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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
Posts: 352
| Hello you all! I'm Janis, I live in Rome (Italy) and I've just bought a GSXR 600 (black and orange for the curious ones Before I even start the break-in (tomorrow at 8.30 am...how nervous am I!), I've been looking for a suzuki forum so that I can ask some advise and/or share my experience...and here I am! I've been riding for almost three years now, starting with a 1990 cbr600 that I destroyed in an accident, then (after a week!) I've bought a 1998 cbr which is still alive, and now I'm selling it because I've fallen in love with that little wild animal called gixxer during a test ride I prefere track riding for many reasons...can't really drive fast on the roads because it's too dangerous (I know it at my own expenses), and I don't like to travel with my bike (ya know...air conditioning adicted ehehe). On the other hand I've always liked and watched races...so...I started last year to partecipate to track days and other track events. I've been to Mugello, Misano, Vallelunga, Rijeka, Valencia and many others Italian and European tracks. I wonder if there are others race lovers here. Humm that's a pretty long introduction, sorry guys! ciao, Janis |
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,313
| So that's where Rome is. Welcome. It sounds like you have lessons to share. Please forgive my ignorance, but is "Janis" a masculine or feminine name, or both?
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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
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It's actually my second name but no one uses the first one (Roberta)..so I'm Janis btw I'm looking for a name for my lil' beast, I called the cbr Black Mamba, but now this name has become hackneyed because of 'Kill Bill'. I don't know if I have many lessons to share as you say :o , I know for sure I have a lot to learn! Thanx for your welcome...I still wonder if there are some racers here... I guess I will found out later on... Kisses, Janis p.s. Ignorance not excused: you're too young and you don't know who Janis Joplin is! Shame on you! | ||
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,313
| Sure, I know Janis Joplin, but I also know that there are many international differences in names. Wanted to be sure. The lessons you have to offer may be in English writing - I'm always amazed at how foreigners often do better than Americans in that department. It's almost embarrassing. It's great to meet a woman who is so seriously into motorcycles. Most young women over here are content to ride around on the back of their inexperienced boyfriend's sportbike wearing a string or two. One more thing: If you continue to offer kisses you may earn more attention than you anticipate. We can be an unruly bunch, so we can. Signed, Bobby McGee.
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| Found second gear by accident ![]() Joined: Apr 2004
Bike: 04 GSXR 750
Location: Beckley, WV
Posts: 304
| Janis, I have to admit....I love Rome! Of all the places I've been in Europe, Rome is about the only place I'd like to go back to. Spent a couple of days there when I was in the Navy and ended up with about 150pictures just around Rome....the rest of my pics amounted to about 100 for the 13 other countries we went. (Naples is kinda dirty though) Congrats on the purchase and be careful....Wear your gear and always assume the worst drivers are out on the road. I'd be afraid to ride anything on the roads around there....they are quite narrow and bumpy. |
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| Muscle Biker ![]() | Hi Janis, Welcome to the Forum! I know where Rome is (about 5 hours south of my home), but I still have not been there - but I have taken several vacations on Garda lake, and have been in Venice and in Rimini. I am driving a GSX 1400 - and loving it!
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| Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst. ![]() | Janis! Great bike choice, especially for the track!
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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
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Nonetheless if you want to be sure you should check (Am I being too suggestive? Quote:
(between you and me: spelling is overrated Quote:
In another section of this forum there was a guy complaining because his wife dind't want him to buy a bike...I would like to show him what happens to a woman who decides to do the same Try and tell your boyfriend that you don't have time for a romantic week end with him, cause you prefere to ride your bike and maybe spend a day in a track... he will get mad and eventually leave you (for real, not the typical wife threats...wives are more patient than many people think) I'm in the executive of a non-profit association of women bikers (or woman bikers? got confused with singular and plural here Women are not encouraged at all (let's say it better: we are explicitally discouraged) to drive a motorbike and when they do (and usually we start at an older age than men) family and friends usually make fun of them when they don't frustrate them. Let alone when they say they want to buy a sportbike or (curse!) race! This year we organised (among many other things) an official championship dedicated to woman racers. More details (in English) here: http://www.motocicliste.net/trofeo/file/eng.doc Our site is here: www.motocicliste.net Unfortunately it's almost entirely in Italian cause we don't have time to translate (we have to work, this is a hobby and a passion). One example of what we organize is here (in Engl.): http://www.motocicliste.net/gite/rad.../index_eng.asp Quote:
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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
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I noticed this is a real sportibike 'cause today after 120 miles (road) I've got a terrible tendinitis and got to return back home Now I can't wait to get used to this (and recover from the pain I feel now, can't close my left hand!), and try this bike in the tracks...dreaming of the 3 days I will spend in Mugello in Sept! I see you're in Los Angeles... I want to ride in Laguna Seca before I get too old! baci, Janis | |
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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
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Time to come back then! I would take you to Vallelunga (if you like tracks) with my friends or through the hills around Rome...both are wonderful places for motorbike lovers! Quote:
The worst drivers are ACTUALLY always around, must be a well payed job! Today I've been very careful and slow..those have been the very first miles with the new bike, so I had to respect the maximum recommended engine speed (7500 rpm) sigh... Quote:
Nothing compares to tracks of course (to me) ciao, Janis | |||
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| Found second gear by accident ![]() Joined: Apr 2004
Bike: 04 GSXR 750
Location: Beckley, WV
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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
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I hope nut will aknoledge my existence I'm getting aware I have to build up a motorcycle+racing terms dictionary italian-english and vice-versa. Otherwise I can't properly comunicate here... ciao, Janis | |
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| Puddle Runner ![]() Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Rome, Italy
Posts: 352
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I think I have to rotate the levers down so that my wrist won't be bent to grab them (does it make sense?). The problem is that the front is loaded no matter how you sit, so shoulders and wrists bear a lot more weight than they used when I rode the cbr. I guess I will get used to that eventually...I have to see a doctor today cause my foreharm and my wrist are giving me much pain I can't believe I'm so unfit! Thank you again...I can't wait to recover and ride my bike again! I have a track day on september the 6th and I have to finish the break-in and do the first 1000 km maintainance before that date!!! ciao, Janis | |
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| Found second gear by accident ![]() Joined: Apr 2004
Bike: 04 GSXR 750
Location: Beckley, WV
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I move around on the curves too but on the straights I use my legs and back to hold me up....takes lots of pressure off my wrists. Just like when you're braking except do it while cruising. | |
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| Tater Salad ![]() Joined: Jun 2004
Bike: 1999 TL1000R
Location: NorCal
Posts: 1,926
| I'm so jealous. Mugello has to be the best and fastest track ever. I'd do just about anything to ride on it.
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| Moderatrix ![]() Joined: Mar 2004
Bike: 2004 SV650S
Location: St. Paul, MN
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| Janis!!!!Good to have you here!! You'll have to post a pic of your new baby asap!
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| Moderatrix ![]() Joined: Mar 2004
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Location: St. Paul, MN
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| ....Also, check out the Off Topic Forum for a thread called "It's effin' FRIDAY!" ...You'll see a pic of 'Nut...
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