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Thanks to Dan, Tim and the rest of N2 for putting these days on even with light attendance. 

For anyone wanting almost one on one coaching for $165 you can't beat these days at Nelson's.

I hope they are back for '23

Pitt and N2 was awesome as always. 

4 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

A good scorecard for that is having that left (in this pic) arm lay across the top of the tank. Once you feel that left arm straighten out a bit and lay on top of the tank it'll help the upper body position.

Well I definitely failed that scorecard. I can't seem to shake the MX elbows. 

Well Jake and I will be there on Sunday @TimTheAzn. 

1 minute ago, TimTheAzn said:

Been dealing with stenosis for 5+ months now. Trying to get right but keep having setbacks that involve locked up muscles in my back and shoulders down to my arms. 

Tim, you should talk to my buddy Jake on the Triumph. He went through this a few years ago. I can put you in touch if you want. 

No worries on not being able to give me a tow. Nothing worse than back issues and a needy intermediate rider lol. 

On 4/26/2022 at 9:25 AM, TimTheAzn said:

He is awake now and in good spirits. 

That's great news.

The weekend was awesome from a weather standpoint. Already looking forward to May. 

3 hours ago, Jester_ said:

Very cool, see quite a few of those floating around so I am sure they will hold up well. 

Does that use Tech air or some other air bag?

You can use the tech air or the Klim Vest, but it does not have the LED lights like the Taichi or ASTARS. They claim they just design the chest and back area to be more flexible for air bad deployment. The Kilim vest you need a yearly subscription for $120 to get the updates or you can just purchase outright without the updates. I know the Astars stuff seems impossible to get right now so for the mean time I will probably not do any of the air vests. 

Well since my fat ass can't fit in those fancy Taichi or Astars suits (Thankfully STG did a full return) I had a custom suit built from One-X. Interested to see how this holds up.  

On 1/7/2022 at 11:43 AM, Jester_ said:

For some of those further away rounds if you want to try and ride share we can maybe figure something out. 

As long as I am not on the @TimTheAzn payment plan. 

On 12/29/2021 at 12:03 PM, TimTheAzn said:

Yea that particular weekend trip blows all-around. Horrible timing. So bad- it's basically become a tradition for the org lol. Still people desperate to get one more in for the season come, so here we are.

Yeahhhhh I already scheduled the vacation days for it next year too. Maybe try and squeeze in a trip to either VIR, NC or CMP. 

2 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

Yea I'm torn. I want to ride but I also blew a bunch of money since Oct so need some time to recoup 🤦‍♂️

Heard that. 9 MPG to Barber and back was not easy on the wallet. 

13 hours ago, mello dude said:

Woman's shoes, skirt, long hair....girl, guy, manikin or whatever.....

That's Georgina. Nothing like a little target fixation into that right hander before you jump the curb. 

Made the trek to Barber this past weekend with N2. 12 hour drive was worth it. Got down to a 1:48 so I was happy with that for my first time there. 

Track and facility was awesome. 

Another good shot from the Gopher. 

20 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

Was it a guy on an r1 and a Tachi suit?

No it was a ZX10. I think he had an Arai Helmet. 

20 hours ago, Jester_ said:

We try our best to catch when things like bad passes happen and have a conversation with the offender about it but we cant be everywhere. Hopefully you had a good day overall, I know it was packed and there were a few crashes. 

You guys do a great job. I had a great day on my end and got to ride with a CR for a couple of laps. I've been able to do seven N2 days this year and have been happy with all of them. 

I think there was 50 in Intermediate so I know it was tough for the CR's to be everywhere. I raced MX and Flat track/TT for 15 years so close riding doesn't bother me. Like you said after a wet day everyone seemed to have had extra confidence and less patience. 

38 minutes ago, Jester_ said:

Ya it was a mess to be honest... all the crashes were self inflicted but everyone seemed to be riding over their heads. I was directing the day and had to have a novice meeting at lunch to yell at that group. I am told you see this a lot after a rain day, everyone has a bit too much confidence. 

I am not going to Barber in Nov. I don't like the drive down there, and the family and I are going to go to the beach for a bit since the kids are off school, so this past weekend was likely my last ride for the year. I would have loved to have gotten to Road Atlanta next weekend but that isn't in the cards. 

Yeah my buddy had a nice little low side into 4 at the end of the day in Novice. I got stood up twice in corner entry by the same guy but it looked like Chris pulled him off and gave him an ear full.

We wanted to do Road Atlanta and CMP but work has other plans. Hopefully next year. 

In the afternoon Chris told Intermediate to either get their shit together or he was parking the whole group. 

@TimTheAzn & @Jester_ are you guys going to make the trip to Barber in November? We are headed down for both days.  

Anybody know if the guy on the Harley at PITT on Sunday is alright? 

Another beautiful day at PIRC. Looking forward to being back on the 10th. My right hand was going numb Sunday about half way through the session and I need to work on getting that chicken wing down on the tank. 

2 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

Sorry about the blank face I gave you the other weekend. I meet and speak to so many damn people those weekends... plus catching me that early in the morning I'm not even fully awake yet haha.

Yeah yeah you were probably like not this squid again...LOL I'll wait till 8:45 to talk to you this time. 

Intermediate before an Endurance weekend was definitely like entering Thunder dome but a hell of a good time. 

I'll be there. #22 Black Honda CBR in Intermediate. Come say hi. I talked a buddy into getting a track bike and will be his first day too.

You will not be disappointed with the track or the facility. 

On 7/13/2021 at 9:29 AM, what said:

You just made the best worst decision of your financial and social lives.

Ditto!

On 5/21/2021 at 9:15 AM, TimTheAzn said:

Yea man, I was wanting to work with you too but my day was cut very short.

 

 

 

 

 

I got the bump in the morning to I. Hopefully we can work together the next time you are CR for I. 

18 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

A common issue on the triumph daytona's is the charging harness melting at the connectors because of the increased resistance of those shitty quick disconnects. I've had the hardware fail before on my other 675 but it never caught fire.

This time I came in from coaching the first session of novice on sunday morning and was talking to a student and catch what looked like smoke out of the corner of my eye. I look down and there are flames coming out from under my bodywork. I put it on the kickstand (thank god this bike has one) and started trying to rip my helmet off while in my mind I was already prepared to watch my bike burn to the ground. Got the fire stopped without huge damage.

Yeah that could have been real bad. I noticed you start to panic while Big Jim and I were talking.  Glad you were able to get it out without a total loss. 

Well just signed up for May 16th and June 6th at PITT. I'm only going to be able to do one day a weekend if I want to stretch these until October.