At the time this sounded like such a great idea, but the reality of it was less then ideal. For yet, another race weekend I didn’t have my own bike and I had to beg/borrow rides to be able to get out there.
I did have my bike for the track day the weekend before, and it was so great to get out there on it. I really love riding that bike and it’s so darn easy. I didn’t have my beacon out there but I’m pretty sure that I moved along just fine, since I rarely got passes in the Advanced session. I had a great time working with a few of the Nov and Int. groups. It was fun to see some of them improve through out the day.
So rather then go into details about each of the races, since there was issues with the bike that I borrowed. Let me just tell ya that Daryl is an amazingly talented rider to be able to ride through the things that his SV was doing. I just couldn’t deal with it, the bike was freakin me out! It started out by stalling in a corner, then it was over revving, then sputtering and cutting out when ever you leaned it over in the corners. After he and Aaron worked on it, it was cutting and and then it would behave like the throttle was stuck open. I managed to do most of my races on it, or at least start them and then I’d end up coming off the track midway through, once I’d thoroughly scared my self with it.
It was over all an education, even if it was a disappointment that I couldn’t actually race. I just can’t bring myself to really push when I’m on other people’s bikes. I did do two races on Brian’s bike again. But, riding a bike that shifts the wrong way on a track that you’d never ridden the bike on was another great learning experience. I still managed to win the first race on it and place 2nd in the other.
I really would just like to get my bike fixed, so that I don’t have to rely so much on the kindness of my friends.