here's a link to my collection of photos from the weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/industrialgrrrl/collections/72157607333851397/
too many to post, here are a few
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coming out of the Lincoln we pass these guys trailering Rossi's 2007 race bike. we then met up with them at the gas station.
Christain Pfeiffer on pit lane
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still too tired to write anything, all I can say is the entire experience was AWESOME, I'm sorry for people that only made it for race day.
oh and I experienced my first get off at the trackday on monday. No biggie, went into some wet grass and lost the front. Bike and me are both fine.
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Sweeet i'm jealous! The pics are awesome!
Cool pics, can't believe those guys were towing Rossi's 07 open like that :o
thanks for sharing ;)
Nice pics! [thumbsup]
fun pics [thumbsup]. that's great you guys had a blast.
Edit: nevermind... :-[
Looks like a great time. Too bad for the rain. I was hoping that they would of restarted the race for 8 laps, it would of been pretty exciting. In your pics for the practice day. The white monster w/ the undertail exhaust and clip ons; is that the new 1100? If so It is really nice. A thousand times better than the 695.
Quote from: mookieo2 on September 18, 2008, 07:43:34 AM
Looks like a great time. Too bad for the rain. I was hoping that they would of restarted the race for 8 laps, it would of been pretty exciting. In your pics for the practice day. The white monster w/ the undertail exhaust and clip ons; is that the new 1100? If so It is really nice. A thousand times better than the 695.
no the guy in some of the photos put a 996 engine in the 696 frame. That bike looked sick! wasn't finished yet, as the lines weren't installed.. but I think you'll see more of it in some magazines soon.
Quote from: univox on September 18, 2008, 04:14:39 AM
It gets even better! [laugh] (http://www.kawiforums.com/showthread.php?t=121468)
no access :'(
Guy requested an admin move his thread to the "premium" section >:(
I didn't take too many pics and the only ones that came out descent are these. Next time I'll have to buy a better camera.
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How I felt after it all
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nice pics you ran over my foot when you were leaving ducati island on sat afternoon!!
only one? :-*
got video... I'll have to check
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only one? :-*
got video... I'll have to check
i saw a little camera mounted on that machine, i was like look a little camera
had time to sit and write some comments about my photos..
this is how the trip unraveled:
wednesday 5pm:
Terry, a friend (Raul) and I leave NYC with our bikes in the pickup, and Raul's track bike in an enclosed trailer.
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we exit the Lincoln tunnel, and are on our way to the NJ Turnpike when we pass these guys
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They work for GQ and are friends of Rossi. As we roll up to them we first think, wow look at this tiny car trailering this bike, then we think... wait.. that IS a replica right? wait that's a dry clutch...HOLY SHIT!!!! THAT'S NOT A REPLICA!!
They catch us at the gas station, where we find out it is indeed Rossi's 2007 race bike. As a publicity stunt they are trailering Rossi's race bike with their tiny itty bitty Fiat from NYC to Indianapolis.
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we know it's going to be a great time in Indy.... I was excited before but now I can barely be contained in the backseat ;D
Thursday AM...
we arrive in Indy, dump our stuff in our hotel, unload the bikes and ride to the speedway.
Thursday the public is allowed to do a pit walk and see the paddocks/garages.
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telemetry stands for the teams, I feel an urge to play pacman ;D
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I learned that no matter how many times someone tells you how loud a MotoGP bike is... you have no idea until you experience it!!
It's like a jet plane taking off!!!! Anyone thinking that their streetbike is as loud as one is experiencing delusions of grandeur!!!
Christian Pfeiffer and Aaron Colton (16 years old) put on a show on pit lane. Remember how much I have been dying to see him stunt in person!! WOW!!!
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friday: practice day
it's now raining/drizzly in Indy...
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Duc only parking at Ducati Island. None of the other manufactures offers this.
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this dude stuck a 996 engine in a new Monster 696 frame... sick bike!!!
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exhaust kicks ass!
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Giorgio sporting his shower cap
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one of the many perks of owning a Ducati during the weekend.
Pit out lane was a mere 10 feet away from Ducati Island.
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sat:
skys are clear.. we all get sun burned ;D
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view of Ducati Island right next to our grandstand
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here comes my boyfriend :-* :-*
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after morning practice we head over to the Hall of Fame museum to get out of the sun for a little
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ok.. after qualifications.. Terry and I ride over for the Ride for Kids Lap of Champions. A charity lap which proceeds go to fight pediatric brain tumor/cancer.
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Here is Terry riding into the track at turn 6
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this was make the beast with two backsING AWESOME!!! to ride down the grid at the end of the straightaway and see the teams in their garages working on the bikes for race day.!!! :)040 :)040
after the lap, we were off to the watch the AMA "Indy Mile" flat track races at the fairgrounds.
Traffic was at less than a crawl, and we were running late, when to the right of me a statie on a bike lights up, I'm thinking "I didn't do anything why would he be pulling us over?" and then he gets on his horn "All motorcycles to the fairgrounds follow me!"..hot damn! I got right behind him as we roll down through traffic and he pulls all the bikes to follow him to the races. Imagine is NYPD gave us this treatment! Indianapolis went all out to make motorcycles welcomed for the weekend.
So we get to the fairgrounds,
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the races were very exciting, very different feel and atmosphere than roadracing, this is hometown, gritty. These guys are flying at 130mph on dirt! And again the sound of the pack roaring by is deafening.
Chris Carr won the Indy Mile final race, which is cool, as we've met him several times previously. First at American Supercamp where he was a guest instructor, he's a really nice guy!
He also currently holds the fastest motorcycle world record. For those that may have seen the special on cable with the streamliners at Bonneville Salt Flats a couple of years ago, Chris piloted the Bub streamliner over 350mp!
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Those are some awesome pics M, what kinda camera are you using?
sunday is race day and we get to the track early again, the weather calls for remnants of Ike to pass through.. :-\
after parking at Ducati Island again I see this guy in this t-shirt which I think is VERY FUNNY!! :)040
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the party starts early again at Duc Island.
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Rossi fans are everywhere
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at 10am we have a DUcati Soundoff, where all the owners parked at the island revv there bikes at the same time, I wouldve liked to hear what it sounded like from outside the island.
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The Red Bull Rookies race was cool. 15 young kids from the US and 14 from europe, racing 125cc bikes supplied and sponsored by Red Bull to foster young talent. Something we lack here in the states. For the first 3/4 of the race Hayden Gillim, young cousin to Nicky Hayden, pulls away from the pack to lead... then the rain starts and he goes down, loosing his lead, but finishes the race :-\ (a premonition of things to come ;) .....)
it was exciting to watch these young kids let it all hang out.
Then came the 125cc race which was called early because of rain.... Ike had finally arrived.
The 250cc race was eventually canceled and the motoGP bumped up.
The speedway brings out everything they can to help dry off the track,
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here we are trying to keep dry and warm
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all in all it was an awesome experience, and I already ordered my tickets for next year's motoGP!! And ordering my Indy Mile tickets as well :)040
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we're making the top left corner of the ducati "D" ;D
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monday
we do the trackday at Putnam Park. Raul's bike doesn't work right so he's out for the day. Terry's bike is barely working and makes it through most of the day. I 'm mentally screwed up by the organizer talking about people crashing before the day even begins, and run into the wet grass at about 5mph!! and loose the front ... slid into 3rd and I was ... SAFE! [cheeky]
I knew it was all mental.. and felt better after Cook Neilson lowsided the desmosedicci (that DNA brought for select people to demo) ..oops! :P
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Those are some awesome pics M, what kinda camera are you using?
a old, point and shoot Canon Power Shot S50 it's taken a beating and keeps on.. like the old timex commercials
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I've been looking to get a SLR, but this one has been good to me and easily fits in a pocket, fanny pack or small back pack when riding.
Quote from: IndustrialGrrrl on September 22, 2008, 10:50:35 AM
I've been looking to get a SLR, but this one has been good to me and easily fits in a pocket, fanny pack or small back pack when riding.
Yeah, I'd love to get a digital slr like Tommy's got but it's not all that portable or convenient for
me to carry around. I'm using a 10mp Elph and as small as it is and as decent a shot it takes, it's pretty limited as far as what you can do. Great pics nonetheless!
god bless those red bull girls