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Indeed. Envy fuels so much discontent. People with no social skills tend to be predictably resentful toward those that have them, the same way raging alcoholics often treat sober people with scorn. Same as dirt poor rust belt types who like to hate on educated middle-class people from the East Coast. Same ...., different day.
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Nice. I had an '05 ZX-6R...which was my baby but I used it for some track days. What a sweet bike. Thankfully I didn't bin it. Then I picked up an '05 GSX-R 750 for track days but it had a clutch lever that was a really hard squeeze, even with an aftermarket lever. By the end of a day my forearm was bloody sore. Another really sweet bike though. I also had an '02 R1 at the beginning. Low sided on that and as I tumbled in the grass, I saw her flipping and rolling with bits flying off her. That was at Summit Point in WV. To be perfectly honest, I had no business being on that R1. Learned the hard way.
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You're a lucky guy. Now you have a new buddy who comes on the forum every 10 minutes to remind us all that we spend too much time here.
Might be a good idea for you to take your own advice and devote some posts to bike racing then, which your posts rarely seem to concern, while 22 has done so in a fashion interesting to me for a number of years with his cart racing a sidelight to which no-one that I can recall has previously taken exception. I don’t particularly care whether he, I or anyone else makes posts of interest to you. I can happily go without cod psychology from you or about you as well.
When this forum was a wider one people often met up at motogp races. The two most prolific posters on here back in the mid noughties, one a passionate Rossi fan and the other a passionate Hayden fan who argued constantly on here met up at Laguna Seca 2008 and became great friends.
Roger in fact had the opposite problem. A generous and gregarious man, he put much of his life on open display here and found it being used against him, prompting him to exit precipitately and permanently.
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I'm still sad about that. I always got on well with him, sadly some of his friends decided I was also an enemy for reasons I don't know to this day so for fear of having information about my life being used against me I withdrew from Roger too.
I had several low sides and luckily never flew off into space from a high side. Only reason I quit was I had just gotten married and my wife was adamant that I not get hurt anymore. I do miss my R1 though. Still have an 06 GSXR 750 for the track but don’t get out as often as I’d like.
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It won't. As others have said, it gets feisty here sometimes, usually flame wars from trolls who have been butthurt in the past under different alias' and sole intention is to troll. Most of the time we don't bite, but in this case I had to set the record straight.
Thanks, I certainly enjoy it. The problem is most in the know thing karts are like the rental ones at your local theme park. The gearbox (or shifter in the US) classes I run in are mental, with speeds of up to 150mph.
I've owned many, many karts. I still have my first first one hanging on my garage wall. I sold my 250 superkart some time ago as it just became too much to maintain so I stepped back down to 125, here is my current baby:
Not sure if he still does, but for many years Wayne ran 250 superkart at 'Guna and was seriously quick!
Do it sometime, there are plenty of places outdoor you can rent. If you love bikes you'll love it. Whereabouts in the US re you?
Gee, why didn't I think of that?
Still failed to answer the question as to why YOU aren't in MotoGP btw.
I'm done, I proved your troll status, so back to being blocked you go.
I assume you are talking about little Walter, but in my case, you criticised my hobby before I returned the favour. Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.
Awesome, have you ever done Laguna Seca? It's on my bucket list!
Thanks Mike, appreciated. Always have time for you as you know.
Exactly. I'm still racing 25 yrs later, none of the kids I started with at my club are and apart from a few who had the finance to make it to F1, very few of the kids I raced with nationally are still doing it. I know one thing for sure, I'm still enjoying it, unlike them.
My apologies, I kind of flared this up by taking the troll bait. I don't normally but sometimes you have to draw a line and take a stand.
Sorry man, my bad!
In answer to your question, yes I’ve done Laguna. In my early days so I wasn’t near fast enough as the balls hadn’t dropped yet
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I meant Keshav more than you in this case, I have never had any differences with you, just about always enjoy your posts about bike racing, and like Gaz actively admire your enthusiasm for and continued participation in kart racing. As I said I have a school friend likely significantly older than you who still participates in drag racing which I also admire.
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