Howdy from the Big Sky

BobcatSig · 05-28-2008, 08:00 PM

Stumbled across this site while Googling something and y'all seemed to just as much of junkies as I am! So I figured, "Why not!?"

I've been riding for a few years. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend Jason Pridmore's STAR School. As such, I now have delusions of club racing in the near future. (Read: getting my ass handed to me on a weekly basis.)

When the weather permits, I ring the neck of my CBR F4 (which is for sale) here in Montana. I don't stunt, mainly because I can't, but more because I know there is too much to learn on a track and becoming a proficient rider. However, I do enjoy watching it occasionally. I like go-fast and I'm fast becoming a track slut.

I love MotoGP and all that it represents. WBK is also enjoy because of its production roots. While AMA isn't tip-top right now, I honestly feel that the new DMG rules and ownership is a sham ... but I'll save that hot topic for another thread!

Cheers! ... and keep the shiny side up!

ONEvcs · 05-28-2008, 08:05 PM

Hey there.

Plenty of "burra" riders here. You're going to feel right at home.

seamus · 05-28-2008, 08:18 PM

to the addiction, Bobcat. Glad you could join us.

OSIRIS · 05-28-2008, 08:20 PM

Bobcat

Hammer · 05-28-2008, 08:25 PM

Welcome.

RedRider · 05-28-2008, 08:27 PM

Shenders1 · 05-28-2008, 09:06 PM

Montana, eh? Sounds pretty good to a boy stuck in Detroit. You got sky and mountains and nice stuff out there, don't you? We've got a lot of potholes here.

Welcome - You're going to fit right in.

maxib · 05-28-2008, 09:22 PM

Big Sky country! Load that F4 into a trailer and follow one of our own from the land of potatoes to Grattan at the end of June!

ND4SPD · 05-28-2008, 09:30 PM

Bob!

nhfirefighter13 · 05-28-2008, 09:37 PM

Welcome to the site!

DEPO · 05-28-2008, 09:58 PM

Hey it is a Sig Ma Chee.....

Nice to meet you Bobcat....

I was a Sig Tau (or Sigma Tau Gamma)

CBRVFR · 05-28-2008, 10:50 PM

Welcome, Bob!

Tragic City, huh? I'd love to know the story behind that one.

slickwill · 05-28-2008, 11:04 PM

Hey Bobcat, it's about time you found us.

HondaGalToo · 05-28-2008, 11:32 PM

Welcome! Love Montana, I've hiked in Glacier Park and skied/snowboarded at Big Mountain!

bwhip · 05-28-2008, 11:48 PM

Glad to have someone else from the region here. I'm just a bit south of you.

FrenchieR6 · 05-29-2008, 07:38 AM

Welcome to here

and stay

PS: Hammer, your avatar makes me laugh every time I see it. Always think of you LMAO

BobcatSig · 05-29-2008, 11:32 AM

Wow!! This is probably the biggest welcome I've had yet. Jeebus, I think y'all are right, I have found the right place.

Yes, I am a Sigma Chi. I now advise the undergrads at Montana State.

Tragic City, you ask? PM me and I'll give you the low down.

Honda Gal Too - If you think Big Mountain is cool, try Big Sky. It will blow your mind, I promise.

Grattan? I do love me some track time! I'll investigate further. Anyone have a link to the thread?

Everyone else - Thanks for the stellar welcome!

ONEvcs · 05-29-2008, 11:37 AM

FAQ For McAdx Days@GRattan-2008!!!

phobe · 05-29-2008, 12:01 PM

I'm passing through your beautiful state tomorrow morning enroute to the SBK races... Why don't you come up to Calgary and race that CBR in the CMRA? Round 2 is June 21-22

BobcatSig · 05-29-2008, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

I'm passing through your beautiful state tomorrow morning enroute to the SBK races... Why don't you come up to Calgary and race that CBR in the CMRA? Round 2 is June 21-22

I like!

However, I need to make the bike track-worthy (safety wiring, body work, et al), AND I would need my CMRA racing license. But even before that, I'm trying to sell the puppy in favor of a newer street bike. And then ... I can think about a dedicated bike to flog at the track/race with.

But I've never though about racing in Canada. It might be just as close as Miller, which is my closest track.

ND4SPD · 05-29-2008, 01:51 PM

Why not keep the F4 for a track bike?

BobcatSig · 05-29-2008, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ND4SPD

Why not keep the F4 for a track bike?

That's a great idea except I'm not quite where I can run two bikes. Furthermore, and against better judgment, I still enjoy street riding. So until I can run a dedicated track bike AND a street bike, I'm relegated to one.

I do know that the F4 would be a good track bike. Next year, I could run in the 10+ year old class (the proper name escapes me), but the jetting and labor needed to make it competitive would be tough, but doable.

Nonetheless, lots to think about. Right now, I'm very much in the planning/feasibility stages. I KNOW what i want to do, now I just have to find a way to MAKE it happen.

phobe · 05-29-2008, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobcatSig

I like!

However, I need to make the bike track-worthy (safety wiring, body work, et al), AND I would need my CMRA racing license. But even before that, I'm trying to sell the puppy in favor of a newer street bike. And then ... I can think about a dedicated bike to flog at the track/race with.

But I've never though about racing in Canada. It might be just as close as Miller, which is my closest track.

Well in a choice between Miller and Race City, both being equal distance from your location, I guess I would lean ever so slightly to Miller.

ONEvcs · 05-29-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

Well in a choice between Miller and Race City, both being equal distance from your location, I guess I would lean ever so slightly to Miller.

Yeah, and I think you might be ever so slightly Canadian.

BobcatSig · 05-29-2008, 03:11 PM

Hey now ... Canucks have some delicious and tasty beer that I enjoy quite frequently in the winter months or when skiing in Whistler.

bwhip · 05-29-2008, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

Well in a choice between Miller and Race City, both being equal distance from your location, I guess I would lean ever so slightly to Miller.

phobe · 05-29-2008, 10:21 PM

Well unless you're training for the IOM TT and you want to practice with walls and small burrowing mammals.

05-28-2008, 08:00 PM	#1
BobcatSig Supplier of one-liners and pithy comments Join Date: 05-28-2008 Location: Tragic City, MT Age: 28 Bike(s): CBR 929rr Repsol Posts: 573	Howdy from the Big Sky Stumbled across this site while Googling something and y'all seemed to just as much of junkies as I am! So I figured, "Why not!?" I've been riding for a few years. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend Jason Pridmore's STAR School. As such, I now have delusions of club racing in the near future. (Read: getting my ass handed to me on a weekly basis.) When the weather permits, I ring the neck of my CBR F4 (which is for sale) here in Montana. I don't stunt, mainly because I can't, but more because I know there is too much to learn on a track and becoming a proficient rider. However, I do enjoy watching it occasionally. I like go-fast and I'm fast becoming a track slut. I love MotoGP and all that it represents. WBK is also enjoy because of its production roots. While AMA isn't tip-top right now, I honestly feel that the new DMG rules and ownership is a sham ... but I'll save that hot topic for another thread! Cheers! ... and keep the shiny side up!

05-28-2008, 08:18 PM	#3
seamus is feelin alright Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 34 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 5,451	to the addiction, Bobcat. Glad you could join us. __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. --- Thucydides

05-28-2008, 08:20 PM	#4
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05-28-2008, 08:25 PM	#5
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05-28-2008, 09:30 PM	#9
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05-28-2008, 08:05 PM	#2
ONEvcs Bull Fighter Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Ft. Worth Age: 40 Bike(s): '05CBR1000RR. Posts: 2,457 Images: 99	Hey there. Plenty of "burra" riders here. You're going to feel right at home.

05-28-2008, 08:27 PM	#6
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05-28-2008, 09:06 PM	#7
Shenders1 2 Cylinders, 4 Valves, No Waiting Join Date: 01-14-2007 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 43 Bike(s): Ducati HM Posts: 968	Montana, eh? Sounds pretty good to a boy stuck in Detroit. You got sky and mountains and nice stuff out there, don't you? We've got a lot of potholes here. Welcome - You're going to fit right in.

05-28-2008, 09:22 PM	#8
maxib Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: MN Age: 57 Bike(s): 02 CBR954RR 05 ST1300 Posts: 1,004	Big Sky country! Load that F4 into a trailer and follow one of our own from the land of potatoes to Grattan at the end of June!

05-28-2008, 09:37 PM	#10
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05-28-2008, 09:58 PM	#11
DEPO Godspeed, #20 Join Date: 12-18-2006 Age: 33 Bike(s): Track 954 and Uly Bagger Posts: 701	Hey it is a Sig Ma Chee..... Nice to meet you Bobcat.... I was a Sig Tau (or Sigma Tau Gamma) __________________ Welcome to the Dance!

05-28-2008, 10:50 PM	#12
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05-28-2008, 11:04 PM	#13
slickwill 67 Kg Join Date: 08-31-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa Age: 29 Bike(s): Western Flyer Posts: 2,136	Hey Bobcat, it's about time you found us. __________________ If it has wheels, I've crashed it, and some things that don't skis, snowmobile, card board box, giant tube, sentra, dirtbike, lawn tractor, grandmas bread tray, kayak, canoe, raft, bicycle, waterskis, tobaggan, horse, ATV, Now my CBR (women)

05-28-2008, 11:32 PM	#14
HondaGalToo ...into the 30s Join Date: 12-16-2006 Location: New Jersey Age: 48 Bike(s): '01 929, '07 gsxr 600 Posts: 1,730	Welcome! Love Montana, I've hiked in Glacier Park and skied/snowboarded at Big Mountain! __________________ “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

05-28-2008, 11:48 PM	#15
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05-29-2008, 07:38 AM	#16
FrenchieR6 Live life to the fullest and smile while doing it Join Date: 12-17-2006 Location: Ohio Age: 41 Bike(s): R6 Posts: 2,363	Welcome to here and stay PS: Hammer, your avatar makes me laugh every time I see it. Always think of you LMAO __________________ Fear and Distraction are the enemies of presence, and concentration is the cure. http://befit4riding.com/ http://www.apex2apex.net/ http://www.americanpowersport.com/

05-29-2008, 11:32 AM	#17
BobcatSig Supplier of one-liners and pithy comments Join Date: 05-28-2008 Location: Tragic City, MT Age: 28 Bike(s): CBR 929rr Repsol Posts: 573	Wow!! This is probably the biggest welcome I've had yet. Jeebus, I think y'all are right, I have found the right place. Yes, I am a Sigma Chi. I now advise the undergrads at Montana State. Tragic City, you ask? PM me and I'll give you the low down. Honda Gal Too - If you think Big Mountain is cool, try Big Sky. It will blow your mind, I promise. Grattan? I do love me some track time! I'll investigate further. Anyone have a link to the thread? Everyone else - Thanks for the stellar welcome!

05-29-2008, 11:37 AM	#18
ONEvcs Bull Fighter Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Ft. Worth Age: 40 Bike(s): '05CBR1000RR. Posts: 2,457 Images: 99	FAQ For McAdx Days@GRattan-2008!!!

05-29-2008, 12:01 PM	#19
phobe circa 1960 Join Date: 12-17-2006 Age: 26 Bike(s): 600RR, 125R Posts: 4,629	I'm passing through your beautiful state tomorrow morning enroute to the SBK races... Why don't you come up to Calgary and race that CBR in the CMRA? Round 2 is June 21-22 __________________ Cum hoc, ergo propter hoc

05-29-2008, 01:51 PM	#21
ND4SPD I'm BATMAN!!! Join Date: 12-12-2006 Bike(s): Trek Posts: 8,029 Images: 25	Why not keep the F4 for a track bike? __________________ "This is your life - are you who you want to be?" Learn all you need to know about Mac OS X

05-29-2008, 03:11 PM	#25
BobcatSig Supplier of one-liners and pithy comments Join Date: 05-28-2008 Location: Tragic City, MT Age: 28 Bike(s): CBR 929rr Repsol Posts: 573	Hey now ... Canucks have some delicious and tasty beer that I enjoy quite frequently in the winter months or when skiing in Whistler.

05-29-2008, 10:21 PM	#27
phobe circa 1960 Join Date: 12-17-2006 Age: 26 Bike(s): 600RR, 125R Posts: 4,629	Well unless you're training for the IOM TT and you want to practice with walls and small burrowing mammals. __________________ Cum hoc, ergo propter hoc