Phillip Island

[tigre]

Here I am -- writing you from "the future" (aka Australia -- I'm 16 hours ahead of you suckers).

Anyway...  heading over to the GP this morning.  It is looking to be crappy wet cold weather today.  Hopefully it will clear up in the next couple of days.

Cheers,
Tigre

[johnc]

you may indeed be situated 16 hours ahead, but you are hopelessly stuck 30 years behind (i.e.: in the 80's).

Here I am -- writing you from "the future" (aka Australia -- I'm 16 hours ahead of you suckers).

Cheers,
Tigre

[hihhs]

Jeebus... I couldn't even drag my sorry as to Laguna from San Francisco...
I am feeling totally lame.

Enjoy Phillip Island!

and POST PICS!!!!

[Spidey]

Dick.   

Get lots of pictures.     [moto]

[mostrobelle]

I found tiger-striped carpet today.  It's 45.00 a square yard.  Not a bad price, really.  But it's no getting to watch GP--even if it is rainy.  It's about time we had a rain race though...just sucks it's the race that you are going to. 

[DanTheMan]

Welcome to the future.

Enjoy!

[tigre]

It's so bright, I have to wear shades.

Sorry.

Yeah, it was make the beast with two backsing cold today.  I was outside for about 9 hours straight in ~55 degrees, rain, and heavy winds.  They had to postpone GP practices by about an hour and a half due to flooding on the track.  I've heard the roads to Victoria are closed due to flooding.  Not like I know where that is, though.  Ben Spies did 3 laps and decided to sit the rest of practice out because it was too cold.

I'll try to get some pictures up there later.

The track is EPIC.  I just wish it weren't so f'in cold.

[mostrobelle]

Have you done the trackday there yet, or is that after GP?

[desmoquattro]

Have you done the trackday there yet, or is that after GP?

Bastard....

Did you actually ship your bike down there?

[tigre]

Trackday is next week on Thursday, which is really more like Wednesday for you guys since I'm in the future...  btw, I'm making a killing trading on the stock market and betting on sports events that have already happened.

No -- I didn't ship my bike.  Given my luck with reliability, it would be too much of a back-breaker to show up and not have a running bike.  Also, the weather was a bit of a gamble, although it looks like it may clear up nicely for me next week (current forecast says sunny, though a bit on the cold side... high of 21 degrees.  Oh wait.. that's celsius).

[Drunken Monkey]

Dude. I hate you.

Also, have fun and be safe...

[mostrobelle]

Trackday is next week on Thursday, which is really more like Wednesday for you guys since I'm in the future...  btw, I'm making a killing trading on the stock market and betting on sports events that have already happened.

No -- I didn't ship my bike.  Given my luck with reliability, it would be too much of a back-breaker to show up and not have a running bike.  Also, the weather was a bit of a gamble, although it looks like it may clear up nicely for me next week (current forecast says sunny, though a bit on the cold side... high of 21 degrees.  Oh wait.. that's celsius).

21*2+30=72 degrees  (approx...that's how I always do the conversion.)

[tigre]

I usually use 9/5 + 32. 

[mostrobelle]

...then you're smarter than me.  My math is easier.  Small brains need simple techniques.  BTW you still suck. 

[tigre]

Here I am writing from the future.

No spoilers.  I just wouldn't do that to you guys.

However, I will point out that I got a private tour of Randy DePuniet's garage after morning warmup today from Lauren Vickers, of Lauren Vickers fame.  Here's a photo of her -- I'll figure out how to post my photos (nsfw) later. 


I also got a photo with Nicky Hayden after the morning warmup. 

No comments about the race.

After the race, I got to "storm the track" with everyone else.  The riders were "short-circuited" so I didn't get to run up to any of them.  I walked from Siberia up to Lukey Heights and snapped a couple pictures.