2007 aspirations
 

What bike type aspirations do you have for 2007?

New bike? First trackday? IAM course/test? Getting your kneedown .. breaking the SV land speed record etc etc

Keeping the rubber bits on the tarmac and the other bits off it. :lol:

yea i'm going to just try to stop on it aswell :oops:

Getting some serious miles under my belt on my SV. I'll also see if I can get on a trackday in the summer, and I'm looking to just learn as much as I can about machine control as I can.

Biking aside, I'm gonna explore classical music on guitar, and carry on working bloody hard to get good grades towards my overall degree.

So not alot then.

Matt

Want to do my first trackday, get my knee down (im close but not quite) and get out to a few more bike meets. :D

First trackday for me and hopefully will get myself a falco at some point.
The other stuff about staying on and not breaking things obviously applies too.

I fancy getting my knee down this summer. I've only done 1500 miles on the bike as I got it at the end of August and have been working away a lot since then so I could do with racking up some miles. A "Y" plate with 5500 miles on it is terrible!

hope to get a newish bike, but want a naked one, maybe do a trackday and deffinately stay on the bike

H

Personally I aspire to be the 2007 Moto GP world champion … but lets face is that’s not going to happen for some pretty big reasons :lol:

So my actual aspirations are pretty basic … have trouble free and enjoyable biking year!! 8) Most importantly by the end of 2007 to still have my life and license!! :?

Get my B25 on the road. :wink:

Ron Haslam's Race School
First trackday
First kneedown

and maybe i'll fit a can too :)

First Trackday
IAM Test
First "In the flesh" MotoGP
Keep the rubberside down and my license clean :wink:

IAM course/test?.....

Hopefully... and then maybe try for my instructors course.

- California Superbike School - level 1 & maybe 2 if it's any good

- get rid of that pesky last 2mm on the edge of my tyres :-)

- trackday at Brands GP

Definitely more trackdays!!
Possibly California Superbike School.

+ No NIPs or offs of course!

Track day (mallory park)
Get some scuff marks on the ol knee sliders (if not i'll buy me a dremmel) :D
Dry weather to go test riding, the darkside of the IL4 is calling me :?

2007's hopes are for a relatively safe and succesful rookie season within the Bemsee thunderbikes.

Also i'll be looking to stay of the Road bike as much as possible as it screw's up my track riding.

Getting to know my way around the SV with the help of Mr Haynes.

Persuading more than 1 of my mates to get Cat A and a bike to go on ride outs.

Enjoy the summer weather on the bike without an unscheduled trip to A&E.

Be able to go faster than 10mph on anything other than a dead straight :oops: :shock:

be able to ride one again :shock:

1) Keeping it rubber side down
2) New boots - maybe Sidi as Dianese don't make sports boots in my size :( - Anyone know if they're any good?
Either:
3) Spit restored + racing tuned
3) Type II Camper replacing Spit
3) SV1000S replacing Spit and Sv650S - Probably most likely to happen
3) Duke 748 replacing Spit and Sv650S

Stu

Seems quite a few would like to do their first trackday, i'd probably say the same. Maybe we could organise a site day out?

I fancy getting plenty of miles on the bike and hoping to turn up to a few more meets. Maybe even use a bike as a form of transport on holiday...

Indeed, seems to be a popular aspiration. As a trackday advocate myself, I am pleased too see this 8)


Why do you think it will screw up your track riding?? :?

not crashing would be nice:)

i'm thinking about iam next year

cage test needs doing :(

and as the sig says a gixxer would be nice, but i think thats a 2008 aspiration :twisted:

It just does. My feelings from previous rides way very heavy on my mind when i ride a bike and i get very nervous on to road after spending so much time in the 'safe' environment of the track. When i then get back on the race bike after a ride on the road it takes time for the feelings of insecurity to go away.

I dont know why I do it tbh as i never used to feel llike this. this year though if i even wnet out for 10 mins on the road bike before a trackday i would just ride like a right wuss on the track as i was constantly aware of stuff that before wqould not have worried me.

Re: 2007 aspirations
 

all of the above :lol: :lol:

1) Do my DAS (only done CBT so far)
2) Buy an SV650 or Jixxa 600
3) Do a track day (Mallory to begin with)
4) Get more miles under my belt
5) Ride on a dry road! :D
6) Ride in daylight! 8)

Some people are just soooooooooooo picky :roll:































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Cheers Mark.

To get my knee down - an on going aspiration. Just enough so I have some scrapes on my sliders thats all.

To not read about anymore accidents, crashes or anything unplesant happening to anymore org'ers.

A trackday would be nice, a trip to over to Europe on the bike would be better.

Knee down? well maybe if I can get round to it but not a big issue for me. I'll stay my usual steady well balanced easy going rider (slow) :wink:

AR07 8)

Hopefully moving house will free up mucho-der-wonga so I'll have no more money worries and will be able to spend ridiculous amounts of time doing track days to see if I'll ever be any good to start racing.

:D

My immediate thought was along the lines of:
But other than that:
- Rebuild the CG & get her back on the road
- A few pleasure rideouts to make servicing the SV even more frequent :|

I want to do more touring on the bike. But I said that last year and the year before :) Visit some other tracks, and do more days at Knockhill... Probably do something else daft to the SV while I'm about it. I want to do CSS if circumstances allow too.

Other than that, more good rides, another crash-free year would be nice (falling off at Tebay doesn't count, it's not a crash if you're not moving!), and who knows, maybe Edinburgh IAM wil finally be able to get me an observed ride after 2 entire ****ing years

First Eurotour with the mrs and perhaps sign up to IAM.

Live/work in a different country for a while.

Dan

Chunkyftg – if that’s how it works for you, that’s how it works for you. I know a few people that gave up road riding when they started racing, some for that reason, some budgetary. To me the two are so different that I see little overlap .. and don’t find it hard to differentiate … a bit like when I drive my van or do minimoto, same theme, but its just different how you need to ride them. Lets face it, it is all down to the individual. I admire your dedication to the cause ;)

Beenz – I have always fancied a Europe trip too … wouldn’t it be cool if we could organise an .org Europe trip!? 8)

Krazykim – “6) Ride in daylight! 8)” wot you a vampire or summin and your dream is to be able to go out in daylight!!?? ;)

Baph – I suppose I should try and go to a .org rideout at some point too :oops:

First serious long ride - Lincolnshire to Skye (and back - hopefully) on my own

get the SV how I want it to look.
first trackday at brands.
ride more miles than last year.

Nice curvy fairing? :)

No, nothing that drastic, just a little paint.

Re: 2007 aspirations
 

As I've decided I won't be back on the bike again in the remainder of 2007, I thought I'd see how I did on my 2007 aspirations

Yep, got the final mods done round about Easter, still annoyed I made some unplanned modifications to it during my last ride in October.
Nope, no trackdays
Yep, did a thousand(ish) more. I think that rideout to Cheddar gorge with PeteVtwin and Lissa helped to add on the miles.

2 out of 3 ain't bad