Yesterday I realized that I’ve got the itch… The itch do another track day. Perhaps it’s just that time of year or maybe it was reading all about Cecilie’s Motorcycle Adventures and how she went from a beginner rider to taming the track. Or perhaps it’s just what happens when one goes out and gets themselves a street legal racing bike like a Ducati. I don’t know… What I do know is that I spent most of yesterday daydreaming about heading into the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca and not doing anything productive… Well not anything super productive anyway.
And frankly right now this is not the most rational idea. I’ve still got another 800 or 900 miles to fully break in the Duc’s engine according the rather lacking Italian manual that came with the bike. Therefore right now, I can only go up to 7.5k RPMs. I’m still getting to know her as a motorcycle in general, though I am feeling remarkable comfortable and confident. Further more, MotorMilt is of the opinion that given the fact that I’m getting closer and closer to getting my knee down I really ought to go get Bates Leathers to either add pucks to my pants or make me a new pair that works with my jacket. I’m sure there’s probably another service I have deal with somewhere in there too, but I’m not exactly certain. And finally, schedulewise we’re just about to start shooting the two new shows and once that happens it’s basically a very long, very tiring race to the due date with very little time for a slowdown or break….
Yet here I am, still consumed with the idea of getting on the track again. Go figure… So I’ve been checking out a host of track oriented websites yet I keep thinking that for my first track day with the Duc I really want to do another Pridmore CLASS Course. (www.classrides.com). I know Reg and the gang are a bit more expensive, but for some reason it just seems safer to me - perhaps because I’ve done a couple of his courses before and know the drill? It’s sort of like, all I want to do is be able to focus on the bike… Anyway that’s the ramble for the day….
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