The thread for lame excuses of why you're not currently racing

I'd love to give them a go.

 

Me too if there was something somewhat local. 3 hrs away in ill is as close as it gets.

 

I would at a minimum, think it would be fun to do a Danny Walker or Rich Oliver school. I think flat track would be fun to try, but I'm not interested enough to buy all the equipment and a bike to try it. Where as with drag racing, karting and road racing, I will get what I need to try it or do it.

 

Already feeling the effect of too many concussions.

My body doesn't bounce anymore. It crumbles like a pile of that dog poop that's been out in the sun and turns to white powder.

Financial priorities have shifted.

Modern bikes are fugly and the Vintage Class guys are too weird to associate with.

 

I've never gone to a vintage race, would like to someday. But I do think some vintage guys would make a fork spring out of some wire they had laying around versus buying a premade part.

Plus old people, I guess myself included, get crotchety.

 

Part of my Vintage guys profiling: http://forums.13x.com/index.php?thr...e-the-dungeon-back.367041/page-2#post-5717651

 

Get off my carpet!

 

That's f..king great!!!!!

 

Pfffft... Amateur.

p.s. Drunk Roy is gonna have a field day with this thread.

 

I don't even know how to reply

 

I would love to try racing again, even though it was a total failure before. The fellows talking about V7 stokes the flame.

But I'm too involved in trying to build a retirement place, and need for every buck to count. There's so much off road riding at my new pad.



You can't have everything.

 

That view looks great. I totally understand not wanting to do it, because of the expense. I have to admit, it was a blessing in disguise when Tyler was taken out at Road America and pretty much ended his racing.

Financially when we quit racing, it let me do stuff at work, that I probably wouldn't have been able to afford to do. I was taking the racing budget as sponsorship from the business.

 

That was pure gold!

 

you know you have an open invite to come ride Thunderhill with us and can ride any of my bikes. We even have loaner leathers. Easy to snatch you up from SMF. Typically ride with Carters ot PTT.... Fun is meh for an org but tracktime is tracktime

 

I'm old, so I don't remember that invitation. Good news is I do have leathers. I bought a set to replace the last set cut off me, thinking I would race minis with my son back in 2008. In reality, I crashed out, broke a few ribs, punctured a lung, and broke my collarbone, so I became a pit bitch for my son instead.

I am going to have to take you up on that later this year. Send me your schedule or post it here, this old dog has sent his kids to college, and while I still have life insurance, I need to play again.

Although if you only have 1000's I should probably pass, as anything I've ridden with that much horsepower, has a big slick and wheelie bars.

 

Lamest?
BTDT.

 

I'm worried I might end up pitted next to this bloke.

 

Chasing greens instead of wood!

 

Man....theres a 675r rotting in my garage
A 20min track session is like that quickie you got under the bleachers in middle school. It’s over before you knew you were supposed to enjoy it.