Trackday madness.... it's really a bit nuts.

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Trackday madness.... it's really a bit nuts.

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Up at Silverstone today...

We've got 2 guys in here with us who have turned up with S1000RRs which have it seems big problems and need rebuilding... i mean why wouldn't you turn up with a bike that's actually ready to work ??
One of them seems to be rebuilding his head bearings/headstock....

You've then got the others who decide their bike needs warming up at 6000rpm, 45 mins before going out... Then again 20 mins before going out....

It's a bit bonkers for sure...

I must admit, harsh as it sounds, yesterday at BPW was far far more me...
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When you don't really want to be somewhere,you notice the dickheads far more readily.
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Skub wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:33 am When you don't really want to be somewhere,you notice the dickheads far more readily.
I didn't mind being here... right up until i was here :D

But i'm doing my good pit-bitch duties.... but i long for a mountainside in the Welsh hills :D
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That’s S1000RR owners for you 👀
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wull wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:44 am That’s S1000RR owners for you 👀
Do ex owners go into recovery? :lol:
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wull wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:44 am That’s S1000RR owners for you 👀
Has the S1000RR taken over as the "bike-of-choice' for the discerning Two-Wheeled Asinine Twit?


Used to be the FireBlade, then the R1, basically whatever MCN or Bike currently had listed as the highest bph output vs lowest weight with the most uncomfortable seat currently. ;)
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Maybe as they get older they gravitate towards BMWs and BMW's marketing department are getting it spot on.
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Maybe we are getting older abd are less tolerant of behaviour we might have done in our youth?
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Rockburner wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:58 am
wull wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:44 am That’s S1000RR owners for you 👀
Has the S1000RR taken over as the "bike-of-choice' for the discerning Two-Wheeled Asinine Twit?


Used to be the FireBlade, then the R1, basically whatever MCN or Bike currently had listed as the highest bph output vs lowest weight with the most uncomfortable seat currently. ;)
Pretty much 😂
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Cousin Jack wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:44 am Maybe we are getting older abd are less tolerant of behaviour we might have done in our youth?
Definitely. I'd hoof my younger self in the spuds if I met him now.

I was talking to the son of a mate yesterday and he'd amassed a grand total of 27 point on his books.....on a Harley.

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We got our first S1000RR"s at work back in 2010. How time flies, still think they are recent bikes.