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Old 10-10-2008, 09:49 AM   #1
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Default Azoom, give us the low down on the AF1 Racing track day!

The good, the bad and the ugly, please. I heard that there were a couple of crashes.
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Old 10-10-2008, 10:22 PM   #2
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The good - 60 riders got to show up and ride the track for free.

The bad - one of my instructors did some off roading, and beautiful (read = ouch) swan superman operation destroying his Tuono Factory and breaking six ribs. He bent the bars with his chest.

One other hit the ground for the day - bike totalled, rider fine.

All in all - a REALLY good time. Wish you could have made it.
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Old 10-10-2008, 10:25 PM   #3
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damn hope they're both ok and recovering alright...
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damn hope they're both ok and recovering alright...
The one is fine - no injuries to him at all. Well, probably just sore.

The other is still in the hospital. His lung partially collapsed, and won't quite re-inflate. The doctors aren't messing around at all, which is good to know. He's a doll - and is reliving the accident. He was following a rider into the front straight, that rider checked up on the last kink into the straight and cut into any line he had to stay on the track. Wake-up call for instructors and distance.
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Old 10-10-2008, 10:31 PM   #5
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The good - 60 riders got to show up and ride the track for free.
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Woah woah woah.

Louis this is not my batman glass.

And you hosted a free track day?? Why didnt anyone tell me my ass would have been off to TX.
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The one is fine - no injuries to him at all. Well, probably just sore.

The other is still in the hospital. His lung partially collapsed, and won't quite re-inflate. The doctors aren't messing around at all, which is good to know. He's a doll - and is reliving the accident. He was following a rider into the front straight, that rider checked up on the last kink into the straight and cut into any line he had to stay on the track. Wake-up call for instructors and distance.
well hopefully his recovery will progress with out a hitch..
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Old 10-11-2008, 12:54 PM   #7
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Woah woah woah.

Louis this is not my batman glass.

And you hosted a free track day?? Why didnt anyone tell me my ass would have been off to TX.
I managed and hosted the track - the day was an open house for AF1 Racing, www.af1racing.com The track-space was for Aprilia motorcycles ONLY. So, if you had a priller, you could ride due to their graces.
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I managed and hosted the track - the day was an open house for AF1 Racing, www.af1racing.com The track-space was for Aprilia motorcycles ONLY. So, if you had a priller, you could ride due to their graces.
I love showing up at Desmo events with my Gixxer. they always let me ride but been a long time member. Never tried to crash a Tiller event.
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Old 10-12-2008, 01:38 PM   #9
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I heard about the instructor/CMRA racer going offroad a bit with the RS125. What happened there? He didn't pin the throttle and kept the speed through the turn?
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