fossilfuel

Domina, I have put out an APB for you! Willy's Barbecue and Grill Prescot St. Cannery Row tonight 6:30. Everyone will be there so you have to come....

One Day TIME

Check your private messages for meal info. Plans have changed.

Arrived today after riding down PCH from San Jose. Stopped at a sea side restaurant "The Whole Enchilada" for fish tacos and then headed to Monterey. We dropped off the clothes and went directly to Laguna Seca to look at the track and facilities. We can't wait to get on the track Tuesday morning.

03:26 a.m. daylight savings time THREE DAYS

Just finishing off the LAST WORK DAY before school, YAY!!! Let's see, I'll be on the road most of the day Monday, so that leaves me the weekend to fill out my Level 4 questionnaire, track prep and load the bike, gather my gear, re-read Twist, and start my workout program to get in shape. Two or three days of exercise ought to be plenty of preparation, don't you think? Hey FossilFuel, will you have internet access to continue the countdown right up until Monday? Yes I will......Do you think that after all this, I would stop at four? I have to get up tomorrow at three to make it for a flight to Houston so I will be posting tomorrows countdown rather early......How do you like your steak?

FOUR DAYS....Thats 4, IV, quatro,

Yeah! Sponsor's would be good. Anyone who wants to help me out for the May 23rd and 24th WERA races at Barber in Birmingham will get their name or company name put on my bike. I will see if I can get a magazine to run a story on "the crazy old man" out their racing when he should be feeding pigeons in the park. Anyway there has to be a picture taken and I will make sure the bike with "sponsors" is visible for the photo. Or I can mention your company name on this thread which will be going on for a long, long time.

Yes, I am double apexing turn 1. It lines you up for a better and earlier drive for the fastest part of the track. Watching the video, that's where I need to find my time is from turn 10 to turn 3. More specifically I need to work out a better drive out of 11. A better entry into 13 and a better drive out of 1. There are times when I did each of those well but I haven't put them together yet. Hey man, I thought you were doing a great job! Thanks for explaining. Did I understand you correctly on going down two teeth in the front? Thats a 14 tooth sprocket, right?

I guess you haven't read my profile "Live in the moment".

Can I bring a small video camera? It has a suction cup I could place on the bike and take some video in the level IV group?

Please stop with the "R" word. You are this '' close to being band from the count-down (domina helped me with this)! And for those of you trying to influence the menu, stop. I remember a great movie quote "if you cook it they will come". I've got a great idea...I am very goal oriented and had a thought with the help of "Rainman's" comment above. Why not make this the longest thread in the history of California Superbike School? We could become legends in needless, mindless, bantering chatter. Our crazy nicknames could be placed on........I don't know somewhere? Maybe we could get a free T-Shirt.

FIVE DAYS.......Anybody seen HotFoot?

I watched his line through one and learned something new. It looks like he is double apexing it instead of following the line around the inside

Please stop with the "R" word. You are this '' close to being band from the count-down (domina helped me with this)! And for those of you trying to influence the menu, stop. I remember a great movie quote "if you cook it they will come". "banned" He is allowed to use his nickname. Because, it's funny. I'm good at that. Its your thread.

Please stop with the "R" word. You are this '' close to being band from the count-down (domina helped me with this)! And for those of you trying to influence the menu, stop. I remember a great movie quote "if you cook it they will come".

6 days

Ok quit teasing where is the video? nevermind found it back at the top..great video

HotFoot, Domina has, as usual, found a flaw in our correspondence. Somewhere in both or one of our comments is an error. Its not just grammar this time. Somehow some way we have broken a covenant. She knows it and has the page number and sources to prove it. I feel it in my bones. She is calling us out. What do we do? "Aren't you two both in Level IV? Do you remember what Cobie taught you, Hotfoot?" a.) Read Twist I b.) don't talk to strangers c.) cover the kill switch with your hand d.) all of the above

Omigod you are TOTALLY KILLING me now. I've been making a reasonable effort not to get too wrapped up in anticipating the school, then I read this. NOW I'm not only dying to get to a school, you made me want to send in a coach application! CSS creates an environment unlike any other and you provoked such a vivid recollection of it that I felt the track-day butterflies in my stomach. Well, if I am worthless at work, or can't sleep tonight, I'm going to blame you. And here you go, just to get you back for that - imagine sitting on your school bike in the line-up in hot pit, hearing the rumbling of all the bikes, smelling the exhaust and seeing the plumes in the cool air, waiting for your coach to come find you (wonder who it will be? Is he/she fast? Friendly? Easy to follow?), wondering how that school bike will handle, waiting for Trevor to let you go... and then he does, with that friendly reminder, no-brakes and warm up your tires... And then you're off, cool air and a big, wide expanse of empty track. Just look at all that room to ride... no race tension, no wild start, just that exhilarating moment of the start of a fresh new day, with a fast bike underneath you and all the potential in the world... and a crew of wonderful people, the best in the world, all there to help you discover what you can do out there, how good you can really be. I can hardly wait. HotFoot Maybe this will help you sleep better! I'm having fun

Ah I don't have video of the no brakes. But I did add video of the unlimited supersport race. Yep, just need to up my average speed by 4mph. Greg, How is your gearing set up for Jennings and what are you down shifting in for turn 4 -5?

Weather looks good

I awoke this morning from a dead sleep for no particular reason. I noticed that my luminescent display read 4:00 a.m. instead of the usual 5:30 a.m. My first thought was " I wonder what the temperature differential is between Monterey and Laguna Seca? ". I mean seriously, If we are looking at weather forecast for Monterey then there has to be a gradient that takes geographical changes in to effect? " I'm using their bike. I wonder how many laps to get the Dunlops up to temperature?" Oh it's 4:03 now, I Have a picture in my mind of driving in to Laguna Seca for the first time and seeing all the crew and new faces. The trailer is open and the smell of fresh coffee permeates the air. I have got to get a cup before that girl with the big mug gets it all....Oh hey Domina! It is now 4:05. Keith greets us with the usual cup of coffee and Will preparing the bikes. I walk in the back of the trailer as Judy's IPOD is playing some great tune that I have loved but forgotten...Jackson Browne or Ella Fritzgerald, nothing like what I listen to now...Then She wakes me to reality, "please sign here, you will be in yellow group today! It is now 4:07...................................SEVEN DAYS

You go girl! I am impressed. "I did it my way", was definitely apropos.