Crashin...

[Super Dave]

First off, K3, thanks for your help.  Tore it apart, threw it together, done...then I go ride.  Thanks a million.  (Yes, it is hard for me to do everything...LOL!  I would probably be a faster rider if I would only concentrate on my riding... ;D)

Anyway, this weekend at Blackhawk...which we shouldn't have anyway because it just is pretty cool consistently...too cool to be racing and pushing to do anything without falling down...

So, people crash and they fell.  I tossed my pretty new bike down the road pretty good.  Others did the same, but are injured....

I'm lucky, I guess, but I have to say that my leathers, Vanson's, are awesome.  I have to give them credit for always protecting me.  For those of you that don't have Vanson's, or maybe a really good Japanese manufacturer of leathers, or a real American made set by like Bates or Z... you might get injured when you wouldn't with something like the previous examples...

Thanks for the help, K3...

And Tom Laning, Dave Vaughn, Joe, Andy, Paul, Russ, and everyone else.  I was just spinning around too!

http://www.vansonleathers.com

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

So I said to Dave, "Are you OK?"  "Oh yeah," he said.  "I'm fine."
Great.  Like we could even TELL if he had a head injury...

[Steviebee]

hehe  

[stumpy]

as I was on my way back to my pit on my xr50 I was joking with Dave yelling "I'm getting a bad head shake on this thing". He threw down his tools that he was using on his bike to give a hand when I had to tell him I was just joking! What a guy ;)

[EX#996]

So I said to Dave, "Are you OK?"  "Oh yeah," he said.  "I'm fine."
Great.  Like we could even TELL if he had a head injury...

LOL!!!   :D

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

I wish I had a camcorder in the corner station when that happened Dave. That was a WILD barrel roll your Yammie did. :o


BTW I like the "I slipped" comment you made when I got to you. ;D

[Super Dave]

Yeah, I got a couple of shots of it doing a "dance".  Brent Wyffles (sp) said it tumbled eight times.  Not sure if it did that many, but it makes a good story.

Rob, do you need to buy any gearing for your R6?  I've got some that I ordered for the '03, but they sent previous stuff.  So, I have to ship it back, or sell it.

And I did slip...LOL.

Actually, I think that as the weekend went on, the rear shock finally got some heat in it.  When I tossed it in there, the left before four, it compressed, but rebounded to fast, way too fast, and launched the tire free...  Weeeeee!  The Rodeo is on!

[tigerblade]

But...but...you're Super Dave...

I thought you were invincible?   ???


 ;)

[oldguy]

And a riding school instructor, for Gods sake!  :o

[Super Dave]

And, yes, instructor...

I've got to give my students the FULL picture of road racing right?  LOL!

(Whoops?!!!  I slipped!)

Invincable?  Maybe?

Well, after wadding my pretty bike, I did ride it away, got some quick help, parts, and managed to make Sportbike...

Did lead for two or three laps.  I thought it went ok.  And I was just getting a good feel for the bike.  

[tigerblade]

Do you have some before and after pics?

[chris_chops]

Dave, your killing me!  You practically post essays on other posts and now we don't get to read the details of the crash.  What happened?
 ???

Matt

[tigerblade]

Apparently, he "slipped".    ;D

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

I DID find a piece of banana peel wedged into the chain guard when I was helping to fix his bike... ;)

[Thingy]

But...but...you're Super Dave...

I thought you were invincible?   ???


 ;)

He's not called Super Dave because he never crashes.  He is called Super Dave because he always gets up from his crashes.  (Did you know that he was in '...And They Walked Away IV'?) ;D

[tigerblade]

Maybe you hit a tearoff?  Remember Ben Bostrom at Laguna superpole last year?  LOL

[diesel748]

I'm glad to hear you and that pretty bike are ok.

[lil_thorny]

well, at least you did it in 4 and not the straight away like me. isn't crashing like having the flu?
you just have to get it out of your system and
charge on to a 3rd place in sportbike. great finish
to a dysmal weekend Dave. Oh yeah, and thanks
for teaching me how to crash with dignity as well
as finish with humility ; ;)
p.s. thanks again for the changes made to the bike
this weekend. 6 wins. you are the difference!
Benj.

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

     I am wishing that I had set up my camcorder after all. I was pitted right there and was going to leave my camcorder recording for that race while I was out there in order to get an idea of just how slow a lap times I was running (was there by myself and didn't have my lap timer on that bike). Oh well, coulda shoulda woulda (but I would have had the entire crash on tape from the view I had of the track from the window of my trailer).

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Yeah, I got a couple of shots of it doing a "dance".  Brent Wyffles (sp) said it tumbled eight times.  Not sure if it did that many, but it makes a good story.

Rob, do you need to buy any gearing for your R6?  I've got some that I ordered for the '03, but they sent previous stuff.  So, I have to ship it back, or sell it.

8 rolls sounds about right.

BTW, I dont think R6 sprockets will fit my F2. ;D ;D

[Super Dave]

Duh!  R6!  Duh!  OOPS!  Not sure what I was thinking.  LOL!

I think that I had the rear rebound set too soft.  When it did finally get some heat in it, it just kind of bounced when I flicked it hard and the rear wheel lost traction...hard....(WEEEEE!)

I'm fine (Vanson Leathers!  If you don't have them...you get hurt), bike isn't as pretty as before.  Now back to work on it.  Still has stock forks with only Hyperpro front springs.  The Hyperpro rear shock was really cool otherwise.  I think 4&6 got the geometry just about spot on.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Duh!  R6!  Duh!  OOPS!  Not sure what I was thinking.  LOL!

Been sniffing the race gas again huh Dave. ;D

I'm fine (Vanson Leathers!  If you don't have them...you get hurt).

I've feel in my Teknic in 6 after the main gate and didnt get hurt. :-/ Cant afford Vanson anyways. Next suit will be SYed.

[Super Dave]

Don't forget...

Sometimes at the end of the season, Vanson asks me to sell my rental leathers.  They go for a very, very reasonable price...

[Decreasing_Dave]

Don't forget...

Sometimes at the end of the season, Vanson asks me to sell my rental leathers.  They go for a very, very reasonable price...

EEEEWWWW!!!....amateur sweat

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Don't forget...

Sometimes at the end of the season, Vanson asks me to sell my rental leathers.  They go for a very, very reasonable price...

Well I cant fit in the suit you have. ;D Not exactly skinny here. ;D ;D

[Super Dave]

Not my suits, they are rental suits for the school.  Paul Buxton and K3 are wearing Vanson Leather suits that were part of my rental fleet from last year.  They are good sized guys.  

[EX#996]

Paul Buxton and K3 are wearing Vanson Leather suits that were part of my rental fleet from last year.  They are good sized guys.  

LOL!!!

Paul - the 'impressive goon'
K3 - the thug

They could be the BHF version of the 'wise guys'   ;D

Oh, wait a minute, they think they are!  Haa Haa Haa  ;D

Sorry guys!  I couldn't resist.   ;) :-*

Dawn   :)

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Yo!  You talkin' to me?  Betta watch yasef.  Youse be messin with me an' my boyz, you'll be chokin on my nuts!  Cashews, that is!!!  Want some rum with that?  I'm carrying Captain Morgan Private Stock in my spares box this year!!!

[EX#996]

Yo!  You talkin' to me?  Betta watch yasef.  Youse be messin with me an' my boyz, you'll be chokin on my nuts!  Cashews, that is!!!  Want some rum with that?  I'm carrying Captain Morgan Private Stock in my spares box this year!!!

 ;) :-* ;D

[KBOlsen]

OMG I can still taste that SMOOOTH.... ;)