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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Fri, 28 Mar 2008Tomorrow is my first race day. The CL175 is pretty much ready: the new coil from the dyno run has been firmly attached in place, everything that needs to be safety wired has been so wired. I've even oiled the chain. All systems go! Well, almost. Here's a picture from just before 2 o'clock today: It seems someone neglected to mention to the weather gods that I'm supposed to be zipping around a racetrack tomorrow on a motorcycle with 2" wide tires. I've talked to Jesse, and he's no more excited than I am by the prospect of loading bikes in the snow and driving 50 miles only to stand around under a meager half-tent thing for six hours. There's dedication and then there's dedication. I'm all for racing in adverse conditions, but snow is one ad too verse. I've ridden in snow before, in many layers and heated clothing. It sucked. The idea of doing it with nothing but perforated (aka, ventilated) leathers and some thermal underwear is pretty much a non-starter. So, we're now thinking that maybe waiting a day will be a fine thing. It's supposed to be better on Sunday, with NOAA even hinting that there might be sun breaks in the afternoon. Raar! It may be that I have to wait a little bit on my first motorcycle race experience. Posted at 14:07 permanent link category: /motorcycle Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater Written by Ian Johnston. Software is Blosxom. Questions? Please mail me at reaper at obairlann dot net. |
