"Whats The Fastest You've Been on that Thing?"

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

The front straight is where you take your nap at triple digit speeds, think about the turns coming up and where you think you can get the guy you're chasing...

a late brake deep into the turn, a 50 degree lean angle at 60mph, and a great drive out... that's the good part.

Awesome dude, you're part of the 3% of the population who has taken a fast vehicle onto a race track. Congratulations.

Race = Speed. "How fast have you been," is therefore an entirely reasonable question.

[OreoGaborio]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Especially if they find out you race, then the first question is always how fast do you go.

Dummies.

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Dummies? Isn't the whole entire point of racing to go fast? Again, seems like a perfectly legitimate question.

You guys are dicks.

Originally Posted by ceo012384

The front straight is where you take your nap at triple digit speeds, think about the turns coming up and where you think you can get the guy you're chasing...

a late brake deep into the turn, a 50 degree lean angle at 60mph, and a great drive out... that's the good part.

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Awesome dude, you're part of the 3% of the population who has taken a fast vehicle onto a race track. Congratulations.

Race = Speed. "How fast have you been," is therefore an entirely reasonable question.

I'm with stupid.... and by stupid, I mean both of you.

(not saying you're both stupid, just saying I agree with both of you................... well...... Chris CAN be pretty stupid sometimes.)

[Mr Lefty]

it's stpid and annoying... they ASSume that because you have a motorcycle that you MUST ride fast... it's just as dumb as asking every Vette or any other sports car driver how fast they drive it.

or asking any one who owns a gun how many people they've killed?

shit I get asked what plane's I fly if I say I'm in the Air Force...

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Awesome dude, you're part of the 3% of the population who has taken a fast vehicle onto a race track. Congratulations.

Race = Speed. "How fast have you been," is therefore an entirely reasonable question.

You don't have to be a wiseass, I'm just agreeing with the OP and making a point.

And no, race does not equal speed, race equals competition.

My motard probably doesn't even top 100mph.

The 20 year old EX500's that race in ptwins probably barely hit 85 on the front straight. And they have some of the most competitive racing on the track.

Originally Posted by eBBs15

it's stpid and annoying... they ASSume that because you have a motorcycle that you MUST ride fast... it's just as dumb as asking every Vette or any other sports car driver how fast they drive it.

or asking any one who owns a gun how many people they've killed?

shit I get asked what plane's I fly if I say I'm in the Air Force...

Exactly...



And Pete is dumb. I want to buzz half his goatee off in his sleep.

[OreoGaborio]

I just want you to be near me when I sleep

Ya can't expect people who don't know what racing is all about to know what racing is all about.

If it makes ya feel any better, you go a lot faster on that R6 than I can go on my SV. Imagine their disappointment when I tell em my bike tops out somewhere around a buck 30

[Full Throttle]

I pretty much tell them. I know they are anxious to hear and well since its a 250 they are thinking lower than its actual capabilities so i surprise them a bit. I know 115 isnt anything to really brag about but when they think its only able to do 90-100 then they are surprised. I sometime tell girls its slower than it looks then got them the bike and screech down the Interstate at 100+

[askmrjesus]

My standard answer:

"I was five-foot eight when I left the house, and now I'm 6'2", so, pretty goddamn fast."

JC

[Kaneman]

Its the same thing as a girl with big tits wearing a shirt that showcases them and then getting pissed when you check them out.

And CEO, you're wrong, I do have to be a wiseass. But the point I was making is that the vast majority of people don't know anything about motorcycle racing. I was hoping to convey that point through my jokey sarcasm without having to type it out in specifics. Damn.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Its the same thing as a girl with big tits wearing a shirt that showcases them and then getting pissed when you check them out.

I'm with you on this one. The vast majority of people know jack about motorcycles, (including a lot of people who ride them), so being annoyed by stupid questions is an exercise in futility.

People, by and large, are blithering idiots. This is a known fact.

What I do find annoying, are the dweebs who ask about my bike, and then proceed to tell me their fucking life's story.

"I had a bike just like that a long time ago, (no you didn't) it was real fast, (no it wasn't) but mine was red (good for you) I had to sell it 'cause my wife didn't like it (she married you, how smart can she be?) and now I have a bad knee so I don't ride anymore (yet, ironically, your mouth still functions perfectly) but it sure was fun (yeah, big fun, any other information you think I need to know?)."

JC

[Kaneman]

Right on, I get that people are idiots. Remember, Jon and Kate was a popular show.

But what I hate someone trying to make me feel like an idiot while I'm trying to learn something new. Fucking elitists.