72 Hrs Until Track Day

By my math MotorMilt & I are just under seventy some-odd hours away from our first Ducati track experience. As each hour chips away, I find it harder and harder to contain my growing enthusiasm. It seems like so long ago that we signed up and first started talking about a track day on the Ducs. To finally be on the verge of getting out there is slightly mind blowing. I simply can’t wait to get to Willow Springs and ride these amazing machines in their natural environment for the first time.

Of course on the other hand I’m downright scarred shitless about it to perfectly honest. I suppose some folks would never admit to that, but it’s the truth. I’m perfectly cool with going fast and leaning over, but I’m a bit worried about getting to competitive inside the helmet and then doing something stupid. While looking over the bikes today I had one of those moments where you think of the worsts while trying to think of the best. When I’m out on the track I truly have the opportunity to flat out kill myself in a way that is unlike any normal street riding.

So its a very mixed mental process right now… Course I’m not sure that’s such a bad thing. Strikes me that since the goal is to go have fun and yet at the same time come home safe, that thinking about both sides of the coin aren’t exactly a bad idea right now…