My 1st on track crash :-( The shinny bike not so shinny now

[nhbubba]

Have you ridden it? Are you sure something is tweaked?

[Tas]

Josh, let me know when you're ready to post the GS for sale. I'm a member on The GS Resource forum and I can post an ad over there for you. Looks like a very nice bike.

[GixxerJosh]

Josh, let me know when you're ready to post the GS for sale. I'm a member on The GS Resource forum and I can post an ad over there for you. Looks like a very nice bike.

Sure thing, I want to get a good coat of wax and and the carbs smooth to make sure engine is ok. Only has 5000 miles on it and has everything original and garage kept it's whole life

[GixxerJosh]

Have not been for a ride, but everything looks as straight as an arrow and suspension feels good with a push test

[Jim]

Have not been for a ride, but everything looks as straight as an arrow and suspension feels good with a push test

There's a new contingency from GMD this year for 4th place finishes in all classes. They get 50% off a measurement & the certificates are transferable. I suggest getting in touch with some riders that have one to give you.

[tsorfas]

^ I am one of those riders if you want one.

[GixxerJosh]

^ I am one of those riders if you want one.

I would feel bad asking. :-( You earned it. I am really short on funds though, lol

[tsorfas]

Dude you can have it. I will be in Natick most of next week and Dedham next Wedneaday. does any of that work for you?
If not ill just mail it to you

[tsorfas]

Also idk your size but I have a ton of extra gear for sale. I am 6ft 156 lbs. if you are anywhere near that I probably have something.

[GixxerJosh]

PM sent

[G21forme]

This is how your "eye" for motorcycles begins to change. Shininess gets replaced by durability, expensive replaced by affordable, pretty replaced by purposeful. There is nothing finer than a well prepped track motorcycle to my eye.

Missed this thread but I agree, haven't done much lately on two wheels but my bike is a frankenbike but she's a runner and that's what I want. The way I look at it is that I'm not looking at my bike while I'm riding.

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[GixxerJosh]

I want to learn how to be good. Better rider, proficient around the track. I made the mistake of posting about my crash on Gixxer.com. Now I feel like ass :-( Basically they tore me apart and said I should not even ride in a parking lot. Usually I let things roll off my back. Now I let this kind of make me feel useless on a bike, lol Maybe I just don't have what it takes and never will.

[tsorfas]

Get off gixxer.com
Buy a hawk/SV for the track when funds are right and go have blast

[nhbubba]

Link the thread.

I generally get very concerned about what people who post on "gixxer.com" think of my riding too. I bet they are motherfuckin' aces.

[tropicoz]

squixxer.com? Really man, you'd be better off worrying about what Santa Claus thinks, LOL. That forum has about 5 people on there with any credibility, the rest are retards.

[Mhtgixxer]

Josh don't sweat anything they say on that site.

[GixxerJosh]

Thanks guys, Was just feeling a little down with the crash and all, I also am not happy with the was I look in my video's. I did not really feel the flow or the track in NY. I was getting used to Louden and not adjusting well. I will stick with it and try to be smooth and learn all I can. Everyone here and at the track, thanks for being there and for your help and advice.

[GixxerJosh]

I got rid of the thread, lol

[tropicoz]

A 1K us a handful of a bike, man. It's like riding a 600....but the thrust you get out of the gate is just plain stupid. I hit the ground in T3 a few years back on my G1K for much the same reason you did at NY. I was working on my exits out of T2 but didn't account for the increased braking I'd need coming into T3. Live and learn. You made a mistake, that's all. You learned something, now go put it to use next out.

[GixxerJosh]

Yeah I also have the stupidness of +2 on the rear sprocket, TRE box, velocity stacks, yoshi exhaust, power commander, bmc filter and other retarded stuff I never need. Def need an ex500 or something, lol. I just have to step back and try and go smooooooth and get more practice

[union]

Yeah I also have the stupidness of +2 on the rear sprocket, TRE box, velocity stacks, yoshi exhaust, power commander, bmc filter and other retarded stuff I never need. Def need an ex500 or something, lol. I just have to step back and try and go smooooooth and get more practice

A SV650 would be a good track learning tool. Enough bike to get you around at a good pace but not too much to bite you hard if you make a mistake.

When are you bringing your bike to the shop? If I'm around we can talk then.

[GixxerJosh]

A SV650 would be a good track learning tool. Enough bike to get you around at a good pace but not too much to bite you hard if you make a mistake.

When are you bringing your bike to the shop? If I'm around we can talk then.

I will call Peter on Monday

[maxim_X]

Really wish you didn't delete it. Woulda been a great read.

[CBR929RE]

fuck them clowns. I wouldn't trust them to tell me how to put a sticker on a bike.
you made a simple mistake. I've had some dumb crashes and knew exactly what I did wrong before I even let go of the bars. things I knew better than to do. your crash was quite simply a learning mistake. it happens, you've already learned from it so you're good.

[Viper897]

I second the SV650 as a dedicated track machine. I own two of them, a Gen 2 for the street which I brought to the tack fro Tony's in september of 2013, and now a Gen 1 dedicated track/race bike which I bought over the winter.

As for gixxer.com, good call on pulling the thread. A lot of the bike specific forums need to be taken with a grain of salt.