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General Category => General Banter => Topic started by: RCKT GRL on October 19, 2011, 08:02:30 AM
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So, who is planning on doing some off-season (to us) riding? Share your upcoming adventures if you want!
I'm doing a Chris Peris trackday in Arizona in late December or early January and I'm saving my $$ for a Boot Camp with Colin Edwards in April. Next summer a trip out west is hopefully going to come together to visit Utah and to explore the Tetons. ;D
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With my upcoming medical bills I'll be lucky to buy that aluminum trailer I've always wanted. My plan was a trip where I could take both the motorcycles and the mountain bikes.
If you get a part time job or two and save more money maybe you could take me with you?
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Unfortunately, I only have memories of such things. Several years ago I shipped my ZX-6R to California from Nov - Mar. Things aligned to get my bike there and back free of charge. I was traveling enough to Los Angeles to make it worth while. Had a business relationship with the California Speed Shop (no longer in business) in Costa Mesa. Over the several trips there, I flew into Orange County Airport, park the rental car and ride from place to place. Was a great winter - rode Palomar several times, PCH, several Ortega passes, Mulholland, Lake Arrowhead area, up to Willow Springs ... would love to have that opportunity back.
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Books on my Kindle, fires in the fireplace on Sunday nights with my wife, more church, films at my favorite theater, inside home improvement, rollerblading at the dome, quality time with the cat ... :)
All "adventures" that I look forward to during the dark season.
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Heading back over to Bangkok for work. This time I am damned determine to get my hands on one of those 90cc sportbikes and zip around the rice paddies. Course it sounds like boats are a better mode of transportation right now. :)
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Books on my Kindle, fires in the fireplace on Sunday nights with my wife, more church, films at my favorite theater, inside home improvement, rollerblading at the dome, quality time with the cat ... :)
All "adventures" that I look forward to during the dark season.
Greg that all sounds so peaceful, you need to get a sled buddy and let that adrenalin flow.
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I had my parenting schedule with my son altered to 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off to coincide with my slow season through the winter months as to travel to warm destinations to prevent an "off season". Plan is to head south and mix it up with track time and some exploring on the GS and one tropical trip. Time at home with Howie will include some father son racing at Pro Kart on the KLX 110's and a stack of coloring books so I can work on staying within the lines.
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Greg that all sounds so peaceful, you need to get a sled buddy and let that adrenalin flow.
Variety is the spice of life. No apologies. :)
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Well for me it is snowmobiling. My sled is the fastest sled ever made out of the box. It has more HP than my motorcycle, 175 hp at the track and my CBR has 155 hp at the wheel. So every time I ride this machine it is an adventure. So now that I am off work I would like to ride the circle tour. Which is a ride that starts in Crane Lake and goes into Canada and circles back. It takes about 3 days doing 350 to 400 miles days. I would like to go bake to Michigan to ride that road on the sled that is a trail we road just a few weeks ago to Grand Maria. I bet I could do an average of aver 100+ mph point to point on that road. Michigan has some of the best trail any were. So even if I'm not riding my bike this is my fix for the off season.
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I most likely won't be doing any off season riding. Hoping the Bike Part/Gear Fairy
stops at my house though.
My winter plans usually put me on a set of parabolics locally and an annual
trip with my brother to Steamboat and an annual trip with my daughter to
the French Alps. Also a trip or two up to Lake of the Woods for some Walleye
and Perch.
And watching Twist of the Wrist I & II on the big screen with a fire blazing!
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Nice responses peeps! Sounds like we will all stay busy and content in our own ways throughout the winter season. :cheers:
Vince, I envy your snomobiling adventures and i hope you take pictures when you are back up in the U.P. the next time! and you are correct about the road up to Grand Marais, MI...
anyone else? :popcorn:
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I'm going to try and make a few trips south to warmer weather. My folks winter in AZ so will spend a week there with them in February. Might try and trailer the bikes down south at some point this winter too. I hear Texas hill country calling my name, may have to make a stop at AF1 Racing in Austin.
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Well for me it is snowmobiling. My sled is the fastest sled ever made out of the box. It has more HP than my motorcycle, 175 hp at the track and my CBR has 155 hp at the wheel.
Add a Boondocker fuel and boost controller to that Z1 Turbo and you can add horsepower at the touch of a button. I tested one with the fuel controller, nitrous, a timing key, 105 octane and 310 horsepower. Fun sled.
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Heading down to Barber Motorsports park in Birmingham,AL in mid November with a group of 7-8 ZARS regulars for back to back trackdays. Can't wait to check out a track with a perfect surface and elevation change, and enjoy some spirited riding in the middle of November! ;D Will be cool to check out the motorcycle museum on site as well.
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Add a Boondocker fuel and boost controller to that Z1 Turbo and you can add horsepower at the touch of a button. I tested one with the fuel controller, nitrous, a timing key, 105 octane and 310 horsepower. Fun sled.
Yike.
Traction must be a real problem at this point.
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Greg that all sounds so peaceful, you need to get a sled buddy and let that adrenalin flow.
Variety is the spice of life. No apologies. :)
Greg's got the stress management thing down. (Speaking as one who has a similar lifestyle.)
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+1
Low stress sounds really good right now.
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One of these days in February either Ride the Rio (Big Bend, TX) MSTA ride followed by 7 days of street riding in northern Mexico with a bunch of MSTA folks who have been doing it for almost a decade, or Charlie Coon's annual Copper Canyon off road trip.
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Add a Boondocker fuel and boost controller to that Z1 Turbo and you can add horsepower at the touch of a button. I tested one with the fuel controller, nitrous, a timing key, 105 octane and 310 horsepower. Fun sled.
Traction must be a real problem at this point.
Indeed. Have the radar data on my computer somewhere. If I remember right, we were gaining 1/4 mile top end but losing 660 ft. acceleration when we adjusted to more than 225ish hp because of traction for our test conditions.
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Spending more time with baby
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Spending more time with baby
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Awww so cute!
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One of these days in February either Ride the Rio (Big Bend, TX) MSTA ride followed by 7 days of street riding in northern Mexico with a bunch of MSTA folks who have been doing it for almost a decade, or Charlie Coon's annual Copper Canyon off road trip.
I hope to head down to the Copper Canyon in February for a dual sport ride.
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If the job outlook is better for me I would love to head out west with one of the bikes to do some riding near my sisters in the LA area.
Prob isn't going to happen but I may have a sled to ride around town if we get snow!!
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Prokart for me! With my 10 yr old daughter, makes for some great mommy-daughter bonding :)
Additionally, I'm hoping to make some mods to my bike over the winter.
I'll also be saving up and planning for track days next season.
Then there's the telescope.... I'm going to try and make some star parties, watch a meteor shower, maybe do the messier marathon, oh yeah... and spy on my neighbors to see what they're up too! Then I plan to warm up sitting next to the fire place with some hot cocoa and television.
If I have enough money some range time would be nice too.
And I have a snowboard, I would love to learn how to use it this winter!
oh yeah, before I do all that I still have a home and garage full of boxes to unpack from my move 2 weeks ago....
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if we get snow!!
what makes you think we might NOT get snow???
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what makes you think we might NOT get snow???
LOL....just meaning if we get 'enough' snow to ride sleds. :)
I would love to get one but know it's likely out of the question.
Anyone up for some bowling sometime before Christmas or maybe between that & the New Year?
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So, who is planning on doing some off-season (to us) riding? Share your upcoming adventures if you want!
I'm doing a Chris Peris trackday in Arizona in late December or early January and I'm saving my $$ for a Boot Camp with Colin Edwards in April. ;D
Gotta let me know how the Peris school goes. Jourdan is coaching down there now so I can't wait to ride with him again. Inde Motorsports Ranch is new and supposed to be a great facility. Maybe not as scenic or hilly as Barber but better than BIR or MAM. You'll have a blast at CE's boot camp. I don't know of anyone who doesn't want to go back. My wife wants a return trip more than anything. I'll be at Ft Sill, OK for sixteen weeks of training this winter so no riding til mid May unless I can use a weekend pass or leave for a two day trackday over Easter weekend at Jennings GP in FL.
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Well for me it is snowmobiling. My sled is the fastest sled ever made out of the box. It has more HP than my motorcycle, 175 hp at the track and my CBR has 155 hp at the wheel. So every time I ride this machine it is an adventure. So now that I am off work I would like to ride the circle tour. Which is a ride that starts in Crane Lake and goes into Canada and circles back. It takes about 3 days doing 350 to 400 miles days. I would like to go bake to Michigan to ride that road on the sled that is a trail we road just a few weeks ago to Grand Maria. I bet I could do an average of aver 100+ mph point to point on that road. Michigan has some of the best trail any were. So even if I'm not riding my bike this is my fix for the off season.
Well for me it is snowmobiling. My sled is the fastest sled ever made out of the box. It has more HP than my motorcycle, 175 hp at the track and my CBR has 155 hp at the wheel. So every time I ride this machine it is an adventure. So now that I am off work I would like to ride the circle tour. Which is a ride that starts in Crane Lake and goes into Canada and circles back. It takes about 3 days doing 350 to 400 miles days. I would like to go bake to Michigan to ride that road on the sled that is a trail we road just a few weeks ago to Grand Maria. I bet I could do an average of aver 100+ mph point to point on that road. Michigan has some of the best trail any were. So even if I'm not riding my bike this is my fix for the off season.
Hey Vince,
Did you miss this for 2012? 177HP out of the box! ;)
-John
http://www.arctic-cat.com/snow/sleds/modelviewer/F1100TURBOSNOPROLIMITED (http://www.arctic-cat.com/snow/sleds/modelviewer/F1100TURBOSNOPROLIMITED)
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No it has 3" less travel in the rear suspension. It is 100cc bigger in displacement and it is a 4 stroke which means it weighs a lot more. The machine is a tank like the Yamaha one ton. And it still is not faster than any 05 to 07 MachZ. The F1100 has been around for some time.