mfennell
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LOL. Also married to an Italian. And shopping for a Ducati because I never learn.
Car-spotting thread
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GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
I would make everything body color to limit the visual breakups/distractions.
Captain Brainstorm
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Guy I used to do the track thing with recently sold his 1198 Panigale, that would have been a good find for you. He was a life-long Ducati guy, since the 90's when we started the track-day thing, and he traded it for an R1. Said the power-delivery was way too high in the powerband, which is so not a traditional Ducati thing. The R1 is actually easier to ride, if you can believe that.
Years ago this wealthy dude I knew, who never rode a bike in his live, decided to jump right in with a 998 Carl Fogarty edition. He gave me the bike for 3 days to break it in for him while he was away for business. The bike was the classic Ducati v-twin with all Ohlins suspension. The handling of that bike was next-level, I still have dreams about that bike even though its over 15 years old. He crashed it riding up his driveway the first day he rode it, had to spend $3k on new fairings and a tank. I told him to buy an old beater bike to learn on instead of a superbike with a dry-clutch but that's another story.
GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
My brother used to be a mechanic at Fast By Ferracci. Countless times he would tell me how the rich guys would come pick up their newly modded bikes and immediately crash them in front of the shop. Then they would have to wheel them back in for $1000s of repair work. 😀
Captain Brainstorm
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Yea, getting on the throttle with cold tires never ends well. A good 90% of the crashes at the track were always in the morning, with guys trying to go to fast within the first couple of laps before their tires warmed up.
Eraldo Ferracci's son crashed right in front of me in spectacular fashion tucking it into a turn on the F-USA course in Pocono on a modded R6. I was close enough where he almost took me out too, and had to pit to change my underwear.
mfennell
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That would have been a terrible find for me! One of my friends did a little racing back in the day too and rides a V4 Streetfighter for a 'daily'. He can't understand why I don't want a 200hp bike! "It's a pussycat, come ride it".
I'm shopping Panigale V2s, which are also too much bike but have enough rider aids that at least I won't launch myself into orbit.
Raced my little VF500F at Pocono a zillion years ago. I passed a guy on an FZR400 in the banking during practice and the air off his fairing almost pushed me into the wall. I later distinguished myself by taking a tour of the run-off outside turn 1 at the start of one of my races ("man, i'm passing EVERYONE! Nooooooo!"), bouncing through the drainage ditches. Good times.
Captain Brainstorm
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It was a Panigale V2. The R1 has the cross-plane crank so it sounds more "v-like" vs. a swarm of angry hornets and has a softer power delivery. I want that old 998 with the Ohlins setup, I need to track that guy down to see if he wadded that bike or is it collecting dust in the corner of his garage.
My bike is old-school. 134 rear-wheel hp, no slipper-clutch, no engine maps, no anti-lock brakes, no traction control, weighs 430lbs wet and a clutch that will give you carpel tunnel. When the tires are cold, watch out.
mfennell
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I hope we're talking about different bikes or I really DID miss out. The "Panigale V2" is a '20-'22 w/955cc. There was a "Panigale 1199" (with an 1198cc engine) from '12 to '14, then a Panigale 1299 (1285cc) from '15 to '17. The V4 came out in '18 and the big twin was dropped. <-- I knew none of this stuff 3 weeks ago before the fever hit.
I haven't ridden regularly in years. I need all the help I can get while posing about to the Starbucks.
Captain Brainstorm
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He had the last generation before the V4 came out. It was a beast of a bike. I personally would have kept it, I'm used to riding a bike that makes its peak power in the last 2k of the rev range. The power on that bike hit in a similar same way as on my GSX-R, and on the track you essentially live in the last 2-3k of your rev range. I'll admit the slipper clutch and the newer speed shifters are very nice, but I can live without the traction control and ABS (they can be turned off on most bikes) so you can get controlled slides once the tires heat up.
rick81721
Lothar
Round two of wifey's SUV saga. Earlier this year we struck out on a Kia Telluride, today I ordered a Toyota Highlander Hybrid from the Venice dealership. Should be in by the end of December for when we return. We shall see
While I was inside, there had to be at least 8 Toyota sales guys surrounding my GT350 and inspecting it. One of them came inside and asked if I was trading it in. I said, "have anything faster?"
While I was inside, there had to be at least 8 Toyota sales guys surrounding my GT350 and inspecting it. One of them came inside and asked if I was trading it in. I said, "have anything faster?"
mfennell
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Continuing down the path of ruining this thread, back when I was racing ('90-93, I guess) that kind of riding was limited to full blown pros. I was on the pointy end of the amateurs and on my absolutely sharpest day, I might occasionally move the rear of the bike a tiny bit on purpose with the throttle. Have suspensions/tires advanced over the years or is it more like the X-games effect, where people start doing something and suddenly that's the new normal?
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
El Camino.
w_b
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Top speed way up there. She’s a lil hippy for sure.
iman29
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I’m more curious why the newer looking vehicle is behind the one that’s under a tarp.
Maybe it Looks too long for el Camino but could be I guess.