What makes YOU a roadracer?

[dwilson]

I can easily patch anything fiberglass
I can easily patch holes in leather
The sound of high-revving sportbikes instantly causes adrenaline rush
$2 a gallon for gas still sounds cheap
Losing weight is no big deal
I have assorted aluminum plate, sheet and square tubing
My washing machine doubles as a stand for my drill press (and I find lots of curly bits in my clothes)
My car has safety wire on parts.

[smoke]

I can only think of a few

having a wife that undersatnds my race parts, gear, bike come first,  well after all the bills are paid.

having a wife that will sacrafice buying a new living room set and 53in TV so I can get a new truck and trailr.  I'll be dam if the costs were not the same.

I' don't know if that makes me a racer or just a race ho.

[tshort]

you know you're a racer when...

you refer to the end of your driveway as "Turn 1." (and you are constantly working on your line in both directions...). :D

(I think I stole this from an post from Dawn...)

[Zac]

Every Monday, people at work are happy to see I don't have a cast, sling, or crutches.

-z.

[clutch]

LMAO cuz this reminds me of me man.  The woman and I recently went to buy some stuff for the new house and I said man, that is 1.5 sets of Pirelli Tires.  She looks at me, shakes her head and walks away.  Anyway.

Just bought a house but have a stash saved for race budget that should be used for the driveway..nah..who needs a driveway paved

I do wear the helmet playing MOTO GP

The woman says I make cycle noises in my sleep like I am shifting and downshifting

The bathroom is lines with RRW mags

Everything bought non race related is compared to how many sets of tires and entry fees I have just sacraficed

Pics of me racing are plasteder everywhere in frames

I watch my on board film over and over

I scheduled my wedding in October around the GNF in Atlanta..man that went over well, but she understood and sacraficed her date..love her for that one!!!

I tried to talk her into getting married at VIR with all the racers around

I wanted all my men in the wedding to be wearing race leathers and the women to wear bikins and umbrellas..that was big NO!!

I then tried to get her to let the alter be a Superbike.  That was a NO, but she said maybe in 30 years if we re-new the vows....lol

One third of any wedding money is already budgeted for the GNF and 05 season

My screen saver is me on a the machine at VIR

My vacation is submitted in December for the entire next year based on the race schedule

99% of days off are for racing

[Bernie]

I have a closet chock full of every kind of  orthopaedic device you can think of.

I have more splints than metric sockets.

We always sock away a coupla grand in the deferred comp plan at work so that I can pay medical bills with pre-tax dollars.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

The garage is a toy box and work shop, not a shelter for automobiles.

When life or my job get me down, I think about racing and call one of my racer friends to cheer myself up.

When life goes well and I'm in a great mood, I think about racing and call one of my racer friends anyway.

My mechanical skills are well honed out of necessity.  Mechanical catastrophy and crash repair with no time, no money and no parts are my specialty.  A friend once commented that I could probably build a racebike out of sticks and rocks.

I look at the majority of people in the world as baseball-watching losers who will never know adventure.  I don't even feel sorry for them, because I know that it's a lack of balls that holds them back from challenging themselves in some way.

I believe that life without risk and challenge is as bad as a prison sentance.

Win or lose, I'm happiest after I've just raced.

Probably the most important thing about racing is that it's the only thing I've ever found that can clear all the bull$hit out of my mind.  Colors seem brighter, time slows down, and everything becomes beautiful.  On the track, most thoughts don't even have words.  The focus required to race makes me feel cleansed.  Maybe that sounds kinda gay, but it's the reason I keep coming back...

[bobby_r]

you know your racer when..............I was browsing through the rule book and I got butterflies when I read starting grid procedures:when the starter decides,he will close the grid to all competetitors.a number 2 sign will be displayed at start/finish.at this point .....................................................................................when ready for the start the asstistant starter will turn the number one board sideways.


man I can't wait to go racing  :D :D :D

[Chef]

what makes me a RoadRacer...

well,...

most of what you guys wrote! yeah...

(and K3, you need to stop telling half truths... ;D
 you're happiest after you race, except when you get carried away with the throttle and blow motors,....
you dont appear to me, or the rest of the pits, to be happiest, ...maybe it's on the inside (knowing that even tho you may have a look on your face that could cause a blind man to run, you now have to pull off another fantastic "get that thing back out there" session) JMO   :D

but me,...

EVERYONE I know is always saying the same thing to me.......

"Dont you talk about ANYTHING other than MOTORCYCLES...."

(as if there is something else on this planet as interesting)

people....




forty

[clutch]

well said Kris.!

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

(and K3, you need to stop telling half truths... ;D
 you're happiest after you race, except when you get carried away with the throttle and blow motors,....
you dont appear to me, or the rest of the pits, to be happiest, ...maybe it's on the inside (knowing that even tho you may have a look on your face that could cause a blind man to run, you now have to pull off another fantastic "get that thing back out there" session) JMO   :D

That was pretty low Ike!  I'll be on my way over there to kick your @$$ as soon as I stop laughing and wipe up these tears!

[am_#65_john_deere]

your not a road racer until you have done some realroadracing.

we are all racers and we are all the same but different.

there used to be realroadracing here in america but not anymore.

super dave knows what i'm talking about.
real street circuits.