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... For the Angeles National Forest highways.

It's getting to the point that I avoid driving up there on the weekends... Every car and motorcycle club in SoCal treats that area as their personal race track.

After following the local rescue services, it seems like there's a car or Moto over the side daily. Or a head on collision...

 
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Faust29 said:
... For the Angeles National Forest highways.

It's getting to the point that I avoid driving up there on the weekends... Every car and motorcycle club in SoCal treats that area as their personal race track.

After following the local rescue services, it seems like there's a car or Moto over the side daily. Or a head on collision...

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This is not new. Back in the 1970s when I was younger and dumber, it was the same. Angeles Crest & Angeles Forest; San Gabriel Canyon (SR39 before it fell off the mountain); SR138 from the I-15 side...same same.
 
I have a friend who is an engineer for Nissan. ACH is where they do a lot of testing because the speed limit is 55 and they can effectively test the capabilities of most test vehicles without exceeding the speed limit. He said most other auto manufacturers use ACH as well.
 
There was one corner of Mount Laguna down in San Diego that was notorious for crotch rocket collisions. The CHP started nailing the motorcycle plastics to a tree at the corner. Of course some p***y complained and that practice had to stop....the displaying of broken motorcycle parts not the collisions. :D
 
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Track, as in Willow Springs, Buttonwillow, California Speedway or Laguna Seca... 1/4 should be called strip to differentiate. $200 is for the whole weekend, typically 4 30-min sessions per day. It's a lot of track time for $200. Cheep imo, less than cost of something like a CAI or fancy exhaust which does...
 
siata94 said:
Track, as in Willow Springs, Buttonwillow, California Speedway or Laguna Seca... 1/4 should be called strip to differentiate. $200 is for the whole weekend, typically 4 30-min sessions per day. It's a lot of track time for $200. Cheep imo, less than cost of something like a CAI or fancy exhaust which does...
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$10 was for an entire day/night, and usually meant 3-4 races... Of course, that's back where the price of gas still starts with a "2", and not a 4 or 5. Looking at their website, though, they don't even have open days anymore. :thumbsdown:

Although... Now that I think about it, the Richard Petty Experience was a lot more than $200 and it didn't last a day... And the track I drove doesn't even exist anymore. Getting old.
 
Oh, $200 is just the gate fee. If we're talking consumables, hotel, food, gas, entertainment (say bull riding)... just take out a 2nd mortgage and never keep track nor tell the wife.
It's a good weekend if car comes back in one piece...
 
siata94 said:
Oh, $200 is just the gate fee. If we're talking consumables, hotel, food, gas, entertainment (say bull riding)... just take out a 2nd mortgage and never keep track nor tell the wife.
It's a good weekend if car comes back in one piece...
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Ha! That's actually how I ended up with the 455 I still have... My brother built it for a customer who promptly wrecked and spent two months in the hospital. We bought it back for a fraction. :laugh:
 
I take my bike to the track every couple of months right now just to get it out of my system. I want to get it down to once a month or more. $50 for more riding then your body can handle (and I am pretty fit). Tires last years, $10 gas will last all day.

I took my Fiesta to the track once. I meant to make that a regular thing, but getting totaled ruined that. As an economy car, it was actually dirt cheap and still a lot of fun at SoW. I really wish I could justify a car and I would get a Miata or BRZ.



siata94 said:
$200 for a track day weekend, don't know why so many refuse to do so...
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I knew a guy who refused to do a track day because he lived right next to Ortega Highway. A list of friends pooled their cash together to pay for it, all he had to do was show up. He refused because he thought it was a waste of time and money when he knew the road so well from riding it daily.

He is dead. He died on Ortega after being hit head on by a car.
 
Triple digits on my GSXR1000 feels like 55 in a car.

40 MPH on my NSR50 feels like triple digits on my old Buell (but at least I am not worried about the NSR falling apart). Why I like the little thing. All the rush of going fast, but WAY cheaper and WAY lower risk.
 
Sidewalk said:
40 MPH on my NSR50 feels like triple digits on my old Buell (but at least I am not worried about the NSR falling apart). Why I like the little thing. All the rush of going fast, but WAY cheaper and WAY lower risk.
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My worst crash ever was on a YSR50 that had a YZ80 engine. I highsided and slammed my face into the pavement. Thankfully I was fully geared up but it still rang my bell pretty good.
 
UPSed said:
My worst crash ever was on a YSR50 that had a YZ80 engine. I highsided and slammed my face into the pavement. Thankfully I was fully geared up but it still rang my bell pretty good.
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I don't ride motorcycles anymore. After laying down my Yamaha XS-1100 at 70 mph on a cloverleaf onramp and sliding between two signposts no more than 5 feet apart and coming to rest with no more than road rash, tweaked handlebars, and a bent neck stem I hung it up. It was my 3rd & worst. Thankfully never did anything worse than hit the pavement.

Trashed the bike. Left saddlebag broke off; fairing was cracked in 3 places; windshield gone - but the stereo was still playing!!!! That's how I located it off in the sagebrush. Rode it home. Barely.

Bicycles are funner!!!!;)
 
Sidewalk said:
Triple digits on my GSXR1000 feels like 55 in a car.

40 MPH on my NSR50 feels like triple digits on my old Buell (but at least I am not worried about the NSR falling apart). Why I like the little thing. All the rush of going fast, but WAY cheaper and WAY lower risk.
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My worst crash ever was on a YSR50 that had a YZ80 engine. I highsided and slammed my face into the pavement. Thankfully I was fully geared up but it still rang my bell pretty good.
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It's so much fun trying to go fast on a slow bike and those little engines are so bullet proof. I'd kill myself on a modern sport bike...
 
Runs with Scissors said:
I watched the video - saw no reference to two fatals on it.

People get stupid on SR-2. Always have, always will. Much like GMR or SR-39. They're self-eliminating. Best we can hope for is that they take as few as possible with them.
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I never said the video mentioned this weekend's accidents. Hard to do when it was created before this weekend. o_O
 
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