Track Videos and Pictures - Page 4

PhiSig1071 · 03-13-2008, 12:24 AM

Thanks!

ceo012384 · 03-13-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by r!der

Edit: Good Stuff CEO, just watched the vids. Looks like you rode some twisties before hitting up the track, huh? It shows.
Look at my pic below, I was scared shitless on my first tday. And I'm sure it showed. HAHA

Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate it

Yeah, the long video is from my third track day, which was about 4 months after I started riding. The first TD was three months after I started. By the first TD, I had had about 2500-3000 miles of street riding, and a decent chunk of it was twisties and practicing technique.

Your first TD pic is still pretty sweet though! You're not off the bike very much, but you've got a respectable lean angle going on.

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Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

Riding a friends Motard:

Last one, I have to upload this one for some reason, I don't think I have it hosted anywhere. It's the best track shot of me by far, T5 at Barber. (Check the clearance on the case cover/shifter)

That motard pic is sweet.... looks like it must be a pretty small dirt bike based on your knee being down so easily... it is a 125? A lot of guys ride the 450's and such... they are much higher and only the really quick guys get a knee down.

That last pic is nasty.

BTW noticed some of your pics were facebook links... hit me up on there.

Rider · 03-13-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

it is a 125? A lot of guys ride the 450's and such... they are much higher and only the really quick guys get a knee down.

Are you smoking crack? 450's are not much bigger than a 250. (A 250 is the 4 stroke equivalent to the 2 stroke 125)

ceo012384 · 03-13-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Are you smoking crack? 450's are not much bigger than a 250. (A 250 is the 4 stroke equivalent to the 2 stroke 125)

I didn't say a 450 was higher than a 250... I was just asking what type he was riding because it was so small... and asking if maybe it was a 125... I don't know a ton about dirtbikes

Point was, most of the motards I've seen (many of which were 450's and such) are a lot higher than the one in that pic.

Rider · 03-13-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

I didn't say a 450 was higher than a 250... I was just asking what type he was riding because it was so small... and asking if maybe it was a 125... I don't know a ton about dirtbikes

Point was, most of the motards I've seen (many of which were 450's and such) are a lot higher than the one in that pic.

Since SM's use 17 inch wheels ans lower profile tires, they sit an inch or two lower than a standard dirt bike.

ceo012384 · 03-13-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Since SM's use 17 inch wheels ans lower profile tires, they sit an inch or two lower than a standard dirt bike.

That makes sense. So why are all the guys I see at TD's riding SM's have a much higher seat and peg, and only the really quick guys get a knee down?

His pic just looked a lot diff to me, that's all.

Rider · 03-13-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

That makes sense. So why are all the guys I see at TD's riding SM's have a much higher seat and peg, and only the really quick guys get a knee down?

His pic just looked a lot diff to me, that's all.

They might be increasing their race sag. It's just a matter of adjusting the rear spring. They might want a higher setting to get the pegs higher.

ceo012384 · 03-13-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

They might be increasing their race sag. It's just a matter of adjusting the rear spring. They might want a higher setting to get the pegs higher.

Hmm, I guess that could do it.

Speaking of SM's, I found a SIC picture... I was meaning to start a thread about it

r!der · 03-13-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

My favorite turn at JGP, 13!!!

Riding a friends Motard:

Quite possibly my best riding friend, and definitely the man responsible for making me a track-slut Jimmy, and me. (Look VERY closely at the front of Jimmy's Bike)

Last one, I have to upload this one for some reason, I don't think I have it hosted anywhere. It's the best track shot of me by far, T5 at Barber. (Check the clearance on the case cover/shifter)

NICE! Looks like your leaning the shit out of the bike on that last pic.

PhiSig1071 · 03-13-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

That motard pic is sweet.... looks like it must be a pretty small dirt bike based on your knee being down so easily... it is a 125? A lot of guys ride the 450's and such... they are much higher and only the really quick guys get a knee down.

That last pic is nasty.

BTW noticed some of your pics were facebook links... hit me up on there.

It's a suzuki, DRZ-400SM, it's a four hundred, and it's actually BIGGER than the 450's, and heavier. I just have a few screws loose in my head, so I do stuff like that.

Check this pic out, same motard, I noticed that my high-side foot was really light on the peg, and I wanted to see if I could drag knee with one foot off the peg. So I did. (And I didn't crash)

PM me your name, and I'll hit you up with a friend request, I'm going to be gone for ten days, so don't expect it anytime soon.

R!DER, thanks for the props man!

03-13-2008, 12:24 AM	#31
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