May have a bike - GS500E

[Doc]

ok as much as I want to sell you all my GS parts (fron chads old built bike) I gotta agree... You should sell that GS and get an EX or even a Hawk.
How much did you pay for the GS?
I could buy it and sell it with all my spare parts to a streetrider...

[Kurlon]

The GS is essentially free as long as I'm going to be racing it, otherwise the owner is going to retain it. Reselling isn't an option.

[RyanNicholson]

what a brutal picture lol

another thing to consider (if you ever do plan to take racing at LRRS more seriously) is your index as a novice. If you go and come in last in a number of races, you'll have a hell of a time getting your index up high enough to bump up down the road.

i'm a big advocate of RACERS racing, and TRACK RIDERS doing track days. It just works out better for everyone, on both sides of that fence. Racing is meant to be competitive, and its more expensive (from my experience) than track days. I couldn't imagine going out to race without trying to win, and doing whatever i can to build the bike, and learn to ride it in a way that will give me the best shot at achieving that. Theres nothing wrong with either at all....its just scary for the fast novices when someone is out there running 2:00 lap times, and you're lapping them with 60mph closing speeds.

just a thought.

(and yes i ninja edited the shit out of this haha)

[s a x m a n]

what a brutal picture lol

another thing to consider (if you ever do plan to take racing at LRRS more seriously) is your index as a novice. If you go and come in last in a number of races, you'll have a hell of a time getting your index up high enough to bump up down the road.

just a thought.

+1


if you are not there to really try and be competitive ... why even bother spending the money racing ... just do track days. You will get 3-4 times the number of laps at a track day as you will at a race weekend for the same amount of money (if not less)

[Kurlon]

Does your index reset at the start of a new season?

[s a x m a n]

Does your index reset at the start of a new season?

hehehhee

nope

[RyanNicholson]

i read in the rulebook that you can request a bump & they will look at your previous 10 races if your index is garbage. i read a lot of things though...

shhhh silence

we're trying to make a point

haha it might be true, but i've never heard of that before

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

maybe if i sold both my bikes......hmmm

Ryan on Greenwoods bike?

Scary, Good idea, but still scary

[RyanNicholson]

Ryan on Greenwoods bike?

Scary, Good idea, but still scary

i think its a fantastic idea, but i have no easy way of coming up with $9k without selling my bikes haha

i really need a bike thats more competitive, as far as how its built

[Kurlon]

with a little work, you can be just like meeeeee

Trust me, I have my share of spills.

My first year racing was very rough...

[Doc]

Ok it looks like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum racing is gonna happen... No talking them outta it.

"GS Gestapo Racing"

Good luck fellas, give em hell! Be prepared to move up to an EX in 2009.

(Did I just say "move up to an EX"? )

[OreoGaborio]

hehe, crashing in the back lot of cycles 128 is far from rubbing elbows in turn 1

[RyanNicholson]

hehe, crashing in the back lot of cycles 128 is far from rubbing elbows in turn 1

thats exactly what i was thinking when i saw that pic lol.....

try lowsiding into the tirewall exiting T8 at 100mph (like george neuwirt and I did)

[Doc]

Does your index reset at the start of a new season?

hehehhee

nope

Only when you bump to a different class.

[Kurlon]

hehe, crashing in the back lot of cycles 128 is far from rubbing elbows in turn 1

Yeah, but still fun. Any of you going to Cycles 128 this year?

[Doc]

Here's the 'before' photo...

And the After!

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

And the After!

Polished



TURD

[Doc]

[Doc]

Looks faster than yours....

[Crash Dummy Denno]

wow what i read:

guy asks for advice from people with experience
guy receives advice from people with experience
guy rejects advice from people with experience and explains why they're wrong
guy wants to do what he wants to do and should never have asked for advice

geesh

[Jenni Juggs]

Come on Doc, looks aren't everything....you've seen Buddha!

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

wow what i read:

guy asks for advice from people with experience
guy receives advice from people with experience
guy rejects advice from people with experience and explains why they're wrong
guy wants to do what he wants to do and should never have asked for advice

geesh

I have to agree If you want to race Ptwins Race Ptwins, Don't Try to Make The MCshitty GP,

[Honclfibr]

I have to agree If you want to race Ptwins Race Ptwins, Don't Try to Make The MCshitty GP,

That's Shitty McBikeFest (tm). The MCshitty GP is ULSB.

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

That's Shitty McBikeFest (tm). The MCshitty GP is ULSB.

Maybe you mis-understood by Modding the shit out of a Ptwin one attemps to make Shitty Mcbikefest a Mcshitty GP Arms Race.

You know I have a special place in my heart for the Ptwins.

[Kurlon]

I have to agree If you want to race Ptwins Race Ptwins, Don't Try to Make The MCshitty GP,

I asked, got advice, weighed it against my particular circumstances and what was available to me and came to a decision. Just because I didn't follow the exact path laid out for me as the 'one true way' doesn't mean I didn't grok it.

And while that is a killer GS build... I'm not going there, this is supposed to be cheap racing, he's got more into that head than I'll spend prepping my GS and my first season of expenses. I got the GS on the cheap, and as long as the race prep continues on the cheap it's what I'll race.

Edit: Thanks for stirring the pot Doc...