Track season is upon us! Several providers have already had their opening days, although I seem to suffer from getting rained out this year - despite the drought, every time I've scheduled a track day this winter it's been rained on! I'm beginning to think I'm solely responsible for the drought, perhaps if I scheduled more track days we would have been rained on frequently LOL!
Either way, I'm as ready for the race season as I will be. Bike is together and has all the necessary parts (rules changed for this bike, so had to add some not-cheap parts :( ). It starts and runs fine. Leathers have been repaired and are ready to be picked up. Suspension has its baseline set up. Looks like everything is ready to roll!
Biggest issue at this point is the simple lack of trackdays between now and the first race. With a street bike that is radically different than my track bike, I need time to adjust back to the track bike. I've got one trackday scheduled between now and the races, one day before the races, then it's game day - at a track I won't see until the day before :/.
Add in all the winter expenses I've put together and I'm back onto a race season budget. Bummer. I was getting used to having a little fun and actually catching a movie here n there. Oh well, the sacrifices are well worth it, first world problems and all that!
Another week and a half of needing to contain my spending until I'm back out to the track - once I'm out there it's MUCH easier to behave financially - until then I've really got to contain myself and my desire to impulse shop!
Either way, I'm as ready for the race season as I will be. Bike is together and has all the necessary parts (rules changed for this bike, so had to add some not-cheap parts :( ). It starts and runs fine. Leathers have been repaired and are ready to be picked up. Suspension has its baseline set up. Looks like everything is ready to roll!
Biggest issue at this point is the simple lack of trackdays between now and the first race. With a street bike that is radically different than my track bike, I need time to adjust back to the track bike. I've got one trackday scheduled between now and the races, one day before the races, then it's game day - at a track I won't see until the day before :/.
Add in all the winter expenses I've put together and I'm back onto a race season budget. Bummer. I was getting used to having a little fun and actually catching a movie here n there. Oh well, the sacrifices are well worth it, first world problems and all that!
Another week and a half of needing to contain my spending until I'm back out to the track - once I'm out there it's MUCH easier to behave financially - until then I've really got to contain myself and my desire to impulse shop!
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