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They shut down the track in summer?
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MomJeans420 posted:That's a nice looking garage, is it reasonably priced per day? https://www.ridesmart.info It's pretty expensive relative to the few remaining other Texas tracks. It's about $75 cheaper in the summer, at $399. Paddocks are divided into six spots per garage and are $75, but there are power outlets, they get you out of any sun or rain, and there are two bathrooms per garage so it's worth it to have unless you or friends own a toy hauler with AC, etc. In comparison, MSR Houston and Cresson are $170 per day, and as I recall you just grab a spot in the paddock/parking lot which may or may not have a covered overhang, and you'll typically need a generator of you need electricity . I would like to try the LA supermoto school one day.
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Apr 13, 2021 16:14
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:They shut down the track in summer? AZ probably melts tires in the summer
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Russian Bear posted:Where do you go for track days in AZ? (Hopefully SoAZ) Only went once so far a couple years ago in November, and it was in the 80s for a high still. Jim Silly-Balls posted:They shut down the track in summer? 
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Apr 13, 2021 16:19
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That’s what we call the Arizona reverse winter. In wisconsin in January/February I can basically only go from my heated house to my heated car to my heated office and back again. In Phoenix in, what, may to September? You can basically only go from your air conditioned house to your air conditioned car to your air conditioned office and back
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:In Phoenix in, what, may to September? You can basically only go from your air conditioned house to your air conditioned car to your air conditioned office and back A monument to man's arrogance.
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Apr 13, 2021 16:55
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Phoenix is a living tribute to our hubris as a species. Not even plants live there
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Apr 13, 2021 16:59
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mewse posted:AZ probably melts tires in the summer 
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Apr 13, 2021 17:29
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MetaJew posted:It's about $75 cheaper in the summer, at $399. Paddocks are divided into six spots per garage and are $75, but there are power outlets, they get you out of any sun or rain, and there are two bathrooms per garage so it's worth it to have unless you or friends own a toy hauler with AC, etc. drat, your own bathrooms in the garage is probably worth it. re: hot areas and track days, some of the groups day early days at Chuckwalla during the summer, 7am to 3pm. Seems like a decent approach, although I hate waking up early.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Phoenix is a living tribute to our hubris as a species. Not even plants live there I remember seeing pictures a couple years ago of wheely-bin trash cans literally melting into the street.  I can't imagine what that's like on a motorcycle. Especially an air cooled motorcycle.
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Air "cooled". You just have to get up early and have your outdoor activities done by 9am in the summer. We also have a bunch of mountains you can escape to altitude and lower temps. Russian Bear fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Apr 13, 2021 |
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Apr 13, 2021 21:09
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I remember my first summer living in Tucson, I went to get the mail without shoes on because the driveway was only like 20 feet long. Huge mistake.
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Apr 13, 2021 21:37
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Rolo posted:I remember my first summer living in Tucson, I went to get the mail without shoes on because the driveway was only like 20 feet long. 3rd degree burns suck. Russian Bear posted:Air "cooled". Then its only 100F instead of 140F.
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Apr 13, 2021 21:38
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Rolo posted:I remember my first summer living in Tucson, I went to get the mail without shoes on because the driveway was only like 20 feet long. I grew up in the Middle East, being outside without shoes/sandals isn't a thing in general. Also, everything is air conditioned.
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Apr 13, 2021 21:44
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cursedshitbox posted:
Yeah?? 100F is a nice spring day, right? (maybe i'm broken now)
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Apr 13, 2021 21:57
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To be fair to PHX, it’s not as bad with zero humidity, but 100+ temps are still 100+ temps no matter which way you cut it
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Russian Bear posted:Yeah?? 100F is a nice spring day, right? (maybe i'm broken now) Sure is! (I'm broken too). I was out pushing pedalbikes in 100F temps a few weeks ago. Dirtbikes? psh shits easy.
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Apr 13, 2021 22:16
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MomJeans420 posted:drat, your own bathrooms in the garage is probably worth it. Pooping with a one piece leather suit on or cycle skins is still something I haven't tried to do in a public bathroom. No way I want to leave that stuff on the floor, and none of the bathrooms had coat hangers. I guess when you're Rossi or Hamilton, you have a pit crew member holding your clothes for your just outside the door.
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Apr 13, 2021 22:23
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The one true benefit of the two piece suit.
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I meant to add earlier that my buddies and I were having that exact discussion around socal supermoto - there's a porta potty trackside, but we couldn't think of a way of pooping in a porta potty while wearing a one piece suit that didn't end in pain and your suit not coming home in the car. I think your only option is to just fully remove the suit and then go in. There is a proper bathroom at the main office of Adam's Motorsports Park, but it's kind of far from the track (not really, but everything feels 10x as far in a suit).
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Apr 13, 2021 22:29
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Strip out of the suit. That's what baselayers are for.
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cursedshitbox posted:Strip out of the suit. That's what baselayers are for. Until i cut a butt-flap in this thing, I still have a problem. 
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Apr 13, 2021 22:35
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I have that same undersuit and it is incredibly unflattering when you're rocking the quarantine 15 (lbs). But it is easier to pull down, although I'm not sure about pulling it down in a porta potty. I'll report back after Sunday.
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Apr 13, 2021 23:51
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It's fine, you can pull it down and then kinda wrap it around in front. Super annoying, but I've done it before.
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Spiffness posted:I see you with that new orange Reckless  they're sick. the new reckless is nice since you can more easily fit a 22L stinger in the beavertail now. I had to wrangle the old one before. doable, but definitely a pita
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Took the Trident out to see some local sites. Stonehenge  Leaning tower of Pisa  First service completed. Feels good.
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 Its camouflaged next to the Er5, do you think the wife will notice?
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Camo Bike: death please
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Salisbury Snape posted:
It melds into the bin and nearby foliage very well, very difficult to spot.
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Oibignose posted:Took the Trident out to see some local sites. I used to like offroading near Stonehenge, I think they closed them recently? Are there still all those cones along the road?
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Rolo posted:Camo Bike: death please Now nobody can see me 
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Salisbury Snape posted:
godawful geiger-esque paintjob on it and PO still fitted a tank bra. There's just no helping some people
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I think I just have a thing for buying bikes with strange paint jobs on the cheap because most everyone else wouldn't touch them. If I sort the couple of small issues with the sprint and give it a nice fresh paintjob it's worth double the money I paid for it. I don't completely hate the paintjob, it could be a lot worse, but the tank bra needs to go. Problem is its hiding some awful bubbling so I need to either look at a second hand tank or spend some serious time taking it back to metal before spraying it again
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That tiger's so well hidden I thought it was a Triumph dragon at first.
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Hidden Tiger Tail of Dragon
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My Rad Power City 3 step-through finally arrived, assembly was pretty easy. I took a really bad photo of it because they're ripping up my street and it's a mess, so this was the best I could do. I'm glad I got the seven speed per CA's recommendation, the battery helps a lot but I have a lot of steep hills in the area and trying to get moving up one of the steeper ones in 7th was a fair amount of work. I got this for someone who doesn't drive and was pulling a wagon to the grocery store to run errands, so while it's not a full car replacement it's pretty useful compared to the bus or walking. I wouldn't mind an electric mountain bike, my friend's dad has a really nice one and it's like cheat mode even against guys who cycle all the time (at least going uphill), but I think it was $10k+ mountain bike and at that point I'd just get a nicer motorcycle. 
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I rode tail of the dragon in pennsylvania, here is a short video https://www.relive.cc/view/vMq57MLZNQO The really interesting section is pretty short, maybe a dozen turns. I noticed people doing a loop just to ride that more than once. I can pull up a footage on my camera if anyone interested to see that Edit: actually, here is a quintessential Boomer video about it https://youtu.be/qcCF7FEiVRk Ran into a group of adv riders on the way back. Mostly big ktms and GSs, few sumos in the mix. The great thing about him was that they must have went through a swamp or a stream, because entire group was half way covered in mud, must have been at least 2 ft deep. Nitrox fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Apr 21, 2021 |
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we need a scholarship or exchange program to get motorcyclists from areas of curve deprivation to california
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drat cool.
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