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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Weekly Update - May 28, 2009

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Day late on the update this week. We attended a trackday at VIR Monday that combined Elite Sportbike with Phil Wicks (Mini Cooper) Driving Academy. I participated in the Phil Wicks school and Lori took pictures. We've got some more highlights and videos from that, but that'll have to come later.

Last weekend being Memorial Day holiday kept things hopping. Several small groups and many vacationers were out enjoying the area. This weekend we'll see the big Nissan Z car annual rally, plus Skyline Owners USA Meet, Kneedraggers 101, and annual GSX1100G Spring rally. Let's all play nice together out there.

On to the highlights!

Last weekend was a busy one...

Lots of cruisers, like the L.A.M.A. group.

Clever work on the fender there.

Let's talk about the exhaust of the new R1 for a minute....

After hearing the stock exhaust, I thought it was the worst sounding bike I'd ever heard. Even their commercials make the bike sound pathetic to me. This was the first one I had heard with aftermarket exhaust, and let me tell you point blank: Best sounding sportbike on the street. It sounded like a V4 from an old V-Max or something...just awesome hotrod audio.