practice day/track day

[Duc L'Smart]

Did you make it to ABQ?
Hope to ride with you and the local hooligans tomorrow [moto]

Yep, safe & sound at GratefulDuc's ultra-cool swingin' bachelor pad

Looking forward to tomorrow!!! [moto]

[Duc L'Smart]

OMW in a few... Coffee's kickin' in 

I've got shade, an extra chair, & a cooler full of water & beer


[moto] [moto] [moto]

[DucMouse the Mighty]

wish i was off so i can come and video u guys

hope your having fun and safe

[nicrosato]

It's 11:30 and I'm still doing chnores around the house. I guess I'm not making it to the track.

[Duc L'Smart]

Freakin' awesome day!!! It's a fun little track, very technical, with only a few rough spots

Very nice meeting everyone

Thanks to GratefulDuc for the crash pad, & thanks to Karl & Pam for the fabulous lunch, & sticking around not only to ride but also help me pack up.

We'll do it again soon!!! [moto]

[Zaster]

Freakin' awesome day!!! It's a fun little track, very technical, with only a few rough spots

Very nice meeting everyone

Thanks to GratefulDuc for the crash pad, & thanks to Karl & Pam for the fabulous lunch, & sticking around not only to ride but also help me pack up.

We'll do it again soon!!! [moto]

+1
What a day Haven't had this much fun in a long time...pics to follow.

[Cloner]

It was a pleasure to hang out with such a distinguished group of folks.  Scott, it was great to meet you.  Ed, Karl, Craig, JJ, and Pam, I'm glad I got to spend a few minutes with you.  Thanks for the Red Chile Stew, Pam!!!  The rest of you REALLY missed out.   

[Zaster]

And here is the evidence:
Pam's first time ever on a race track



A picture of our redneck motorcycle starting system...with Zaster in Ed's truck and Ed on his new race prototype
(I'm glad Ed is a white guy otherwise I might have been accused of a hate crime for dragging him behind his own pick up truck)



Scott having fun on his SS:



The other Scott...or maybe going forward known as L'Scott... dragging a knee




Craig having fun:



L'Scott and Zaster having some afternoon fun



Thank you Pam for manning the camera and for providing nourishment and support for the gang.

[crat996]

+1 on the great time. I had a blast with everyone. Thanks Pam for the great lunch. I hope we can do it again soon. 

[JJ]

  Was perhaps the best day in ages! Satisfied with my progress and it was so much fun hanging around with each one of you! Thanks to Pam for the great lunch and Scott was letting me putter his black beast! Looking forward to getting a new machine for the garage...Cheers!

[Roadrunner]

Sorry I missed it. I tried to get out there but I was too spent after working for 12 hours. Hope I can make the next one, it souds like a good time.

[Ratfink749]

Wish I could've been there.. but.. I got my ticket for the 16th.. Last SMRI track day of the year.  Hope to see some of you out there!

[JJ]

Here's some happiness shared out of my practice day. I used the Ducati Data Analyzer available in my bike on the track and recorded few good laps. I started slow and managed to get lap times of 2' 12" (two minute 12 seconds). Through the day after lot of sliding dragging knees, dropped it to 1' 5" 300 and the best lap of 1' 4" 600! I'm not sure if it is best comparing with race times of under one minute to 52" 9 by Ray and rest of the top cream around 55" on expert 1000 class including Troy. I may be comparing apples to oranges. But, hell...I improved like crazy and I'm motivated beyond belief as I left room during practice and can do a lot better! Here's a comparison of my best lap of 1' 4" 600 and 1' 5" 300 runs through an average 1.25 miles course lap I did...Top speed shows 100mph. Cool stuff, eh? Thoughts? 

[Cloner]

Typically, the club bestows the "expert" title upon any racer who can safely maintain sub 1:00 lap times, so you're damned near an expert racer by SMRI's definition, and without ever turning a wheel in anger.   

For reference, my best lap times ever on the fabulous 26 horsepower HD/Aermacchi are just under 1:10....about 5 seconds per lap slower than your 150 horsepower 1098.     Corner speeds are higher than most of the modern bikes (simply because the bike doesn't weigh anything), but top speed is only about 80 mph and it takes FOREVER to get there....so the lap times are slow.  I read War and Peace during my last trip down the front straight on the HD. 

[JJ]

Typically, the club bestows the "expert" title upon any racer who can safely maintain sub 1:00 lap times, so you're damned near an expert racer by SMRI's definition, and without ever turning a wheel in anger.   

For reference, my best lap times ever on the fabulous 26 horsepower HD/Aermacchi are just under 1:10....about 5 seconds per lap slower than your 150 horsepower 1098.     Corner speeds are higher than most of the modern bikes (simply because the bike doesn't weigh anything), but top speed is only about 80 mph and it takes FOREVER to get there....so the lap times are slow.  I read War and Peace during my last trip down the front straight on the HD. 

  Thanks, I'm gonna try and improve...Just ordered a front tire, lets hope I can manage to pull a track day.

& BTW, don't forget you are Cloner the MASTER, I'm just a newbie...learning...