December clean-up
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Courtyard Highway 25 bar/restaurant
Took a scenic ride through the hills today. Just happened to be near where I used to ride when "29 Dreams" was open. Hello! Someone opened up shop on the existing property. It's now called Courtyard Highway 25.
I probably won't see upper 60's again for quite a while. Hopefully they will still be open when I ride through there again...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Parked at Work
I know it looks a little lonely... but this is a great place to park. The studio blocks a lot of weather and the surface is concrete (no sinking into hot /soft asphalt). It's just out of the way of a "Patch " live shot. We will sometimes put a reporter to the right of my bike to be live in front of the Birmingham Skyline. The mountain (my station sits on top of) drops off just to the left side of the photo frame.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
2011 Kawasaki Concours ABS
After a week of planning, financing and insurance shopping - I finally bit on a new motorcycle. I have been thinking about this type of motorcycle since last fall. I really got the bug when I visited another dealer and demoed a few bikes. I saw this one online and it was too good of a deal to pass up. I rode through a thundering deluge of rain the last 6 miles home. No worries - traction control! The sun popped out as I parked the Connie for the first time in the driveway and I was treated to a double rainbow. No pot o' gold on the seat...
Monday, June 20, 2011
Barber Superbike Track Walk
On June 18th 2011, after the races for the day were complete.. the races from most of the teams treated folks to a walk around the track. Just a $10 donation for tornado relief. My group consisted of Josh Hayes (2010 Superbike Champion), Josh Herrin, Jason Disalvo and Reese Wacker. Josh talked the whole way around the track.
Barber Superbike Track Walk
This concrete was freshly painted right before the superbike teams showed up this week. the black marks are from the knee-pucks.
Barber Superbike Track Walk
Hitting this corner at full speed and the front wheel loaded for grip is a nightmare thanks to the seeping water over a slippery seam...
Barber Superbike Track Walk
Josh Hayes shows what he sees on the track at speed and how he determines the best line in different situations...
Barber Superbike Track Walk
Josh Hayes points out slight waves and imperfections in the surface that he avoids.
Barber Superbike Track Walk
Josh Herring (Green hat) and Josh Hayes talk to the walking group about using the concrete to set up entry into the right-hand corner entering the back stretch. Hitting the grass will be VERY BAD!
Barber Superbike Track Walk
Josh Hayes is describing his path through the curve onto the back stretch.
Barber Superbike Track Walk
Barber Superbike Track Walk, originally uploaded by rldannand.
Josh Herrin and Josh Hayes lead a walking group around the track at Barber Motorsports Park. Josh did most of the talking. He often would describe the intricacies of every inch of the surface. He would describe avoiding pavement seams and talk about piloting the superbike through tiny sections at full speed... The little boy to Hayes' left followed him the whole way - asking questions about everything.
Not much further down the track, Josh Herrin (Green Hat) asked about whether or not it was possible to climb the fencing. I told him that Helio Castroneves, 3-time Indy 500 Champion, climbed most of the way up the fence after winning here in 2010. "Did it give way? Did he fall back?" he asked. I said "No. It held him and all of his racing gear very easily. It was really cool. He always climbs the fence when he wins. Before the race he said he would have to put some thought into where to climb up."
The next day Josh Herrin won his race on the last lap in the last two turns! And of course...
Here's the news article quote:
"Josh Herrin is from Georgia but considers Barber Motorsports Park his home track. So he was especially pumped up when he beat Danny Eslick by half a bike length to win Sunday's Daytona Sportbike race for his fourth win of the year. He was so pumped he took a victory lap with the checkered flag, then stopped on the backstretch to climb the fence.
Herrin took off his gloves and tossed them to fans who had run down from the shady hillside to greet him.
"During the Track Walk (on Saturday) I told some fans I'd climb the fence if I won," Herrin said. "So thought it was pretty cool to get them to come out from the shade."
Eslick, who won Saturday's race, led every lap Sunday except the last, when Herrin finally got by him.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 2011
Cooking burgers next to TONS of racing fuel...
Probably safer than the concessions.
Hint! There are Coke/Water machines behind the concession tent! They tried to hide them... Save $1.50!
Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 2011
This guy is in full fire gear filling this race car's tank full of fuel... an I'm standing a few feet away in shorts and a t-shirt taking his picture...
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Warm Day ride to Barbers
It's too warm not to ride! 75* and pure sun in January. New Scorpion helmet is on the seat. Barbers seemed like a great place to chill for about a half an hour. There weren't any vehicles "racing" around the track. A quiet moment.
Warm Day ride to Barbers
75 degrees in January! I love it.
Pulled the VStrom off of the battery tender to ride for about an hour and a half.
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