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Originally Posted by DEFY
@ adouglas thanks for the advice. I been looking for a bigger bike for the street as it is. I would just be getting the bike setup for basics, removing the mirrors/turn signals/lights and safety wiring the fluid caps. Not fully customizing it for adjustments till after first run. |
If you go with Tony's Track Days, prep is super-easy. In fact, on a 09 the ONLY thing you actually have to do is unplug the tail light. Seriously. That's it.
Basic requirements are to safety your spin-on oil filter, either with a hose clamp that impinges on the frame so it can't rotate, and/or by safety wiring if needed. Since you have a cartridge filter, this does not apply AFAIK.
That, and ensure your tail light is not visible. Blue painter's tape won't do, because you can see the light through it. You can tape it over with duct tape but it's easier to just pull the plug.
You don't need a race suit at first, either. Hit up Tony's site at
http://www.tonystrackdays.com for full details.
While it's certainly not a bad idea to do more than the minimum, it shouldn't stop you from giving the track a try.
One thing you might want to do is go to one of Tony's days up at Thompson and just watch. It's a good track for spectating (you can see all but two turns), and you can get a really good idea of what the day is like. Feel free to sit in on the classroom sessions too. You'll learn a ton. It's also just up the road from the casinos... you can make a day of it with your GF, assuming you're into that kind of thing.
Palmer is NOT good for spectating, but if you hang out until after the sessions are done on the first day you can do the track walk, which is spectacular.