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Author Message   Blake Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 05:28 pm:        Oops, revise that; we only have around 60 calendars left.   Rpmchris Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 02:02 pm:        Checking my calendar now...   Dago Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 09:27 am:        I'm there. And I have an extra spot in my trailer (fully enclosed) for anyone who needs a lift.   Scitz Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 04:09 pm:        I live in the OKC metro. Which track are you lookinig at going to?   Dago Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 05:13 pm:        Oak Hill Raceway Here's the only link I know of for it: http://www.cmraracing.com/tracks.htm   Cowtown Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 12:48 pm:        Blake, Tell me more about the track school. Who's offering it? Your post makes it sound like it is neccesary before you can do track days at OHR.   Dago Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 03:08 pm:        Paul, it is necessary. But the cost is only $75. I think I spent $125 for my last track day. Take a look at this site for more info: http://www.cmraracing.com/ But here's the gist of it: 1. You must attend/pass this school to obtain your CMRA racing license ($100). 2. After you pass the class and pay the cash, you may practice at any open track day and race any event for which your bike qualifies. It's $15 to get in the gate at OHR. I'm not certain about the cost of the race entry fee. 3. Your bike must adhere to more strict requirements to race than the ones applicable for simple practice days. 4. You must wear full race gear (duh) I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of stuff, but that's the low-down. (Message edited by dago on August 24, 2005)   Jaredkuper Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 04:52 pm:        OHR sounds awesome, hope I can make it. Dago - Not me, I still have the yellow trim around both wheels. Also I'm still on the stock exhaust. I'll probably try to ride with you guys this Sunday. Still 1pm at 604 W. Bethany, Allen, TX 75013? Or you wanna meet somewhere first and then go there?   Blake Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 01:53 am:        If all you want to do is gain the ability to ride at OHR you don't even need a full license, just a CMRA associate membership which ran $50/yr last I checked. The track school is not a fun kinda track day deal. It is to educate and test prospective racers on flags and track etiquette and stuff like that. You might get two on-track sessions. For something like $65 you can get two 20 minute practice sessions on Sunday, but that will require a fully teched bike. You can take the track school with your street bike, just remove or tape over the breakables, remove mirrors, remove (sometimes they may allow you to tie-wrap) the kickstand. You'll need some kind of riding suit. You drop your bike while on track (handlebar touches ground), you fail the school. Before you can race, you need to corner-work at least once or have a stand-in work a corner for you. Once you pass the track school, you can either just obtain an associate membership which will allow you to ride practice days (track days) at OHR, or you can opt to go for the full CMRA racing license. For the full license you'll need to acrue two days of corner-working, one of which can be completed for you by a designated stand-in (yoru wife, GF, friend, sucker, anyone willing to work a corner for free and donate it to your credit). And to obtain a full license, you'll need to complete two separate races on two separate race weekends without crashing. You can race as many races as you like each weekend (Sprins on Sundays), but you'll keep the "Provisional Novice" yellow shirt designation until you race without crashing on two separate weekends. Piece of cake!   Dago Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 09:42 am:        My conversation with Nancy Selleck, the initial contact point for the CMRA. ME: "Since I won’t be racing this year, would an Associate Membership suffice?" HER: "You can apply for an Associate Membership, but that is not a license and will not allow you to get on the track. So, I'm not really sure what you mean about an Associate Membership sufficing. Sufficing for what? " ME: "'Sufficing for what?'...I guess nothing. So why do you have it? I was under the impression that I had to have some type of membership in order to do the school. But I guess not. I won’t be doing any races this year anyway even if I pass" HER: "We have an Associate Membership for folks who don't want to race, but who want to help support the club. Their $50 membership allows them all of the privileges of membership except a racing license: subscription to the CMRA newsletter, subscription to Roadracing World magazine, message board posting access, voting rights for the Board of Directors, etc. You do not have to have any sort of membership to take the riders school. After taking the scholl, you don't even have to ever apply for a license if you don't want to. The weekend schedule for Oak Hill should be posted later this week on our website. The Rider's school fee is $75. Chris will be able to answer your questions regarding school curriculum, schedule, etc." ME: "There seems to be some discrepancies in the information I’m getting from a few people relative to what you say an Associate Memberships provides. You say an individual can’t race with one. But are there any other times an Associate Member can get on the track?" I'll post her reply when I get it. It's been lovely conversing with her up so far...   Dago Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 10:14 am:        HER FINAL REPLY: "I'm not sure who you've been talking to about Associate Memberships, but the information I've given you is correct. An Associate Membership does not allow you to put a motorcycle on the track at anytime, anywhere. In order to be able to do that, you must take the CMRA riders school, pass the written test and then with the completion certificate provided to you, apply for your racing license."   Rpmchris Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 12:16 pm:        Jared, I understand you went on the Sunday ride! Sorry I wasn't there - I was installing new Crossroads bars and hadn't quite finished. I'll be out of town over Labor Day, so look for me in a couple of weeks! Chris   Rpmchris Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 02:11 pm:        Get your January 2006 calendars out... I just got off the phone with Dave Stueve (Daves) and he confirmed the HD dealer's meeting will be at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine again this year. SOOOO... Here's the deal - Saturday, January 21 - Dave's bike arrives in DFW. Sunday, January 22 - ALL interested Buellers go for a ride toward Glen Rose (Dave want's BBQ again...but I'm betting he won't eat fried okra). Monday, January 23 - Blake is planning a dinner, and Dave will try to "spirit" Erik away from the HD muckity-mucks to join us again. This gives us enough time to get a few more riders involved (hopefully it won't be as cold), and more folks can plan on meeting for dinner, too. (Court, can you make it this time?) Watch this board for updates! (I'm posting in the Houston and Hill Country boards, too.)   Navygunner Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 08:35 pm:        I'm in provided I can get out of the desert. They might be sending some of us home about that time. I know it's probably not me, But I can always hope.   Navygunner Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 08:38 pm:        By the way, planning on getting alot of cool stuff for the bike while I am over here. You all may not recognize it when you see it.   Jaredkuper Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 11:59 pm:        Can't wait till Jan! Chris- I tried to ride on Sunday. I found the guys at 1pm, we went to a restaurant downtown to eat. As we were leaving to go ride around NE Dallas, I was in the rear. Just as everyone is pulling out, I release the clutch and.... the engine quits. Try again, quits again. The sidestand switch was out. I was stranded on Greenville for about 30 min while a buddy brought me some tools. Got it fixed real fast, but by then they were all gone. I'll have to catch them some other time. I'd go this weekend, but I'm planning on going to Del Rio this weekend. Any good roads around there?   Blake Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 02:36 am:        OHR next weekend 9/9-9/11: Track school is on Friday! That's a new slant on the weekend schedule. Sprints still on Sunday.   Dago Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 09:14 am:        Sweeeeeeeeet. I'm glad to hear they're coming back! I've got a few new roads up my sleeve. So I'll start planning a route and submit for changes and approval as soon as I can. Where are we going to eat this time? It MUST have fried okra or Dave won't feel like he's in Texas.   Kandie Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 12:53 pm:        I don't care about the food but can you make it nice and warm for me please?   Dago Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:10 pm:        Uhhh. I'm not touching that comment.   Rpmchris Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 02:33 pm:          Kandie Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 02:43 pm:        You guys are sick! Can hardly wait to meet you all or yall or ya'll how ever you guys say it. Wouldn't want you taking it the wrong way! Oh, it's Oprah up here not okra!   Rpmchris Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 02:54 pm:        I'll have the chicken fried steak, mashed 'taters 'n gravy, and a side of Fried Oprah... ...mmmmmm Nope, that's just not right.   Rpmchris Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 08:41 pm:        Just met a guy on a yellow XB9R, running south of Renner on Plano Road. He said he works for Harley-Davidson Financial, and I told him about the BadWeB and this topic. Hopefully he'll come by to visit!   Cowtown Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 01:16 pm:        Since there is going to an event at Oak Hill Raceway on September 9/9-9/11 that many Buellers are attending, I’ve decided not to encourage the Buell participation at the 9/12 Ducati Trackday at the Motorsport Ranch in Cresson. The next Ducati Trackday will be on Monday, October 10th at the Motorsport Ranch, which is also Columbus Day and should be much cooler. So mark your calendars. I’ll be in touch. So Dave is coming and bringing Kandie. This should be an annual event. Do yall think we can get Eric to join us for the ride. My weather prediction: Friday, January 20th, sunny, south wind, high 60 Saturday, 21st, overcast, calm, high 50 Sunday, 22nd, overcast, north wind, high 40 Monday, 23rd, sunny, calm, high 65.   Kevinfromwebb Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 03:32 pm:        Fried Oprah,hmmmmm... Yep, looking forward to the ride, hope it's warmer than last year. Yall missed a good time at the Brag ride up in Colorado. I'll do more of those rides... Kandie, it's Yall... Just one syl. (couldn't spell it and I'm not at home so my dict,spelling book aint here) If Erik shows up, who is going to be able to keep up??? Kevin   Rpmchris Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 03:46 pm:        I'm driving to Austin with the wife for the weekend. I've only flown to AUS, so help me "map out" a good drive down there - NOT I-35! We don't really care all that much how long it takes, we're just wanting some scenery. Thanks!   Cowtown Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 03:54 pm:        Hwy 67 West, Hwy 281 South, Hwy or FM 1431 East. Use Hwy 220 from Hwy 67 to Hwy 281 as a shortcut. (Message edited by cowtown on September 02, 2005)   Dago Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 09:06 am:        Paul, Are you still going to the Ducati day? If so, I may join you.   Cowtown Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 09:46 am:        If you’re referring to September 12th, I decided not to because I wanted to drum up discussion about it 2-3 weeks before, which was about the time the OHR event was discussed. I decided to push for Buell participation on the October 10th Ducati track day. Is there anything on the weekend of 10/7-10/9 that might interfere? There’s also a November 7th date, which will be the last one till probably March 2006. These track days are very relaxed. IMO they’re not for race preparation, so riders like me should enjoy them. What are you thoughts, did you want to do September, October, November?