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Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass
Join Date: Feb 2008
Moto: Feet
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Wife was over in the UK for business so we thought, go to the British GP. What could go wrong ? :toetap: FIRST-London was torn to bits getting ready for the Olympics. Second: Wimbledon-Really, WTF watches tennis ? Apparently a sh*tload of people. :ack: Rain. Did I say rain? I meant the animals start pairing up amount of rain. So we ordered tickets a couple of months ago and paid to have them mailed to us. They mailed them all the way to ticket recovery at Silverstone. :toetap:So that means I have to go to the track to pick up the tickets.
FRIDAY: 5 hours in traffic getting to the track. ![]() I saw Ferrari Man !!! :rock: ![]() I park in friggen muck to go get the tickets. ![]() Slide around and finally get the tickets. Time to leave. Back to the road ? Nope. Head down some friggen cow path. ![]() 4 hours later, back at the hotel and a beer. ![]() SATURDAY: Rain AGAIN. But wife and I are determined to make qualifying. Nothing is like the scream of a F1 racecar. ![]() ![]() Looking at the weather, we weren't to excited about Sunday. But, when you fly 7 hours just to go to one event, you go. BTW-The next time someone calls NASCAR fans rednecks, they can't hold a candle to F1 fans. ![]() SUNDAY: Weather was hideous leaving the hotel. Wet and cold. We stopped at a convenience store and bought umbrellas. ![]() But raceday was AWESOME. Awesome flyovers. No rain and great racing (somewhat). We were sitting in great seats-most of the passing took place at our corner. ![]() ![]() ![]() BTW-Fish and chips SUCK. In fact British food sucks. I was near the theatre district in London and asked if this was a new comedy. ![]() |
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Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
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Lol about the food
Want to go to Europe bad, but don't want to go for a short period, probably gonna have to wait til retirement.
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Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt
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Wow they still fly vulcans?!
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Location: Hill Country TX
Moto: Pasta Rockets
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British food is horrible. It's awful. I'm convinced it's why they drink a lot. Well, that and the rain. It's just a depressed society.
![]() Glad the rain stopped for the race. All told, it seems like you had a great trip.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Great until I pulled into a gas station. $8 a gallon ! I've never seen so many speed cameras in my life. They have "averaging" cameras that keep you from speeding up after passing one. We gotta stop those from coming here.
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Hopster
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Austin, TX
Moto: 2009 Buell 1125R
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Is it funny that out of all those pics, I was thinking that same thing?
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Worthington, OH
Moto: Empty Garage
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Bah, 7 is a piece of cake. Anything over 10-12 starts to suck real quick though. I'm planning to do one of the Moto GP races in Spain over a weekend trip. Either Valencia at the end of this year or Jerez/Catalunya next spring. Depends on what happens with the GP calendar next year. I heard there is only going to be 3 adriatic races next year. Estoril will be dropped and the economy cant hold 4 Spanish races.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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