Me on the S1000RR on the Ring

[rod]

Just back from a trip to the Nurburgring and this is the best picture I've managed to find so far.

[phatgixer]

Great stuff!

I have always vowed never to to ride a bike on the ring...Too many fluid spillages..

[Honkerr]

Originally Posted by phatgixer

.Too many fluid spillages..

Well its good but not that good , naughty gixer

Stu

[legzr1]

Come again?









Rod,how did the missus cope on the back?

[Shift-Tech-Carbon]

You don't know how lucky you are to be able to just go there, for some over here in the USA this would be a dream.

[Thugsfatboy]

So Jealous our only Racetrack is 2.4 k long

[kismetcapitan]

I will someday take my Skyline GT-R to the 'Ring. If it made its reputation in 1990 with 280bhp, wonder how it'll do, now that I've tuned it to 700hp??

No way I'd ride a bike on that though - it's been done in under eight minutes, but variable weather, oil and coolant from car wrecks, and you'd have to know all the bumps and divots in that ancient tarmac, cause there's tons of them. I'd only go if the track was reserved for a bike tour and we rode in a nice, slow, large group (I think BMW does do this a couple times a year as part of a travel package). Like, I'd want to be riding with K1200LTs.

But that's the Nordschleife. The F1 track, where WSBK runs? Yeah, I'd run that

[deef]

Originally Posted by kismetcapitan

I will someday take my Skyline GT-R to the 'Ring. If it made its reputation in 1990 with 280bhp, wonder how it'll do, now that I've tuned it to 700hp??

No way I'd ride a bike on that though - it's been done in under eight minutes, but variable weather, oil and coolant from car wrecks, and you'd have to know all the bumps and divots in that ancient tarmac, cause there's tons of them. I'd only go if the track was reserved for a bike tour and we rode in a nice, slow, large group (I think BMW does do this a couple times a year as part of a travel package). Like, I'd want to be riding with K1200LTs.

But that's the Nordschleife. The F1 track, where WSBK runs? Yeah, I'd run that

Ive been there 4 times, twice in my gtr 34 which at the time was 500bhp. Also only my k7, Al of which are sold...Still waitin on my s1000rr, and guess what, She will be there 5th of Sept to watch WSb and a few more laps of the North Loop... :-)

[///ACS330Ci]

I've done over 120 laps of the Ring and have to say it's my fav place on this planet

[rod]

This was the 6th time I've been and done laps there on a bike...yes it can be dangerous but it is just the most exhilarating 13.5 miles to ride (legally )

Im pleased with sub 9 minute laps, but most of the laps were done on the Monday in the wet with traces of the oil spills that closed the track the night before.