Bikers!!

[bethdoth]

Nice Beth!!

What do you prefer the R1 or BMW?

Wow, that sucks man... It's a dangerous hobby, one of my mates has lost his left leg below his knee from riding! I haven't had any big crashes, have tank slapped on the R1 at 160mph... that was a close call but managed to pull it together!!

Not sure what bike was my favorite? But one of these two. The 06 R1 was number 480 of only 500 made, that is the bike I crashed on the track. The 2010 BMW came out with the S1000 it sent all manufactures back to the drawing board. Stock it had 182HP at the rear wheel, ABS brakes, four traction control modes .... etc .... If I put that bike in 1st gear (in sport mode) and cracked it wide open it would instantly hit about 100MPH indicated and once the front wheel came off the ground and started to slow down the traction control would kill the power and set it down then power back on and repeat. If you had the balls you could literally be doing 100MPH with the front wheel going up and down. Leaned over hard in a corner again crack it open. The bike knows the lean angle and wouldn't apply power until you have more rubber contacting the pavement, then as you stood the bike up the power would come on. On a smaller technical track I had 600's that couldn't stay with me in the super tight twisty part of the track (Black Hawk farms). I used to take a trip to Tennessee (tail of the Dragon 312 turns in 11 miles) every spring to ride the mountains. Now I am missing riding. But, like OBS I am a crazy man on a bike and shouldn't ride. Wheeling passing a pack of Harleys at 100MPH is dangerous!

[Eduke93]

Not sure what bike was my favorite? But one of these two. The 06 R1 was number 480 of only 500 made, that is the bike I crashed on the track. The 2010 BMW came out with the S1000 it sent all manufactures back to the drawing board. Stock it had 182HP at the rear wheel, ABS brakes, four traction control modes .... etc .... If I put that bike in 1st gear (in sport mode) and cracked it wide open it would instantly hit about 100MPH indicated and once the front wheel came off the ground and started to slow down the traction control would kill the power and set it down then power back on and repeat. If you had the balls you could literally be doing 100MPH with the front wheel going up and down. Leaned over hard in a corner again crack it open. The bike knows the lean angle and wouldn't apply power until you have more rubber contacting the pavement, then as you stood the bike up the power would come on. On a smaller technical track I had 600's that couldn't stay with me in the super tight twisty part of the track (Black Hawk farms). I used to take a trip to Tennessee (tail of the Dragon 312 turns in 11 miles) every spring to ride the mountains. Now I am missing riding. But, like OBS I am a crazy man on a bike and shouldn't ride. Wheeling passing a pack of Harleys at 100MPH is dangerous!

Thats crazy the BMW sounds very technical which is great, guessing it makes things a tad safer.. despite the 100mph launch lol I haven't done any track days, but have spent a lot of time on our windy roads here in the UK!

[bethdoth]

Thats crazy the BMW sounds very technical which is great, guessing it makes things a tad safer.. despite the 100mph launch lol I haven't done any track days, but have spent a lot of time on our windy roads here in the UK!

Once you start doing track day the roads will get boring and more dangerous. The track is clean (no gravel), no on coming traffic, you can use the whole track and should, and emergency medical service is on site not 100 miles away. I did have a good friend pass away on the track last year and he was one of the best riders I know. Tank slapper coming up the hill at VIR over 100MPH.

[Eduke93]

Once you start doing track day the roads will get boring and more dangerous. The track is clean (no gravel), no on coming traffic, you can use the whole track and should, and emergency medical service is on site not 100 miles away. I did have a good friend pass away on the track last year and he was one of the best riders I know. Tank slapper coming up the hill at VIR over 100MPH.

Yeah I will give it a go at some point, I have some well known tracks close by. One of which being Brands Hatch, not sure if you've heard of it, they have held a lot of comps here!