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I'm a member of the trackday junkies.....
Last weekend I drove down to VIR for my introduction to Track riding, I'm hooked. The track is awesome :thumb: ,The pro-motion team are great :thumb: And VA rocks.
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My first track photo.
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The ride to the track, HWY 58.
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Side by side track action.
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Just the bikes.
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you went without me??
details please...how much $? how many laps did you ride?
250 for the track day and school..they require all first timers to go school.
school= talking about how to ride a track....picking lines, body position, speed control and then you ride with an instructor. One shows what we talked about the other watchs to see if you understood.... Each riding session lasts about 15-20 min, at least 10 laps. I rode 5 times with the instructors then they cut me loose for another 4 sessions. by the end of the day I was beat, I passed on two riding sessions. Everyone was really helpful, no one gave the little Gs a hard time... on my last set I was dogging an R1....that got some :thumb:
Sorry about not cluing you in, But I'll be back to VIR...the track is awesome( I said that before...I'll say it again) tight twisty only 1.1 mile in length.
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sounds awesome. what about protection requirements? did you ride the north course?
WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb: :cheers: :mrgreen:
very nice :thumb:
i've only ridden two tracks this 1st season and i thought i was in heaven when i was at vir north. pir in pocono is good since it's the closest to home but it's flat, unlike vir north with its' elevation changes.
now that you've been bitten by the track-bug, i'll have a new pit friend at pir :cheers:
btw - i heard there was a lowside in the whitegroup...
Nice pictures. Looks like you had a good time :thumb:
rode the patroit course, short and very twisty.
www.teampromotion.com
not to many requirements. just mainly leathers, helmet gloves boots and good tires, for your first time. check it out.
two low sides in the white group; one happened right in front of me, was all in slow motion.
I'll be at the track again, can not wait till spring.
Looks like fun, cant' wait to pop my cherry. :cheers:
hahaha...welcome to the addicts club. from here the slippery slope becons you. oh it gets soooo expensive.
what a rush though, eh? :thumb:
cool pics
where is this track at exactly? u have a link to more info on the track? I think I wanna try a track this spring....
Man, seeing those make me really really anxious to get to the track next month. Nice pics! That track looks like a lot of fun, very technical.
I'm surprised they let cars and bikes run at the same time, though. Did anyone have to mix it up with those Porsches?
Hmmm....I think what we have here is a new whoring term: track whores!!! :thumb:
The cars were on a different track, our track ran on the inside. It just made for some very interesting veiwing. The cars were on the North course I think.
This was at V I R, outside Danville, Va. I thought it very funny that I had to drive to Milton, NC to get there.
track whores
I'll be a proud member of that club. :mrgreen:
:( No Racing for me
Quote from: un1261track whores
I'll be a proud member of that club. :mrgreen:
December 10th, for me! :):):):):):)
Quote from: Mr.7:( No Racing for me
My insurance has exemptions for motorcycle racing :( .
Quote from: pandyHmmm....I think what we have here is a new whoring term: track whores!!! :thumb:
they call me the Buttonwillow whore because thats the track I love.
Quote from: pantablothey call me the Buttonwillow whore because thats the track I love.
Are you *sure* that's the ONLY reason? :P :mrgreen:
Check them out at www.virclub.com
Make sure you go to the races too.
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Quote from: pandyQuote from: pantablothey call me the Buttonwillow whore because thats the track I love.
Are you *sure* that's the ONLY reason? :P :mrgreen:
:lol: Give him hell, Pandy. :lol:
Mr. 7 brought up an interesting point about insurance. Do you have to have special insurance for track racing or how does that work? :dunno:
Quote from: PhaedrusMr. 7 brought up an interesting point about insurance. Do you have to have special insurance for track racing or how does that work? :dunno:
you crash, you pay. someone crash you, you pay. so it's not good to ride bike (at the track) that you owe money on.
also it's not a good idea to ride your bike to the track. if you even sprain your ankle, or even worse, if your bike breaks down, you won't have a way to get home.
If anything happens to you or your bike, you pay.
A member on the FZ1 board was riding her SV650 at the track. She was riding in the intermediate group, no passing in turns, only in straightaways with at least a 6' clearance. Anyways, this INSTRUCTOR was riding like a mad man through these new track riders and got black flagged (told him to get off the track) and before he made it around to leave the course he lowsided. That doesn't sound all that bad, but the bad news was that he was passing the FZ1 member on the inside of a turn when it happened. He lowslided, and his rear wheel washed out her front and she went down. Hard. She suffered a broken collar bone, broken ankle, concussion, and some bruising all over. Her bike is a complete mess, possibly totaled. She's got hospital bills to pay, a bike to fix, new gear to buy, and she can't do a damn thing about it. She can't sue them or make a claim on her insurance because she was on the track.
You have got to weigh the options.
she could possibly sue the instructor for negligence.
Quote from: JetSwingshe could possibly sue the instructor for negligence.
Nope, when you go to the track you sign a waiver that says you can't hold anyone responsible for any damage or loss to you, no matter how bizarre.
true enough you get hurt at the track it's all on you. You sign a waiver saying that you will not hold the track nor any of club personal responsable.
Lucky for me my insurance covers me all the time. 8)
There were several lowsides at the track while I was there. I even got to watch one up close a personal. No one was hurt enough for a trip to the hospital. Just one bike lost it life to a barricade.
Quote from: AlphaFire X5Quote from: JetSwingshe could possibly sue the instructor for negligence.
Nope, when you go to the track you sign a waiver that says you can't hold anyone responsible for any damage or loss to you, no matter how bizarre.
even if you signed a waiver, if the memeber of the event organizers knowingly and willingly put riders in danger (not accident), you could have a case.