posted November 10, 2009 07:27 AM
just saved it to my computer so that i can use it in our next motorcycle safety meeting at work. Good find steve ____________
Best 60ft: 1.42
Best 1/8th: 5.97
Best 1/8th MPH: 119
yeah its the best no-nonsense explanation I've seen.
and the humor.... all my life its been shoved down my throat "take it to the track" by the same old-timer crowd that yells about (not) wearing gear hehe
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2010 Concours14
'08 R1 YAMAHA
ZX14 gone!
CBR600RR track bike
posted November 10, 2009 08:05 AM
Figures it'd only be in Austraila. You can tell by the website link at the end (.au). USA don't care about anything but cars.
quote:to many rules at the tracks up here in Canuckistan
thus it seems to stay on the street.......
Safety wire a few bolts, change the radiator fluid to watter wetter or engine ice, tape the lights, bring leathers and join us for a few good track days and fellowship at JenningsGP in FL!
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2010 Concours14
'08 R1 YAMAHA
ZX14 gone!
CBR600RR track bike
+1....great vid Steve ____________
Feel the need for SPEED2007 ZX-14 Black with Red Flames (Helibars, Sliders, Yoshimura TRC Ti 4-2 Slip Ons, Fender Eliminator, Zero Gravity SR Windscreen, Custom Heel Guards , Speedohealer V4, Pazzo Levers -soon to come: Flies out / PCV w/A/T kit and later 16T sprocket)1990 Honda Steed (Japan model same as Shadow)1993 Kawasaki Vulcan EN 500 (gone as I trade it in for the ZX-14)Santiago, Chile, South America
posted November 10, 2009 06:51 PM
ok, i wanna know how to post in more than one forum and have comments go to both. im replying in the smackhouse, but im 99% sure im about to go to the zx14 section and read my post there....
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01 ZX-12R 8.84 @ 156.3 no bars, DOT tires. Pump Gas, NA.... turbo 8.47 @ 164.
00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
CMG Racing RCC Turbos
posted November 10, 2009 07:05 PM
I am a street rider, always have been, always will be. And I am a sucker for any contest of speed. I just won't push further than that 70% ever on the street. The track days have little interest for me, if I am going to the track, I am going all out racing in a sanctioned race. With that being said, anyone who rides over 70% of their ability on the street is an idiot. But not everyone's 70% is the same. The guys that fell off in that video, their 70% is far and away more than 150% of most riders abilities.
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Ted
2000 Green ZX12 sold
The fast color!!
Green 2005 ZX10R
2009 Concours Black ABS
posted November 10, 2009 08:17 PM
I'm guessing most folks on this forum are shocked to see motorcycle racing that actually includes making left and right turns...
quote:ok, i wanna know how to post in more than one forum and have comments go to both.
im replying in the smackhouse, but im 99% sure im about to go to the zx14 section and read my post there....
I think fish has something to do with it ____________ '06 Passion Red ZX-14
posted November 11, 2009 06:12 AM
thx CR, a lot of times my posts could fit in either the 12R or dragbike section
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01 ZX-12R 8.84 @ 156.3 no bars, DOT tires. Pump Gas, NA.... turbo 8.47 @ 164.
00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
CMG Racing RCC Turbos
posted November 11, 2009 06:26 AM
Email Fish? WoW crotch rocket, you mean you don't have his home and cell numbers and you're a admin?
Do you want his number? I would PM all his numbers too you all, but last time I mass spammed everyone's PM box with all his personal info the system mysteriously crashed and hasn't been back up since. <<<<< whistling innocently>>>>>>
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'06 zx14
Muzzy M10/M14
PCIII w/ Muzzy map
Flies out K&N in!
bits n pieces...
posted November 11, 2009 06:51 AM
Edited By: Sticks_n_Stones on 11 Nov 2009 14:54
Funny thing I noticed: most of the guys I've known who died on bikes were also vets. Guess the fearlessness that led them to joinn the armed forces also played a part in there riding bikes? Soo many military members either ride bikes or drive fast cars, or both, there is definitely something that ties both choices together! I'm gonna have to go for a ride today in the rain for my yearly pilgrimage to the tavern a friend of mine liked to meet at after our rides. Another vet who went down and didnt get back up. Also one of the best riders I've ever met who raced street and track and was the most highly regarded rider of both crowds: a real man's Man who would just crack up with an infectious laugh if he heard me say that about him. ......... would have never known I would miss him even more as time went on- I miss the others that went down, but his death seems to always be so fresh and raw in my mind, know what I mean?
I wrote this poem for his funeral and posted it on the regional website where we all hung out- maybe it will help bring this "no all out street racing" theme:
Thoughts of you-
when the sun is at my back,
morning dew fills the air,
no need to look cuz I know you'll be there.
Our first fuel stop ,
The tank is cool, the tires hot -
the distinctive yet faint sound of an Ape goin’ by,
your ridin’ sweep from up on high.
Every ridge I crest ,
the reward a verdant green valley,
a freshly cut twisted ribbon of asphalt in view,
I'll be thinking of you.
And you'll be there, in our hearts and our spirits.
We ride on, not forgetting, not wavering, and not backing down from doing what it is we love to do.
"We ride on brother, and we shall meet again."
~ thanks Chato for cleaning this, my first ever poem, up to par. I was close though!
Feel free to spred this poem around fellas, and modify it to fit others if wanted: I would be honored to know it reached you enough to use it.
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'06 zx14
Muzzy M10/M14
PCIII w/ Muzzy map
Flies out K&N in!
bits n pieces...
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