EPIC day on T****** RD...

[Mr Bread]

Today started out pretty normal - get up , breakfast, get the bike ready for riding..then my buddy called me ( whom the last time i spoke to had gotten hit by a mac truck on his monster - last year), and tells me its his birthday, he has his monster built up again and wants to go for a nice ride. So T******** it is! As we pulled up to the road, it started to sprinkle. We took 1 lap really slow looking for debris and crap in the road and just took it easy. When we came back to the start, we crossed paths with an NESR member! Trouble and his buddy (sorry man, bad w/ names) had the same idea as I did today. So we took a few laps togeather - all the while the rain stopped, the sun came out and the road dried right up. - And crazily enough the only other NESR member from my neck of the woods (Kbroaderick) showed up right after we finished w/ T. It was pretty cool seeing the guys who i road with for the first time ever on thursday show up randomly at the same place an time I was.


Now, since i've been riding a goal of mine has been to drag a knee. Now I have never been to a track, and most of my riding has been group rides in and around VT/NY. A few months ago, Uncle Snake generously introduced me to the mecca road - T*****. While we were making laps, I asked Uncle Snake how I can get my knee down - among other things, one thing he told me to do stuck in my head -"drive your knee into the ground". I tried a few times that day, and came close but no cigar.


Well - today i finally did. I was in the ZONE and just drive my knee right down and it happened! Then again, and again, and again! It was fucking awesome! Though it kind of sucks because i don't have pants w/ sliders so i totally fucked up my A* textile pants.

Time for a suit w/ sliders!

Ground into the CE knee pad:

Both Legs , the Left leg took a bit more damage:




So - Where were you when you first dragged a knee?

[Jim]

so you dragged your knee on the pavement with no knee pucks?

[Mr Bread]

Yes, I'm stupid. And a little Crazy.

[DucDave]

so you dragged your knee on the pavement with no knee pucks?

...uh...and on a public road...

no further comment

[TimmyB]

glad you had fun.
i think im heading there Monday morning.

[CEO]

You totally wasted a good pair of pants.

[Jim]

You totally wasted a good pair of pants.

and really lucky he didnt mess up his knee

[CEO]

and really lucky he didnt mess up his knee

Yeah.... his knees could have ended up like yours after a hot date at the ramrod

[Wishbone]

You totally wasted a good pair of pants.

In the best way possible

[The Snowman]

In the stupidest way possible

fixed

[catamount]

Don't listen to the haters.

They're bitter because even if they did know where T******** road was, it'd still take 'em 3 hours to get there!

[Crash Dummy Denno]

You totally wasted a good pair of pants.

and really lucky he didnt mess up his knee

you guys riding motorcycles not performing ballet



sick man- rip those pants

[Jim]

to be able to drag knee, you must be moving at a good clip. something about my knee rubbing pavement at that speed without pucks doesnt sit well

[CEO]

to be able to drag knee, you must be moving at a good clip. something about my knee rubbing pavement at that speed without pucks doesnt sit well

But then again, you (as usual) have no idea what you're talking about.

[Jim]

chris go hang out in your pinto of a garage and take the tampon out.

i'm going to start deleting my nice posts about you, your bike rebuild, and your garage

[CEO]

chris go hang out in your pinto of a garage and take the tampon out.

i'm going to start deleting my nice posts about you, your bike rebuild, and your garage

It's ok you only said like two nice things anyways, I'm pretty sure they were mistakes

[kbroderick]

OMFG, that road kicks butt. Actually, several of those roads who shall not be named kick butt. I took 5 (two one way, three the other) passes through T*** road, had a blast, felt like the bike was damn near glued to the pavement. On one of the corners with the marble-sized gravel (which had been dispersed throughout the lane by someone driving over it), I adjusted my line mid-corner to zip through the middle of the gravel. I expected to feel the bike ask "Are you sure you want me to turn harder?" Instead, it just cut right to where I was looking and felt 100% locked in (just like a ski on edge on firm snow). Damn.

It was cool to run into you guys out there...funny thing is that I thought about posting before I headed out but figured that it wasn't too likely that anyone here would be heading in from the same direction (I went via Whitehall, came back via the bridge and App Gap).

It would have been even cooler if I didn't screw up that U-turn and get all sketchy in the sand on the other side of the road...that would have been incredibly embarrassing. I really need to go spend an hour or two practicing low-speed shit...it's just soo much more fun to work on the full-speed turning.

An awesome day of riding nonetheless, and now I need to go see about dinner (and all the other stuff I should have done earlier today).

[TimmyB]

get some dinner and grab some sleep. i'll see you there at 9am. okay. sounds good, yup. see ya then.

-tim

[Daytona440]

So - Where were you when you first dragged a knee?

T3 at NHMS...

[jcbell1007]

nice bread.

i haven't dragged yet, and probably won't on any public roads but I'm hoping to do the 10/2 LAPS trackday. I got the gear, and some pucks that are already worn. Now I just need to use them.

[MotoFreak]

YEAAAA BOY!!!!!

DBConz, quit hating on VT bro

Proud of ya Mike...glad though that you were at least smart enough NOT to leave skin on T Rd!
We'll be out there tomorrow afternoon!

[Jim]

DBConz, quit hating on VT bro

hey, i'm all for dragging knee. wish i had the skills to do it. denno would tell me how he used to drag knee in Blue Hills, but in a one-piece with knee pucks. I just got the chills of the thought someone dragging knee wearing riding pants.

[MotoFreak]

hey, i'm all for dragging knee. wish i had the skills to do it. denno would tell me how he used to drag knee in Blue Hills, but in a one-piece with knee pucks. I just got the chills of the thought someone dragging knee wearing riding pants.

it is a bit sketch...but I ride with Bread, and he's solid (though Snake is mad solid, and he wrecked hard) and his pants have the GP armor in em...not too bad...especially with that 999 that makes it seem soooo mush easier to drag a knee.

[Doc]

Let's get your ass to the track!

and Bill... quit encouraging the boy.

[The Crashing Tomato]

It is an accomplishment ... allbeit a risky one .... just look close at the first pic and you will see Uncle Snake sparking thru T27 on T* road ..... GET TO THE TRACK and find knee draggin glory




you'll find this type of riding wayyyyy more satisfying