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#251 Unread post by blues2cruise »

Britjoe wrote:I cant beleive this thread is still going....YOUR SUCH a friggin SQUID!
This is his own blog. He is free to write about his trials and tribulations and should not be harassed in his own blog.
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#252 Unread post by Hawkster »

Aldo,

I looked at your pics. You don't have the confidence necessary to drag a knee yet. That's the bottom line. (I can see the fear in your head.) The only way to get confidence is through training and experience. That takes time. If you don't take the time to develop the confidence to ride well, you'll crash (again).

You are looking in the wrong places for training. I'm surprised that you didn't crash that day. Go to a track school.

By the way - If you think that being able to drag knee validates you as a proficient rider, you're sadly mistaken...

Be safe,

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#253 Unread post by VermilionX »

Hawkster wrote:Aldo,

By the way - If you think that being able to drag knee validates you as a proficient rider, you're sadly mistaken...

Be safe,

H~
thanks... but i like i said a bunch of times already.

i agree, kneedragging is not a big deal.

but for me, since i haven't done it yet... i still need to get it out of my system.
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#254 Unread post by VermilionX »

9/16/06

another ACH/AFH/big T ride.

eventhough i've been here a couple of times already... i still need to get familiar w/ these route. it holds me back since i don't wanna risk running wide if the turn suddenly tightens, which i've already done before.

this is considerably longer than sand canyon... around 50 miles or so 1-way. it's a lot of miles to remember.

at one part... the wind was blwoing so hard that it actually pushes me and the bike. i especially got scared when i feel it pushing the tires from under me. i slowed down after it.

anyway... here's some pics.

a dis-organized group. :lol:
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some of us had to cage it since their bikes were out of service... even w/ their cages... they're still very fast in these canyons.

S2000 :drool:
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WRX :drool::drool:
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Lotus (i dunno what model) :drool::drool::drool:
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#255 Unread post by CNF2002 »

Nice Lotus.

They were racing in the canyons?

Are these the people you regularly ride with? I like the photo where they are all crowded around the Lotus :laughing: Where does a kid get the money for that??

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#256 Unread post by VermilionX »

CNF2002 wrote:Nice Lotus.

They were racing in the canyons?

Are these the people you regularly ride with? I like the photo where they are all crowded around the Lotus :laughing: Where does a kid get the money for that??

WRX :puke:
nope, no racing. they're just driving really fast.

and well... im sort of a drifter... i don't have a regular riding group. i rode w/ some of them before and some i just met today.

i dunno where he got the money but he sure is loaded. he also has a CBR600RR trackbike and a '06 R6 street/occasional track. both bikes are out though. the trackbike got messed up in the racetrack and his R6 got messed up in the canyons bec a cager run him out of the road when he tried to pass.
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#257 Unread post by fireguzzi »

Is that Lotus an Elise maybe? Not too sure, the wing on the back is throwin me off.
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#258 Unread post by TR7 »

it looks like an exige.

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#259 Unread post by NorthernPete »

Those WRX's is nice when they are done up rally style... theys got some balls...

VErm, what sort of temps do you get there in the winter? Able to ride throughout the season with minimal clothing variations?
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#260 Unread post by VermilionX »

NorthernPete wrote:Those WRX's is nice when they are done up rally style... theys got some balls...

VErm, what sort of temps do you get there in the winter? Able to ride throughout the season with minimal clothing variations?
it can get really cold in the canyons... in fact, it snows on ACH during the winter, i've been on there before on a bike, never wanna do it again. :lol:

i do use the inner liner of my jacket when it's winter. but i rarely use the jacket nowadays since i don't commute anymore unlike before.

the UA upper body garment i bought says it's all season. so it should help regulate my body temp in both summer and winter.
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