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Jan 19th, 2010, 5:35 pm
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Humble
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lowville, NY, USA
Posts: 13,032
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 Me in '94 on my trusty Hawk, Firebird Raceway in Arizona.
That was a fun year...first year expert and second year of cleaning house in the Lightweight Twins and Lightweight Superbike classes, and riding my ass off in the Heavyweight Twins class. I'd ride right around the outside of guys on big Ducati's, only to have them go blowing by on the front straight! I had a 700 kit, cams, lightened crank, F2 front end and a Fox shock. Maybe 60 hp on a good day? I couldn't even stay in their draft.
That bike taught me how to ride. I didn't have horsepower to use as a band-aid so I learned how to brake really, really deep, get off the brakes early and scrub speed with the front tire.
I entered 600 Supersport one weekend just for the hell of it and finished 5th, starting from the last row! 
After that racing got all serious and really expensive. It was cool and all but I never had as much fun as I did on that Hawk.
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Jan 19th, 2010, 7:18 pm
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Radar tends to harsh my mellow.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Posts: 5,691
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Old? '94 was just yesterday
Very cool picture.
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2006 999, 2007 ST3S, 2007 S2R1000
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Jan 19th, 2010, 7:33 pm
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I have a button.. BITCHES!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Greenville, SC, USA
Posts: 6,815
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Dude, nice pic and write up. I'm jealous.
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Jan 19th, 2010, 7:35 pm
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,618
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even the picture's leaned over...nice bike
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Jan 19th, 2010, 7:44 pm
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The big SD, CA, USA
Posts: 81
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I was in Fourth grade. Jus sayin... 
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Jan 19th, 2010, 7:59 pm
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MOLON LABE, NC, USA
Posts: 785
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Sounds like the slightly less successful version of Richie Oliver. 
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Jan 19th, 2010, 8:14 pm
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: The lovely Van Nuys, California, USA
Posts: 11,283
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Good stuff Chuck. You should put together a bunch of pix, scan them into your computer and give us a nice review of your racing career. Lots of us would be interested (myself included)...
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Jan 19th, 2010, 9:59 pm
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Extended Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: somewhere between atlanta & n.cali, ITALIA->UK->MI->GA->CA, USA
Posts: 5,292
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young donkey racin' eh?
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2008 Ducshop Hyper S a.k.a. "Broke Beak Mountain" in a coma after 2011 ECM crash on Cherohala Skyway (w/ Mag-uhne-sium TA-TAS!),Ducshop engine w/ Pistal pistons, EVO slipper, Ducshop stack, Ducshop light flywheel, Ducshop suspension setup, DP cams, 2-1 termi, PCIII, 1123cc bore, shift-tech alum. subframe, DPseat, DP damper, DP 520chain, Bonamici rearsets, Titax levers, Driven CF handlebar, Rizoma beltcovers/mirrors/grips/reservoirs, tail-tidy, powdercoated parts, carbon-ed everywhere, and Xerox'd
2006 749R -the queen... (none shall touch her)
2005 749S -R.I.P.(homicidal left turning land yacht flyover)
2003 749 -R.I.P.(dog avoidance maneuver)
2003 KTM EXC 450 -(alive and revving despite mind-boggling abuse)
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Jan 19th, 2010, 10:01 pm
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: California, USA, Earth
Posts: 757
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuckracer
...I'd ride right around the outside of guys on big Ducati's, only to have them go blowing by on the front straight! I had a 700 kit, cams, lightened crank, F2 front end and a Fox shock. Maybe 60 hp on a good day? I couldn't even stay in their draft.
That bike taught me how to ride. I didn't have horsepower to use as a band-aid so I learned how to brake really, really deep, get off the brakes early and scrub speed with the front tire...
...but I never had as much fun as I did on that Hawk. |
Your description is exactly what trackdays on my 900ss feel like today. I must get as big a charge out of outbraking superbikes and going around them on the outside through corners as they do blowing my doors off once the corner stops. Big brakes and 100 fewer pounds do the trick.
It's way more fun to ride a slow bike fast...fun, fun, fun.
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Jan 19th, 2010, 10:46 pm
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Humble
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lowville, NY, USA
Posts: 13,032
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Almost 16 years ago...khreeeeeist! Seems like last week to me, too. 
That was some good times, man. Three of us racers lived together in a rented house in Chandler, Arizona...about 15 minutes from Firebird International. Talk about a home track! We could run home for stuff we needed or for lunch!
In our carpeted garage we had roadrace bikes, dirt bikes, mountain bikes, a 125cc Honda powered shifter cart that everybody flogged and a nice RC car track in the backyard. The RC car competition rapidly turned into an arms race, so we had to institute some "house rules" to keep the spending under control (stock motors, no titanium, etc...).
There were a couple of legendary after-race parties at that household. The neighbors were always invited and I still can't believe the shit we'd pull and got away with! Shifter cart timed laps around the block at midnight, for example...
Good Times!
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