R6 shock made to fit a curvy?

Originally Posted by Mike1234

I prefer this one. Well it;s a better photo anyway.

Mike thats awesome!..why on earth pick a place such as that to have a lie down!!

Northwind sums it up for me..i do tend to state facts, i also tend to wind people up when people start to bite, i suppose that stems from being resident on visordown for too long..your post style tends to change after being on there!.

As far as garages go, sorry you feel that way. I have had people i dont know come in and ask for space and as long as they can get their kit into the garage they are always welcome!. I dont think i have ever turned down paddock space for anyone..so dont put me with the group of people you perceive as being a clique..i make friends with everyone i meet in the paddock.

And as far as my husband owning a suzuki dealership..that doesnt mean i have been on competitive bikes all the time. We aint rich by far and i have maxed myself out to build what is a superb bike..so dont have a go at that. I have ridden a 600 that was stock and about 10bhp down, actually my current bike isnt the quickest bike out in thunderbikes. But hey i am still racing and i enjoy it for that.

Anyways...i think its best left at that. Other than when you ask as question on a forum, maybe not every response is what you want to hear, but take them all as potential advice and grow with it dont flame the poster though if you dont agree which is whats happened in this case.

Originally Posted by Mike1234

I prefer this one. Well it;s a better photo anyway.

Mike what a place to pick to have a sleep!


I make friends with everyone i meet, well to a degree unless someone insults me. I have no clique..in fact i hate clique's. I dont think they exist in the paddock, all you see are groups of people that know each other, i can't see the bad in that.

I help whoever i can as thats part of racing, i have people in the garage i dont know, to give them a space to keep their kit. Thats my life, racing and helping others. I grew up in the most cliquest sport ever of showjumping...the racing paddock is nothing like that.

And owning a suzuki dealership - i aint rich..i maxed myself out to build a good bike..i feel no wrong in that. I have also ridden uncompetitive bikes and been the under dog.

Anways..i think its best left as is. If you ask a question, some posts you wont agree with. Thats internet forums, a place that can be so full of poop at times and a place where it easy to be misunderstood.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do this year..if you come and do a race enjoy it!. I will be there to make a cuppa for you no matter whats been said on here.

Mike - that is Mandy on the LHS isn't it?? if I remember rightly that crash bu66ered her up quite badly?! .. perhaps it was nother?!?! she did have a few

SV650Racer - Ok a truce - 'bygones' but please read on:-
I could state many many more examples of ignorance and a-holes in the paddock* I have come across over the years to show the cliques and ignorant people exist - its not all this fairytale that you have been fortunate enough to be caught up in … perhaps without even knowing it you are segregating yourself (read on) and unfortunately that puts you in the other side of the 'them and us' set to me … I did make a few assumptions about the dealership thing, but even still you have to admit having them sort of resources i.e. Steves brain at the very least, access to cost price parts and workshop facilities and due to being in 'the business' undoubtedly plenty of handy 'contacts' … having all that at you disposal is quite an asset!

Unfortunately when you block off areas of paddock or garages weather you realise it or not you making a clique and putting people like me out … if you truly don’t mind non-friends to come in to garages and paddock space, then why ‘save’ spaces in the first place?!!??! :P

Having space near the action is a massive advantage … them last minute warmer rip-offs or last min red-flag hold-ups that suckers like me stuck miles back who have to travel a fair ways to the collecting area don’t get the luxury off …

Hopefully you can see there is a whole different side to this game for people like me that don't know any of the big-shots and just wanted to keep themselves to themselves and get on with the business of racing as hard as they can!! To be honest I don’t want to make friends with people that act as I have seen! Oh and BTW I have met a few nice people along the way, its generally the little men not thems with their head so far up their own (and their friends) behinds they can’t see outside (that is not directed at you BTW, but as hopefully is becoming clear, you do get a lot of people there with a aura of self importance! ).

Anyway ……… so like I said, ok Bygones … but hopefully this little insight into my experiences might change some of your views on things? northy with his “Is it cos you is Blue?” comment is actually quite apt … it is an ‘ism of sorts in the paddock … only when you are a vitim do you realize it is even there!

*a couple more examples if you care to read … Apart from fencing off etc its just simple stuff like inconsiderate generator or BBQ placing (had BBQ fat all over my outfit and my awning scorched), even emptying their caravan waste pipe allowing it to fill my ‘setup’ with their waste water … but more worrying and annoying still - some of them actually putting me in danger!!! For example one time someone unplugged my extension lead to my tyre warmers! I was lucky that when my spanner man took the warmers off just before the race, he spotted there was no heat - so let me know and I bared this in mind for the first few laps … unfortunately in a short race you can’t afford to have a few slow laps … I came like 3rd from last or summin in that one, which consequently knackerd my next gridding - the snowball effect ruined my entire weekend results wise and therefore had an effect on my championship too … it could have been far worse had I gone out on stone cold tyres unknowingly though!!

Oh and another one I just remembered ... someone cut ALL my spanner mans guide ropes on his tent one night ... I mean WTF???? what is these peoples mentality??!?!?

Yup maybe i have been lucky in not really seeing that kind of stuff going on. I have been on both sides of the fence. When i started racing i was borrowing a friends bike to race on. I had to ride my road bike to every meeting as i had no car, get the bike out of his van and was from then on my own in my tent, with a few spanners and not alot more. I did see people fencing off areas etc but it didnt bother me too much. I guess its different to how people percieve this.

Me personally saving space for friends doesnt make me block people out that i dont know..maybe others do it, i dont know..but i dont pay alot of attention to that anyway. I have been known as a chatterbox and will talk to anyone..so possibly thats why i dont see groups of friends as a clique..i just but in there anyway!.

Any rode... looking forward to march..if you do decide to come along and do a meeting then make sure you say hi..

If you were doing it for 'fun' then a lot of it doesn't matter ... who cares where you are in the pits?!?!? but I was doing it and wanted to be competitive ... then it does matter ...

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

.... Any rode... looking forward to march..if you do decide to come along and do a meeting then make sure you say hi..

Screw that - I am going to be in YOUR garage!!!

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

If you were doing it for 'fun' then a lot of it doesn't matter ... who cares where you are in the pits?!?!? but I was doing it and wanted to be competitive ... then it does matter ...

Screw that - I am going to be in YOUR garage!!!

Your welcome!

When competiting for 4th in the championship this year, tbh the guy that beat me hardly ever had a garage. To me personally where i was in the paddock didnt matter..

Next season i am doing british superstock cup..i will then be shoved down the back of the paddock and told to park in a set area. No chance of a garage then!. I will still enjoy it though..no matter where i am..maybe im just weird!

You know, at my last trackday, Blue camped over the night before and saved a garage for all of us SV lot! What a nice fellow!

Welcome to the clique

Originally Posted by lukemillar

You know, at my last trackday, Blue camped over the night before and saved a garage for all of us SV lot! What a nice fellow!

Welcome to the clique

Can i join?.

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

Your welcome!

When competiting for 4th in the championship this year, tbh the guy that beat me hardly ever had a garage. To me personally where i was in the paddock didnt matter..

Next season i am doing british superstock cup..i will then be shoved down the back of the paddock and told to park in a set area. No chance of a garage then!. I will still enjoy it though..no matter where i am..maybe im just weird!

I have LEAD a championship from the depts of the paddock ... its possible, but that is when these small advantages mean something ... I'd rather have had a garage!!

Again, if it means so little to you to have prime real-estate then why take it up at all, let alone taking even more up by corning off for others?!!?? Go to the suburbs and leave the prime spots to people who do care ... bet you won't!!

Originally Posted by lukemillar

You know, at my last trackday, Blue camped over the night before and saved a garage for all of us SV lot! What a nice fellow!

Welcome to the clique

Hell, I saved the whole paddock for ya!! I can't believe NO ONE camped that night ... I was totally billy in a deserted paddock!!

Again, if it means so little to you to have prime real-estate then why take it up at all, let alone taking even more up by corning off for others?!!?? Go to the suburbs and leave the prime spots to people who do care ... bet you won't!!

I find it very insulting, finger pointing and a bizzare thing to say of someone you dont know!.

I take it all back. Someone who insults me isnt someone who is welcome to spend time around me.

Is there an ignore facility on here as i really cant be arsed anymore.?.

Good day.