Desmo eats dirt - Page 3

Dave · 10-16-2008, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

You make it sound like we don't.... I know many more that ride than pose.

Hell, at least that desmo died at the track rather than getting backed over by a soccer mom while the owner was on an espresso run.

sorry zoom but around here i easily see a 10:1 ratio of ducs parked to ducs ridden. speaking of which i need to go visit the local dealer again and drool over the salesgirls uh er i mean uh bikes. uh yeaaaaah bikes lol

azoomm · 10-16-2008, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

sorry zoom but around here i easily see a 10:1 ratio of ducs parked to ducs ridden. speaking of which i need to go visit the local dealer again and drool over the salesgirls uh er i mean uh bikes. uh yeaaaaah bikes lol

OK, fair enough. But, do you have eight road courses around you within a few hour's drive? Oak Hill, Texas World Speedway, MotorSport Ranch, Eagles Canyon, Harris Hill Road, Mercedes Sugarland Ranch, GrandSport Speedway, Driveway Austin...

I won't argue that the Italian market certainly has it's poseurs and squids. There are enough out there to make the stereotype stick. I can think of two in Austin that have chicken strips on their Desmo and 1098R's that make me cry.

But, I wouldn't think that ratio is even close around here.

Dave · 10-16-2008, 08:55 AM

well we have thunderbolt/lightning, pocono and vir. might be more...not sure

jeeps84 · 10-16-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15

fuck $35000 of damage... you just bought yourself a bike... I'll take another BRAND NEW ONE with a clean history... thank YOU!

Shit like this make me wanna cry.

JK · 10-16-2008, 08:09 PM

its being used for what it was designed for -no not crashing- but track duty. im sure whoever ownes it cant be too put out if he can loan it so easy.

Hey its getting used! Im sure anyone here given the chance would track it too. i would!

Captain Morgan · 10-16-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JK

its being used for what it was designed for -no not crashing- but track duty. im sure whoever ownes it cant be too put out if he can loan it so easy.

Hey its getting used! Im sure anyone here given the chance would track it too. i would!

I can honestly say that I would turn it down, with little to no track experience. I'd be too scared to ride a 70k bike right and would end up looking like a complete pansy on the bike.

Shift · 10-16-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

I can honestly say that I would turn it down, with little to no track experience. I'd be too scared to ride a 70k bike right and would end up looking like a complete pansy on the bike.

ha not me. Normally I don't ride my friends bikes and they don't ride mine, its jsut the way it goes. But if some friend offered me the chance to track his Desmo and he lent it to me without a legal contract holding me responsible for damages at the track then you better believe I'd take a chance at losing a friend and riding the hell out of that thing.

Does that make me a bad person?

Captain Morgan · 10-16-2008, 10:13 PM

Meh. I'd rather have a good friend than a ride on a sweet ass bike. I'd just be too damn worried about wadding it up and I wouldn't enjoy it that much anyway from all the fear of crashing it. Contract or not, I'd feel downright horrible. If I could afford the bike, you better damn well believe I'd track. Because it was mine. If I want to blow my money on a 70k bike and wreck on the track, that's my choice. But I just wouldn't be able to do that to a friend.

Mr Lefty · 10-16-2008, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

I can honestly say that I would turn it down, with little to no track experience. I'd be too scared to ride a 70k bike right and would end up looking like a complete pansy on the bike.

I'm right there with ya... I wouldn't ride it... I'd be too scared of fuck'n both the bike and myself up to have any fun...

but hell.. I just wanna ride on the track!

marko138 · 10-19-2008, 06:48 PM

I'm not sure what I'd do. Depends on who it is...how good I am...etc. At the end of the day I'd probly turn him down.

10-16-2008, 08:55 AM	#23
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	well we have thunderbolt/lightning, pocono and vir. might be more...not sure __________________ TWF Post whore #6

10-16-2008, 08:09 PM	#25
JK noodles... dont noodles.. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 427	its being used for what it was designed for -no not crashing- but track duty. im sure whoever ownes it cant be too put out if he can loan it so easy. Hey its getting used! Im sure anyone here given the chance would track it too. i would! __________________ Theres no sense crying over every mistake, you just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

10-16-2008, 10:13 PM	#28
Captain Morgan Let's do another U-turn Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Moto: 2009 V-Strom Posts: 3,816	Meh. I'd rather have a good friend than a ride on a sweet ass bike. I'd just be too damn worried about wadding it up and I wouldn't enjoy it that much anyway from all the fear of crashing it. Contract or not, I'd feel downright horrible. If I could afford the bike, you better damn well believe I'd track. Because it was mine. If I want to blow my money on a 70k bike and wreck on the track, that's my choice. But I just wouldn't be able to do that to a friend.