Apex 2 Apex Grattan August 25, 2008

[Mudpuppy]

Anyone interested in hitting Grattan on a Monday with Apex 2 Apex? I had talked to F4IPilot about this at the poker night.. I talked to A2A today and registration just started so not alot of people are signed up yet..

[TopGun]

is this open to beginners and what are the requirments? if it is a monday it is a possiblity, depends on fundage because of MOTO GP race.

[DemonRR]

wish i could make it monday. cant take too many more days off during the week. already takin mon/tue off the following week. heading down to mid ohio to do a track day on tuesday.

[DemonRR]

is this open to beginners and what are the requirments? if it is a monday it is a possiblity, depends on fundage because of MOTO GP race.


http://www.apex2apex.net/index.php/Policies/Track-Day-Policies.html

[TopGun]

thank you kind sir!

[Mudpuppy]

is this open to beginners and what are the requirments? if it is a monday it is a possiblity, depends on fundage because of MOTO GP race.

all groups are open right now registration just opened up.. apex 2 apex comes with high recommendations from everyone i talk to..

if you need help prepping the bike hit me up and i will come down to toledo.. i have safety wire pliers, safety wire and mad track prepping skillz.. what i recommend you buy is:

1. Lockhart Phillips Oil Drain Plug pre-drilled for safety wire - yeah you can drill your own but you can also jack off with sandpaper - what's the point right? just spend the $8.95 and get the magnetic pre-drilled and save your old one for a back up

2. K&N Oil Filter with the hex nut that also has holes so you can safety wire - you have to change your oil when you take the drain plug out anyways - the K&N filter is about the same price as a regular filter anyways. Or you can spend $0.59 and get a hose clamp and use a regular oil filter.

3. A shitload (like 50) of 1/8" drill bits to drill the various other bolts that you need to drill - they break left and right. A little lubricating oil does help though.

4. Fresh oil - see # 2 - you have to change the oil anyways and regardless of when you changed it always a good idea before you go abuse the bike at a track day.

5. Engine ice or water wetter. Just note unless you have your bike in heated storage in the winter water wetter will freeze and crack your block. I prefer Engine Ice but I know alot of track day orgs don't allow it anymore. Regardless you have to get rid of the glycol.

6. Painters tape to tape the lights / blinkers, etc.

7. Zip ties - for the mirror blocks when you remove the mirrors and to zip tie the rear pegs and kick stand once you are at the track.

[Mudpuppy]

i am all signed up with a few others.. should be a great way to spend a monday.. hope to see some of you out there.. look for the WOS paddock..

[kamikazejane]

I'll be there as a control rider/instructor so no funny business :squid2:

[jgreen]

I'll be there as a control rider/instructor so no funny business :squid2:


Thats funny business enough by itself. :badteeth: :sissy:

[Mudpuppy]

I'll be there as a control rider/instructor so no funny business :squid2:

awesome.. looking forward to seeing you.. what group are you going to be a control rider/instructor in? is luckystrike coming as well?

as far as i know its going to be myself, super and sketch from wos there.. some others were planning on it but they just got back from riding to deal's gap and back.. it will be sketch's first track day..

[Luckystrike]

is luckystrike coming as well?

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Hittin Grattan tomorrow for the LED backwards day, then Mid Ohio saturday, I don't think I'll have any gas left after that :zzz:

[flipf4ipilot]

i'm out for this... got auditors coming in, they always have the best timing:loser:

[Luckystrike]

i'm out for this... got auditors coming in, they always have the best timing:loser:

:ban: for being a :squid2: and a :postwhore2: who already forgot the rules :2cents:

[jgreen]

:ban: for being a :squid2: and a :postwhore2: who already forgot the rules :2cents:

No Sh!t :wtf: A moderator no less, who I might add, was quick to explain the new rules to everyone else.

You are only my asian 1/2 friend now. :ban:

[flipf4ipilot]

:ban: for being a :squid2: and a :postwhore2: who already forgot the rules :2cents:


I thought the rule was for "ride" threads

[jgreen]

I thought the rule was for "ride" threads


You should be a lawyer or a politician. Capt Technicality!

[Flip]

:wheelchair: HES JUST GETTING OLD!! FORGETS THINGS!

[Luckystrike]

I thought the rule was for "ride" threads

rides and events. get it right :popcorn:

[flipf4ipilot]

rides and events. get it right :popcorn:

Amend the hand book :loser:

[Luckystrike]

Amend the hand book :loser:

<-------------- not in charge of the handbook, sorry

[AlmightyS]

i'm out for this... got auditors coming in, they always have the best timing:loser:

Wow, sounds like your gonna have so much more fun!:ridin: have you sharpened enough pencils to stick in your eyes while they are there? LOL

[flipf4ipilot]

Wow, sounds like your gonna have so much more fun!:ridin: have you sharpened enough pencils to stick in your eyes while they are there? LOL

when you deal with them enough you can have fun with them. Just like throwing a stick and playing fetch. Throw a stick far enough they will be chasing it down for a while. Too bad monday is the 1st day of the engagement so i will need to be around

[flipf4ipilot]

<-------------- not in charge of the handbook, sorry

What is it you do again??? :laughing:

[jgreen]

What is it you do again??? :laughing:

Surpreme :postwhore2:

[Luckystrike]

Surpreme :postwhore2:

atleast someone is paying attention :rolleyes:

[flamingemu]

I'll be there Monday, so perhaps we'll run into each other.

[kamikazejane]

I'll be there Monday, so perhaps we'll run into each other.

yah, I'll see you there. Leaving Sunday morning to go watch the Wera races if you are interested at all.

[flamingemu]

yah, I'll see you there. Leaving Sunday morning to go watch the Wera races if you are interested at all.

If my folks hadn't invited themselves over tomorrow, I would've gone to check that out for sure. I'll try to setup at the usual spot. See ya Monday.

[kamikazejane]

If my folks hadn't invited themselves over tomorrow, I would've gone to check that out for sure. I'll try to setup at the usual spot. See ya Monday.

I just remembered that you will be on the new track bike. Should be fun. Probably bringing the 848 to ride when I am instructing the novice group. See you there.

[flamingemu]

I just remembered that you will be on the new track bike. Should be fun. Probably bringing the 848 to ride when I am instructing the novice group. See you there.

Very cool. I actually signed up for Novice to get a feel for the new bike as I haven't ridden it at all yet. Depending on how things go, I'll switch over to Intermediate after the second or third session.

[flamingemu]

Had a great time out there yesterday. New bike worked great once I realized it had a GP shift! Looking forward to scheduling more seat time.

[fastlane]

New bike worked great once I realized it had a GP shift! .

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

[Mudpuppy]

was a great day yesterday.. A2A runs a great track day.. good to see you jane.. wasn't a whole lot of people there so that was good - 2 crashes all day so that was even better - i didn't have 1 red flagged session.. alot of the time i was on the track by myself it seemed.. my plan for the day wasn't the greatest - rode to silver lake north of muskegon on thursday.. then rode to grattan on monday leaving silver lake around 5am.. didn't sleep for shit on sunday night.. so i was dead tired at the track.. but with the alone time out there worked on some lines and just tried to work on being more smooth overall.. followed jane for a bit a couple sessions..

[AlmightyS]

Had a great time out there yesterday. New bike worked great once I realized it had a GP shift! Looking forward to scheduling more seat time.

That had to be an interesting realization:ridin:

[flamingemu]

That had to be an interesting realization:ridin:

Nothing bad happened, but it was funny. When I was on the straight and redlined, shifted and redlined again the bike really wasn't happy. I pulled off for half a lap, confirmed my suspicions and then got back on the track. Lesson learned I suppose is to ask more questions when you buy a used bike. Now I just need to decide if I want to change it back to normal shifting or change my street bike so I don't get screwed up going back and forth between the two machines. It's the first time I've used GP shifting and I do see the benefit on the track, but not so sure about the street.

[Luckystrike]

How did you make it to the straight :huh:

[flipf4ipilot]

How did you make it to the straight :huh:

+1

there is also a good article on sportrider about GP and normal shift patterns. if you dont have the issue let me know, i'll try to remember and email it to you

[flamingemu]

How did you make it to the straight :huh:

Starting out from a dead stop was a pain in the ass, but I figured it was just me getting used to the bike. Luckily 3 or 4th gear is the same no matter what direction you shift in to get there. Keep in mind the first two sessions for me was in Novice so we were basically putting around the track. In hindsight, I probably should've realized it faster, but I had no reason to suspect that was the problem.

[Luckystrike]

The first time you shifted to second (well what you thought was second) you would have gone into first (after starting in second. :2cents:

[flamingemu]

The first time you shifted to second (well what you thought was second) you would have gone into first (after starting in second. :2cents:

Oh yeah, that happened and then some. Trust me, I'm glad I figured it out when I did.

[Mudpuppy]

i am just baffled the person that sold it to you didn't mention it?? i would think they would that is kind of important..

[flamingemu]

i am just baffled the person that sold it to you didn't mention it?? i would think they would that is kind of important..

You would think so, but no big deal. It's not like I got hurt because of it. On a brighter note, our pics from the event are up. I like this one:

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[Mudpuppy]

nice pic.. yeah i saw they were up..

[Luckystrike]

i am just baffled the person that sold it to you didn't mention it?? i would think they would that is kind of important..

There should be a sticker on the upper triple, or somewhere that says GP

[Luckystrike]

You would think so, but no big deal. It's not like I got hurt because of it. On a brighter note, our pics from the event are up. I like this one:

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That's funny, mines 21 and urs is 22.:hi:

[flamingemu]

There should be a sticker on the upper triple, or somewhere that says GP

I think I would've noticed that, but that is a good idea. I'll put one on there myself.

[flamingemu]

nice pic.. yeah i saw they were up..

Thanks. He did a really good job this weekend - I definitely wish I'd talked to him earlier in the day to get more pics.

[Mudpuppy]

Thanks. He did a really good job this weekend - I definitely wish I'd talked to him earlier in the day to get more pics.

oh yeah super gave him $35 and he took A TON of great pics of super.. he said if you paid up front he would focus on you and he did for sure.. i would say, imo, hands down best photographer i have seen at the track - he is a racer so he knows what people look for and he obviously has very nice equipment - looks top of the line.. and his prices are in line..

can i be 23 next year?

[kamikazejane]

oh yeah super gave him $35 and he took A TON of great pics of super.. he said if you paid up front he would focus on you and he did for sure.. i would say, imo, hands down best photographer i have seen at the track - he is a racer so he knows what people look for and he obviously has very nice equipment - looks top of the line.. and his prices are in line..

can i be 23 next year?

I think Jig is one of the best photographers at trackdays. He gets some awesome shots.

[Mudpuppy]

yeah for sure.. i am not a big fan of photographers as most of them charge way too much then bitch no one buys the pictures and the ones i have talked to, or better yet argued with, are just idiots - they don't even ride, etc. and wouldn't know a chopper from a sportbike.. but jig is a bad mofo.. he has the top notch equipment, gets great shots and has respectable pricing.. i was very impressed that he told super he would focus on him if he paid for the cd at the track and he did that and more.. very cool shots of super were the result.. well worth the $35 he spent.. next track day i do that he is at i am dropping the coin for sure to get some great shots..

i guess no one caught the # 23 hint.. of what i will be sporting next year at the track..

[Luckystrike]

i guess no one caught the # 23 hint.. of what i will be sporting next year at the track..


You hired us a 23 year old umbrella girl :eyebrows:

[kamikazejane]

yeah for sure.. i am not a big fan of photographers as most of them charge way too much then bitch no one buys the pictures and the ones i have talked to, or better yet argued with, are just idiots - they don't even ride, etc. and wouldn't know a chopper from a sportbike.. but jig is a bad mofo.. he has the top notch equipment, gets great shots and has respectable pricing.. i was very impressed that he told super he would focus on him if he paid for the cd at the track and he did that and more.. very cool shots of super were the result.. well worth the $35 he spent.. next track day i do that he is at i am dropping the coin for sure to get some great shots..

i guess no one caught the # 23 hint.. of what i will be sporting next year at the track..

I did the same thing with Jig and he sent me a CD of 85 pictures 2 days after the trackday. He's just an awesome guy and has a lot of great advice for track riding.

[Mudpuppy]

You hired us a 23 year old umbrella girl :eyebrows:

something like that..