So I wrote an article... big deal.

[ragedigital]

Hey all! I just wanted to post a link to an article I wrote for TrackDayMag.com about my first Track Day and reflections on my past.

http://www.trackdaymag.com/Article.aspx?id=2748

Don't beat me up too bad. Remember, I do ride a GSXR... and are not varry brite. {Forrest Gump voice}

[haunter]

nice!

[TomGun]

Great article Darrin. I think you really captured, and expressed the true feeling of freedom, and happiness that "our rides" give us. I'm preparing for my first Trackday next spring in Loudon, NH, and I think my anxieties are much the same as yours were. I look forward to your next article.

[mike94fzr600]

nice Darrin great article

[sweekster]

Just read it and found 3 grammatical errors and 2 references to those "Do the superman dance" videos on youtube. Wait, what are talking about again??


Great article Darrin. It really captivated what the first time on the track would be like. Nice read.

[PIMPMYFZR]

nice article , hope one day to have that experience also, everyone has a story to tell thats for sure , just dunno if minee will ever get published ..hehe

[ShogunTX]

Man great article, but you know that picture reminds me of someone from my childhood.....you have a stricking resemblance too......ahh it's on the tip of my keyboard but I just can't remember





















OH YEAH I MEMBER

[YAM93]

Darrin- What a great article, that's exactly the same way i felt when i got back on the MX bike after a 20 year hiatus. Well, close anyway, since I had only really stopped riding during college. Makes me really want to do a track day next year.

So did your GSXR's rear end get "Squirrely" on you yet? My Honda did a few weeks ago, amazing how these ultra-light, super-powerful bikes are for handling, great most of the time, but pushed a little too hard on just the right curve and then some medium pressure braking can really make you feel like you're Nicky Hayden about to turn into a full-on Troy Bayliss slide off the track.

[ragedigital]

So did your GSXR's rear end get "Squirrely" on you yet?

Nah. It doesn't have enough power to do that. I either need to lose weight or gain some ponies...

[yamaha_george]

So did your GSXR's rear end get "Squirrely" on you yet?

Nah. It doesn't have enough power to do that. I either need to lose weight or gain some ponies...

Darrin,
good read did you know our very own Steve -china-racer is in the same mag

If you want to go faster losing weight (you & the bike ) is cheaper .................

[R3TARD]

Good article rage. That made for some good reading and having been born and raised in and around ft wayne IN I can relate.

[old_school]

Great article Rage! Now that you have been "published" you be hard to live with .. LOL2

[ragedigital]

Thank guys for the compliments. I wanted to write something that might encourage guys who are returning to the cycle world to get to a Track Day. Hopefully I encouraged someone.

Life is short... get riding!