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Ceejay
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 10:59 am: | 
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Wolf-If you need some help let me know. I should be able to scare up some participants at least-of course they may trailer thier bikes to the stadium... |
Wolfridgerider
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 01:31 pm: |
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Just talked to Reg, and I'm looking forward to picking his brain a little more.
It sounds like the insurance man has this event by the short and curlys but nothing ventured nothing gained.
Besides Farrows is looking into that part of it.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Maybe we will get to do something in the near future. |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 01:55 pm: |
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Like I said before if it is OK with Reg I would be glad to come down and be the Battle Master for just room and board. |
Wolfridgerider
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 02:08 pm: |
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I have an extra room at the house and some 2x4's in the garage |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 02:50 pm: |
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>>>>Was that you who left the message?
Reg . . you get those calls too?
"Court . . . I need help with a Buell problem. .. call me."
Click
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Smcnamara
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 03:34 pm: |
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Is SadSAC a forum? I tried to google this and had no luck. Sorry if that's a clueless question. |
Regkittrelle
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 04:20 pm: |
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sacborg.com |
Psyclonej
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 08:27 pm: |
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If Spidy's coming, I'm in, that's for sure. I promise to be no help whatsoever. |
Josh_
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 08:43 pm: |
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So how far will that be from St Louis?
Maybe this time I won't cheat and use the wife's Blast! |
Regkittrelle
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 10:40 am: |
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http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/406 2/279986.html?1179928928
"Skills Track Competition"
if it looks like BattleTrax, sounds like BattleTrax, rides like BattleTrax, described like BattleTrax, timed like BattleTrax.... what do ya figure it is? |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 11:42 am: |
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I'm curious as to how they got the event insured based on what you've said previously... |
Regkittrelle
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 12:21 pm: |
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I've no idea. occasionally there have been dealerships who have been able to umbrella the event under an existing liability policy. However, every agent I've spoken with frowns on this as once the true nature of the event is known to the underwriter they get very upset.
Often they get it by their phrasing:
"This is a low-speed skills test wherein the rider manuvers around closely-spaced cones." That works for some. However, if something happens and the underwriter finds out that the a clock is involved this can put the policy at risk. |
Jugallo94
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 12:40 pm: |
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Spidey I may tag along with you and john if you guys go. |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 01:20 pm: |
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I'm only goin if it is a true or Reg authorized BT even, I have seen the eveils of a non-BattleTrax hardend fool set up a dangerous course, on hills and 1/4 mile long versions... |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 01:38 pm: |
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Is that really the part that gives them heartache?
So what if you built a device that mounts to the bike, and measures "smoothness". A simple 3 axis accelerometer that plots the curves for the entire run.
So as a result of your run, you get a plot of these curves, and you can read them to see how "good" you think your run was.
You would see peak cornering G's, and smoothness of your ride. You would plot successive runs on top of previous ones.
Those plots would have an X axis... which be based on some sort of time unit, but you would never put the actual seconds on it. So you could say "this run was slower then that one" but never really shoot for a particular time.
Call it "instrumented low speed motorcycle control" classes or something.
Think that would calm down the insurance agents? Or would they not get the subtlety of the difference? |
Jugallo94
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 02:02 pm: |
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nothing like trying to turn on a hill after a sportster spills oil all over it huh spidey. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 02:44 pm: |
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Road Rash! owwwwwwwwwwwwwwch!
The demarcated area "race track" Vs the controlled area on the BTX course, so if the ride area is taped off its not as good as say an MX course? which has plastic fence, hay bails and berms.
IMO it sounds like an excuse to charge Lotsa money for nothing.
sorry that some one has done the name calling thing Reg, that is certainly Immature .. |
Wolfridgerider
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 01:33 pm: |
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Just hit the insurance wall!!! 
The dealer is still working on it but it doesn't sound good. |
Mikej
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 05:27 pm: |
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Lawyers, lawsuits, and Insurance Companies have killed more fun stuff than perhaps anything else ever has. |
