ok, i wanna try this trck thing...

[chr|s sedition]

so it's finally dawned on me that track day would be like riding through some nice backroads, on good pavement, with no cages, and no police.

that sounds like heavan. I also imagine that it's really, really addicitve.

Anyway, I know nothing about track days, how to sign-up for them, what I need to do to my bike, etc...can anyone direct me to a good newbie primer for how to get my feet wet with this whole thing? R7? HeSoDrunk? Nazo? Oreo? Kham? I know a number of you are track junkies...

thanks in advance,
-chr|s sedition

[Rice-rocket1]

Check this post, Tony had a couple spots open up for June 2'nd...

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...threadid=15652

[Rice-rocket1]

bike prep

http://www.tonystrackdays.com/bikeprep.cfm

rider prep

http://www.tonystrackdays.com/riderprep.cfm

[Rice-rocket1]

Became a track day addict after my first one last year. Hoping to do two more besides the June 2'nd date.

[joberly]

Originally posted by Rice-rocket1
Became a track day addict after my first one last year. Hoping to do two more besides the June 2'nd date.

Same here, did 1 last year, and signed up for all of them this year!

[chr|s sedition]

ok, cool...thanks for the info.

-chr|s

[OreoGaborio]

i WOULDA signed up for all of em, but i ended up goin to VIR instead... hopfully i'll find someone who signed up for all of Tony's dates & can't make one of em and buy the spot off of em

either that i wo'nt be a dink & buy it at full price


Anyway, Jim already posted the links i was gonna share w/ ya. And it's definitely well worth it, Chris. you'll have a blast. I just wish i could afford to not only buy the slot, but miss the day of work, too.... it sucks they're all when i'm workin i either have to miss a day of work or try & switch w/ someone that works on the weekends, which isn't always the easiest thing to do

[Rice-rocket1]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
i WOULDA signed up for all of em, but i ended up goin to VIR instead... hopfully i'll find someone who signed up for all of Tony's dates & can't make one of em and buy the spot off of em

either that i wo'nt be a dink & buy it at full price


Anyway, Jim already posted the links i was gonna share w/ ya. And it's definitely well worth it, Chris. you'll have a blast. I just wish i could afford to not only buy the slot, but miss the day of work, too.... it sucks they're all when i'm workin i either have to miss a day of work or try & switch w/ someone that works on the weekends, which isn't always the easiest thing to do

Stop cry'n and buy one......

[Honclfibr]

Originally posted by joberly
Same here, did 1 last year, and signed up for all of them this year!

g'g'g'giddyup

[OreoGaborio]

psst.... hey you... yeah, the one that bought the Tony's full season package deal.... if you can't make any of the dates, lemme know & i'll buy em off ya

[joberly]

Don't know if you meant me or Honcl, but I did the season deal thingy, so I'll keep ya posted....

[R7]

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
so it's finally dawned on me that track day would be like riding through some nice backroads, on good pavement, with no cages, and no police.

that sounds like heavan. I also imagine that it's really, really addicitve.

Anyway, I know nothing about track days, how to sign-up for them, what I need to do to my bike, etc...can anyone direct me to a good newbie primer for how to get my feet wet with this whole thing? R7? HeSoDrunk? Nazo? Oreo? Kham? I know a number of you are track junkies...

thanks in advance,
-chr|s sedition

Well first if you want a smooth track with good pavement, you'll have to wait until the next NESR VIR trackday

Tony puts on a great trackday and that's probably your best bet as a newbie track rider. The bike prep like he has listed on the site is pretty simple. You'd be surprised at how many people ride there bikes to a trackday, prep them quick and are ready to go in 15-20 minutes. If at all possible, i would try to avoid riding there and back though, it's a long day and you'll be extremely tired at the end, not to mention "if" you end up having a bike get-off that could leave you stranded

Take a ride up on the next race weekend and have a look around, it may give you a better idea to see how people ride/race on the track. One of the few nice things about Loudon is the spectator viewing, you can see the action up close in a lot of the turns. The only bad thing about that is you'll probably want to start racing....