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Asylum. Escapee.
“The coach was sometimes weaving through traffic like crazy … I misjudged …” (Customer-Rod)
At PittRace-palooza, I rode w Customer-Rod first sessions Day 1 of 3, Friday. I watched him methodical, scope out the circuit. Soon … More
Brain-Bleed on Aisle 9 (Coach-Track-Daddy)
Customer-Rod lowsided into the front wheel of Coach-Track-Daddy’s Ducati, on the outside of Turn 18: “I’ve seen video if this … More
Slicing like a scythe through sunflowers (Scary-Clown-Coach)
That aggressive tow that Customer-Rod says he got in Intermediate from Coach-Starship-Trooper wasn’t isolated. I watched Scary-Clown-Coach tow a Ducati … More
“You still here?” (El Jefe Breaker-Bar)
By Saturday prior to The Sunday-Surprise, the dirty-laundry public-airing, I had spoken separately and privately to Scary-Clown-Coach, Coach-Pocahantas, to leadership … More
4 helicopter medevacs, at last came the ass-chewing (Breaker-Bar)
After the first of 4 airlift medevac helicopter rides, and an ambulance roll every session red-flagged, I had expected a … More
“I ain’t brought a bike to the track all season.” (Head Coach: Breaker-Bar)
“ My wife’s in Saratoga, at the horse track right now. She’s got a table with 3 free seats. Your … More
“One of you goat-fuckers is guar-an-teed
“ one of you goat-fuckers is guar-an-teed to have an epiphany today … I just know it “ (BREAKER BAR)
Root-Cause discovery by fishbone-diagram
Corner worker told friends that the rider appeared passed out, slumped over his bike, when he went agricultural into the … More
The Yakuza’s surprise road-trip into tornado alley
The Japanese-Chinese Mafia from Penn State drove me & my gear all the way home yesterday. Road trip hell for … More
Wall-of-Death-Beth schools us at Summit Point
Screaming into Turn 1 Side-by-side 1000 meters the run, at 105 neck-wringing miles-per-hour 400cc apiece It’s a game of chicken … More
Wall-of-Death-Beth Count-Coup on me 3 times into Turn 1
Wall-of-Death-Beth count-coup on me 3 times into the gaping maw of Turn 1 . Wall-of-Death-Beth count coup on stock brakes … More
Ain’t seen the white light, yet
Not yet the floating above myself Not yet the feel the close to death Not yet a cancer survivor with … More
Is every ride a suicide?
Escape. Enliven. Edrenalin. Egress?
why ?
We aren’t curing cancer here
( So, Mr. Yang, how do you negotiate with the Yins in yer life? Your sig others? What of sensibility? … More
“That way I can tell how old I am by just looking at my helmet”.
Forrest’s race number is #76.
Friendly Coach flips me the bird in Five
Turn 4 on Summit Point Raceway Main Circuit is a fast downhill right-hander, aka “The Chute”. So, amongst a race … More
Poor. Life. Choices. Grass. Gravel.
Like Pocahontas and Breaker-Bar said, I should’ve tried to make the corner anyway, instead I fixed-forward my eyes and tightened … More
Carnies, criminals & cripples
Carnies, criminals & cripplesMantra-Ink runs like blood down every neckCarnies, criminals & crooks. Might as well be a Virginia gun … More
“That’s what a corner speed bike means” (Coach Chris D)
“ Coach Chris D gave me a master class on what “oh, that’s a corner-speed bike” means at Pittsburgh International … More
Rusty, Pony n Tito … day-drinking in Savage
TBI | Ensalada | Mezclada
Motivations | Agendas Cruelties | Niceties Sweeties | Hope-against-hope-ities Plain ol’ titties Waves a-crash into others Risks | Respects Lost … More
Love letter to, uh, Lyle of Los Angeles, danger-close to Pittsburgh
LyleOn Thursday at PittRace, Lyle, you gave me a gift. During the video review of my lowside in #5 on … More
TJ asked “wha’ happen” …
Flat-busted —again— this time by those Cali boys and Lyle’s dumb horizon-detector
mea culpa: busted! flat-busted! in the spirit of #notproud:last Thursday on a bone-dry PittRace full-circuit, on a borrowed bike, I … More
7-day sweat-soaked blur of superbikes, Sheetz, scabs, marrow bones, softserv & SSRI’s in SteelTown
Last week was a 7-day sweat-soaked blur of superbikes, Sheetz, scabs, marrow bones, softserv & SSRI’s in SteelTown, nipping at … More
Flat-busted, fer ham-fisted, push-pull corner-entry by that YCRS comedian
mea culpa: busted! flat-busted! in the spirit of #notproud:last Monday on a rainy @summitpointmp Main Circuit, I was all-wrong & … More
ry2021: the cornerspeed episode
Plan ry2021: carrying more corner speed, metrics SUMMIT SHEN: #6, #7The Hook; on zero gas, on Tbk, on NICK-THE-BIKE The … More
Wild Billy Laphroig: Information. Displaces. Fear.
“ Information . Displaces . Fear . “
I could smell the fear, he looked back twice …
… so I went for the jugular [REPSOL RUSTY]
Elephant in room, and on my chest, sepia pdf
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Boy misses dog, then turn
the pain buys less drink every day only the high thin clouds of memory persist blown like stirred like coffee … More
MXT // 201607251250L SPR
MXT // 201607251250L SPR First thing morning guy goes whizzing by on a oil-smoke hacking loogy-hocking 2-stroker, race-fuel gas can … More
Ex post moto, v2
“quit moving around or we’ll have to kill you (nurse cratchett) “i hate people when they’re not polite (d … More
Jay, it makes interesting reading
Jay, it makes interesting reading.I sure as hell do not have all the answers, in fact I have more questions … More
Mugget and feel for the bike
Ah, this is a reply to a post i made to this css forum That I posted 01 December 2011 … More
Yes, Erik, they are fast
the spurring, the cropping, the cursing, the neck-wrenching the barnfire screams from soft muzzles with big teeth on orange carrots … More
Motorcycle, mirror
Over the last 10 years motorcycles took on an increasing role in my life. Five years into this adventure, my … More
Neurological testing after the street
There’s a picture of Ma cleaning the 3 bloody pins scaffolded on my hand. “When the fuck was that?” … More
The go-fast gospel
It’s not about the got, its about the get. I don’t care where I’m going, just how I get there, … More
My first day at the racetrack with Big-Bone Bessie
My adventure continued into today. After a nice decamping w Peper last night, I left DC for Summit Point @ 0527h … More
El circuito BeaverRun, north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008
Ran into instructor Allan from Pittsburgh up, met his brother and his nephew motarding. Said he’s been very busy with … More
Flying with Jen-the-Baker on The Shenandoah
Yo acabo de pasar dos dias a Summit Point Shenandoah ( track map this track map ) Abajo, yo he … More
Essay to coach with the California Superbike School
You know how some guys are intuitive riders, natural racers? I’m not. I am intuitively a writer, so of … More
Come too early? Little Joe, Riddick Bowe and Calypso, mentoring a young would-be racer
2011/11/30 Rick M Justin, You are right, I have been talking to him. He is not listening though, as he … More
Motorcycles, war stories and weird shit
What you see below is my brain-addled, inter-continental world-wide attempt to arm-wrestle, out-fox, discover where sleeps fear. Basement, U.S. eastern … More
Bessie, The Life Cycle
Introduction Think back to your favorite dog. The one to whom no dog since can measure up. The one whose … More
One gun, two knives, shot whiskey and the fertility goddesses
It was a foul-mouthed 24 hour policy session. There was plenty of smoking, one gun, two knives, foul exhaust and … More
Shoulders o giants, councils o elders
Wax on wax off Grasshopper Council of Elders? Commit and/or submit? Like endless days of endless scales on the piano … More
Racer resume, my moments o glory
Mike @ pit in/out said “you’re running good lines around that turn, you’re hitting all your marks, better than some … More
Elephant in room, and on my chest
pdf file of this, has fun images hospital_photos_on_google_pics “ that nurse is trying to kill me “ i hate people … More
Accidental analysis, Bessie in the q and a
in my bliss I grabbed a haybale’s worth of throttle … 1) did following the faster riders in to a … More
Pollyannae, panic, pain
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. … More
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