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07-08-2006, 2:42 PM
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   Join Date: 01-03-2004 Location: INDIANA
Bike(s): GSXR Stunt Bike Age: 39 Posts: 4,200
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| Anybody can drag a knee.... | |
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07-08-2006, 3:48 PM
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 Join Date: 05-12-2003 Location: Reading, PA
Bike(s): 2002 954, 1996 F3 Smokin Joe's Age: 35 Posts: 809
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Ouch |
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07-08-2006, 4:26 PM
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| Join Date: 01-03-2004 Location: INDIANA
Bike(s): GSXR Stunt Bike Age: 39 Posts: 4,200
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Looks as if they would have known better than to build the curbs that high. Unless I am the one that does not understand why the track would do that. |
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07-08-2006, 4:37 PM
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 Join Date: 01-30-2005 Location: Indiana
Bike(s): POS '04 ZX-10R Age: 39 Posts: 1,475
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... You could surely drag a elbow.. |
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07-08-2006, 4:55 PM
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| MSF Ridercoach    Join Date: 02-05-2005 Location: Bristol, TN
Bike(s): 05 CBR 1000RR Age: 34 Posts: 2,179
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 | Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... That could cause some problems I think.
__________________ "Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" [GySgt Daniel J."Dan" Daly, USMC; near Lucy-'le-Bocage as he led the Fifth Marines' attack into Belleau Wood, 6 June 1918] |
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07-08-2006, 5:08 PM
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 Join Date: 01-27-2003 Location: Rosamond, CA
Bike(s): YAMAHA R-1, WR450F Age: 44 Posts: 5,397
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... It would seem to me that the people who own the track don't know a thing about racingl.  You don't even want a car hittin those. Probably throw it back onto the track causing more problems then if it slid off. |
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07-08-2006, 5:56 PM
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 Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: La Crosse, Wi
Bike(s): 2003 VFR, 2005 MV Agusta F4 1+1 Age: 27 Posts: 3,269
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... I'd bet i would be close |
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07-09-2006, 2:59 AM
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| I slide good in the wet  Join Date: 11-11-2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Bike(s): 04 Fireblade Posts: 639
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... My goodness, you guys don't see the BIG picture. They see the Motard trend and want to cash in. And MotoCross is good money. It is intended track design: You are SUPPOSE to cut those corners and jump the SOBs. It's a great passing technique. You just fly over the bike in front of you. Hell, you can get 2-3 spots, if you time it right. Slick  |
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07-09-2006, 3:23 AM
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| MSF Ridercoach Join Date: 02-05-2005 Location: Bristol, TN
Bike(s): 05 CBR 1000RR Age: 34 Posts: 2,179
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Quote:
__________________ "Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" [GySgt Daniel J."Dan" Daly, USMC; near Lucy-'le-Bocage as he led the Fifth Marines' attack into Belleau Wood, 6 June 1918] | |
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07-09-2006, 7:12 AM
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  Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
Bike(s): CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 Posts: 11,098
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... They took away the gaps, cracks and patches, now everyone wants to bitch about some little ol' curbs... The one I found most annoying at M.O was in T1 at the pit exit merge...it was near the corner apex and was pretty tall. Seen more than one "incident" there where peeps got a knee or footpeg in the way... 
__________________ Sith Apprentice CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 "There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop |
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07-09-2006, 9:32 AM
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| Just repeating what ever I hear...  Join Date: 01-28-2003 Location: Nose in a book...
Bike(s): 2004 GSXR 600 Age: 31 Posts: 6,319
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 | Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Wayne Rainey anyone? HD |
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07-31-2006, 4:36 PM
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| Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
Bike(s): CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 Posts: 11,098
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... UPDATE on Soup
__________________ Sith Apprentice CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 "There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop |
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07-31-2006, 4:44 PM
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| Join Date: 01-03-2004 Location: INDIANA
Bike(s): GSXR Stunt Bike Age: 39 Posts: 4,200
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Good to see that they listened and adjusted as needed to suit the riders. |
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07-31-2006, 4:49 PM
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| Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
Bike(s): CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 Posts: 11,098
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Quote:
 What puzzles me is how it got so far along without anyone raising an eyebrow..  Betcha they had to call in Kruger Industrial Smoothing...
__________________ Sith Apprentice CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 "There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop | |
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07-31-2006, 4:54 PM
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| Mr. Brownstone Join Date: 02-07-2002 Location: UT
Bike(s): 05 600RR Posts: 10,531
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... A few cajuns with belt sanders could have done it much cheaper. |
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07-31-2006, 5:04 PM
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| Join Date: 01-03-2004 Location: INDIANA
Bike(s): GSXR Stunt Bike Age: 39 Posts: 4,200
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Quote:
 We ain't real cheap, but we are good. | |
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07-31-2006, 5:11 PM
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| Mr. Brownstone Join Date: 02-07-2002 Location: UT
Bike(s): 05 600RR Posts: 10,531
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... A few well placed cases of Keystone Light would have kept you going for hours.  |
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07-31-2006, 5:14 PM
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| Join Date: 01-03-2004 Location: INDIANA
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Crown Royal & Coke please |
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07-31-2006, 5:50 PM
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 Join Date: 06-10-2004 Location: MI
Bike(s): Enough for now Posts: 1,279
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Quote:
 Very odd that they let that go in. Glad they didn't waste time debating if they would fix it. Looks good now. Those looked worse than the ugly ones they put in at Gingerman originally. Those were mostly normal height, but with these big ramped "aligator teeth" spaced every couple feet. Those were likewise ground down pretty quickly after the motorcycle guys complained. | |
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07-31-2006, 6:58 PM
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 Join Date: 01-31-2006 Location: Linconton, GA - Where I can ride year 'round
Bike(s): The REAL KING - Hayabusa Age: 33 Posts: 2,932
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... That was almost like a Government Roads and Bridges job. Build it and tear it down only to build it right the second time. |
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08-01-2006, 5:25 PM
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| Join Date: 06-10-2004 Location: MI
Bike(s): Enough for now Posts: 1,279
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| Re: Anybody can drag a knee.... Quote:
So what will you replace the 929 with?   | |
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