Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have

Tboooe,

That's so cool. Laguna is classic. I'm in the Midwest, and while I've been to Laguna, I didn't get to ride. We were before your time. I quit in 94.

I'm with you on rides, I liked the FZR400 the best. No, I loved that bike.

Jim S.

Thanks to a suggestion by my wife, who used to show horses professionally, I "steered away" from counter-steering. Steering by rotating the hips and tensing the inner thigh allows for much better control--especially at higher speeds--than does counter-steering. We used to run a motorcycle dealership, FWIW.

My wife's favorite T-Shirt says "Does this motorcycle make my butt look fast?"

No honey, your butt looks perfect! Repeat after me, No you look good in/on everything/anything.

Jim S., Yes LAguna Seca is an incredible course! I got to rige on it right after they re-paved it and it was an amazing experience. Going down the corkscrew is something that has to be experiencsd. I have no idea how the racers' bikes do not bottom out the suspension. On the opposite end of the spectrum was my expeirence at Brainerd in Minnesota. That really is a "road" course. The uneveness of the surface made riding fast a scary proposition, not to mention the different surfaces on the track. Those AMA racers have bigger you-know-whats than me!

BTW, i used to the the FZR600. Rock solid chasis. The 400 was defnitely a classic for us wanna be racers.

Tboooe,

Yeh, a lot of people put FZR600 motors in the 400 chassis to race. Strangely enough, it didn't work as well as most expected.

Were talking shop, is that OK, or are we hijacking a thread?

How the heck did you end up at Brainerd? What did you think of turn 1?

Love and Respect,
Jim S.