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 not good at writing reports, but all i can say is that i had a blast and dragged my knee for the first time (second track day), was nice meeting coleman, victormike, knee dragragger and a bunch of others thanks cujo for the tow, the shiny spots kinda freaked me and the rumbles coming out of turn five, but i have fallen in love with turn 3, 8,9 and 10, definitely need to get turn 4 5,6,and 7 down, also need to invest in a lap timer

congrats man  

 pull your inner foot (on the turn) in on the TIP and you won't burn through boots like that man

Here are some of my pic's from the track day... The track needs some TLC, but other than that it was a great time.

Stan

 yeah i remember seeing you, i raised my rearsets, i'm still a learner, my next time is aug 7th, i should be fine then

 anyone know where i can get my boots fixed b4 aug 7th?

R1ryder424:

 anyone know where i can get my boots fixed b4 aug 7th?

  Wish I coulda ran with you that day, got the last 3B in with my boys bike cause the RC wasnt acting right.

Next time homes

 ohhhhhhhhh those poor supertechs 

styles:

 ohhhhhhhhh those poor supertechs 

how you think i feel  , but spoke to sree said he can perhaps help me out, cause i can't fork out another 400 for boots again, i'll be there again on aug 7th, i'm never going into beginners again, so if you going to be out there, i'll roll with you, let me know, i raised my rear sets, that should help a little, i was trying to work on my form all day

R1ryder424:

styles:

 ohhhhhhhhh those poor supertechs 

 

 

how you think i feel  , but spoke to sree said he can perhaps help me out, cause i can't fork out another 400 for boots again, i'll be there again on aug 7th, i'm never going into beginners again, so if you going to be out there, i'll roll with you, let me know, i raised my rear sets, that should help a little, i was trying to work on my form all day

All I have to say, my friend.... Duck tape!!!

Also, maybe they changed this, but my Supertechs have replacable toe sliders in that spot... To be honest, with my rearests 1" up/1" back it is very rare for me tod drag that toe sliders... So I am surprised at the amount of draging you did....

That said, Alpinestars is a top notch company in my experience and they are lenient with their customers in terms of fixing stuff - if your damage can be fixed easily, they might just do it for ya... (Even though my last set of Supertechs was 2 years out of warranty and showed really just regular wear, when I send them to A* they still helped me out.)

Last but not least, great pics! Welcome to the addiction. I still remember my first Trackday.

I remember dragging knee for the first time....what a glorious day.  Keep up the good work.  But keep the peg on the balls of your feet and make sure your foot is on the inside tucked as close to the frame as you can.  The more you hang it out there, the more it has the potential to drag. 

get some titanium tow sliders... not sure how the track orgs feel about them though....

just change your foot position...cheaper than buying new gear.

 lesson learned, boot on it's way to alpinestars

 I'd be suprised if Alpinestars fixed OR replaced it..

I'm interested in hearing what they say too.  I guess you could call it defective being that instead of sliding, the piece got ripped off.  You didn't wreck or anything so the boots should look otherwise clean.  I swear I'm gonna send them an empty Alpinestars box and tell them I have a problem. 

"There are no boots in this box!!  Please fix, thx."

styles:

I'm interested in hearing what they say too.  I guess you could call it defective being that instead of sliding, the piece got ripped off.  You didn't wreck or anything so the boots should look otherwise clean.  I swear I'm gonna send them an empty Alpinestars box and tell them I have a problem. 

"There are no boots in this box!!  Please fix, thx."

styles:

I'm interested in hearing what they say too.  I guess you could call it defective being that instead of sliding, the piece got ripped off.  You didn't wreck or anything so the boots should look otherwise clean.  I swear I'm gonna send them an empty Alpinestars box and tell them I have a problem. 

"There are no boots in this box!!  Please fix, thx."

omg.. i just spit soda all over my monniter... i hate u styles...

 lmao, they said they'd fix it and it will cost $40, rather that than forking over another 400

R1ryder424:

 lmao, they said they'd fix it and it will cost $40, rather that than forking over another 400

Oh thats a bet $40 Bills

 good read and great pics....+1 on the foot position thing but its a learning process. so now that u learned, practice it and ur golden. GL and enjoy many more TD to come!

i`ll c ya out there...... 

o and good deal on A* fixxin ur boot also

whats up man! i see u got me in a couple of those pics! I talk to some guys and we're gonna get one more track day in before the summer is over!

 i'm doing 2 more track days this year, one on 7/7 at main and sept 15h at thunderbolt, let me know whats up