A n00b goes racing

[MotoMike]

So are you running red #'s, or did you go black?

[wrk2surf]

[eatpasta]

Hardest day of motorcycling in my life; several alarming crashes including one in which I cut a cactus in half with my body, ran on a flat front for 25 miles, ruined my brand new hand-guards, bent my shifter, killed a poor desert bunny that actually jumped in front of my bike at about 60 mph, ran out of water three times, and when I finally couldnt carry on anymore, laid down in the desert for three hours waiting for the sweep riders and repeated vomited on myself, and scared the living $*%t out of my wife for not coming in for four hours....oh and my first DNF of any race, ever.
Learning experience today for sure....and im going to be hurting for a week. Enter Desert Racing.

A MASSIVE thank you out to the Lost Coyotes for all their hard work. Thanks to Mike for "lettings" me steal his front wheel. Thanks to ALL the guys who came out and rode the third loop AGAIN after finishing the race to come find my sorry ass that couldnt even DO the third loop...... hell mike was in shorts! I think he just did that to show off a bit though.....

There is no clearer reason to NOT join a club and contribute whenever you can - because everyone has bad days..... and it may not happen very often but when it does, you really need all the help you can get.

Apparently Im not as tough as I thought i was.....need to get tougher.

[larryboy]

Beats a day at work.

[Tbone]

Yikes Pasta !!! races like that make you appreciate the ones that go smoothly Glad your okay and +1 on joining a club ! before you know it your working an enduro checkpoint in a hula skirt.

[ArthDuro]

no barf videos please....

glad you are ok man

[airborndad]

Wow glad your OK
I would have guessed that the sweep riders would have found you sooner than that

do you carry a SPOT ?
anyways Thank God and the Los Coyotes


BTW I tried to check this out but looks like its been blocked

Goin' for a ride - a short film of my XR650 R Honda

eatpasta


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Sorry about that.

[MotoMike]

Originally Posted by ArthDuro

no barf videos please....

glad you are ok man

I swear I commented that I didn't have my damn camera while he was hurling

[Wyobrew]

Great job on getting out and racing Pasta! Glad to hear you are not seriously hurt. I have found the DNF's arent nearly as bad as the DNS's. Glad to see you still at it. Hope to cross paths sometime in 2012.

Doug

[MotoMike]

So I was semi compassionate yesterday, seeing how he was wore out and such, but this is a new day and the internet was created for the sole purpose of abusing your friends.

Dood, you ran the fastest first loop out of 8 guys in your class and 2nd fastest loop2! You have the speed, you just need to pace yourself a little better (look who's talking). And maybe race some scrambles where you get to run the same loop twice.



Place Rider# AMA# Rider Name Brand Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3
1 N838 1106673 NICK FIELLO HON 57:29 (5) 1:52:26 (4) 3:37:17 (1)
2 V237 2070429 WILLIAM PAVLU HON 55:48 (3) 1:51:14 (3) 3:37:27 (2)
3 6996 2757538 GUY LEVANDOFSKY KTM 57:07 (4) 1:54:28 (5) 4:19:38 (3)
4 V57 2016810 NATHAN ROBINSON KAW 53:56 (2) 1:47:46 (1)
5 V159 1094227 AJ ROSENBERGER III KTM 52:04 (1) 1:50:56 (2)
6 N842 T154391 BRIAN COOPER HON 57:37 (6) 1:57:37 (6)
7 N840 2776986 CHRIS CABREA HON 1:00:45 (7) 2:25:07 (7)
8 N829 19209610 GUILLERMO ALARCOA` HON 1:10:56 (8) 2:28:54 (8)

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[MotoMike]

Oh yeah, and lose that fucking easy bake oven you call a chest protector. Get something that will breathe a little better.

[eatpasta]

Originally Posted by MotoMike

Oh yeah, and lose that fucking easy bake oven you call a chest protector. Get something that will breathe a little better.

yeah, since I have taken all of your other advice..... and dammed if you havent been wrong yet....im going to start layering down.

and holy crap was I really 1st again on the first loop? thats crazy. I was completely wide open for the entire bomb. I passed a lot of guys....

the KTM WORKS SO WELL, its almost like the faster you go, the better it works. I cant believe I even got 2nd with a flat front....



Obviously I need to spend some time toughening up and riding more. Can hardly move today.... tomorrow should be interesting.

I was carrying a spot. here is the hill that I finally couldnt make it up.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...UTF8&z=12&om=1

sad thing is, it doesnt even look like its that far from anything but MAN..... it might as well have been on the moon

[eatpasta]

Originally Posted by MotoMike

I swear I commented that I didn't have my damn camera while he was hurling

that would have been interesting....



dont exactly know what was going on. im guessing overheat, exhaustion and dehydration.

Im going to do my dammedest to make that Grand Prix.... HAVE TO PRACTICE.

[RAZR]

Originally Posted by eatpasta

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...UTF8&z=12&om=1

sad thing is, it doesnt even look like its that far from anything but MAN..... it might as well have been on the moon

that hill looks easy on Google Maps

[MotoMike]

Originally Posted by RAZR

that hill looks easy on Google Maps

Piece of cake. Why weren't you out there showing us how it's done?