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Originally Posted by dlockhart
You car DE peeps are uptight. Bikes come back in several pieces on the crash truck and lowball bids for it are part of the fun. ( after learning that the rider is okay or not too bad off )
A friend in florida had his come back in the bucket of a backhoe, and that made for a great photo op.
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Of course, there is
a lot less money involved with the bikes. I've seen bumper damage on cars cost enough to buy a six pack of R6's.
I know, I know - "don't bring anything to the track that you can't afford to throw off a cliff". I'm admittedly pretty close to that, with my old '72 track rat, but most certainly are not.
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Originally Posted by dlockhart
As the saying goes " no matter how you crash, you always land on your wallet"
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I love it - I've actually not heard that one before.
My wife tells me motorcycle track days are "out"; reasoning that I'm at an age now where my wallet heals faster than my body, where in the early days of our marriage, it was the other way around.
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Originally Posted by dlockhart
Go Pros and such . Many groups are now requiring that they be safety wired or otherwise teathered to the bike.
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Incredibly, I still see these suction-cupped onto windshields, bumpers, fenders, doors - you name it. The day one comes off in front of me is the day I violate the rules and publish "crash" video to YouTube - a colonoscopy filmed with the guy's very own camera.