htosado
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posted September 06, 2006 03:05 PM
If ego was important to me, I would never let anyone race my bike, or show up. I don't like it when people say one thing to my face then trash talk. Plain and simple. That is my "perception" of Danno after talking to him for the day, then reading the post. I HAVE OWNED A BUSA, I'm not bashing or boosting. I thought my statements were neutral and I liked what my bike did, and was proud of that.
When I rode Danno's bike I had a hard time coming to speed and only reached 148 gps with that helmet I have. I really liked how it rode, but something about the fullface and a new bike freaked me out (phobia with fullface). I expressed that to Danno after the swap. I thought we were going to ride more, and I wanted to do some runs against the other vehicles. Once the car was done, the day ended abruptly and I missed the opportunity.
Sorry you feel it's ego.
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fulltilt
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posted September 06, 2006 06:28 PM
Duke,
I wasn't speaking of you when I mentioned ego. Generally getting people together for events like the one we did is tough because of ego. Fast guys don't like to feel like their prowess or pet vehicles might be jeopardized and so they don't show up.
You didn't do that. We all had a good day. I'm sorry you are taking it personally. It is not meant to be directed at you.
The day ended because it was hot. People were thirsty, hungry and tired. The car broke. We've run Busas against everything for a baseline since I started doing this. Having the 14 run the VFR or the BMW would have been pointless. People were ready to leave and I wanted the group together for lunch.
If there were more runs you would have liked to see, you should have spoken up rather than feeling like you missed an opportunity. I know you've got a ton of friends with bikes, so certainly you'll have many more chances to line up with whoever you like.
Everybody chill.
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted September 06, 2006 07:14 PM
So the question is... is there gonna be a video of all this ?
Damn seems like i missed out on the spanking sessions LOL!
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hawkman
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posted September 06, 2006 11:57 PM
Edited By: hawkman on 7 Sep 2006 00:59
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quote: [qoute]Perhaps at the next get together, you and Danno can shake hands and make a few runs together - with stock gearing.
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don't use stock gearing....... use "optimal" gearing and if you want to shake his hand thats fine but just keep in mind that his "goal" is to prove that he/ his bike is faster than you/ your bike...... carry on.
It is apparent that you don't know Danno. He could care less what is 'faster'. HT and Danno swapped rides for fun and both came away impressed.
The ego is a nasty bug.
I don't think YOU know Danno. As long as I've known him, he's all about his busa being faster. First thing he said to me in 2001 when I rode up on my 12 at the Denny's meeting spot for a group ride: "ZX-12, huh? My Busa eats ZX-12s for lunch". Immediately I thought "What a tool". I blasted by him on the right side on a straight away heading up Azusa Canyon and made him shit his pants. No eating 12s for lunch that day.
The guy is cool in person, but talks shit behind your back. We went at it on my 12 and his Busa last year. I weighed 240 without leathers. I gave him the jump on the first run and stayed on his ass the entire time and was even creeping up on him, but ran out of road. Next time I took the jump and I stayed in front until we ran out of road again. Pretty much a draw in my opinion, but somewhat of a victory considering my weight, broad shoulders, was fully leathered, had 38k miles on my bike and was sporting brand spanking new tires that were slicker than shit. Next time I'm hanging out with a mutual friend of ours, I can tell by our friend's comments that some boasting was done.
Take it all with a grain of salt. I like spending time with him in person and talking shit, but he's a bag of hot air. At least he goes out and pushes his Busa. Something I can't say about 95% of the pussies that have Busas.
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ninja
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posted September 08, 2006 09:07 PM
Edited By: ninja on 8 Sep 2006 22:11
sombody seriously needs to get a real helmet if your gonna run faster than 168 the rain grooves on my last helmet's front and shield sure would've fucked up my face at 20 mph. just do it and get over it plus if you ever got to a real track where you can really launch that bad boy your gonna need a "real" helmet.
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stevewfl
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posted September 08, 2006 10:12 PM
this thread is amusing
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