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Slaughter
Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 09:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I was reviewing some of my old posts on the SV board. I had posted this when I'd transitioned to the Buell XB from the SV back in 2004. In February (the next race after my first podium as a 51 year old Expert), I had a nearly fatal racing wreck - spine, ribs, TBI, ankle, collarbone, detached retina... and while off work with the injuries, I had LOTS OF TIME to ponder... and came up with a number of arguable/debatable truisms.

For your entertainment (April 2004 socalsvriders.com - Kurt and Paul were the moderators at that time):


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Well... since Kurt and Paul were gracious enough (and until I get the time to put up my monthly thoughts on crashing again) - I thought I'd open up with something that was started on the WSMC race discussion board: Things I have learned from racing.

(Danny refers to Danny Farnsworth - chief instructor at New Racer School and has been racing about 2 days longer than dirt's been around)

Some of the things I've learned are that:
: D Almost everything Danny told me in New Racer's School came to pass by my third race INCLUDING him telling me that I'd probably forget EVERYTHING he had told me on more than one occasion - and usually at a bad time!
: D Think twice before passing on the outside in 8/9 in Novice
: D Sliding the front could be fun - but isn't... bringing me to the next point:
: D Stand it up, Ride it off, come to a stop under control
: D Racing could be cheap... but isn't
: D There's always a better bike out there so you may as well start out by buying one beneath your expectations
: D There is a good reason there are so many cliche's in racing: "It's better to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow" rings true
: D Handling the bike with precision is more important than dialling up the Horsepower
: D Choosing an SV to start racing isn't a bad thing but its stock suspension IS (a bad thing)
: D Choosing a Buell to race will get you more noticed than an SV - and more pity
: D Even if you can't race, you can have fun volunteering to help
: D If you volunteer to help in scoring, your eyes and brain will be hurt BADLY
: D There's tons of advice from your fellow racers - half of it usable.
: D It's not always the fastest racers who have the best advice to offer
: D Tire warmers work
: D Give your cold tires more time than your adrenaline is telling you that you need
: D Doesn't matter how good they seem to feel after one lap, cold tires are just not ready to stick!!
: D Acknowledge a risk, don't dwell on it
: D Have a friend in your pit who will FORCE you to listen when your adrenaline level is high - and who you WILL LISTEN TO - he/she probably knows more than you do right then and there (regardless of what you think)
: D If you find yourself trying to explain your racing to a non-racer or trying to explain Hailwood's "For the love of the sport" he had lettered on the side of his unsponsored bike - Just stop - they're not going to get it
: D In racing, you will find more friends with totally different backgrounds, politics, choices in life-partners, or lifestyles than you would EVER find on your own outside of the racetrack
: D It's never too late in life to start (anything)


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Blake
Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

KE=1/2mV2 doesn't get more real than when rubber leaves the road.
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Slaughter
Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 11:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes - in Kinetic Energy - velocity is EVERYTHING. Weapons or racing.
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Mark_1
Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 04:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Awesome!!

words to live by
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Socalbuellriders
Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 01:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Where's the "like" button?
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Slaughter
Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 09:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Where's the "like" button?

(my Facebook)
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Gearhead
Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 07:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for your sage words, Master Slaughter!
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Anonymous
Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Never use a parked ambulance as a brake marker. Or a rock that actually is a turtle.
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01lightning
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 04:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Never use a parked ambulance as a brake marker. Or a rock that actually is a turtle.
hahaha
that would suck!
thats real funny since thats one of things I was working on yesterday(reference points-the turtle comment killed me!)
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Surveyor
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 05:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Never use the overtrack bridge shadow as a braking marker.......don't ask.....I still have the scars.
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