Re: Penguin Racing

[Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Eric Sheley wrote:

> 
> >At 09:12 AM 12/9/00 -0500, Mark Hanke wrote:
> >Eric, Tell me more! Did you use your bike? Did you learn alot? Was it worth
> >the cost and what was the cost?
> >Mark
> 
> The course cost was $200 for the one day "Basic Roadracing School"
> 
> I went back and forth on using my bike. On the plus side, I would get the 
> experience on the track with a bike that I was familiar with. On the 
> downside, any error could lead to serious problems. The rental of their 
> bike was $225 for the day with an additional $200 crash deposit. So, if I 
> crashed my total tab on the bike side would be $425 - no way I could crash 
> on the ST cheaper than that. The other thing that played into the decision 
> to rent was the distance involved. The track is about 240 miles from my 
> door, and I knew that there would be no way I would be riding back after 
> class (fatigue). I don't own a trailer, so that was not an option. The 
> bikes supplied were Kawasaki Ninja EX500s - it was fine for what I was 
> doing, but a little frustrating when running against TLs, R1s, 916s and the 
> like. I could keep up with everyone for the most part in the corners, but 
> on the straights it was no match for the acceleration of the other bikes. 
> But overall, renting their bike allowed me to focus on the track and riding 
> instead of worrying about wrecking my ride.

One simple comment, if you on a (FFT as it affectionately called
on the ZX list) can keep up to those bikes in the courners, either
you are an absolute god, or the other people on the track need the
school a lot more than you!

FWIW: FFT -> F'n Farm Tracktor

Thanks for the report, I wanna get on the race track one of these
days!


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