Twisties for the 1st time
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Twisties for the 1st time
A little while ago I hit the twisties on my boys 05 R6 for the first time and I gotta say that **** just as much fun as stunting.... bring the hate ******* but you hit the twisties and then when a straight away opens up just rip a 3rd gear wheelie all the way down it.
Went into a corner at 130mph, fastest corner I've ever taken and i was not far behind the guys that ride the road everyday on 1000's... Randy and Jesse, Jesse even had a girl on the back and he made his way from the very back of all 30 of us all the way up behind me who was slamming that bike into corners trying to keep up with Randy and then he passes me and scraped peg all the way through the corner.
I know I sound like a little school kid but I was proud of myself for at least being able to see them still.... on a road i've never been on and a 600 at that. But man that **** was fun, anyone got any stories on hitting the twisties? I keep hearing about "Dragon's Tail" or "Smurf Mountain" -- I wanna hit up those.
Went into a corner at 130mph, fastest corner I've ever taken and i was not far behind the guys that ride the road everyday on 1000's... Randy and Jesse, Jesse even had a girl on the back and he made his way from the very back of all 30 of us all the way up behind me who was slamming that bike into corners trying to keep up with Randy and then he passes me and scraped peg all the way through the corner.
I know I sound like a little school kid but I was proud of myself for at least being able to see them still.... on a road i've never been on and a 600 at that. But man that **** was fun, anyone got any stories on hitting the twisties? I keep hearing about "Dragon's Tail" or "Smurf Mountain" -- I wanna hit up those.
Last edited by Kelm; Apr 10, 2007 at 12:41 AM.
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From: crummy part of ohio
Re: Twisties for the 1st time
theres a ski resort up here and lots of turns kindof likes dragons tail but not as long
how can you have a bike for so long and just now started to ride it like it was ment too?
how can you have a bike for so long and just now started to ride it like it was ment too?
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Now that I've discovered twisties like these not that far, im in love.
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you told a story similar to this 2 or 3 weeks ago in the poser squid stories thread 
https://www.stuntlife.com/forums/pos...7-post118.html
https://www.stuntlife.com/forums/pos...7-post118.html
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From: richmond, VA
Re: Twisties for the 1st time
love the twisties, to hear the knee puck draggin pavement is music to my ears.
i started just like yourself all i wanted to do was stunt and abuse my bike for the first year i had it then looped a highway whoolie,
that made me step away from the stunting for a min.
started riding w/ some guys that tore up the twisties and fell in love.
got back to the stunting couple years later and love to be able to rock both, Va has some killer roads for knee draggin
keep at it man the **** is as addictin as stunting.
but its just like stunting set your bike up right and it comes alot faster
master a pocket bike and a 600 will feel like slow mo
i started just like yourself all i wanted to do was stunt and abuse my bike for the first year i had it then looped a highway whoolie,
that made me step away from the stunting for a min.
started riding w/ some guys that tore up the twisties and fell in love.
got back to the stunting couple years later and love to be able to rock both, Va has some killer roads for knee draggin
keep at it man the **** is as addictin as stunting.
but its just like stunting set your bike up right and it comes alot faster
master a pocket bike and a 600 will feel like slow mo
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you must be joking...1st time hitten corners? if so theirs no f'n way you hit one at 130 on a bike you don't ride everyday. if i'm wrong you should think about turning pro on the gp
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I ride that **** weekly, and have taken sloping corners but never hard corners and I didn't look down at my speedo but my buddy was behind on his bike said his was reading 120 when he went into the corner cause he glanced down as he entering the apex.
I could care less if you believe me but I was siked.
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well for someone who apparently never rides rodes like that or even rodes that you never knew i dont beleive you either no way you would go 120+ on a twisting road youve never been on
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Yeah twisties are fun!! Railing a 180degree turn, looking far ahead, your heart 2ft out your chest is just as fun as nailing a BP wheelie down I-5 for the 1st time. But watch out, I've seen many, many get really hurt crashing in the hills, some even life flighted out. Major pain and major bucks$$$$. In fact, I've seen more crashes from twisty riding then stunt riding. Just be careful, when manbearpig snatches your *** in the twisties he's relentless and unforgiving...
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True that.... The corners we were on WERN'T knee dragging corners so I wanna clarify that, I was not dragging knee at 130mph if people are trying to assume that. I was leaned over in a banked hard corner, but they were really twisty for me. =]
Manbearpig got me that day later when I flipped a stoppie on the R6, but it managed to come away unscathed! Only a few scratches
Manbearpig got me that day later when I flipped a stoppie on the R6, but it managed to come away unscathed! Only a few scratches
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I don't care who ya are... twisties are fun. But 120mph, I'll believe 70-90 but 120 is a lot faster than you think. Not to mention if your friends bike is geared at all then that's an extra 10-15 mph right there on the speedo.
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i had a few close calls in the twisties before 2.. 1st time i went i almost didnt make a turn and the bike wanted to straighten out while i was turning it was scary i dont know why it happnd but i managed to save it.. another time i was going to pass up cars and as i'm comin by this one car he wanted to go out and pass the slowest car up front as well and almost creamed me i had to give it some revs to let him know i was on the side luckily his window was down and did not go in front of me..
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Re: Twisties for the 1st time
You are so ******* full of ****. You might've entered a "Curve," more like a "Bend" in the interstate or something. The roads I've ridden(including Deals-Gap a.k.a. Tail of the Dragon, Cherohola Skyway[nice sweepers], and a small portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway[it was raining, so suck ***!]) in NC/TN moutains, if you're doing 70 on some of the sweepers, thats' pretty damn fast. I've seen guys go faster, but they are more skilled and more protected than I have been. I'd just like to reiterate how full of **** you are. Show me the road you did that on, I'd like to see if my grandma would be able to do that same speed in her Tahoe!
