Any fellow AZ guys who ride two wheels and do track days or canyon runs?

[WerkzRS]

Hey just interested in know if any of you gguys to track days/ canyons on 2 wheels? I went out this Sunday with my buddy and did Ortega Hwy. I have to say, it was great. Always keeping in mind, safety first. So who else rides?
Took this when i got back. [wrench]
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/illestkat/photo.jpg

[skiracerblah]

I don't ride on 2 wheels, but if you're looking for some canyon runs with a lot of high speed turns, check out Highway 33 in Ojai, CA
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ojai,+ca&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=56.200193,134.912109&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ojai,+Ventura,+California&ll=34.591389,-119.272385&spn=0.462383,1.054001&z=11

Its definitely worth the drive all the way up there and a lot less traffic compared to Muholland Drive area...

[B5 SLPR]

I dont ride anymore but Palomar Mt. is always overrun with bikes on the weekends. Also if your looking to do track days look up fasttrackriders.com . they always have good deals on track days and they are doin them a couple of times a month.

[ben916]

Used to ride Palomar and Borrego and Julian every other weekend.
Several track days at Willow (streets and big track).
Sold it for a house...

It was a 1995 Ducati 916 with all sort of carbon goodies and Marchesini magnesium rims, vented clutch, Termignoni slip ons, the noise was great!
My neighbors hated me on Sunday at 7AM...

[WerkzRS]

Yea i heard of Palomar being pretty cool. I used to ride Angeles Crest all the time but i moved bought a house and now im closer to Ortega. Ive like trackdays better though, Buttonwillow and Fontana are my fav around here i still yet to try Chuckwalla.

[ben916]

Yea i heard of Palomar being pretty cool. I used to ride Angeles Crest all the time but i moved bought a house and now im closer to Ortega. Ive like trackdays better though, Buttonwillow and Fontana are my fav around here i still yet to try Chuckwalla.

I am not fond of the Ortega as at the top, there are ZERO guard rails!!
So if you f@ck up, there is a very long drop that most do not survive, if they find you.

Have you tried Pahrump? Very open, lots of run off area, nothing tricky, but I was told that it can be windy there...

[SoCalS4Avant]

Used to ride as well...but it's been oh so long! Had myself a CBR600 F3 back in my hayday. Loved cruising all the mountains. HWY 39 at that point was still open all the way up to Angeles Crest. What a ride! Now GMR, GRR, and Azusa Canyon are not only filled with too many people, but lots of CHP as well.

[WerkzRS]

Ben, yea i did notice that at Ortega, we mainly did the inside of the canyon not the back side (Elsinore side). My buddy has done Parhump, its also one of the few that offer an open track all day, which means only A and B riders allowed....NO 20 minute sessions. You go in and out as you please.
SoCal, yeah seems like most have sold their bikes because of home purchases, babies, etc. Yea i did GMR before very technical. CHPs not to crazy there but the front side of Asuza, forget it! way too many cars and cops.

[minira]

i used to ride streets until I got rear ended on the fwy. now I just try and do track days. haven't had much time because of the kids but I was supposed to start racing WSMC last year. My bike is a straight race bike now and I'm going to try and race this year but throw in more track days as well. if you haven't heard, socalmoto.org bunch of folks who are racers and hit the canyons. here's the slow bike!

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab240/minira/wasabi/NRS_11-28_lilcopies3.jpg

I was the slowest out there!! Had been a year and a half since I rode it and then went out to the new racers school for trackdaz.com. was fun though...

[WerkzRS]

minira Awsome! Yea i had a couple of buddies doing the WSMC but dam its pricey! your looking at minumum 1500 a month to keep the bike up and all the fuel, food and time expenses. Its fun though. Yea im trying to do only trackdays now, my buddy convinced me to go out to Ortega, i know the risks of riding up there. about two years ago i highsided at buttonwillow, im glad i did there than the canyons lol. You bike looks sweet from what i see its an 05 ZX6 636? looks like a Akro on there? I wasnt aware tackdaz had a racer school. Where in chino are you at?

[minira]

thanks man, it's actually an 07 zx6. yea they're cool guys it was during their turkeydaz track day, freakin freezing! I'm right off the 71 and euclid near the preserve. where you at in corona?

[WerkzRS]

im right were Archibald turns to River Rd. (River and Corydon). borderline with Eastvale formerly Corona. Yea theres a Jack in the crack on the Euclid exit right? awesome new communities around there my wife and I had looked at when we where looking to buy a home.

[minira]

Oh cool, you're not that far I probably have seen you riding around. The wifey and I are thinking of moving into the eastvale area probably next year. There is a jack in the crack, I'm right next to the cows! I'd say lets go riding but I'm lazy to convert back to street plus it's non-op'd.

[B5 SLPR]

Here's one of me a few years ago out on palomar
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l136/xtremeski121/palomar.jpg

[WerkzRS]

minira no worries my bike has racebody work i just adapted a fog light w/ hid for the front light and im currently getting a 2009 ZX6 tail light just to stay a bit street legal lol. But LETS roll out for sure lol.

B5 pretty cool shot..still have the R6?

[B5 SLPR]

not any more. I layed it down and it got totalled. After that I got rid of my other two bikes cause couldnt risk injury :( Almost got a ducatii a few weeks ago but still cant bring myself to get another bike no matter how bad I want to get back on one.

[WerkzRS]

where did you lay it down? i imagine it wasnt a good get off?

[B5 SLPR]

layed it down on palomar. was comin down tight side at about 75 and ran out of tire around a tight right hander. Bike slid out hit the guardrail flipped cracked the frame and was totally destroyed. I was in full race gear and only had some bruises but was kinda a wakeup call to the was I was riding and how dangerous it actually was.

[minira]

illest, i had thought about that before I non op'd it but didn't go for it. Now I have to get a new battery since it's dead. When the weather gets better maybe plan something. A4shizl lives in the area also, he's got a DG b6.

B5 damn, sorry to hear bout the wreck, get a bike and just take it to the track! I don't ride the streets anymore, maybe in the future.


World Superbikes is on tomorrow, damn finally!!! been too long since the last season.

[B5 SLPR]

I would love to get another one but that will have to wait till after Medical school. The Mrs. said she'd buy me a new ducati as a graduation gift so to keep me happy until then I sold the B5 and got myself the B7 S4 avant to play with :)

[ben916]

World Superbikes is on tomorrow

I have it DVR'ed so I am READY!!!
And MotoGP and AMA...