k bryant
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posted August 12, 2003 06:02 PM
Visions of Greatness
I was just listening to a young squid at a local shop telling the parts counter guy how his 600 "wheelies in 4th" and he "drags the bodywork in all the corners". I joined in and asked if he ever rides Ortega with "all those nutso race guys". He says he the fastest guy up there. I told him maybe we could go riding sometime and he could show me a thing or two. He said sure, I'm up there every Saturday and Sunday (never seen him up there..). By then, the parts guy is cracking up (he's a friend) and tells the poor kid to not get sucked into what I'm doing. I couldn't keep a straight face anymore, so I left without even turning around to look at him. Hey!, honest, he started it! I looked over his bike in the parking lot on my way out (older model FZR600) and the rear tire was down to the wear indicators in the center, and he's got almost a 1/2" of completely unused tire on both edges!
The moral of the story is that we all bench race. You just have to be careful about who might actually be paying attention and listening to you.... But hey, everybody's got to have a dream to shoot for and someday he may very well be the fastest guy around. After a long day at work, it was a pretty good belly laugh to come home to and share with you guys.
   
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fish_antlers
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posted August 12, 2003 08:41 PM
come on now... dont be mean to those poor little squids! Next time just refer them to this website:
www.bcsportbikes.com
There he can spend his many days and nights surrounded by riders perhaps even (dare I say) more squidlier than him!
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posted August 12, 2003 09:47 PM
hehe, what's so pathetic about that story is that he was spewing his shit to a parts guy. like he hasnt heard it a thousand times before. he may as well bump into Rossi & start tellin him the same crap.
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MadMike
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posted August 13, 2003 05:03 AM
Now that would be funny, I had something similar happen at a strip when my bike was down and I was racing chrisinas 250 ninja for the day. LOL.. ok now watch out for the beams, go slow, and make sure when you launch you leave really hard....... lol.. this dude was a trip,
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posted August 13, 2003 07:19 AM
I'd love to be behind him trying to follow you Kerry...
...what a show it would be!!! 
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fish_antlers
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posted August 13, 2003 08:15 AM
 Edited By: fish_antlers on 13 Aug 2003 09:40
I did get my kicks passing the bcsb'ers on the 99 Sea to Sky whilst on the DR650... nothing like being fully leaned over on a dualsport and passing some nervous squids on their R1's and GSXR 1000's as there gingerly tip toe through corners...
Now I must admit that it's no prob doing this on the 12 but when they cant keep up to a stinkin lil 650 single ya know there's a problem here!
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posted August 13, 2003 08:26 AM
Fish, (admishing tone in my voice) don't beat up on the smaller kiddies....they can't help it....
Damn, that IS funny to get taken out by a fooker on a dual sport. Fookin' embarrasin, it is!
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posted August 13, 2003 08:29 AM
the one guy in particular was all shining in nice brand new pretty leathers and he frantically waved me through when he saw me coming! I had to giggle.
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posted August 13, 2003 01:51 PM
K = & we used to think the "rolling pylons" at the races were slow...snicker...
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