February 20th, 2016, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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What's The Scariest/Fun Thing You've Done?
What's the scariest/most fun thing you've done at the track?
I think for me it's getting air over wheelie hill. I've only done it once, and it's terrifying yet exciting. Or maybe it's going down the front straight at 130MPH. That's pretty exciting! Especially since nearly every corner at NYST is blind and comes out of nowhere! @adouglas can probably attest to that
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February 20th, 2016, 04:52 PM | #2 |
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Griding up
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February 20th, 2016, 04:54 PM | #3 |
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I can imagine. I still get tense and anxious waiting to go out at a simple track day. I've yet to experience a race. Every track day, I'm still shaking unloading my machine from the trailer or truck
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February 20th, 2016, 05:26 PM | #4 |
n00bie to wannabie
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A Gentleman never Kisses & tells!
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February 20th, 2016, 06:04 PM | #5 |
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Riding in N.C. at night in the rain in the mountains. Never want to do it again, but will if I have to.
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February 20th, 2016, 06:10 PM | #6 |
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Yes sir!!! There is not much else that compares, do or do not.
For me though... 26 people all looking at me like I know something. Talking in front of people is always a test of self confidence and commitment.
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February 20th, 2016, 08:48 PM | #7 |
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Oh god, this in CA combined with getting completely lost with no cell service and a dying battery, running out of gas. There was a point where I just got off the bike and sat there with my hand on the Mora I keep strapped to my backpack, waiting for either daytime or to fight a mountain lion. I eventually got back up and rode around some more, found a middle school in a rural area that happened to keep its WiFi unlocked and booted up google maps and found my way home. Not fun. Just scary. I don't like riding at night in rural areas anymore. Even if I know the way.
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February 20th, 2016, 09:57 PM | #8 |
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Riding on the interstate through St Louis in the rain with a heavy cross wind going around a bend towards the right on an incline next to an 18 wheeler...
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February 20th, 2016, 10:45 PM | #9 |
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Wide open throttle drifting the R1 at over 180mph through the final bank at daytona. Crazy fun and exhilarating at the time but scary as hell in retrospect. Racing the Macau GP on a 2002 R-71 with over 220hp back in 2003 when 200hp was unheard of.
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February 20th, 2016, 11:31 PM | #10 |
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Gridding up for sure, the exact moment would be passing two other racers on the inside while unintentionally backing it in to T5 at NJMP T-bolt
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February 21st, 2016, 07:04 AM | #11 |
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cannot confirm or deny any scary/fun moments.
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February 21st, 2016, 07:58 AM | #12 |
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That's easy.
Meet Chris Smith.
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February 21st, 2016, 09:04 AM | #13 |
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What is scarey of fun? ahahahahahahah
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February 21st, 2016, 09:22 AM | #14 |
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Grid up on the same vintage bike my Dad rode in 1978. To this day I cannot eat anything before my first race. Water or Gatorade only!
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February 21st, 2016, 10:59 AM | #15 |
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Well, I've seen what you look like before morning coffee, so.....
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February 21st, 2016, 11:04 AM | #16 |
The Corner Whisperer
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sooooo true
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February 21st, 2016, 03:18 PM | #17 |
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Can confirm the truth of those pictures
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February 21st, 2016, 06:28 PM | #18 |
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February 21st, 2016, 07:05 PM | #19 |
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I want to go to jennings!
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February 22nd, 2016, 07:08 AM | #20 |
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Asking my father in law if I could marry his daughter lol
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February 22nd, 2016, 09:20 AM | #21 |
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Jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
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February 22nd, 2016, 09:31 AM | #22 |
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February 22nd, 2016, 09:32 AM | #23 |
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Raced a quad in the Baja 1000.
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February 22nd, 2016, 11:09 AM | #24 |
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Going fifth gear pinned over a uphill double to have the bike go completely sideways, slow motion watching the two of you fall as you kick the bike away from yourself and bail.
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February 22nd, 2016, 12:03 PM | #25 |
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The best thing on a motorcycle i ever did was ride a Ducati with almost 200 hp
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February 22nd, 2016, 06:28 PM | #26 |
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Scariest was going down the straight and hit the brakes for the tight 180 right turn that was coming up and having the left clipon come completely off. Knowing I was not going to make the corner, and having to keep it upright and then brake to a standstill in the dirt using only the rear brake and holding on with one hand! Quite the pucker moment!
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February 23rd, 2016, 07:28 AM | #28 |
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Getting arrested butt naked while ODing on homemade acid, breaking out of mental institution afterwords just before getting shipped out to Iraq.
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February 23rd, 2016, 07:39 AM | #29 |
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This sums up my crazy and all out awesome life cycle:
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February 23rd, 2016, 08:06 AM | #30 |
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That sounds like all kinds of illegal.
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February 23rd, 2016, 09:17 AM | #31 |
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On a motorcycle it would have to be the time we got to take a 1999 Suzuki Hyabusa for a demo ride. Along with my 1997 CBR1100XX. To a long straight away in the desert with no speed limit. I saw 305 KPH on my Blackbird and 315 KPH on the Hyabusa. I'm sure there was plenty of error in the speedometer readings, but it was still very fast.
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February 23rd, 2016, 09:48 AM | #33 |
Schönen Tag noch
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Went snorkeling for lobster in key west, and soon came to see some reef sharks lurking.
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February 23rd, 2016, 10:14 AM | #34 |
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That was long ago.
YOLO, I would recommend tripping on acid at least once in your life. Naked while arrested, no ID.. they were probably just trying to keep me from biting my tongue off. Getting put in a mental institution without ID; at the time I thought it meant that they can just lock me in there forever, so I had to get out on my own... quick, before they figure out who I was. BTW, I do have a CBR XX in my garage.. 310kph is probably 10-12% higher than actual speed... you run out of road really quick traveling that rate. |
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February 23rd, 2016, 10:28 AM | #35 |
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February 23rd, 2016, 10:46 AM | #37 |
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It wasn't my first tour overseas.. I was indifferent on leaving everything to get myself all shot up.
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February 23rd, 2016, 11:00 AM | #38 |
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But if you commit a crime that prevents you from shipping out on time don't you go to Federal Prison?
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