Well, after 206k miles on my bike..... I think the time has come...
 

...To FINALLY do my first freakin' trackday already!!! :whatwhat::rockwoot: Time to see what the ol' girl's still got in her..... hopefully she doesn't blow up, hahah

But yea, some arm twisting was involved by my buddy being I wasn't planning on doing any trackdays until later this summer, but it was really too good of a deal to pass up

I must say, I'm pretty excited! Should be a good time :banana: Doing it at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway in West Palm Beach, FL on the 20th of this month. I'm gonna feel like a n00b all over again!

awesome!

As I said on FB - you will be addicted.

Sweet grab some pictures of it while youre out there.

The real question is: Are you gonna ride to and from the track?

Oh there definitely will be pics! You guys know me, I can't do anything without snapping tons of pics, lol

And no, this is one roadtrip the bike is actually going on the trailer. I kinda have to this time cuz I gotta take the 3 dogs with as well, so driving the trusty ol' Accord towing the bike

So the 400k car tows the 200k bike to a trackday

Nice cliff hanger Third. You almost made me cry.

Yes sir! :lol

The only motherfucker who is gonna roll up to a trackday towing a F4i with a 400k Accord...I LOVE IT!!! Lol

Absolutely Love it

Or is he gonna show up on the 200k F4i towing the 400k Accord?

So much for the tools who think bikes are worn out after only 20K miles.....

Like as if a Japanese bike's engine isn't built to the same tolerances & standards as a car's.......false....

Kerrys bike was pretty worn out aftera few thousand miles, it was kust tired and not worth more than a few g's. Damn suzuki and their 07 gsxrs

fuckin honda posterboy right there, they oughta put him in a commercial
400k+ car, towing a 200+ bike, to a racetrack of all places lol

There is definitely a commercial in there :lol

If you wad that thing up in a turn, I'll be extremely disappointed.

Awesome man! Have a great time.

Can't wait to ride with you on the 20th!!


About damn time!!

The thread title caught me out too. I thought his CBR was getting the Old Yeller treatment.

Sounds like fun man! :dthumb:

I'll be the first to say it...that thing IS gonna blow up.

Unless of course you are gonna ride like a pussy. lolz

But they rev. three times as high, so you inherently have more wear. Not to mention most aren't exactly "easy on the bike".

I kinda figured you'd chime in and say something stupid.... :rolleyes:


Just sayin :whistle:

I'LL chime in & say the old gal will run like stink and you'll have a helluva time!
My raggedy old wore-out gixxer is just a baby @ 44k!

I'll email you info on that ride. You'll have a GREAT new
local riding buddy if you come meet Brent!

Sweet deal! I'm always down for new riding buddies :rockwoot:

Somehow I doubt that. Both counts.

Ohhh man.... yea I'm hooked. They weren't joking when they said one hit of the trackpipe was all it took! LOL Must..... have...... more...

Seriously I had so much fun.... learned a whole lot and had a great time in the process. I think I'll be back, hahah. I may have alot of street experience but this was something totally new, so I'm back to being a total n00b again and in learning mode. I was slow and my body positioning was horrid (they said I had the lines down great though), but hey that's what trackdays are for, to learn, right? I got lots of help from other people at the track and by the end of the day had already made some good improvements

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/13a96a48.jpg

Not much as I didn't push it too hard on a sport touring tire, but still had fun and got a few dingleberries.... ol' girl has still got some spunk (she ran great & didn't miss a beat all day!)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/013d9b76.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/9eaf18be.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/16a8d2b4.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/72551930.jpg

More pics to follow later on... I'm off to pass out, lol.... I am beyond exhausted, lol. As if the trackday itself didn't make me sore enough, sitting in my car for 700 more miles back home the next day definitely didn't help any, hahah

nice!

good for you.

i'm always impressed/interested by reading what the 'ol girl is up to after so many miles.

Awesome pics - bike looks great!

Welcome to the addiction.

Jared, you did great out there! So good to see you..............


so does this mean you'll be back in March??

Awesome man! Absolutely fantastic!

Jared did you buy a suit or rent one?

I've had one for awhile now.... got it from a buddy of mine that I used to work with for a killer deal ($150) when he got out of racing. It's the wrong color (he had a blue R1), but for the price I didn't care, lol

Nice - glad you had a good hit off the track-pipe! :lol:

Didn't blow up either Honda either.... :wink:

Thanks!! It was great seeing all you guys again too.... I had a GREAT time both trackday and hanging out with everybody again


And as for the trackday in March..... well there's a strong possibility :whistle: My boss from work may come too and run his SV650.... he's really thinking about it especially after seeing the pics

Hahaha hell no both ran like champs! The car, towing the bike on the trailer, plus 3 dogs and all their supplies, all my gear and supplies, at 75-80 MPH on the highway and she pulled off 27.58 MPG. I mean that's just hard to beat!

Oh yea and she turned 409k on the way back, hehe
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/e56f62f9.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/e20a580d.jpg

I had the whole family!
Co-Pilot Piggy.... snoozing on the job yet again
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/34f7d4a5.jpg

Riley and Piper
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...i/0b11d34e.jpg

Good job jarod.

Consider getting a rise hitch to level out that trailer a bit if you're gg to run tt setup more often.

:cheers::cheers:


awesome!

You gotta come down and run Homestead Speedway.