MotoAmerica changes for 2018

I was thinking the same thing - lead under the boot soles might be the best place for rider weight. Light riders would also make sure to use cow suits instead of kangaroo. Maybe replace the suit shinguards and kneepads with lead ones too, haha. I think it could work just fine, though it seems like this isnt what Scott S meant.

 

No more race boots, just concrete shoes... ankle injuries will be a thing of the past, just don't expect your legs to stay attached in case of a wreck.

 

Exactly.

 

He`s a great guy with some awesome skills. A bit of a hooligan youth during the 2015 season during the Cup when he ran a few rounds.. got smacked a little for riding a wheelie through the hot pits, just youthful excitement having a great time. I saw him ride about three or four years or so ago at a DRRO track day at Firebird. He was killing it. Form and speed way above anyone else there. I went over to his pit and asked him how long he had been racing.. he had not yet. I asked him if he had been to some schools, etc. He said, "I just watch Moto GP a lot and try to emulate what I see." Okay....
His Dad passed around this time last year suddenly, but he is doing great. Still happy and fun to be around.
There is another kid coming out of ASMA right now that is wiping out standing lap records including his own and sweeping the points in five classes in the current series there on an underpowered ULWT bike.

 

I just ran through my post, I didn't. Shit I can`t spell like I used to or type.. aging is cruel and over rated

 

Am I allowed to post a vid of our personal Sean U. (Not even going to try it) stunt show we got at Road America?

 

Just goofing around Friday evening until golf cart lady yelled at him.

 

I'm certainly not a stunter lover but I damn sure respect his talent and feel on a motorcycle. Not to mention that kid makes me smile every time I see him.
I really hope he never changes.

 

Nice Skills!!!!!!!

I remember moving to Dallas in 85 and going to the street drags. Some guy rolls up on an old Kawi 750 triple and rides a wheelie the entire way down the "street dragstrip". That inspired me to learn to ride wheelies. I'm not good like these current kids, but I used to be able to hop on a bike and within one or two hits, ride it through 3 or 4 gears. I couldn't just keep it up going slow, I had to keep feeding the gas and shifting gears and get up to high speeds.

One night I got four tickets riding a wheelie, getting pulled over...taking the tickets for wheelie, exhibition of speed, no valid plate or insurance....(bought it that night). It was a 86 Ninja 1000R, so it was legal but I just didn't have paperwork and then got busted a little later doing it again. The second officer that pulled me over, I showed him my previous tickets, and he said if you promise to go home now I will let you off. LOLOLOL To be 22 and stupid again.

Well maybe I'm still stupid.....last weekend I get home from vacation and take out my supercharged M5 at 5 am, heading our for breakfast. Come out of the grocery store and light it up through a couple of gears and come to a stop light. Light turns green, I take off easy, slot it into 2nd, and light them up again, then I see the lights come on in a unmarked SUV.

I pull over and he said, look up on the internet how many accidents there are on Alica Parkway in Mission Viejo. I said I just came back from vacation and shouldn't have done it but wanted to punch it. He said, I'm on my way to work, I don't want to do any paperwork, please just slow down....so I did.

Wooo Hooo

 

Also, I love that kids infectious personality!!!!!!!!

Sean U....not Mongo!!!!!

 

Love it. I got one of those "and just how old are you!" classics a few weeks ago smashing through gears on an on ramp on my aprilia

 

That is about the only benefit I can see to going gray!!!!

 

Been there, gray once, gone now

 

Not getting carded anymore?

 

My wife and kids, all said I need to consider getting it colored? I definitely don't get carded anymore, but even with color I don't believe I would, unless it was a chick looking for a big tip.....and I'm hopeful I wouldn't fall for that.