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Old 11-11-2008, 12:00 AM   #1
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Well, I figured I'd toss out an update. The last WERA West race was a couple weekends ago now, and my brain's finally catching up as I try and set up sponsors and whatnot for next year. I competed in 4 classes this year: C (600cc) Superstock, C Superbike, B (750cc) Superstock and B Superbike, all novice classes. This year, I took my training more seriously, and it showed in my results. Only in the first race weekend did I finish outside of the top 5. All season long I battled with a few guys from Vegas, Stephen Poppoff and John Slee. Anyway, to make a short story long, I ended up taking both of the B championships last weekend, beating Stephen by only a few points, plus taking 3rd in C Superbike and 6th in C Superstock. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy with my results, and all it took were countless hours of training, track days, and more of my money than I care to count. And next year, it's going to be exponentially harder as I race with the experts and people who actually get paid to do this. Now, as I get back to my hunt for reducing my costs, I leave you with this cool photoshopped pic that one of the locals took from the last races.
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Old 11-11-2008, 12:10 AM   #2
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Badass pic, Kurticuss.
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Old 11-11-2008, 12:35 AM   #3
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Damn man. Badass story and pic. Congrats and good luck next season.
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Old 11-11-2008, 01:13 AM   #4
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Kurt would've never finished how he finished on his old 636. R6 FTW, literally.
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Old 11-11-2008, 09:29 AM   #5
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Congrats, dude. I'll be in the same boat next year, playin w/ the big boys in Expert... It'll be interesting for sure!

Good luck in '09
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Old 11-11-2008, 09:34 AM   #6
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That picture is awesome.
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Old 11-15-2008, 10:14 PM   #7
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Sweet image and image editing Kurt.

I assume you're very happy you moved up to the R6?

I rode my buddy's 636 with a built motor and it felt slow as shit compared to my r6 with a full pipe and air filter and pciii
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Old 11-17-2008, 10:28 AM   #8
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Sweet image and image editing Kurt.

I assume you're very happy you moved up to the R6?

I rode my buddy's 636 with a built motor and it felt slow as shit compared to my r6 with a full pipe and air filter and pciii
Thats cuz Kawi's are for suuuuuuckers.
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Old 11-17-2008, 10:38 AM   #9
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very cool zort
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Old 11-17-2008, 09:10 PM   #10
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Thanks guys. I actually like the geometry of the R6 but the power of the 636. I'm down about 8 or so hp from the 636, but the bike turns in a hell of a lot faster.
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