A Biking \'To do\' before snuffing it list !!!
 

The Nurburgring post made me think of this one.

What are peoples opinions on 'GOTTA DO' biking events???

I'll have a go.

1) Nurburgring
2) I.O.M. TT / Manx
3) Dutch TT / Assen
4) Foreign MotoGP - Spain?
5) Cover more of GB - Scotland / Wales / Ireland
6) Proper track riding / skills school - CSS etc
7) World Ducati Week, Italy / USA? (couldnt miss a Duke event)
8) Have a go at trail riding :D
9) Have a go at Mini-moto :o
10) Ride along Route66 on a bike :) Couldn't resist.

Interested to know what other peeps might come up with?

Cheers - Frank

1) Nurburgring "Done That"
2) I.O.M. TT / Manx DITTO
3) Dutch TT / Assen DITTO
4) Foreign MotoGP - Spain? DITTO
5) Cover more of GB - Scotland / Wales / Ireland DONE IT
6) Proper track riding / skills school - CSS etc NEED TO DO
7) World Ducati Week, Italy / USA? (couldnt miss a Duke event) DONE IT
8) Have a go at trail riding DONE IT
9) Have a go at Mini-moto TOO OLD FOR IT
10) Ride along Route66 on a bike Couldn't resist. WOULD BE AWSOME

Blimey !!!!

I've got some catching up to do - must tell the Missus :lol::devil::lol::devil::lol::devil:

I'm still trying to work out what i've got to do tomorrow!

But biking things I want to do are short'n'sweet...

1) race. Should sort that one out soon.
2) Monza on a Ducati. I REFUSE to die before doing this!

I need a bigger list!

lol - duuno why but I just thought to myself about what bikes I've ridden:

Singles - yup - loads....2 and 4 stroke
Twins - erm :D
Triples - yep - my fondly remembered Lavvy and an XS750 believe it or not
Fours - sadly yes - and I have one in the garage too.
Sixes - yep - CBX6 - what a hoot....

Funnily enough - a FIVE is missing - wonder how I can sort that :lol::lol::lol:

You guys in Old Europe have all these great tracks to go to. I want to ride them as well and see the GP's etc. Le Mans is also a must do, though the race years ago was more exciting with all the different classes and speed mixed up. Anyway, I noticed Route 66 and that intrigues me. I traveled that as a kid in an un-airconditioned Chevy in the middle of summer! Great memories though....all that stuff in the movies is basically true., but R66 is now a shell of its old self. Still, a good thing to dream about and I hope you get the chance! My biggest similar ride was on vestiges of 66 and other newer highways from the middle of Texas to California stretched out on an A7 Kasawaki (sic) 350, doing about 100 mph most of the way. I have also been on the track at Indy, kind of an historical experience and Laguna Seca and the mighty corkscrew!
But all the stuff on the first list is on mine as well. I will just have to satisfy myself with Motegi, Suzuka and Sendai (though I have ridden on the remains of the Asamayama course, basically a pumice TT course that was used as the first Japan GP....this is where Yamaha started to develop their first hot 250 racers).
Lucky Brits!

Before you snuff it.

One thing I wanted to do was the Manx 2 day Trial, so together with Baylissboy I did - at times I thought I WAS going to snuff it.

Pretty poor bike list from me:

Ride to Ducati week (looks a possibility in 2006:D )
Pull better wheelies:o than the throttle ones at traffic lights
Get my knee down - on any bike - without falling off (yes, I am a numpty!)
Own a 999, cos I just want to ride one for longer than 20 mins
Ride across America (prob in another 2 years time?)
Pluck up the courage to 'ride the ring' and not spectate.
Ride round the TT track

A fair few other 'non bike' things to do too tho
:)

C

See a GP at Laguna Seca and ride the track. Not just play it on the playstation.

Clint.:cool:

monsters are easy peasy, get on your local roundabout and just chuck it over!

Ride/watch at Laguna
Ride a Harley across the states
Trip to Europe on my bike
Give racing a go
Ride something fast ( I mean proper fast...)
Ride a real bike slike the one's I grew up with, maybe a Norton or a Bennelli just to see what its like

Where do you start?

Win a race
Grow my Ducati collection, would like a nice 750F1, 72 green frame, 80'ish 900SS, 998R and on and on and on
Go to pretty much every round of the GP's, not necessarily in the same year.
Lots and lots of things ...

But a few non-biking ones that would be very cool:
Deep dive on some WW2 wrecks
Bungee off a helicopter at around 5000 feet, then detach the cable dropping into a freefall jump - how cool would that be!!!
and on and on and on ....

yeah, yeah...... its the bit to do with sliding across the seat matey!

If I didnt slide over, the pegs/cans would hit the deck first (and I have scraped both, on both sides!:D ) - and I'm not happy about shifting in the seat - so thats what I'd like to try & overcome!:)

C:saint:

Ride Phillip Island on a 916.
Ride across the Sabana Grande in Venezuela on a sub-150kg trailie
Ride a 200bhp+ bike on track/runway past 200mph
Own a 888
Ride a gp/sbk bike on slicks on a hot track
Get 110bhp from a 2v duke
Get on the podium!!!

Theres not too much I'd really like to do that I haven't already done (realistically).

I live 2 minutes from Heysham port and the wifes relatives live in IOM so the TT is easy to get to.
I've raced at most UK tracks, my sponsors wouldn't sponsor me to ride at the TT because they said it was too dangerous (and I'm not sure I was good enough anyway)
I've toured europe on a bike
Done race schools
Raced minimoto
Raced motocross
Done green lanes trail riding
Been to Canada racing motocross
Been to most foreign places I wanted to go
Had sex with 2 women at same time (had to throw that in - I've still got the cheesy grin :D )


Next on my list is:-

own a 748
see my son grow up to be world GP champ
Retire at 40
Win big at vegas
come back from tour of duty alive

So thats where i have been going wrong does that come first or after the have done list :)

It actually happened the day I picked my first Ducati up. People told me it would be a 'pulling' bike but I didn't think it would happen that quick.
Perhaps you are riding the wrong bike:D

I didnt think my thread would end up like this :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

But the exhausts go down first:rolleye:

heres my attempt

1) Nurburgring. 2006/07 fingers crossed
2) I.O.M. TT / Manx maybe
3) Dutch TT / Assen been there
4) Foreign MotoGP - LE Mans? my stag weekend in may
5) Cover more of GB - Scotland / Wales / Ireland / what about cornwall ??
6) Proper track riding / skills school - CSS etc ron haslam in sept
7) World Ducati Week, Italy / USA? (couldnt miss a Duke event) YES PLEASE
8) Have a go at trail riding woukld prefer to race moto x
9) Have a go at Mini-moto got 1 in the garage
10) Ride along Route66 on a bike Couldn't resist. not for me, too many americans

11) suzuka/sugo/phillip island 1 of the far away tracks would be cool

12) desmo due gutted i cant afford it this year

13) own a ex-factory 996 race bike, prefreably a non crashed foggy 1

140 i like the idea of sex with 2 women, ive managed it with 2 different ladies in a night but not together, and no i didnt pay for them

find an honda XL125 K2 .... my first ever bike and the one that has the fondest memories and rebuild it -------after 25 years i reckon i could strip and rebuild it blindfold!!!!!!!

Ride all of the MotoGP circuits
IOM TT
Laguna Seca
Imola

deej, hope the two ladies weren't American!