Old Topics

Started by Biketographer, August 06, 2019, 03:41:39 PM

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Biketographer

Sometimes I run across old topics and discover they are very interesting and often very educational. 

If you run across any 'timeless' threads, perhaps you should let us know.
here's one  "May quit racing" 
https://www.ccsforum.com/index.php?topic=2936.0
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

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Biketographer

Every year at the end of the race season, I told myself that it was time to quit.   

But every spring, instead of trying sell my bikes, I just prepped them for the first race of the season.
Maybe that's why I still have 5 bikes even though I have not ridden any of them in 10 years.
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

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When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

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 This thread has been read 6,900 times so far.

It's about continuing to race after a tragic loss.   It rings with me because I quit racing maybe 17 times.

https://www.ccsforum.com/index.php?topic=10041.0 
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

Wow....    8 pages of discussion of rules / proposed rules for Ultralight Thunderbike class. 

It is 4 years old, so not directly relevant to today.   But I found it very interesting.   It has been viewed more than 17,000 times, so it appears a lot of people found it interesting.

https://www.ccsforum.com/index.php?topic=28204.0   
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

It was very depressing that everything was cancelled at Daytona this year AFTER people travelled, unloaded, and began qualifying. 

At least in this old thread we can read about Daytona fun (and bitching.)

8 pages about Daytona and horsepower
https://www.ccsforum.com/index.php?topic=18748.0 
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Zaph

Quote from: Biketographer on October 02, 2019, 06:59:41 AM
Wow....    8 pages of discussion of rules / proposed rules for Ultralight Thunderbike class. 

It is 4 years old, so not directly relevant to today.   But I found it very interesting.   It has been viewed more than 17,000 times, so it appears a lot of people found it interesting.

https://www.ccsforum.com/index.php?topic=28204.0

Ah yes I remember that discussion.  I was big into ultralight that year.  I'm retired now but look at what's changed.  On the good side, now amateur and expert are split up, letting some yellow plates actually collect a few plates to take home.   On the bad side, the Ninja 400 came and was allowed into 500SS making every other bike obsolete.

Biketographer

From the year 2009.

More than 80 responses discussing track safety changes and racer decisions.  Mostly about changes (or no changes) for track safety.  Matt Mladin decided to not race at Heartland Park Topeka and retired from racing after that year. 
Yes, it is an 'old topic' but I think the majority of the posts are, and always will be, relevant.

https://www.ccsforum.com/index.php?topic=23322.0 

Here is the googly aerial view of HPT.  https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B055'35.8%22N+95%C2%B040'34.3%22W/@38.9258136,-95.679555,1926m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d38.926617!4d-95.676197?hl=en 

For those of you that "were not around" when this happened, here is an article that puts the HPT event and his retirement in perspective.
https://motomatters.com/news/2009/08/02/end_of_an_era_mat_mladin_retires_from_ra.html
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.