wanted to share photos of GS 500f on track first day.

[Bluehaze]

Turn 2



Turn 9

[ineedanap]

nice!!! where is that?

[Suzuki Stevo]

That's awesome Ryan!
(Now we have to get that warning sticker off your tank) 

[Bluehaze]

lol thanks... damn High Definition camera.

[shiznizbiz]

dont feel bad, i still have mine after 94xx miles. Turn two looks good.  Did you take a passenger with you there??  you rear peg is down.. lol

[Toogoofy317]

Wow, nice pics. I wanna try that someday when I have money!

Mary

[GeeP]

 

Looking good.

[steguis]

Awesome! I am definitely getting more and more comfortable with the thought of taking my GS to the track next year once I get full leathers. Are you using the stock rearset? Did you remove your side stand or just the center stand?

[Bluehaze]

You do not have to remove your sidestand or your centerstand.  If it is your first time, you probably wont go that low..  i hit my front pegs to the ground on one of the turns.. boy was that scary.. but never hit my centerstand or side stand.   Per instructor.. the actual way of taking a good turn is to have the bike as upright as possible with your body being the one to use to turn the bike where you want it. 

This was at Pacific Raceway in Seattle, WA.   

Mary, you will love it... its worth saving a dollar a day.  for 285 days..  as you definitely want to take the instructor led track days.  Its way cheaper without the instructor... but for first time, its definitly almost neccesary. Cause the fun is overtaking bikes on turns.. and you need to know how to do that quickly to pass those  GXR and Ducatis who pass you on the straights at 125+ mph.

Steguis.. you do not need full leathers.. i had my normal 2 piece gear that i wear on the streets.  If you are doing this for the first time.. depending on the organization you go with, you wont need a full leather.  My friend had textile jacket and leather pants and he was fine. It depends on the organization you go with.. they are more lax for entry levels. I have the stock rearset.. 

I dream about the day i go again.........

[Suzuki Stevo]

I dream about the day i go again.........

All my friends call them Crack Days 

[ke7syv]

I was just down there a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately I was not there to ride bikes but did play on the karts. My buddy use to race them when he was a kid so he was itchin to try them out.

[steguis]

Thanks for the info. I'm a big safety guy, ride ATGATT on the GS and when I do track days in my car it has a rollbar, 6-point harnesses and I even wear a HANS device to protect my neck/base of my skull. I don't think I'd feel comfortable doing track days in anything but full leathers or at the very least leather 2 piece with full circumference zipper and enough padding to call me robocop.

[pandy]

Awesome pics!!! 

I'm hooked on crack...er...track days, too..... 

[cafeboy]

I'm hooked on crack

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