Ever went to the track, realized you forgot something important and had to go back home!!!

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I headed to the track couple of days back to ride my new 2023 CRF250R. I almost get to the track and realized I forgot my boots still in the garage.

Have to turn around and head back to the house and get my boots. I made up for it, I took two pair on the way back. Lucky the track I went to is only about 30 minutes away but still a pain in the ass.

What have you forgot!!!
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reded301 10/22/2022 3:37am
10/22/2022 3:37am
Wallet and gas or water jug.
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Talisker 10/22/2022 3:37am
10/22/2022 3:37am
Yes…. One time I forgot my boots 🥾. Another time I forgot my helmet.
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Chris99Flannery 10/22/2022 4:17am
10/22/2022 4:17am
I forgot my boots more than once, but one time I found some flogged out in the bin at the track a size above. Worked perfect for the day then back in the same bin end of the day.
Forgot helmet and drove to shop near by and bought the cheapest helmet. Used it once and it’s packed away.
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Jake-247 10/22/2022 4:24am
10/22/2022 4:24am Edited Date/Time 10/22/2022 4:25am
Forgot my fuel one time, unloaded the bike and started getting ready and then checked how much fuel was in the bike then realised I was missing the drum... Bike was near on empty too. Bloke parked near me noticed and without asking walked over with some fuel for me. Topped the tank off so I could ride for the day! I was so stoked
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Leave Us To 10/22/2022 5:02am
10/22/2022 5:02am Edited Date/Time 10/22/2022 5:03am
I did but I forgot what it was :-) I fortunately haven't but a friend did forget his boots at the track when we left.
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Teejay 10/22/2022 5:13am
10/22/2022 5:13am
I have a dream most nights where I get to the start gate and have no helmet on and can’t start my bike!

Got to the track a few months ago and had a flat tyre, realised my spare rear wheel was still in the garage so a quick wheel change became a sweaty unnecessarily long tube change on the floor 😄
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Richy 10/22/2022 5:19am
10/22/2022 5:19am
Not as such, but using an old long bed single cab Ranger lately while our van is laid up has meant I can't take my tool box (two kit bags and some crap fills the cab on their own while we're riding, can't trust people round here not to help themselves or steal the box outright). Just taking a handful of spanners and a couple screwdrivers stresses me out...

I'm never keen on not having a legit assortment of tools on hand, and I hate to go on the blag for tools from folks in the pits, although I know most people are cool and wouldn't mind if it came to it.
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Rickyisms 10/22/2022 5:39am
10/22/2022 5:39am
Forgot my air filter cage once. Cleaned the filter at home and was going to dry/oil it at the track the night before riding, luckily a friend only 20 minutes away had one.
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Johnny Ringo 10/22/2022 5:43am
10/22/2022 5:43am
I had a buddy forget a helmet but as we pulled in we saw a Bell from like 1999 sitting in a dump pile. Full of spider webs and missing foam. He ran it the whole day.
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sandman768 10/22/2022 6:04am
10/22/2022 6:04am
I forgot my seat once! Did my filter & thought, I will just put the seat on when I get to the track…. it was just a practice track, rode without it for the afternoon….I used to forget stuff all the time until I got a van for Moto… My van has spare everything, gear, parts, tools… I will always have a van for Moto 👍
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Yeti831 10/22/2022 6:14am
10/22/2022 6:14am
Happens at lead 1 out 4 rides.

Thankfully, the track is little over 10min up the freeway from the house 😎
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Gravel 10/22/2022 6:31am
10/22/2022 6:31am
I was pretty drunk packing for Thanksgiving at Glamis one year, got there with about a dozen t shirts, one pair of jeans and a toothbrush. No socks, no underwear, thankfully I had my gear bag sorted out. Rode 4 days, no socks, freeballing the whole time. Same pants every night, on the way home nobody wanted to be anywhere near me..
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MotofactioN 10/22/2022 6:33am
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Chris99Flannery wrote:
I forgot my boots more than once, but one time I found some flogged out in the bin at the track a size above. Worked perfect...
I forgot my boots more than once, but one time I found some flogged out in the bin at the track a size above. Worked perfect for the day then back in the same bin end of the day.
Forgot helmet and drove to shop near by and bought the cheapest helmet. Used it once and it’s packed away.
I’ve forgotten my boots once as well but luckily the track owner had an extra pair that fit lol. I also did the same thing you did, left my helmet, and said fuck it and bought a cheapo from the track shop
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bigsal 10/22/2022 6:41am
10/22/2022 6:41am
Vince Friese just forgot his brain in the 3rd moto of the Aussie WSX!
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wwdiii 10/22/2022 6:54am
10/22/2022 6:54am
If I wasn’t so dang old and still racing I’d have a Van and keep all my shit and then some in it.

The more I think about it. I keep my trailer I haul my scooters on in a storage about 25 minutes from my house. Headed to the storage the afternoon before going to the track and forgot my keys to the lock on the storage unit, had to drive back home. Probably not the first time.

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Richard Tease II 10/22/2022 7:02am
10/22/2022 7:02am
Yep I forgot the big one. Got to the track lowered the trailer tailgate shut it back up and went home.
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dnf736 10/22/2022 7:19am
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Met this chick, she rode so for a date she wanted to go riding. Loaded our bikes in my truck the night before so we could leave early in the morning. Drove the 100 miles to the desert.

I forgot the key to the lock securing our bikes in the back of my truck, and back to San Diego we went.

I was super pissed.

She thought it was cute.

That was 34 years ago, at least she married me.
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brocster 10/22/2022 7:44am
10/22/2022 7:44am
Forgot me knee braces a couple of times from having to air those stinky fevers out and not being in their typical,spot

Burned a checklist into my brain years ago and haven’t forgotten anything in a really long while. -knocks on wood
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uncledaddy69 10/22/2022 10:10am
10/22/2022 10:10am
Forgot my socks and was wearing flip flops in the truck. Rode a couple of motos with no socks. Honestly, not a huge deal on the track but really sucked when I got back to the truck.
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FreshTopEnd 10/22/2022 10:27am
10/22/2022 10:27am
Gas can once

Boots once.
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Spergen 10/22/2022 10:57am
10/22/2022 10:57am
Only my seat one time, so embarrassing.......and for the record not many people carry a spare KTM seat in the parts box! 🤣

And another time forgot to take the rag out of the airbox before putting the filter on, took me ages to figure that out.

Racing tomorrow so hope I don't forget anything
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Rider 5280 10/22/2022 11:18am
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Richard Tease II wrote:
Yep I forgot the big one. Got to the track lowered the trailer tailgate shut it back up and went home.
Fricking made my day!

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chasetwo79 10/22/2022 11:19am
10/22/2022 11:19am
As an adult in the business world, I live by checklists. I started using them when racing while young because I have the kind of brain that doesn’t remember things. So I make my list, do what it says, check things off.

It’s the only way to not be a space cadet for me.
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OleTex 10/22/2022 11:33am
10/22/2022 11:33am
My dadgum ice chest!
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scott_nz 10/22/2022 11:43am
10/22/2022 11:43am
Have taken 2 left boots instead of a pair , forgotten helmet as well once
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Zycki11 10/22/2022 12:06pm
10/22/2022 12:06pm
Yeah some days I forgot my skill. So I went back home and crushed a large pizza. lol I’m all seriousness I had some days where I was really really good and some days I left scratching my head like who the fuck was that guy?
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2WheelJocky 10/22/2022 12:25pm
10/22/2022 12:25pm
Finishes 20km loop trail riding and friend realised air filter was in back of the truck. He had ridden 20km no filter...ouch. wr250f, no problems just kept going, was muddy so helped.
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Brad460 10/22/2022 12:49pm
10/22/2022 12:49pm
Got halfway to the track and stopped to get gas for my truck and bike. Realized I had forgotten my money clip. Didn’t have enough gas in my truck to get back home. Thankfully my buddy was 15 min behind and stopped to borrow me some cash.
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Leeham 10/22/2022 12:50pm
10/22/2022 12:50pm
Drove to a race a little over an hour away. Forgot all my gear. So I just spectated lmao. Now having a dedicated gear bag, I don't forget stuff anymore.
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