Bike Week !!!

So its friday, March 10th - so what you may ask ? Its bike week thats what !! The single event that gets me through the long, cold , grey winter days - just knowing that its coming gets me throught January and Febuarys duldrums - Its been a great couple of days and all I can say is YEAH !!!!

So why has it been great ? Well , the Superstock and Supersport races were simply awesome ! Superstock was won by Jamie Hacking - yeah, he rides for Yamaha, but, hes OK anyway ( he usedto ride for Suzuki, so hes OK ) . While Supersport was won by Roger Hayden ( on a ZX6RR ! ) while Hacking drafted past Tommy Hayden to sneak second and Tommy was pushed back to 3rd. Both were great races and if its any indication of things yet to come - its going to be a great season for racing fans !

Anothe great thing this week - getting to do some demo rides ! Yep , getting to ride brand new bike in anger at some-one elses expense, awesome ! I got to ride Kawasakis new ZX14, and all I can say is, WOW ! Busa guys, get ready - this bike is mental ! Its so smooth, its sneaky, At one point I looked down and was going well over the speed limit ! And handling , I didnt believe a big bike could flick into a corner like it did - All that and a stupid fast quater mile time ( I got the super fast acceleration head rush again ! ) . I cant wait to get one or two in - get your deposit on one NOW ! I also got to ride a Vulcan 2000, Ive gotten to ride some pretty quick HDs, with a ton of motor mods, big bore kits, ECM downloads, etc. and they can not even come close to matching the thrust this bike has - the torques is amazing ! And that was right after getting off of the ZX14 even - Yep, there are some real great bike out right now, heck , even the new Moto Guzzi Breva 1100 was a great ride . Granted, it was not in the same catagory as the Kawasakis I had just finished riding, but, it was fun anyway.

Tomorrow is the big race, Superbike and the 200 . So who am I hoping to win - Superbike, one of the Haydens of course- Formula Extreme is a hard call. I would like Danny Eslick to do well or ( forgive me ) I wouldlove to see one of the Buells do well - yep , I like the underdogs ! I just think its really cool that Mr. Buell was in the pits and actually wrenching on the rac bikes. How cool is that ?

More monday after we get home, be safe !