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04-09-2010, 05:07 PM | #1 |
White Trash Hero
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How about we start telling them faster than you can possibly conceive. Cause that is a matter of persective and those that have seen 160-180 know that speed is logrythmic. What will bend your mind at 100 will totally warp you at 150.
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04-09-2010, 05:43 PM | #2 |
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I cracked it to 140 The other day, I got a little gunshy which Is surprising (But a good thing when I really sit back and think about it)
I would do 160 In a heartbeat before and not even think twice...So for me to get antsy when I cracked into her for the first time this season means I still carry respect for the bike (and always will, when you lose the respect you shouldnt ride anymore)
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04-09-2010, 06:10 PM | #3 |
White Trash Hero
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Speed desensitizes you too. I know if you see it often enough it feels normal. Cant tell you how many times coming home from the races that I braked for a light and that 1500 series truck didn't want to stop. From just 45-55.
Seemed as if I was doin 20. And then there is the whole sudden stop thing. Stopping in a tire wall at 60 feels like 200 fo sho. God help me if I ever hit one at 150
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04-09-2010, 07:23 PM | #4 | |
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04-09-2010, 08:45 PM | #5 |
White Trash Hero
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Well I got lucky. TWS in Sept '02. It was closer to 70 but they had air fence, tire wall, and then 'crete. Young man died there the year before, Spies knew him. Number 19.
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04-09-2010, 07:44 PM | #6 | |
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04-09-2010, 08:16 PM | #7 |
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Location: SF Bay Area
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Back in 02 when I had my blue SVS, idiots would roll up to me and say nice R6 or nice R1 just because of the color.
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04-09-2010, 08:32 PM | #8 |
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I know exactly the fastest I've gone, when, and where.
If a friend asks, I'll tell them. If somebody off the street asks, I just tell them it goes as fast as I need it to.
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04-09-2010, 09:04 PM | #9 |
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I just say "fast enough" Last time some dude asked me to do a wheelie at a light I told him if he can get his truck up on 2 wheels I would get my bike up on one. He just pulled off.
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04-10-2010, 11:06 PM | #10 | |
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