That makes no logical sense but keep on believin' that lol

 

Had the motorcycle track day season opener scheduled for this past Monday at NJMP. My sport bike was stolen two weeks ago, and I haven't had a chance to get a new one yet, so a bunch of my friends offered me to borrow theirs, but I didn't want to risk crashing someone else's bike, decided to take my 800lb BMW K1600 tourer instead. Definitely not a bike for track riding and dragging your knee, and it grabbed a ton of attention and I got a bunch of high fives. It is basically like an Escalade showing up to race a bunch of Corvettes at the track, but at least I got my stereo systems, full fairings, butt and hand warmers, top case, side cases, and passenger armrests, lol.




The event organizers split us in four skill groups, rookie, novice, intermediate and expert - I usually ride intermediate, but with the K1600 I asked them to put me in the novice group. Took it easy, with a very limited lean angle and regular road tires, dropping this bike is pretty much guaranteed to be a very expensive total loss. Still managed to make a few passes of slower riders. Was a blast, but I came home completely exhausted from handling the heavy beast for 8 sessions that we've had. I need to get a replacement sport bike ASAP, I have another track day coming up, I don't want to push my luck.

Here is a clip of one of the shorter sessions. The way thing thing pulls to 120 on a straightaway is so freaking amazing.

 

Thats awesome!

 

Smart move. SL was never a sports car. GT, yes

 

Some of the posts on the last few pages had me nostalgic for my E63. Had to pull up some oldies but goodies on youtube.


On the emissions issues mentioned, anything reasonably modern isn't putting out much from the exhaust. Tire particulate is actually the biggest "emission", and it's why for the first few years of production Teslas were often the worst polluting cars of the era, along with other brands who followed suit with similarly heavy EVs. Plenty of research articles on it, but humans are gonna human and jump headlong into emerging tech with little care for the big picture.

Reality is if we all cared about fixing things we'd focus on population hubs where driving isn't a daily necessity. All the regs in the world aren't doing much when we have to drive to get to anywhere essential and have to do so in directly or indirectly fossil-fueled vehicles grinding artificial, chemically-treated rubber into fine mist that's in our air, water, soil, food, and now blood.

I enjoy having a fun car to drive but it's idiotic how much I have to drive it.

 

@Framestead it’s @1SICKLEX haha

 

There's a lot of absolute horseshit out there on this topic, with one particularly poorly-sourced WSJ article doing a lot of heavy lifting when it came to the general misinformation. But people usually look only at headlines by and large, and fewer still check and verify claims and sourcing. The net result is posts like this one. You should note that tire particulates aren't specific to EVs, and vehicle weight - generally accepted to be the primary contributor to the issue - is vehicle weight, regardless of powertrain. Of note, brake dust is a big contributor to particulate matter. EVs will generally create dramatically lower levels of brake dust particulate pollution thanks to regenerative braking. But these articles curiously never mention that.

 

I think I found a hardtop for my car, a matching Silver Arrow one, on the cheap.

It's in Pittsburg. I think he only wants $800 for it.

 

Damn, thats cheap! Is it in decent shape?

 

that M156 sounds SO damn good... that particular E63 is actually one of the better sounding ones i've heard it was all roar and no rasp

the one in the vid reminds me of this E55 clip with C63 mufflers

 

Seems to be!!! The headliner needs work (no big deal) but the paint looks good.

Regardless, if it needed a paint job it wouldn't cost that much bc there's not that much area. But I think a good polish would make it good as new.

But yes it has the chrome trim on the windows.

He said he can offer insured shipping, or I might just rent a trailer and tow it back with the LX.

I don't think it would fit, even in the Yukon.

 

@Och Why are the mirrors taped up?

 

Yeah it probably wouldn't fit. Go up and grab it Memorial Day weekend and stop and see me in WV! You'll come right through there. I'll show you the bar under the gas station LOL. Hell, we may even have a tire fire!

 

So, real track bikes have track fairings with no glass - no headlight, no mirrors, no tail light or turn signals. When you take a street bike to the track you have to tape up all the glass parts, they don't want glass shattering all over the track if you drop your bike. In the expert class, where speeds are much higher, they even have you use safety wire to secure certain removable parts, such as the oil cap, etc. Any sort of debris or fluids on track are a hazard to other riders, and clean up is very expensive.

This was last year at the Pittsburgh raceway, I am so glad I got to experience it right before they abruptly permanently shut down, and a god damn data center is going in its place. Had all the lights on my bike taped up, mirrors removed.

 

striker and stroock going for groceries...

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