Huzband Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Yesterday was our clubs ( BMWNEF) annual Sport Touring School held at JenningsGP , known as STS. Sport? Definitely. Touring? Not so much. As was the case last year, Nate Kern was on hand to school us on everything gofast. Lines, late apex (more on that later), body position, etc. It was quite enlightening to hear, & see, what he has to do to win championships on a so-called disadvantaged motorcycle. If you've never seen him ride, I highly recommend you make a time to do so. On to the highlights. I'll start with the instructors session, 'cause I know that's who you want to see. Obligatory Nate shot, between turns 1 & 2. For some reason, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't duplicate this maneuver. Now, look at the difference. First is our lead instructor, on a race prep GSX-R750. By no means is he slow, so this is not a knock on him. I'm just illustrating the correlation between the fastest instructor, & Nate. First, Dean. Now Nate. Same corner, same place, same session. I spent a full lap behind Nate. I was at speed when he went by on the inside, then motioned for me to follow & watch. He maintained the pace, but with one hand on the bar, he instructed with his left hand. Showing when to wait, & when to turn in. Remember what I said about late-apexing? I only thought I was late. He then continued to point toward the apex, then, TOUCH IT with his finger as he crossed it! A full lap of this stuff at what I thought was fast. AMAZING!!! A couple of shots of the Master of the Boxer. Here he is in front of our event organizer. Again, another fast guy. Part deux to follow, or how RideSmart has changed my life. I'll even show the ugly pictures. Link to comment
Huzband Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Thanks for the comments. Link to comment
BULLman Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Pretty kewl club event. What bike was N8 riding? What did you ride? Link to comment
Huzband Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Nate was on his factory HP2 Sport. I was on my 12RT, AKA boat anchor, AKA BHP ( Big Heavy Pig). I think the best part of this is on Nate. Last year, on a whim, our organizer invited him to come down. Nate didn't commit, but then showed up. This year, he committed early. He comes down here on his own expense, the club doesn't pay a dime. That's how much he enjoys this sport. He's a great guy, very approachable, & easy to talk to. Link to comment
Dances_With_Wiener_Dogs Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hey Danny. Neat stuff, huh? You ever do a track day before on the BHP? Link to comment
Whip Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Funny My invitation must have got lost in the mail. How bout you Phil, Richard,.....anyone?????????????????? Link to comment
Huzband Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Funny My invitation must have got lost in the mail. How bout you Phil, Richard,.....anyone?????????????????? Any member in good standing can attend. Must've been late with your dues. Steve, first track day on this particular BHP. Link to comment
swilson Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Thanks for the photos Link to comment
Whip Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Funny My invitation must have got lost in the mail. How bout you Phil, Richard,.....anyone?????????????????? Any member in good standing can attend. Must've been late with your dues. Steve, first track day on this particular BHP. I was there last year when the Dutchy was in town and I remember asking to be a member back then........ Link to comment
Huzband Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 I was there last year when the Dutchy was in town and I remember asking to be a member back then........ Askin' ain't bein'. Sorry you missed out, but now you got the link. Join up, & y'all have a place to stay for next year. ( Well, anytime actually.) I'd LOVE to see what a K12 Sport could do out there. Oh, that reminds me. Nate said the first BMW he raced was a K12 Sport. He said they'd run over anything in front of it on a straight, but they don't turn for sh^*! Did you know Jennings is a technical track? Bring the Tuono. Link to comment
Whip Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Maybe we can plan a trackday for sometime next spring....at Barber or some other place. I'll bring em both. You pick the track get a couple other dudes to show up and we'll have a lot of fun. Whip Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I think the best part of this is on Nate. Last year, on a whim, our organizer invited him to come down. Nate didn't commit, but then showed up. ... He's a great guy, very approachable, & easy to talk to. On top of all this... Nate came down to do our school, then left and drove back to ATL to fly to Long Beach today where he has to teach tomorrow. A little bird intoned there might be the first US running of the 1000RR on Jennings sometime around Easter... This was a tremendous day for me, much better than last year because I "got it" albeit in a later session than these pictures belie... Thanks to Jim and all for making this work, and thanks Danny for hanging in the camper. Team FROSTBITE Racing kicks ASS! I will greedily admit that part of the fun of my day was outriding my brother on his ZZR1200. He gives me plenty of guff about riding my little 60 HP toy bike. At least until I banged the limiter around 100 in the front straight, passed him and left him for dead in the ensuing half lap. I'm sure he'll have an excuse for it, but it was still fun shoving his extra 90 horses up his nose.... VSTROM=FUN Link to comment
Firefight911 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Maybe we can plan a trackday for sometime next spring....at Barber or some other place. I'll bring em both. You pick the track get a couple other dudes to show up and we'll have a lot of fun. Whip Ears pricked up on that one!!! Keep me in the loop, we'll see what can be done. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Maybe we can plan a trackday for sometime next spring....at Barber or some other place. I'll bring em both. You pick the track get a couple other dudes to show up and we'll have a lot of fun. Whip IN!!! Even if I have to buy a real track bike to do it! Link to comment
TyTass Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Looks like a lot of fun. It's cold as h3ll here this weekend. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Craig, Big Al (the thermometer in Danny's ginormous diesel truck) told us it was 27 degrees around 7 AM Saturday. When Danny fired up his bike the ice warning came on the dashboard. Flying into known icing conditions we were glad to have fuel injection and no need for carb heaters () but I will cop to having my Gerbings liner on for the first session and my heated grips on almost all day. Link to comment
BULLman Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Nate was on his factory HP2 Sport. I was on my 12RT, AKA boat anchor, AKA BHP ( Big Heavy Pig). I think the best part of this is on Nate. Last year, on a whim, our organizer invited him to come down. Nate didn't commit, but then showed up. This year, he committed early. He comes down here on his own expense, the club doesn't pay a dime. That's how much he enjoys this sport. He's a great guy, very approachable, & easy to talk to. Even kewler. The Bmw RofTB have never done a track day, not even very much chatter on our forum when other members were going to Jennings. I don't know if its because they want someone else to plan it or what Link to comment
tallman Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 must be this tall to ride, oops. wrong thread See here to join. http://bmwnef.org/ Link to comment
Huzband Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Maybe we can plan a trackday for sometime next spring....at Barber or some other place. I'll bring em both. You pick the track get a couple other dudes to show up and we'll have a lot of fun. Whip Okalee dokalee. Link to comment
Huzband Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 ...thanks Danny for hanging in the camper. Team FROSTBITE Racing kicks ASS! Camping with friends are fun. Link to comment
Jacqueline Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Funny My invitation must have got lost in the mail. How bout you Phil, Richard,.....anyone?????????????????? Well, Whip.... I got mine via a PM on 10/08 from Jim ... REALLY... but I couldn't make it this time . I miss the club's in Florida (NEF and Tampa)... they are great club's with great people Link to comment
BULLman Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Funny My invitation must have got lost in the mail. How bout you Phil, Richard,.....anyone?????????????????? Well, Whip.... I got mine via a PM on 10/08 from Jim ... REALLY... but I couldn't make it this time . I miss the club's in Florida (NEF and Tampa)... they are great club's with great people We miss you too Link to comment
dhanson Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Funny My invitation must have got lost in the mail. How bout you Phil, Richard,.....anyone?????????????????? Must have the same mailman, lost! Link to comment
dhanson Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 The track day was impressive. Watched Nate battle those guys at Barber this spring. Have the video/tape of Brian at RoadAmerica, love to listen to his bike run that race. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-795451086899998850&hl=en BUT, below freezeing starting out, that is very impressive. I would bring the Tiger, but must keep the mirrors on, hate surprises, heh heh. Link to comment
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