1299S First Race Weekend Review

shakazulu12 said:

Hang a big clock in your pit area and make a checklist. I didn't do this my first race weekend and made all kinds of stupid little mistakes ranging from not topping off my tank after morning practice (resulting on the bike running out of gas on the cool-down lap) to forgetting to plug warmers in, and my personal favorite was forgetting to turn my transponder on during my first race win.

Went to a checklist system and watched the clock religiously and my stress level fell to about 1/10th what it was.

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Rogue said:

The bike is still being raced in WERA. Chaotic (Chris) is pretty active over on the WERA forum, but I think a few of the newer personalities caused him to take a break from this forum.

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shakazulu12 said:

Chaotic is still racing the .... out of his bike. I think this forum just isn't as interesting to him as the other ones he's on.

Whatever happened to Kope? I really admired that guys passion and enthusiasm, but I was worried about the mentality he took to the track. That guy was burning through his crashes without injury at an alarming rate.

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Gunny Fitz said:

Just had to speed bag myself!

Was reading this from beginning like it was 2017 instead of a friggin year ago!! LMFAO!

I was about to tell Chaotic how outstanding of a write up the whole thing was from the very beginning, and see how things have been going since last month - except it was a YEAR AGO last month you friggin Toolbag Gunny!

Thanks for the additional input for whomever filled us in on why he left etc. Too bad since that dude was pretty cool and I was looking forward to reading more Race Stories from him!
Trust me, I know what was meant by conflicting member personalities too!

Anyone who stays in touch with the guy should really reach out and see what you can do about getting him to return - if he's still running that Ducati the same?

To all the rest of yoos guys Club Racing, keep it going, live the dream, and stay safe!

OOHRAH !!

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speedy14 said:

Please forgive my ignorance however I have one question. What class can you race the 1299 in. Don't they have a 1200cc limit on racing twins?

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Rogue said:

WSBK has the 1200cc limit. In club racing the 1299 is eligible for F1, HWT, A Superbike, A Superstock, and one more that I'm forgetting.

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