Heading out to Fernley to play around on the track for a couple hours Sat. Thinking about leaving Reno around 10am.
My son, Greg, is coming and we plan to trade off riding around the track. There is a challenging course and more entry level course if you want to come along and check it out.
I'm down to got to the track, it'd be good to get some more practice in.
Temp forecasts are looking good, maybe even a little on the warm side considering last weekend was nearly 10 degrees lower and I was still breaking a sweat.
Thanks for the invite Rich. I'll see if this works, but I won't have an idea until later in the week. I have some work from Friday that may spill over until Saturday. None of my gear has arrived yet and I'd like to use that stuff so I can look fashionable like you two. ;)
Looking fashionable is key, makes you so much faster. Kind of like the +5hp stickers but for the rider.
If you want to look fashionable like us you'll have to borrow Rich's bike once your new gear arrives and get a melted pant leg so you can fit in. ;D
SL, as warm as its going to be Sat, you'll be happy you have that hole in your pants!
GM, you would like this track better than the other track we went to at Prosser. Fernley is a softer surface, more packed sand, not hard dirt like Prosser and more room to ride around. Where did you order your gear from anyway? Didn't you order it a few weeks ago?
Some stuff arrived tonight and it says more to arrive by Friday. I should be able to get by with what I have now, but I still need to change the fluids in the bike and I have a full schedule all the way into Friday night. It'll be close. Hope I can make it, b/c I could use the seat time and riding with you two would be good for boosting my skills.
SL, I can stop by about 10 on our way out of town and pick you up, if that works for you. GM, If you are able to join we can meet at SL's place or the track. I can give you some directions if you don't follow us out. We might even be able to fit all three bikes in the trailer if interested.
Quote from: RichVee4 on January 08, 2015, 07:28:58 AM
SL, I can stop by about 10 on our way out of town and pick you up, if that works for you. GM, If you are able to join we can meet at SL's place or the track. I can give you some directions if you don't follow us out. We might even be able to fit all three bikes in the trailer if interested.
Sounds good to me.
Fluids changed and loaded up for tomorrow. Just need to determine what to wear.
Someone PM me SL's place so I can head out with you guys in the morning.
Got it. Thx SL!
All three of us riding at once, that's a first! This will be fun. Greg is out, he and a friend hiked Mt Rose yesterday and is very sore.
I had SkydiverDCM coming all the way up until I told him that SL & Rich would be there too. Must have been the pressure, but he buckled and backed out. j/k He's riding on Sunday and has a funeral to attend today.
I might drive separately depending. Probably really. I need to be back to Reno early this evening to take care of the Friday evening work I pushed back to do the bike prep. Boy, did she need it too! I thought these things were self maintaining! That's the way TB5 made it sound anyway. >:(
Tried on all the new gear I have up to this point. Hopeful. I'm thinking I'll be overdressed for soft sand riding. But better to peel off than not. Still need a similar type durable jersey and hip protection. Those are still on their way.
Looking forward to riding a new track. C U guys soon!
Rode to much to take many pics but here's proof all three of our bikes were there at least. We were the first ones out this morning then a couple other people came and went during the day, but never got busy. Temp was great, and track was dry this time so lots of loose sand in the corners. Had a great time and got a good workout today.
I must have been trying to dry out. What a pose. Not!
My day got better shortly after getting home. I was washing my truck and my hand slipped as I was dismounting out of the bed. Fortunately, it was only my pinky finger that got slashed, but did it ever. So along with all the trauma to my left hand from riding today, my right hand is a little messed up too.
Getting out of bed tomorrow morning should be a real joy.
But getting back to the riding today, I want to thank you again for the invite. I really enjoyed riding with you and SL today. SL is too fast for his own good, I think. There's no earthly reason he should be riding as confidently as he does, so early in his riding experience. And watching you slide the back end through some of curved straights was cool to watch. It made me want to push that much harder. Nobody got too badly injured, speaking of myself and I certainly felt like I learned a ton today.
Great company. Fun riding. Nothing broken. And I got to treat myself with a beer and pizza afterwards. Can't ask for more than that!
Can't see much swelling on my foot this AM. Was figuring there'd be some black n blue. Probably just got crushed or jammed a little too much when I body slammed the low-side. Helmet has been christened. :(
Feels like being alive. Sore all over, limping, being a baby and groaning as I move. Even lost 5 lbs of water weight. If the previous owner had given me better hand grips, I'd be wanting to ride again today.
We sure know how to have a good time? I suppose that's why you see more younger people riding than older. I was pretty sore this morning too, but I feel better after reading your post. I was surprised you were able to type this morning with how your hands faired yesterday.
Thanks guys for yesterday, I had a great time as well, as usual.
Luckily my falls yesterday were pretty minor so I'm doing pretty well in the soreness department. Slight soreness in my shoulders from trying to hang on through the whoops but other than that I'm in pretty good shape.
A little soreness is good for us, just glad everyone left with no real injuries.
Thought I would look at some pics of people that know what their doing. This takes serious commitment you don't loose traction on the front tire. Guess you wouldn't have far to fall, handle bar is already on the ground.
The pic reminds me of a one that Cycle World posted, where one of their riders was leaned over in a radical slide. At first the way they captioned the story was to pump up the extreme skill level required for such a feat. Then at the bottom they showed the subsequent pictures to the first. The rider was crashing, but up to the point of crashing was an amazing money-shot.
That move also probably requires certain dirt conditions that were nowhere near that where we were riding.
My fingers are not weak or sore at all, surprisingly. If I had to guess why my left hand took more of a beating than the right, it would be from the fact that the right was always mostly fixed in one shape around the handlebar grip. My left wasn't, for sure. It was half open, raking the clutch lever, going into and out of corners, those bumpy corners and straights. The clutch may not have been necessary given how soft the soil was, but I'm a don't-stress-the-machine clutch person.
Fascinating stuff yesterday. I was completely amazed by how out of shape the back tire could get under power and still be brought back under control. How dragging the rear tire through downshifts into corners made steering more predictable upon entry and acted to slow the bike. Squirt the rear at the exit of corners instead of in them. Pull back on the handlebars going over jumps in proportion to how much the rear will try to tip the nose forward at the jump's lip. And fear less; our bikes are a lot more capable than what we're asking of them. :D
I'm a little surprised SL wasn't chomping at the bit to ride this weekend.
Quote from: GreenMachine on January 18, 2015, 09:42:02 AM
I'm a little surprised SL wasn't chomping at the bit to ride this weekend.
Trust me I really want to get out there. I'm trying to refrain because I've got to build a new website for my business by Feb. 1 as the current platform I'm on is shutting down. Kind of glad no one else posted a ride. I was able to keep myself from proposing a ride but if something popped up I probably wouldn't have been able to resist.
I will be doing a little run up VC later with a friend. It'll be a good break and a chance to get at little seat time in. Hopefully if I can make enough progress on the website before I go I'll be changing my rear spring on the GSXR this evening, looking forward to getting the new springs in and seeing what a difference, if any, it makes.
Building a new Web site from scratch? Must be your own demand for doing so. The Web site as it exists can be copied and pasted to a new host. I can show you how to do that, if you don't already.
Quote from: GreenMachine on January 18, 2015, 10:14:49 AM
Building a new Web site from scratch? Must be your own demand for doing so. The Web site as it exists can be copied and pasted to a new host. I can show you how to do that, if you don't already.
Thanks, but I use an ecommerce platform so it's not really building from scratch. The base structure of the site is already there, it's really mostly a bunch of busy work, creating listings, transferring images, descriptions... to work for the new platform and making sure to get all the links redirected... Luckily I don't have a lot of product listings so it's not all that bad I just need to make sure to get it done by the end of the month and I'm really good at procrastinating.