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     Bloose |
I thought some of you may enjoy my video from on my 1125R at Gingerman Racetrack in South Haven MI last weekend. This is the 1st half of the last session on Sunday in the I group with Sportbike Track Time. <iframe></iframe> P.S. I'd love to see more Buells at Track days! Stop babying these things and ride them like Erik intended! These things are not fragile and hold up very very well! That goes for the XB's too! | ||
| Bloose |
Looks like embedding the video didn't work, here's the link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PSM_JiBY7w B | ||
| Americanmadexb |
Im not that far from Gingerman and i have been thinking about going up there. Would love to get a track day in one of these days. (Message edited by americanmadexb on August 19, 2011) | ||
| Rt_performance |
I much preffer Gratten over gingemen. Wanted to go but had other things pop up. Thought they where paving the front straight that thing was full of bumps last year. Great video. | ||
| Bloose |
Yes, the track surface was terrible. The flag workers were also pretty lacking. I doubt I will be back there any time soon. It still beat a day at work though.  B | ||
| Dmfb88 |
I live in Michigan and have been pieceing together gear to hopefully do a track day. Looks like fun. Nice video too. Had to go out and ride after watching it. | ||
| Rt_performance |
Gratten is a little more money i think but 95% Better/More fun Track. My Track girl went back to nc so i havent been to the track yet this year. one piece suits are a pain to get on and off by yourself | ||
| Bloose |
one piece suits are a pain to get on and off by yourself Under Armor is a huge help! | ||
| Bloose |
Had to go out and ride after watching it.  | ||
| Bloose |
I live very near Road America so that is my track of choice. RA is also an awesome facility as well as a great track. They rarely run on the weekends there though so my opportunities to run their are limited. B | ||
| Dmfb88 |
I was told one piece suits are not required. I have gloves and jacket with the zipper inside and hopefully tomorrow I will have half boots. | ||
| Bloose |
That is correct, 1pc suits are not required. But the jacket and pants must zip together and I believe they must zip all the way around. Check the web site for whatever track day place you plan to ride with and they'll have a list of what you need. For novice riders they try to balance the requirements to be both easy to meet yet keep you adequately safe. It's a fine line but they don't want to make it prohibitively expensive to get started. For my first track days I had a Joe Rocket textile jacket and pants, a set of Joe Rocket boots, and some leather street gloves (the gloves covered the wrist as required). Now I have a 1pc Vanson suit, Sidi boots, and a nice set of Buell gloves. Of course this is in addition to a good helmet. I acquired all of this stuff with time though and didn't have to spend a ton of money up front to get started, with the exception of the bike of course.  The most important thing is to get the stuff you need to stay safe and go have fun! B B |
