I just had my first race weekend at Firebird this weekend. Had a great time. Placed 5th. Not bad for about four hours of sleep. :-/
Thanks to Decreasing Dave for all his last minute help. My bodywork didn't show up until 6pm on Saturday evening, and I was up until 1:45am trying to get my F4i bodywork to fit my F4. Next time maybe I'll get a better grid position than LAST.
It looks like I'm bit by the bug. Everything else, from here on out, is just waiting for the next race. See ya at the track!
how do you like racing the f4?? thats what i have raced 3 days this year. Great finish too from the back row..
Well, I don't have anything else to compare it to, but I felt pretty comfortable on it. I only had one practice session and my first race was immediately following, so I had to guess on the suspension set-up. I guess I was pretty close because I didn't feel the need to make any changes.
It felt like the horsepower was in the ballpark.
congrats man. you might actually benefit from starting from the back for a little bit. reason being you have no place to go but up, and you will get a lot of practce on where, and how to pass people. if you start up front(and run up front) then you wont learn how to pass as you move on up.
Makes sense. Thanks.
Good job and congrats on a great first race. Keep it up! :)
QuoteNot bad for about four hours of sleep. :-/
Get used to that!
Quotehow do you like racing the f4?? thats what i have raced 3 days this year. Great finish too from the back row..
I know you didn't ask me, but I've raced the F4 since 2000, and enjoy it real well. It's a rock solid mechanical bike, provides decent HP, and is above all, very forgiving...
I'm going to be running the new CBR600RR shortly, but don't know that it'll do anything to my times since I'm already very comfortable on my F4... Will keep you posted :-)
Well, I bought my wife a 600RR to ride on the street, but little does she know that I'm really just letting her borrow it for a year until I'm ready to put it on the track. ;) Gotta plan ahead y'know.
QuoteWell, I bought my wife a 600RR to ride on the street, but little does she know that I'm really just letting her borrow it for a year until I'm ready to put it on the track. ;) Gotta plan ahead y'know.
I'm on the phone with RFN telling her how to get to this thread.
;D ;D ;D ;D
I want my pit bike back!!! :o
QuoteI want my pit bike back!!! :o
Possesion is 9/10ths :P
QuoteWell, I bought my wife a 600RR to ride on the street, but little does she know that I'm really just letting her borrow it for a year until I'm ready to put it on the track. ;) Gotta plan ahead y'know.
Whaa Haaa Haaa!!!
My loving husband has offered a few times to puchase me a new bike -
SV - 650
ZX-6R
Buell Firebolt.
All I have to do is take one look at him to realize that he is not doing this purely for my benefit, but the future race bike idea is running through his head. My current street bike is one of his former race bikes ::). Nope, not falling for that one again!
Dawn ;)
Yeah, but look at it this way. If your [loving] husband takes your bike and turns it into a race bike, then it should be his obligation to replace it with a new one. Right?