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Post #192,211

1/29/05 8:31:14 AM

And a nice place it is too...

Ducati is kind enough to rent the Spa-Francorchamps F1 track at least once a year. Marvellous place. Even the bigger bikes will run out of legs on the front straight, and those who dare can do the same through the last three turns.

The ZX is up to 12 now. I did have a ZX-11 for a couple of years. No class whatsoever, but an incredible sensation when you opened it up. Too bad it could only do it in a straight line. Somewhere in time I ended up taking a track class and decided I liked the corners better. So the big lug went out and I switched to supersports. Plenty of performance for the streets and much easier on the tires...

Post #192,287

1/30/05 7:39:55 PM

Re: And a nice place it is too...

Indeed.. it's the swervery which produces transcendent states of the timeless kind, brings out all the nuances of that inner ear sensor and other poetic things. It's ballet, pure and simple; the other is just Apache dance thuggery ;-)

Dragstrip stuff is just F=MA - and after Col. Stapp's little 500ish mph-to-0 stop on that rocket sled: It's Been Done.

As I mentioned here long ago.. having been briefly *lent* a pukka amateur racer's Norton ride, to try Ramsey Hairpin and environs on the {bawll} Isle Of Man (the day prior to the TT) ... that's as close as I've been to being ON a real course.

(No wait-- there was a demo ride with some cohorts, eons ago (before Muricans had the foggiest WTF a 'TT' might be) -- and the prize was: to take one Diana Dors around for a 'victory' lap; alas.. a "cohort" cheated! I was 2nd and missed becoming ever-so-briefly, a Dors sandwich. Oh well.)

Trust you will.. leave the 2-wheel drifts to the folks who got their first bike at age 2 and never learned what Fear is. I don't think one can undo that, once learned.

Cheers

Cars: Now & Next - (pwhysall) - (61) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:43:57 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (Yendor) - Jan. 26, 2005, 08:15:58 AM EST

current 1993 Nissan Sentra broken water pump, next - (daemon) - (3) - Jan. 26, 2005, 08:54:10 AM EST

DAM!! - (daemon) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 06:22:00 PM EST

Pick up a pair, I'll take one - (drewk) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:19:15 PM EST

will hogtie this guy next wednesday - (daemon) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:59:31 PM EST

Now: 2001 white Mercury Sable - (imric) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 09:06:54 AM EST

Huh, you French? (WDYHASM?) Watch it, your roots are showing - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 09:28:26 AM EST

Busted! - (imric) - Jan. 26, 2005, 09:56:59 AM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (JayMehaffey) - Jan. 26, 2005, 09:18:27 AM EST

Mine/hers. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:42:17 AM EST

So, that would be a *2004* VW Jetta TDI wagon... - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:16:44 AM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:27:29 AM EST

Shoe leather express - (Silverlock) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:29:52 AM EST

Good for you! - (FuManChu) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 11:21:41 AM EST

re: lose # - (Silverlock) - Jan. 26, 2005, 11:57:04 AM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (bepatient) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:31:03 AM EST

Eh? - (Yendor) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 11:10:33 AM EST

Eh? - (bepatient) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:06:30 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (SpiceWare) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:40:48 AM EST

2005 S2000 - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Feb. 13, 2005, 02:48:24 PM EST

Life is tough, isn't it? ;-) Enjoy it! -NT - (Another Scott) - Feb. 13, 2005, 04:32:17 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 26, 2005, 11:13:10 AM EST

Me and wife - (drewk) - (6) - Jan. 26, 2005, 11:28:35 AM EST

hmm, how many miles on the lincoln? - (daemon) - (5) - Jan. 26, 2005, 12:29:07 PM EST

Never buy a car from a friend - (pwhysall) - (4) - Jan. 26, 2005, 12:48:29 PM EST

Depends on the friend - (Nightowl) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:01:40 PM EST

Opposite experience. YMMV. (Guffaw :-) - (Another Scott) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:03:17 PM EST

he's far enough away I cant get at him :-) - (daemon) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:13:31 PM EST

Will keep you in mind - (drewk) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:18:02 PM EST

Okay, my turn - (Nightowl) - (4) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:08:34 PM EST

might want to look at the new magnums - (daemon) - (3) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:15:03 PM EST

Ah yes, the infamous Magnum - (Nightowl) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:25:20 PM EST

Why, has he got one? -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:34:47 PM EST

Hehehe, I almost said that too! - (Nightowl) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:42:03 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (dlevitt) - (3) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:16:55 PM EST

OT: dlevitt - Where are you located? -NT - (jbrabeck) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:35:40 PM EST

Re: OT: dlevitt - Where are you located? - (dlevitt) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2005, 02:41:56 PM EST

Old client was dlevitt - (jbrabeck) - Jan. 27, 2005, 10:25:59 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (flatboy2016) - Jan. 26, 2005, 01:47:24 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (admin) - Jan. 26, 2005, 02:40:08 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Jan. 26, 2005, 02:47:44 PM EST

Had a friend in NY that had that philosophy on cars. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 08:35:13 PM EST

Ha! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 26, 2005, 08:52:08 PM EST

You have a boat, and talk about *cars* being money pits -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 10:15:26 PM EST

How do you think I afford the boat? -NT - (tuberculosis) - Jan. 27, 2005, 12:35:21 AM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (Meerkat) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 03:47:33 PM EST

Vroom vroom. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 26, 2005, 03:58:46 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (Steve Lowe) - Jan. 26, 2005, 04:58:23 PM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (scoenye) - (3) - Jan. 26, 2005, 05:48:01 PM EST

Oooohhh.. - (Ashton) - (2) - Jan. 28, 2005, 06:00:17 AM EST

And a nice place it is too... - (scoenye) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2005, 08:31:14 AM EST

Re: And a nice place it is too... - (Ashton) - Jan. 30, 2005, 07:39:55 PM EST

I've already started getting environmental. I hope. - (static) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2005, 06:37:30 PM EST

Like most SUVs... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2005, 06:41:14 PM EST

The government sticker put it at 9.8L/100km. - (static) - Jan. 26, 2005, 07:02:24 PM EST

You have to ask, don't you? - (folkert) - Jan. 26, 2005, 11:12:40 PM EST

I'm boring - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 27, 2005, 08:25:00 AM EST

Car Now and Wishful Thinking Next - (lister) - Jan. 27, 2005, 08:41:46 AM EST

Re: Cars: Now & Next - (bepatient) - (2) - Jan. 27, 2005, 08:54:41 AM EST

<Envy type="green"> -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2005, 09:18:58 AM EST

Very Much So -NT - (bepatient) - Jan. 27, 2005, 09:22:30 AM EST

None shall pass!
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