thinking of trying to form kind of a SCSVR team. Right now, Burst and I are the only ones that I know list SoCalSVRiders.org as a sponsor, and Burst has only done one race. I think the rest of us should list the site as one of our sponsors. We do get technical "support" from the information we receive on this site. Plus, it would sound cool. :)

E-mail to you racers to follow.

[Tom]

Will there be umbrella girls? :)

[sherides'em]

:raise:

[o4trix]

I'll be an umbrella he/she...:D

[J.Moto]

I want to show up and check you guys out this weekend. What day would be a better day (Sat or Sun) and what time?

[Kurt'sSV]

Sunday is race day.

Races start at 10:00ish, run until after 3:00pm.

[morbidelli17]

If I don't race my SV, do I still get all the perks of racing under the SCSVR banner?

:D

[warmseth]

i dont have a single sponsor other than my visa card so i'd be happy to claim socalsvriders sponsorship. it'll be like i'm legit...sort of :D

[Monsterdood]

Originally posted by warmseth
i dont have a single sponsor other than my visa card so i'd be happy to claim socalsvriders sponsorship. it'll be like i'm legit...sort of :D

I'm there with you Seth, it was funny in last months results for every other rider to have a sponsor listed and mine to be blank... like I'm not doing my job as the team manager, just working on the riding...

[morbidelli17]

My best move as team manager would be to fire my rider ...

I'm in, although this came up after I'd sent in my pre-entry, so it won't show up this month. We all gonna try to pit near one another? Back near Turn One?

[Tom]

So is everyone doing F-Twins LWT again? It's looking like it will be the first dry weekend in about 4 months. Are we going to see the great wall of yellow sv's like last month? :)

[twf]

just move your pit every few hours and it will look like there is few of us down there.:D

[codzilla70]

I'm in:D

[jadeblue1]

good idea kurt! i'm in:D

[warmseth]

Originally posted by Tom Are we going to see the great wall of yellow sv's like last month? :) [/B]


well my bike is yellow. more of a dirty, rashed faded, orangy yellow with white tail. i'm waiting for zoran to repaint my bike a different color just so it won't get confused as one of his bikes :p

[Tom]

I'm pretty sure one of his goals is to fill the grids with as many yellow sv's as possible. ;)

I know this because he sent me to a painter that paints only one color. :p

[morbidelli17]

Jesus, are we ever gonna have a clear race weekend? Every hour, the weather forecast looks worse ...

[codzilla70]

I can't be bought, I can't be bargained with and I absolutely will not stop until I get some action in the wet! Besides its a great excuse to try some Michelin dots.:D Just hope it rains and it won't. It'll be to windy to rain, it will just blow through anyway.

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by codzilla70
It'll be to windy to rain, it will just blow through anyway.

That's exactly why I'm skipping practice tomorrow. High winds and cold weather make Kurt a miserable boy. I don't think I can get any decent practice in those conditions, so why bother? I'll save money and tires by not practicing and I don't think I'll be losing out on much if I just show up on Sunday morning (there might be some yellow bikes on the grid again, so it's not like I can beat those guys anyway ;) ).

[codzilla70]

Ok heres the SCSVR team stratigy.

Plan A- I'll dive bomb them into T1 on the start and try to take as many of them out as I can and you concentrate on whinning I mean winning j/k:p

Plan B- They start in front of us on the grid so I'll pull a second wave start again since I'm so good at it;) and when they try to lap me I'll grab a hand full of front brake!:eek:

Plan C- Do like Zoran says and TWIST THE FACKING THROTTLE POOSEYS!:rolleyes:

[morbidelli17]

My team manager has made the executive decision to skip practice tomorrow, party until dawn tonight, and sleep until 2 p.m. It only makes sense - I'm not gonna learn much dodging puddles on the track and trying to lean into a 25 mph breeze. I really need a day of just being on the track and running lots of laps; so far, we haven't had a clear Saturday yet this year.

On the bright side, I'd just loaded the bike into the truck when the rain hit Long Beach. I now know for a fact that my homemade catch pan holds fluids - lots of fluids.

See you girls and guys out there.

P.S. Kurt, we need SCSVR Racing Team stickers and/or patches for our leathers, bikes and tool boxes. Who can hook us up?

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by morbidelli17

P.S. Kurt, we need SCSVR Racing Team stickers and/or patches for our leathers, bikes and tool boxes. Who can hook us up?

Yeah, new stickers for the site in general are in the works.

[Tom]

What about this? Is something like this in the works too?

[ZenSandy]

Originally posted by morbidelli17
My team manager has made the executive decision to skip practice tomorrow, party until dawn tonight, and sleep until 2 p.m.

Whoo hoo! I don't know which part I'm more excited about: partying until dawn or sleeping until 2 p.m. Ah, love in one's 40s... *lol*

[Monsterdood]

Originally posted by morbidelli17
I'm not gonna learn much dodging puddles on the track and trying to lean into a 25 mph breeze.

When it's damp and windy one race day and me EX passes yours, you'll wish you had practiced tomorrow....:p

I would probably skip practice tomorrow too cept I gotta go check out the new SV on the track..... before Race Day! May not learn to ride it fast, but I will at least make sure it will hold together for 10 laps...

See you on Sunday...

[morbidelli17]

:D

I've seen you and your EX. You'll be passing me dry, wet, windy, calm, thermonuclear annihilation, it don't matter ...

Hope the new SV stays together. I'm looking forward to the day mine is paid off and I get to race it.

[J.Moto]

Some pics from today....
http://www.socalsvriders.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Photo_Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&set_albumName=albuy63

I also saw chick who was smokin fast. I think Kurt has to race her...

[warmseth]

two words about this weekend for me

night mare :(

[coyn586]

anyone catch my :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: moment on the front straight??

[morbidelli17]

Dude, what happened? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: moments usually don't happen in a straight line ...

[coyn586]

"valentino" decided to hang a left at Start Finish while I had just pulled out of the draft on his left to make the pass..

[J.Moto]

8 pictures from today

http://www.socalsvriders.org/modules.php?set_albumName=albuy64&op=modload&name=Photo_Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[twf]

Originally posted by coyn586
"valentino" decided to hang a left at Start Finish while I had just pulled out of the draft on his left to make the pass..
brown was only color missing on your leathers :D

[codzilla70]

Hey Zoran congrats looks like a new track record for you!:cool: (according to my laps)

[Tom]

Speaking of mylaps, its showing 1/100th of a second between 2nd and 3rd in 550sbk. Nice!!!

[twf]

Originally posted by Tom
Speaking of mylaps, its showing 1/100th of a second between 2nd and 3rd in 550sbk. Nice!!!
looks like they were fighting hard who will be first looser :D
Thanks Codzilla,wish wind did not pick up for 550 race,we could all got faster.

[morbidelli17]

Originally posted by coyn586
"valentino" decided to hang a left at Start Finish while I had just pulled out of the draft on his left to make the pass..

Yipes! Also wanted to hear what happened to Warmseth ... And congrats Zoran. Lap record in today's conditions is something.

I got my starter button busted off during a trip back to the pits in the crash truck. Other than that, a decent enough day; better lap times and a trophy, and a really cool dice with Monsterdood in BOTT Light. Margin between us at the line: 0.14 seconds ...

[sandie]

watching you all is so inspiring!!! you're so FAST!!!!

and gregg, i hope you're doing ok :(

[Monsterdood]

Originally posted by coyn586
"valentino" decided to hang a left at Start Finish while I had just pulled out of the draft on his left to make the pass..
I saw him last month when I was doing my cornerworking on Friday and he made a couple of really bonehead moves from my view. I would support having Thadd or a race director tell him to hold his lines, hit the apexes, and be consistent... Seriously, he looked a little dangerous when I watched him in the Friday practice....

And yeah, the battle in BOTT LW was the best racing I've had with us passing each other a couple of times and then Morbidelli drafting by me out of 9. I tried to draft back by him, but couldn't pull it....

[twf]

that guy pulled of the track and looked like it had mechanical or something.I heard anouncer saying Dustin almost nailed guy and when I looked up straight guy was parked on left side by pit out.

[ZenSandy]

Today I got to watch one of the most exciting races I've seen since... well, at least the Superbike race at Daytona. Michael (morbidelli17), and Chris (monsterdood) chased each other around for six laps for second in the Battle of the Twins Lightweight. They both raced well, passed cleanly, and gave the spectators a close finish. Ultimately, Michael proved that once again old age and treachery win out over youth and enthusiasm.

Congrats to both of you!

Nice to see Zoran (twf), Shandra (jadeblue1), Kurt (Kurt's SV), Dustin (coyn586), Chris (monsterdood), Sandie and everyone else. See you next month!

Some pix from today at the track are at:

http://www.socalsvriders.org/modules.php?set_albumName=albuy65&op=modload&name=Photo_Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[warmseth]

he michael i'll stop by your pit and intoduce myself next time. i was the guy on the beat up yellow sv who kept walking his giant dalmation by your fuzzzy white dog in the pits.

[since413]

Originally posted by Tom
Speaking of mylaps, its showing 1/100th of a second between 2nd and 3rd in 550sbk. Nice!!!

I actually made the pass between the transponder line and start finish. That was the best day ever, Jay and Zoran showed me some great stuff! Good luck next week in AFM-land:D

[sandie]

Originally posted by since413
I actually made the pass between the transponder line and start finish. That was the best day ever, Jay and Zoran showed me some great stuff! Good luck next week in AFM-land:D

it looked like you were keeping up with zoran and jay out there!!! impressive stuff!!!

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by sandie
it looked like you were keeping up with zoran and jay out there!!! impressive stuff!!!

Andy rides really well in the wind. His size makes him more planted, I think.

I learned a couple of things this weekend:

1. You need to adjust your riding for the wind.

B. I need to stop trying to be the cool guy who opens his beer bottles with the hinge on his truck door and just bring a bottle opener with me to the track. I broke the top off my bottle and had to drink my beer out of a paper cup. #-o

Third: When you're going to give Shandra a push start, make sure she takes the bike out of neutral, otherwise you're just running to make yourself tired. :rolleyes:

Thanks for taking those pictures, supaphatty. Tom, hopefully, took some good shots out at the turn 9 corner workers station, though it sounds like I'll have to teach him how to pan a camera with the bike for action shots.

[jadeblue1]

kurt-i did that on purpose-just for you:D

it was great to see everybody that came out-sandie, mikki, joanna, april & beau, zack & co, jay-thanx for coming to cheer us on!

michael & chris-nice epic battle in bott lw! if codzilla is mr. brefka, the next time you go by on a 2-bike draft, i'm throwing a tow rope around you:D
(note to self, work on drafting..)

it's always fun to run with the wall of yellow bikes...zoran & jay, glad you guys could make it down (see you next weekend @ bw) it was also really cool to race with brienne-she is just fun to watch-luv the blue w/yellow flames paint job!

& seth-heehee- 'til next month...

[Kurt'sSV]

Originally posted by jadeblue1
if codzilla is mr. brefka,

Uh, not even close. Cody Johnson is "Codzilla". Steve Brefka is Mr. Brefka, or steveb on this board.

Cody rides the red second generation SV and wears red leathers.

Brefka rides the pumpkin orange first generation SV.

Back to racing. . .

[J.Moto]

Originally posted by twf
looks like they were fighting hard who will be first looser :D


This guy is SO full of himself! :D He's really awesome and funny, though. :)

[Monsterdood]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Cody rides the red second generation SV and wears red leathers.

Yeah, I have some of Cody's red paint paint on my muffler when I blew turn 3 on the inside thinking I was all that on the brakes #-o.... Sorry about that again Cody..... Glad we both stayed up.

By the way, nice meeting all the SoCal SVer's this weekend and thanks to Zoran for teaching me a bit about my carbs since I was having problems out there. Turns out they're easier to work on than I thought.

Oh and Kurt, thanks for nothing in changing your helmet, I was all set to chase down the Yellow helmet yesterday, but I couldn't find you after the start with your fancy Suomy so I guess I went a bit slower because of that.... that's my story and I'm sticking to it....

[jadeblue1]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Uh, not even close. Cody Johnson is "Codzilla". Steve Brefka is Mr. Brefka, or steveb on this board.

Cody rides the red second generation SV and wears red leathers.

Brefka rides the pumpkin orange first generation SV.

Back to racing. . .

umm, ok, (so this is the part where i can say all you guys look the same at 130 mph?:p )
so steveb-you get hooked w/a tow rope, codzilla...um, i guess i'll swat you on the butt if you go by...(equal opportunity harraser :D) kurt, you get an elbow :p

it was fun--although i am a little sad superphattyj didn't take any pics of my pretty red bike :(

have a good monday y'all

[twf]

Originally posted by supaPhatty J
This guy is SO full of himself! :D He's really awesome and funny, though. :)
full of myself,no.full of shit maybe :)
it happens when you win all the time :D

[J.Moto]

Originally posted by jadeblue1


it was fun--although i am a little sad superphattyj didn't take any pics of my pretty red bike :(


I didn't even see where you were pitted....maybe next time. I did want to document every SV there, but they were scattered everywhere!

Originally posted by twf
full of myself,no.full of shit maybe :)
it happens when you win all the time :D


bahahahha