Our first trackday

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Hiras
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Our first trackday

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Hey all.<br>Couldn't resist posting a pic of my 89 EXUP on our first track day 3 weeks ago.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/139027/" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>

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http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/139027/

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<br>And again - <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/139027 ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

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Snap! Exactly like mine! Nice photo. So, how did you go? <p></p><i></i>

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Nice...I still have yet to ever see that color combo anywhere else except from the the both of you! on this board.<br><br>Even Yamaha cafe does not list that one. Almost a reverse of my black/grey/blue. <p></p><i></i>

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Non-US paint scheme. Plus they, meaning other than US (double meaning there), get really cool smaller bikes as well.<br><br>Tim <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Director of Entertainment (eddieandthecrusiersmc.com).</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

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<br>Yay - It was a great day out.<br>Cracking weather.<br>I finally got my knee down after trying for 3 years on the road.<br>On my second session, as soon as I stopped thinking about trying to get it down and and got over the initial excitement of being on a race track, I focused on relaxing, counter steering and riding smoothly and my knee just went down!<br>What a buzz!<br>My 89 FZR 1000 wasn't out HP'd by the other riders in the Novice group either which was chuffing. Only a dude on an R1 was as quick as me (quicker in fact) and a bloke on a ZX-9 overtook me a couple of times on the straight but was not faster over all.<br>On the subject of the paint job - My EXUP was imported from Italy (I am in the UK) so I don't know if it was a non UK standard. The only others I have seen like it here are Red White and Blue.<br>Ton - Up's looks in glorious condition (Shouldn't that be Ton 50 up <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ). Mine has a cracked fairing where some doughnut has tightened the fasteners too much.<br>Nice to see another specimen in the same livery!<br> <p></p><i></i>

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Hiras, mine has a few nicks and scratches etc when you get up close, but then you'd have to expect that from a 15 year old bike. The name Ton up was thought up in a hurry, my wife keeps telling me how dorky it is- I'm getting a complex.<br><br>At the only track day I've done with mine there were no r1's etc there, it was a training day before the start of the new racing season and in typically Kiwi fashion it wasn't well advertised. The only bikes that were getting past me in a straight line were the instructors GSR1000 and Aprilia RSV production superbikes. The 600 racers were waiting untill the braking areas- very humbling! My bike needs a better rider to get ti it's full potential, not the other way around<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rolleyes --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> , but I'm working on it! <p></p><i></i>

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