AM#220 good to be back

[bdawkins20]

Most of you don't know me as I don't post much and haven't raced since May of last year. I was very nervous coming to my first classic and got here thursday to do a tire change and put new number plates on. I haven't even hoped on my street bike since may of last year so I was a bit skeptical as to how I would do.

LWGP-got 10th I think and got a horrendous start.

GTL-got 10th again, my start again sucked and I hit the rev limiter 4x in the race while I was working to catch up to people. I blew a couple lines late in the race to seal my fate but it was a learning experience.

Race 5 on sat-Race got red flagged, pretty sure I got 9th.

Its good to be back racing again and mixing it up with you guys! Sorry Preteen that I missed ya this weekend and didn't get to say hi but I looked for eck and couldn't find where the rainbow ended..... I didn't want to talk to you anyway as in GTL you spanked me pretty hard with those times you are now running. Best weekend I have ever been to as there was a lot going on. Thanks to the pirelli guys for the free tires I won on Friday!!!!!!!!!! I did set a new PB of 1:23.9 so that was one of my only pluses while racing. It was a pleasure to get passed by Elvis, Tansey, and Oreo. Hopefully I didn't get in your way.

Other notable events were my rear chicken hawk tire warmer stopped working right before GTL which sucked but my pit mates were there to help on the fly.

I don't know why I just noticed this but when I really starting hitting the rev limiter I came in all pissed and thinking that my bike sucked but I do see that I am geared wrong with an SV compared to most guys. I will be switching to a 45 rear and corresponding front for the next event.

When you come to LRRS you meet some real neat people. I was pitted next to a father and son combo from VT that were extremely nice and helpful. Thank you Tyler and Doug and hope to see you guys in July!

Sorry for the long post.......

[tsanterre]

It was great to meet you Link!!

1:23 is awesome! Congrats on that.

My brother-in-law got some great pics of you - I think he'll be emailing them soon. Would you believe me if I told you that my dad won the Pirellis on Sunday??

Had alot of fun hanging out with you and your wife, and can't wait to get back there in July.

[bdawkins20]

No F....ing way! That is incredible! July can't come soon enough! I just emailed your bro in law. Can't wait to see the pics! Its awesome to go to an event and pull for other people. Glad to see you guys set better PB's also!

[wheelieman14]

I don't know why I just noticed this but when I really starting hitting the rev limiter I came in all pissed and thinking that my bike sucked but I do see that I am geared wrong with an SV compared to most guys. I will be switching to a 45 rear and corresponding front for the next event.

15/45 or 15/44 is decent gearing to use on an SV650 at Loudon.

[csmutty]

Haha I'll see you in july man. Nice job on the 23's. For not riding for as long as that I'd say that is a pretty stellar performance.

[PainfullySlow]

1:23 is no joke! Welcome back to the addiction!

[bdawkins20]

1:23 is no joke! Welcome back to the addiction!

Thanks buddy! I will look for you next time. I watched your youtube vids and they were quite good. Its good to be an amatuer and have 14 other Sv's to battle with!

[TTD]

Would you believe me if I told you that my dad won the Pirellis on Sunday??
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The MTAG website is down right now, but there's a photo of him on the website getting his FREE PIRELLI's.



www.goMTAG.com is the site address... should be up soon.

[Mr. Kurtz]

Damn Mark, we would have given you slower tires if I had realized your first weekend back pb lap time was going to be better than my 2nd weekend of the season pb lap time!

Congrats again on getting back, nice meeting you!

[FirstLightning]

Nice work Mark! Welcome back. Are you going to make the July event? Let me know, I will stop by and say hello.

Matt #142

[TTD]

. Would you believe me if I told you that my dad won the Pirellis on Sunday??

http://www.gomtag.com/custom/images/...agsanterre.jpg

http://www.gomtag.com/category/7651/...re-winners.htm

[tsanterre]

I sent him the link a couple days ago, thanks!

That def. made his weekend!!

[bdawkins20]

Damn Mark, we would have given you slower tires if I had realized your first weekend back pb lap time was going to be better than my 2nd weekend of the season pb lap time!

Congrats again on getting back, nice meeting you!

It was an absolute pleasure! You and I just gotta do the time and we will get faster pronto! How can we not......we are on Pirelli Tires!

[bdawkins20]

Nice work Mark! Welcome back. Are you going to make the July event? Let me know, I will stop by and say hello.

Matt #142

Matt, like I said in someone elses thread, I remember you from May of last year and you were damn fast then and looks like nothing has changed.....I will be at the July event and look forward to seeing you there. With those times you are running you should be an expert shortly!