The Ugly Bikeling rides again

[Sanchez]

Some of you may recall my ugly GSX-R got even uglier a couple of months ago when a control rider knocked me off the track (http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?p=118292). It looked like this before the wreck (yes, this is the BEFORE shot, lol):

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/Sanchez_Michele_800_001.JPG

The wreck broke off the left side controls and the rear subframe, dented the tank, broke my front fairing stay, and knocked a chunk out of the upper fairing.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/rocker41600/tallynov23002.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s180/rocker41600/tallynov23005.jpg

I performed a radical tailectomy on it, replaced the controls, and put the stock seat back on.

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/GSXR_Rebuild_001.JPG

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/GSXR_Rebuild_005.JPG

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/GSXR_Rebuild_014.JPG

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I only had a Vortex fairing stay for an 05 GSX-R 1000. It bolts up to the 06 GSX-R 750, but the ears are in the wrong place, so I had to drill even more holes in the upper fairing and muscle it around a bit.

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/Jennings_2009_01_17_800_004.JPG

There's a big chunk missing out of the side of the upper fairing, but zip ties and the belly pan held it on with no trouble.

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/Jennings_2009_01_17_800_006.JPG

Here she is in all her glory at Jennings last weekend:

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/Jennings_2009_01_17_800_007.JPG

A couple of action shots:

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/Jennings_2009_01_17_800_001.JPG

http://optimus.incorrect.org/images/Jennings_2009_01_17_800_002.JPG

And onboard video from the Oregon Scientific ATC 2K I mounted on the right side:

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I thought the missing tail section would bug me, but I really didn't notice it at all. So I'll just keep riding it like this till the wheels fall off. :D

[MikeSP1]

That is AWESOME!!!!!
You, sir, are a hero

[Sixxxxer]

That has to be the Most god awful track bike I have ever seen...

But fuck it I like your style.

[r!der]

Damn, and I thought MY bike was UGLY. LOL

Whatever it takes!:rockwoot::dthumb:

[the chi]

Thats AWESOME Sanchez!! Glad to see you got right back into!! I'm dying to get back out to the track...*sigh*

In other news, I never forgot the vids you wanted, my friend didnt have a chance to edit them before an unfortunate event involving fire...we dont think they were damaged, but they were confiscated with everything else, 1.5 months ago and for the foreseeable future!

[OreoGaborio]

Ahhh, and another bike lives to be ridden another day :)

I thought the missing tail section would bug me, but I really didn't notice it at all. So I'll just keep riding it like this till the wheels fall off. :D
I'm ALMOST a little surprised it passed tech, but I'm also not... usually we like to have the fairing stays/subframes covered up by bodywork... but it doesn't look like there's any real risk of serious injury if someone were to get hit by it.

Though if it were the same TD organization as the one that "employed" the CR that hit you.... maybe they just kinda turned a blind eye to it ;) :whistle:

That's pretty ridiculous that a CR would hit you.... As someone that's "in the business", that's a TD organizer's PR NIGHTMARE and the LAST thing that should ever happen. I'm really glad to hear you weren't seriously injured.

[Trip]

awesome as long as it runs. It's almost as ugly as the awesome's bike use to be.

[PhiSig1071]

I think it's beautiful!

:rofl:

I like it, less money in parts more money for trackdays!

[the chi]

You know, Oreo's right, and I remember that it was a CR that hit you, but I have been to a track day or 2 that had CR's that should NOT have been CR's.

I put it down to the buddy buddy system, but I'm thinking regardless of what class a rider may be in, a CR's responsibilities to other riders shouldn't really change...and a few of the ones I've seen have gone after some riders like they were Hayden and Rossi...to their detriment, but they did it nonetheless!

*in one instance, they decided to sandwich an older, more experienced ex racer, repeatedly, trying to stand him up in a turn as if they were competing, till he had enough and stood them both up and carried along on his merry way! Guess it goes to show that you dont always know what your messing with!!!

Sanchez, did anything ever come out of this? Like assistance from the responsible party or an apology?

[ontwo]

I like it. Keep ridin dude

[Sanchez]

Thats AWESOME Sanchez!! Glad to see you got right back into!! I'm dying to get back out to the track...*sigh*

Well then get back out there! It wasn't even cold last weekend. :)

In other news, I never forgot the vids you wanted, my friend didnt have a chance to edit them before an unfortunate event involving fire...we dont think they were damaged, but they were confiscated with everything else, 1.5 months ago and for the foreseeable future!

Confiscated?? :eek: One of my bike friends here in Atlanta turned out to be a bank robber. Did yours turn out to be an arsonist? :p

[Sanchez]

I think it's beautiful!

:rofl:

I like it, less money in parts more money for trackdays!

Exactly! Haha, people keep offering to help me paint it, and I turn them all down. I figure there's a direct correlation between how pretty my bike is and how likely I am to crash it. :D

[the chi]

Well then get back out there! It wasn't even cold last weekend. :)

Confiscated?? :eek: One of my bike friends here in Atlanta turned out to be a bank robber. Did yours turn out to be an arsonist? :p

I will, life is just on other things right now...

And no, but when its bad enough they have to make you move out while they make repairs, they have a company come in, pack EVERYTHING (literally), clean it, and store it until the house is ready for occupation with no access to us to get anything out.

[marko138]

Impressive.

[Sanchez]

I put it down to the buddy buddy system
...
Sanchez, did anything ever come out of this? Like assistance from the responsible party or an apology?

Yeah, the CR was a friend of the track day organizer. They did both apologize, but it was kind of back handed. The CR claimed he passed me on the outside of the corner and that I somehow lost control and hit him. In reality, he passed me on the inside, ran wide, and physically knocked me off the track. The corner worker saw the whole thing plain as day and backed my side of the story, but the CR basically called us both liars. The apology I got was more along the lines of "I'm sorry the CR made a bad pass and caused you to hit him" rather than "I'm sorry the CR hit you." He did at least admit he was riding too aggressively and accepted fault from that perspective, but being called a liar really pissed me off.

It's all water under the bridge now, though. Stuff happens! That's a risk you take when you get out on a race track. I got out of it with only a skinned knee, and that's all that matters.

[Sanchez]

... being called a liar really pissed me off.

Oh, and that's the main reason I have a camera on my bike now. :dthumb:

[PhiSig1071]

Exactly! Haha, people keep offering to help me paint it, and I turn them all down. I figure there's a direct correlation between how pretty my bike is and how likely I am to crash it. :D

Nothing will slow you down like riding a bike that you're afraid to crash, either because it's too expensive OR too pretty. I have a picture of myself smoking a 1098R on my SuMo because of it.

[Cutty72]

Nice work.

Just think of all the weight you saved yourself! :lol:

[OneSickPsycho]

Nothing will slow you down like riding a bike that you're afraid to crash, either because it's too expensive OR too pretty. I have a picture of myself smoking a 1098R on my SuMo because of it.

Anybody we know? Sounds like it could be Mike...

[PhiSig1071]

Let me see if I can find the pics, it was April of '08 at Barber. Guy had a red 1098R and a nice set of Spidi leathers, and puma boots. All of it brand spaking new. This is the only shot I have of it, that's the 1098 in the upper left hand corner.

[marko138]

Let me see if I can find the pics, it was April of '08 at Barber. Guy had a red 1098R and a nice set of Spidi leathers, and puma boots. All of it brand spaking new. This is the only shot I have of it, that's the 1098 in the upper left hand corner.
Sweet pic.

[OreoGaborio]

Nothing will slow you down like riding a bike that you're afraid to crash, either because it's too expensive OR too pretty. I have a picture of myself smoking a 1098R on my SuMo because of it.

HA! Tell me about it! I once passed a 1098 while on VIR North twice.... in ONE lap.... on the same STRAIGHTAWAY.... WHILE ON AN EX500!!! :panic: I passed him once as we were exiting turn 17a onto the front stretch and again under the brakes for turn 1.

He was absolutely tip toeing that thing.... I wonder if it was even his bike.

[PhiSig1071]

Sweet pic.

Thanks! I love Barber, and the 'tard, it was a fun day. I entered it in the POTM contest back then but it didn't win. I lost to Azoom's shot of her and the hubby. I hate to admit it, but I was sandbagging like a mofo, my buddy was picking up a new (to him) tard from a friend and neither of them had ridden Barber so they wanted to run in Novice. The three of us were the ONLY tards there so I wanted to run together. It was a blast, really fun weekend.

HA! Tell me about it! I once passed a 1098 while on VIR North twice.... in ONE lap.... on the same STRAIGHTAWAY.... WHILE ON AN EX500!!! :panic: I passed him once as we were exiting turn 17a onto the front stretch and again under the brakes for turn 1.

He was absolutely tip toeing that thing.... I wonder if it was even his bike.

Better than the guy who binned a borrowed Desmosedici at JGP, barely.

:lol

Yeah, I saw this guy and thought DAMN! He almost had more money in gear then I had in my entire bike! I was expecting someone who would buy that bike and take it to a track to be fast, wrong! It was a general day for douchebaggery on ducati's, there was a guy trying to bump start a 999R, I waited a few minutes, laughing, before I decided I should tell him about a slipper clutch and the wonderful effects thereof. Then he asked me if I knew where the battery was on HIS bike so we could jump it!

[Sanchez]

Better than the guy who binned a borrowed Desmosedici at JGP, barely.

There was another Desmo at JGP last weekend. This guy ran in the advanced group and didn't crash, though. My first impression: holy crap, it's loud. I really didn't care for the sound at all. It was really harsh and raspy. Not what I expect from a Ducati at all.

[marko138]

There was another Desmo at JGP last weekend. This guy ran in the advanced group and didn't crash, though. My first impression: holy crap, it's loud. I really didn't care for the sound at all. It was really harsh and raspy. Not what I expect from a Ducati at all.
Sounds like it sucks children through the intake. I'm a fan of any bike that scares people when it goes by.