No fair using cut-n-paste from old crap..
I'll start...
You know you're a roadrace when you've mounted a lap timer to your stove for the winter months.
You put on your race gear when you play motorcycle racing video games in the off season. :biggrin:
You've stubbed your toe on a swingarm in the middle of the night on your way to the bathroom.
Attempt to trail brake while doing the nasty with your wife! :thumb:
you bring your bike in your house for the winter instead of changing out the water :thumb:
You've repaired fiberglass bodywork in the basement in January, much to your wife's dismay.
(Regardless of what she claims, the canary DID NOT die.....)
Your checkbook has a "GP Shift" sticker on it.
(Custom, of course)
Quote from: cshaffer89 on October 20, 2006, 12:18:24 PM
you bring your bike in your house for the winter instead of changing out the water :thumb:
+1
you complain about $3.00 gas at the pumps but will buy your buddies left over VP for $10 a gallon becuase "its a great deal"
You have brake markers in your front yard along the road leading up to your driveway (and you refer to the end of your driveway as Turn 1).
When you drop the bike off its stands, practicing your body potition...
In your living room!
XIII
When your idea of a nice converstion at dinner is talking about your last race!
When you tell non-race related stories using racing body english
Quote from: spyderchick on October 20, 2006, 06:58:50 PM
When you tell non-race related stories using racing body english
Guilty!
Wearing a beanie all winter long...
When you run leftover race gas in your lawnmower just for the smell.
When you spend the winter re-watching the entire last season's Tivo'd races. In order. One race per weekend.
Guilty as charged - an I've only got 4 race weekends!!
Quote from: bigdaddy on October 21, 2006, 10:27:10 AM
When you run leftover race gas in your lawnmower just for the smell.
Or Snow blower.
+1
when you raise your hand in the car during sudden stops?
You refer to Ice Wraps as "Warmers"
(and now i'll bring up an oldie but goodie)
You kick your wife out of bed when you have that 'high-side' dream
You watch it on TV and you lean with the on board cameras
Quote from: spyderchick on October 23, 2006, 03:17:20 PM
You watch it on TV and you lean with the on board cameras
That REALLY pisses my wife off! She also hates it when while driving the car, I lean to the right around offramps until my head is on her shoulder....
How about if your two year son can't talk yet but he can kick start a bike and make all the sounds as if we were at the track. My crew cheif great for taking warmers off and loading the trailer.
Quote from: Jeff on October 23, 2006, 03:16:51 PM
(and now i'll bring up an oldie but goodie)
You kick your wife out of bed when you have that 'high-side' dream
Another varient, you kick your husband out of bed when you have the "crash the pitbike" dream.
And on the race fuel line, you've tried to burn brush with the leftover U4 (and yes, the fumes are combustable).
And you run race fuel regularly in your Honda Elite: "I know it's smoking. I'm running VP!"
You know the flavor of blue lock-tite versus the red.
...you go to military tech school and you are the only girl in the class. The instructor holds up the saftey wire tool, then challenges the class to name the tool. Even though you're a "girl" you know what the tool does and how it works. Now the entire class gets to learn how to safety wire by hand without said tool :biggrin:
(True story, happened to Rhiannon)
...you wake up in the middle of the night, cannot remember the dream, but can still smell the VP. :err:
You look at every non-racing financial expendature in your life, and make decisions to spend, or not to spend, based on how many entry fees that particular item will cost you. :rollseyes:
or tires!
Quote from: Jeff on October 20, 2006, 09:57:22 AM
You know you're a roadrace when
You have never broken any bones in your life, now you have broken 13.
When your ex girlfriends have tattoos of motorcycle brands on them. :lmao:
When you wont have sex with your girlfriend because you have a big race tomorrow. :wah:
When your idea of "high class accomodations" involves you sleeping in a cargo trailer..
Quote from: G-reg on October 25, 2006, 03:42:36 PM
When your idea of "high class accomodations" involves you sleeping in a cargo trailer..
Which for me was a big step up from a battered, leaky tent!
When your asked to go to the store, bring the dog and he ends up like this................
(https://www.ccsforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.picturehosting.org%2Fimages%2FSuzyQ%2Fdrivingtofastcopy.jpg&hash=d0985e5da23b3dd4caa8fbc7c129c96d38aa2e16)
Quote from: J Farrell / Speed Tech Motorsp on October 25, 2006, 08:30:33 AM
When you wont have sex with your girlfriend because you have a big race tomorrow. :wah:
that`s not your girlfriend...she`s your sister!
when you stare at Ed Keys rear rotor and think there is room for a few more holes in it
you have spent the last 10 months preparing, repairing, rebuilding, creating ideas and setting goals to win a championship! then accomplish the unthinkable just to come home to a basement full of parts that you have to get prepped for the painter. so we can do it all again!
You refer to chicanes, esses, the short shoot and back straight when giving directions to your home.
You set up entry, apex and exit on your way into the UPS parking lot.
When the dog still smells like burnt rubber from a burnout she was rolling around on at Road America in June and it's almost November now.
My wife swares the dog still has a faint smell of rubber.
When you can't sleep at night but if you close your eyes and do a few laps around your choice race track you fall fast asleep. I prefer Grattan myself.
Quote from: grasshopper on October 27, 2006, 09:31:01 PM
When you can't sleep at night but if you close your eyes and do a few laps around your choice race track you fall fast asleep. I prefer Grattan myself.
+1 on this, I do it almost every night, except I can never get through an entire lap, I always end up stopping and trying to analize a corner or remembering a pass or a misktake, then I cant fall asleep damn!
anyway, you know your a racer when....
Everytime you see someone win money on a game show you immediatly know what you would purchase at the bike shop :biggrin:
you know you're a roadracer when...
you're idea of an exotic island vacation is the isle of man.
When you look at Ti hardware and think "There has got to be a lighter alternative"
When you refer to Red Bull as race gas for humans
Quote from: AM_#76 on October 30, 2006, 09:04:48 AM
When you look at Ti hardware and think "There has got to be a lighter alternative"
I though Ed had the formula for where the placement of those parts will go all figured out. :biggrin:
When you set off firewoks in the alley after Hayden wins the world championship, and your wife (who doesn't care beyond that it makes you happy) is the only other soul in your entire county who knows why you're doing it....
Your idea of sitting down with a good book involves anything with "Twist of the Wrist" in the title.
Quote from: K3 Chris Onwiler on October 20, 2006, 07:17:14 PM
Guilty!
...and you fall asleep while telling racing stories, only to do laps in your sleep while the people around you giggle as they watch your hands pull in imaginary clutch levers and open the throttle...
Your high school history students ARE USED TO you drawing a parallel between roadracing and every potential issue discussed in class...
Quote from: truckstop on October 31, 2006, 12:39:20 PM
...and you fall asleep while telling racing stories, only to do laps in your sleep while the people around you giggle as they watch your hands pull in imaginary clutch levers and open the throttle...
Ahem.... What happens at Road A is SUPPOSED to STAY at Road A.
Quote from: G-reg on October 25, 2006, 03:42:36 PM
When your idea of "high class accomodations" involves you sleeping in a cargo trailer..
or K3's trailer!! jk bud.
Quote from: b dizzle on October 31, 2006, 06:22:36 PM
or K3's trailer!! jk bud.
Uh, that 440 between the seats would make her a MOBILE HOME, son.
In some neighborhoods in Michigan, the old girl would be the nicest house on the block!
Quote from: benprobst on October 27, 2006, 10:15:53 PM
+1 on this, I do it almost every night, except I can never get through an entire lap, I always end up stopping and trying to analize a corner or remembering a pass or a misktake, then I cant fall asleep damn!
anyway, you know your a racer when....
Everytime you see someone win money on a game show you immediatly know what you would purchase at the bike shop :biggrin:
+2 on this...until you reenact a highside and your pulse races forcing you to start all over again.
....when you lean toward the right front wheel, look through the lower right part of the windshield, and turn the wheel slightly left on exit of cloverleaf on-ramps during my morning commute.
I need some seat time real bad!
i did do some gocart racing recently and smoked all of the employees to their dismay!
Benj.
Having all the race wiring done on the bike, you start wiring essential components on your truck... just in case
You use safety wire to put buttons on costumes, (or any garment for that matter).
Quote from: truckstop on October 31, 2006, 12:39:20 PM
...and you fall asleep while telling racing stories, only to do laps in your sleep while the people around you giggle as they watch your hands pull in imaginary clutch levers and open the throttle...
and you make braking noises going way too hot into a turn, and yelling "S*@*!" right before you crash.
Quote from: JoeNashville on November 04, 2006, 10:27:45 AM
Having all the race wiring done on the bike, you start wiring essential components on your truck... just in case
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I've done it! Once you know how to safety wire, you'll never use cotter pins again!.
your garage and house smells like fiberglass resin and the dust on your garage floor is thick enough to make a snow Angel.
You know you're a road racer when your room mate thinks you're wacking it to a Honda service manual. Because its in the shop bathroom on top of the rest of the mags! :jerkoff: :lmao: :lmao: True story!
....all your credit cards are maxxed out and your still trying to figure out a way to pay for driving 2500 miles to go to the Race of Champions for one last event this season!
....you have freinds from 10 different states that you see all on the same weekend on a regular basis.
....you could care less what cookie cutter sporting event is on TV because you appreciate the difference between ball sports and racing, after all, racing takes 2 balls!
....you know the cornering traction limits of your 23' long Diesel dually Pick-up!
....you practice your reaction times at every stop light, no matter what your driving.
....grown men are afraid to ride with you in your tow vehicle when you don't have a trailer attached!
....you feel like your surrounded by track day riders doing their 1st ever session while your driving on the street.
...When you use safety wire to hang all your pictures in your house.
8)
Quote from: 06750gixxer on November 12, 2006, 02:25:46 AM
...When you use safety wire to hang all your pictures in your house.
8)
I've come to the conclusion that safety wire is a more potent tool than duck tape and hot glue combined!
Never underestimate the power of duct tape!
Quote from: funsizeracing on November 13, 2006, 10:55:45 AM
Never underestimate the power of duct tape!
Coming from someone who crashed at Daytona that means something! LOL :biggrin:
:rollseyes:
You use a laptimer during sex
you get a knee down during....
Quote from: funsizeracing on November 14, 2006, 12:13:37 PM
you get a knee down during....
You seemed so innocent at MAM!
Quoteyou get a knee down during....
yeah, like you need to be on your knee's... :rollseyes: :biggrin:
Scott you should have seen the reading material we gave her at Topeka!! :lmao:
OH GOD! I forgot all about that! It's in the tool box somewhere.
Scott, don't listen to Tim, I AM innocent! Really, I swear.
Quote from: tstruyk on November 14, 2006, 12:55:05 PM
yeah, like you need to be on your knee's... :rollseyes: :biggrin:
And I'm not that short!
Quote from: tstruyk on November 14, 2006, 12:55:05 PM
yeah, like you need to be on your knee's... :rollseyes: :biggrin:
Scott you should have seen the reading material we gave her at Topeka!! :lmao:
You are not supposed to be corrupting or scaring the racers away!
yea, quit corrupting me!
thats like saying "stop corrupting the politician!!!" :spank:
The racing season is pretty much over, but you log onto the forum anyway and answer questions about serving Gravy or not serving Gravy, just hoping somebody has something to say about racing.
If you eat enough gravy you'll be racing to the throne room!
Instead of watching parades on thanksgiving morning, you've complied a video of parade laps from WSB, AMA & MotoGP just for this special occasion.....
You watch the 2006 Isle of Man TT (http://www.amazon.com/Isle-of-Man-TT-2006/dp/B000FWGVUG/sr=8-1/qid=1163700356/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-0341025-9624643?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) while PIP MOTOGP 4 or Tourist Trophy.
Have all Moto GP and AMA races on Tivo!
Wife yells at your for sanding your bike plastic in the living room watching TV.
Automobiles are not allowed in the garage......
a $500.00 crash is not bad at all !