AFM 103 – Greg McCullough

Just thought I’d post up a few pictures from a recent trackday with ZoomZoom at T-hill. The bike’s sporting a brand new paint job, thanks to Harley Barnes. The e-racings bodywork I picked up turned out to be pretty damned decent for the price ($400), and the paint job looks pretty sweet. [...]

I think I used that phrase to describe my approach to racing over a year ago. It applies now more than ever.
Saturday dawned cloudy and cold, with a signifcant chance of showers. We only fit in 1 cold practice session before the rain came pouring down, shutting down all track activities for the day. [...]

On Thursday, I picked up my new toy – a 17ft. Carson toy hauler.  I finally decided it was time to take the plunge and be more comfortable at the track.  After freezing and sweating my way through a few weekends last season, taking advantage of Jenn and Jason’s trailer frequently, it was really inevitable.  [...]

Backing up a bit…
I ran back down to Buttonwillow shortly after round 1, to teach at a trackday with TrackXperience. While there, I found some issues with the Graves rearsets on the bike, and realized I wasn’t comfortable with stability under braking.
Thursday, 4.10.08 – Trackday with PTT at Infineon.
My goals were to just get [...]

I’m rather behind the times with posting, so here’s a little catch-up.
T-hill open trackday with KneeRiders.com – 3/18

Brian Davis (www.motoshoes.com) hooked me up with new Pirellis over the weekeend. I picked up my forks from Phil on Monday afternoon, refreshed and sporting 5mm of extra spacer to give me some preload adjustment, and headed [...]

Friday – Regularly scheduled day with ZoomZoom down at Buttonwillow.  Saturday – stuck around for a day with Keigwins.
Lesson of the weekend: Set out very specific tactical objectives for tracktime.
I went into the weekend with the goal of hitting 1:54’s and the plan to break down the track into a detailed, written analysis of braking [...]

The off-season is over. It’s game time, baby.

I spent this weekend up at Thunderhill with ZoomZoom – one of many weekends I’ll be spending with them, since I’m a season pass holder this year. Among the convenience benefits, like getting tech inspection in your pit area, season pass holders get to ride A [...]

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I gave up on waiting for the weather to cooperate and took pictures in the garage after re-numbering the bike.

I woke up at 5:30 this morning and jumped in my car to drive 3.5 hours through torrential rain and wind to Buttonwillow.  Sounds like fun, huh?  Coming right back was even worse, with an extra hour due to flooding and accidents.  But in between, I picked up the new bike for next year – [...]

Here are a few pics Gator sent over from the weekend.

One of the best moments of the season – dousing Oliver with 5 gallons of cold water.  Had to congratulate the 2007 Top Novice properly.  Good season, coach.

A bunch of 2007 SV650 novices.  From left: me, Ricky,  Oliver, Christian (Gator), Jason and Jenn.