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Yeah sure, but what if you want to take your CAR to a trackday? So-called "Paint Vagrant"? A Honda Element won't do you none. Obviously you could tow a motorcycle trailer with a BR-Zed or an FR-S. Or a Miata.
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PaintVagrant posted:You body-roll your funny looking Honda box around the track obviously Wanted: race plastics for Honda CBR and/or Element.
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Nov 28, 2016 21:48
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Signed up for Blackhawk Farms near Chicago in September. Hopefully the weather is good and we don't get 15 people crashing. Fingers crossed me and the FZ-09 will have a good time on track.
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Hello dead thread; so I finally did My Fiяst Track Day and it was hard and fun and I've already started thinking about the next one. I only went off track once, and I only used my turn signals like 2 or 3 times. Since I rode to the track, I had nothing with me but some snacks and water and some very basic tools and masking tape. A bunch of people offered me their shelters, and practically threw bottles of water and gatorade at me, and a couple of the dudes with whom I was hanging out walked over trackside during the novice sessions to watch and give me advice. Lots and lots of poo poo to remember. I got passed by everyone in Novice, obvs, even the dude on his F700, but I was trying to stay smooth and pick good lines. A couple of corners gave me fits, and at some point I decided that I would just ride around in 3rd for the whole lap just to remove that distraction. It was cool and I can't wait until the spring. Also, I need to buy and install a trailer hitch for my car now.
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Sep 21, 2017 19:46
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I wasn't even close to going too fast. I think I just focused on the curbs on the way out of a slowish corner, and bumped over them. Luckily they told us like a hundred times DON'T TOUCH YOUR FRONT BRAKE if you go onto the grass, so I was able to slow down using the rear brake and rejoin. The instructors were great and had some good advice too. What I did for this one was rent a suit from the Michelin tire dude. It was $60 and fit me really well.
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Sep 21, 2017 19:55
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The track is Blackhawk Farms International Raceway. I may have added a word into the name of the track. I entered turn 4 badly and was pointed right at the curbing toward the exit of it and went off, but was able to rejoin where that little concrete patch is. I had a hard time especially with 3 and 5, and ESPECIALLY 5, because it just keeps opening up and you can give as much throttle as you can stand as you go around it.
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Sep 21, 2017 20:22
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BlackMK4 posted:How big are you? Smaller than mailbox. Around the waist, I mean. I probably would be a size 39, which I know is not an actual size, but I slot in between a 38 and a 40. So a 40. 5'10 and 150lb.
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Sep 21, 2017 23:01
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I'm potentially interested. Just leave it on my mom's porch in Oro Valley.
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Sep 22, 2017 00:04
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Voltage posted:I mean, I'm sure for racing you would want a fully faired clipon supersport, but I just could see no advantage to having one over my tuono, just super comfortable and still as fast as I would ever need on a track - I was hitting ~130-135 on the main straight. So you liked the Tuono on the track? I'd like to try one of those V-twin guys; that would be fun. That looks like a great track. Did you have any of the chicanes at turns 2 or 3?
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Sep 22, 2017 17:56
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I was debating with myself about shifting halfway through 5. And yeah, I was totally "apexing" it at the inside curbing, which meant that I was way over track-right by the time I hit the braking zone for 6. My debate for the spring is going to be about checking out a new track like RA or Grattan or learning this one a little bit better.
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Sep 25, 2017 19:48
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Yeah, I remember my 4-wheel friends always talked about Grattan and how the brave could get air there. It sounds terrifying to me. I'd also like to check out Gingerman and the exhausting-sounding twentysomething-turn full Autobahn track. Sessions must be like 2 laps long.
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Yeah just pass everybody on the outside like they're standing still. That's a great video; it's interesting to see the lines you take, esp through 3, 4, and 5. I am now interested in Putnam Park, too. From the overhead view it looks complicated: lots of turns close together, and feeding into each other.
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