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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: klaviator on June 07, 2021, 04:40:32 PM
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On Saturday I went down to the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama to attend the Small Bore event being held there. I wasn't expecting to ride my Like 150i on the racetrack but ended up riding on THREE different tracks.
First up was a small racetrack they had set up for small bore bikes. All of the bikes I saw out there were small motorcycles like Honda Groms and the riders were all wearing full leathers.
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It looked like fun so I asked about it. 25 bucks for a 20 minute session. Leather not required just full riding gear. I had mesh gear, a helmet jacket and boots so I was good to go.
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What a blast. I just wish my Like had better cornering clearance. As it was I think I left some black plastic streaks on the track from touching down my belly pan in the curves.
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Track number two was a 1/32 mile drag strip they had set up. I beat a Benelli TnT 135 a couple of times. Then I beat a kid on a small dirtbike. The highlight was racing a Honda ADV 150.
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I won but not by much. With a lighter rider on the Honda the results might have been different.
Then I got smoked by a gal on a heavily modified Grom. I decided to quit while I still had a winning record ;D
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I was watching the racing on the dirt cross country track. Most of the bikes racing were motorcycles, especially Groms. Then we saw a scooter leading one of the races!
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I couldn't figure out what kind of scooter it was. Later I saw it close up.
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It was a Kymco Super 8x
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One more track to ride. Here is a pic looking down at the main track at Barber.
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At the end of the day they do some Parade laps. It's three laps around the track but the speed is kept down by a pace car which you are not allowed to pass. I don't know the exact number of bikes on the parade laps but it was well over 100.
I don't have any pics of me on the track but i did take some pics.
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This looked like a Kawasaki Sport bike but was actually some kind of scooter ::)
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I was hitting around 60 MPH at times and passed a number of bikes.
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That Barber track is really beautiful I always enjoy watching the Indy Car races there. Looks like a fun day.
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As always, nice pictures! What a great event! Thank you for the excellent post/ride report!
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It sounds like you had a great day, thanks for sharing the pictures with us. I would never never expected to see a scooter on a dirt bike track.