Quote from: jackiei26 on January 18, 2007, 06:28:29 PM
I can't believe you were excited to ride on ths ice - you got a lot of guts or your crazy!!!

No guts, all crazy.

Quote from: jackiei26 on January 18, 2007, 06:28:29 PM
I can't believe you were excited to ride on ths ice - you got a lot of guts or your crazy!!!

If you actually read what I wrote, you'll note that I pointed out the only ice that was actually on the roads was the frozen sheets that fell off the red lights. Yes, there was ice out, but it was on railings, cars, and other places the wind could blow around. The reason there was a patch of ice for my foot in the parking lot exit was because it was over a big drain tub that went underneath the drive. The reason it was so slippery was mainly because it was cold and wet.

still have the GS alapha ?  yea  you will get use to letting that back end do what it wants .. i use to race motocross .. you will learn as long as you have control of the front end that back end can do what ever it wants . jump ,hop ,skip ,slip , bounce back and forth . and what not . as long as you have controll of the front end and dot let it brake lose or slide on you its funnnnn

Quote from: FearedGS500 on January 18, 2007, 10:42:25 PM
still have the GS alapha ?  yea  you will get use to letting that back end do what it wants .. i use to race motocross .. you will learn as long as you have control of the front end that back end can do what ever it wants . jump ,hop ,skip ,slip , bounce back and forth . and what not . as long as you have controll of the front end and dot let it brake lose or slide on you its funnnnn

Nope. Sold the GS to get the DRZ. And I am starting to get used to having the tail end come around on me, but it is still unsettling. I am in the process of getting track plastics together so I can change out my bodywork for track days and when I want to goof off in a parking lot (i.e. slide around until I fall, pick it up, and do it again!)

Quote from: pantablo on January 18, 2007, 02:19:02 PM
ice huh?

http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/makeASX.php?title=www.king5.com/kiraw_011607portlandhomevid.wmv

Lol. That first car was a real smacktard on the gas.

So who is more to blame... the drivers who don't have chains or the people standing around watching them?

Quote from: nightrider on January 19, 2007, 12:10:09 AM
So who is more to blame... the drivers who don't have chains or the people standing around watching them?

What are the people supposed to do?  A 3,000 lb car sliding on ice can't exactly be stopped by a 175 lb human sliding on ice...

-T.

someone standing at the top of the run saying helpful things like "Stop" would go a long way. But, life isn't perfect.