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Currently ranks 4th on my list of tracks I've ridden and enjoyed.
1) Barber
2) VIR North
3) Loudon
4) Thunderhill
5) VIR South
Was 98 degrees all day, which is silly hot, but it's a dry heat so it's not nearly as bad as Loudon at 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity! Track had a really fun fast flowing back section where you could hold it pinned thru about 4 turns, over a blind crest, and downshift a bunch to side it way sideways into a chicane section. Turn 1 was fun because it was real fast, but 2 and 3 were boring and annoying, turn 5 was cool (entrance to the Cyclone, like a mini corkscrew), but 5a exiting the Cyclone was sort of like 3, so boring IMO. First lap first session I went to enter the Cyclone (again, think mini-corkscrew) and told myself GO SLOW because it's completely blind, tight, and a dropoff. Nope, still went too fast, blew the turn in and jumped off the curbing to land backside in the dirt on the steep hillside. Good thing I was on Hypermotard and was able to motocross it thru or I would have piled!
Either way any day on the track is a fun day and the Hypermotard was a hoot. Handled well and easy to slide all over the place. Sportclassic with Termi's pulled hard out of corners as well and surprised more than a few superbike owners.
Photos by Dito @ GotBlueMilk.com
FIVE POINTS OF CONTACT! eek
Brought this out too...
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Boston --> San Diego
must be nice ...
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^ lol, i'm with him. don't suppose you need riders for some of those bikes?
that's awesome, dude. I got to ride a hypermotard at the last Tony's Track Day. Things was a hoot & I wasn't even goin fastA little squishy in the suspension for my taste but I suppose that's probably the nature of the beast, eh? I loved everything else about it, it was a blast.
.... man I gotta get out there... Call my boss up & convince him to give me another week of paid vacation time, will ya?![]()
-Pete
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haha no no riding Loris's bike. I did push it into the Tech Line with everyone else just to mess around.. got a few weird looks!
Laguna was great, worth it. Many said the best Ducati Island in years and that's always great to hear. Lots of pics here:
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Picasa Web Albums - Anthony
All (stock) streetbikes are squishy on the track IMO.
Boston --> San Diego
-Pete
NEMRR #81 - ECK Racing
Cyclesmith Track Days
Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
'03 Tuono | '06 SV650 | '04 CRF250X | '24 Aprilia Tuareg