SGVridgerunner
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I'm so stoked that I had to post this. Today was my first track day on a bike. This was also my first time on Willow Springs Intl Raceway. I had the VFR all prepped the night before when I noticed a small oil leak. Crap, gotta switch to the 'Busa. The Busa is my landspeed bike and there are obvious reasons why I didn't want to run it on a road course. Those reasons were highlighted when I showed up at the track. First I get harassed by the 600 riders in tech. Stuff like "What's it like racing a bus?" and "Are you going to have to make a 3 point turnaround on turn 2?" HA HA, whatever
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Things really got bad during the rider's meeting when Dave from Fastrack picked on me specifically when he was talking about passing in Level 1. Stuff like "I saw a Busa in tech, now you 600 riders are going to get frustrated becasue some people have to go out and buy the biggest bike they can, and don't know how to ride and will do 160 in the straight, but then slow down to 20 in the turns cause they cant ride..." blah blah blah. I actually got really pissed about this, and thought "Is he trying to loose business here?"
So I just use this as fuel, and on the first session out, not only do I not get passed by anyone, I damn near lap the field!!! And I'm on Pilot Road 2s!!!!!!
By the end of session 3 going into lunch, my tires are scuffed past the edge, and my right knee puck finally got some scuffage
. The 600 riders were like "Wow you can actually ride that thing"
I had the opportunity to move up to level 2, but I stayed in level 1 because I was still trying to learn the bike, and passing lots of people is so confidence-inspiring.
Well, a lot of the slower level 1 riders left early, and a few level 2 riders came down to level 1 because it was less crowded, so as the day went on, my relative speed decreased, but I was still passing some people. I rented an on-board camera for my last lap, so I'll post the video later, and I'll get pictures when they come out. Just thought I'd share my victory for tracked 'Busas everywhere.
Things really got bad during the rider's meeting when Dave from Fastrack picked on me specifically when he was talking about passing in Level 1. Stuff like "I saw a Busa in tech, now you 600 riders are going to get frustrated becasue some people have to go out and buy the biggest bike they can, and don't know how to ride and will do 160 in the straight, but then slow down to 20 in the turns cause they cant ride..." blah blah blah. I actually got really pissed about this, and thought "Is he trying to loose business here?"
So I just use this as fuel, and on the first session out, not only do I not get passed by anyone, I damn near lap the field!!! And I'm on Pilot Road 2s!!!!!!
Well, a lot of the slower level 1 riders left early, and a few level 2 riders came down to level 1 because it was less crowded, so as the day went on, my relative speed decreased, but I was still passing some people. I rented an on-board camera for my last lap, so I'll post the video later, and I'll get pictures when they come out. Just thought I'd share my victory for tracked 'Busas everywhere.
