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12/26/2015 10:24pm
Unless I include the $5 BJ I got behind the dumpster at the Gary In., Flying J years ago, but that's another story.
50 degrees, sun shining, December 24 in southern Ontario, another chance to drag out the 93, the hurtin' unit that it is. Usually, we are under snow by now, at the least, it's too shitty to ride. Not today, track was a little snotty in spots, but overall, a pretty damn good day. Bike must have weighed 20 pounds more with all that mud packed on, forgot my can of Pam. Oh well, next time.
Pounded out 4 good motos, last one was a half hour, only my 4th ride, after a 2 year break. Strange to be building a fitness base in December, but I'll take it. Thankfully, the cool temps allow enough time in the saddle. This would suck, if it was August. With any luck, winter will stay mild enough, and I can keep playing in the mud. Couldn't have picked a better winter to move back east, like every other poor bastard did, after the oil patch collapsed.
50 degrees, sun shining, December 24 in southern Ontario, another chance to drag out the 93, the hurtin' unit that it is. Usually, we are under snow by now, at the least, it's too shitty to ride. Not today, track was a little snotty in spots, but overall, a pretty damn good day. Bike must have weighed 20 pounds more with all that mud packed on, forgot my can of Pam. Oh well, next time.
Pounded out 4 good motos, last one was a half hour, only my 4th ride, after a 2 year break. Strange to be building a fitness base in December, but I'll take it. Thankfully, the cool temps allow enough time in the saddle. This would suck, if it was August. With any luck, winter will stay mild enough, and I can keep playing in the mud. Couldn't have picked a better winter to move back east, like every other poor bastard did, after the oil patch collapsed.
Nice to see you got at least one good last ride in before. ...
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Last time I was in Lloydminster there were two pregnant girls at the local bar drinking and smoking..
Btw- Awesome to be riding today, looks like you had fun!
Scooter, where is that track? Looks great! Also, sweet bike. Some new plastic and a seat and it will look brand new.
And I thought I ran my levers low...
Ramrod, that track is just east of London, up the Aylmer highway, north of the 401. $20 a day to ride, it`s a lot of fun there, for sure.
Haha
Lucky you, getting to ride this time of year. It's - 16 here in Northern Alberta!
Pit Row
It was interesting talking to Travis about bike setup for tall guys, as my brother never liked my feedback when I warned him that you can mess things up. Travis agreed with this and mentioned trying a little bit of everything in the day to be comfortable. He talked about running too tall of handlebars, running levers in the wrong place, tall seats, lower pegs, etc.
His main warnings: No on tall seats, extremely tall bars, low lever positions.
His main suggestions: Normal height bars but extremely straight and keep them neutral. Leave the levers in a more standard place and the seat the normal height, or it ruins your cornering. He also suggested as low and far back pegs as you can get without tearing your feet off the bike in ruts.
As a note on tall seats, we were talking about current day 450s, which he felt are better setup for tall guys than the late 90s. His reasoning behind this, the seats are flat and easier to move around on. While late 90s bike typically had more of a pocket with a low center seat height... Kind of like that CR.
Just throwing the info out there, Happy Holidays!
Went out for another 4 motos today, and raised the levers, after reading ML512's contribution. Definitely weird for me, but I was adapting as the day wore on, it did seem like it was working. Biggest thing I struggle with is trying to get back on the balls of my feet on the pegs, but with size 15 boots, maybe it's just not that easy for anyone. This track has a couple of fairly long rhythm sections to it, drives me nuts I can't do those properly. Anyone got any tips for that?
Today was the last nice day for a least a week, so I jumped on it, although it was barely above freezing. By nice, I mean not raining or snowing. Might be the end of the run, but it is almost January. Nothing to complain about. Sadly, what little bit of fitness I've built up, will evaporate over a couple of months, and right back to square 1 again. Funny how 2 years off makes you forget how much fun it is riding, I`d actually thought about not getting back onto a bike again. Guess retirement can wait awhile.
As for the feet thing, he's a size 13. So not as bad as you case, but we still worked on it a bit as he struggled with it as well. I'd just bug him to worry about having his balls of his feet as close to the pegs when sitting as possible... That way when he stood up, he was already there. Instead of having to mentally remind himself to then move his feet back.
Take it when you can get it, eh Awesome? You get some serious snow up in that hood, I've trucked enough through there, played in a few storms in my time.
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