Pics of my Utah Ride this Past Weekend!!!

vegaseric · 08-26-2008, 10:14 AM

Some friends of mine and I made our way up to Southern Utah to ride some of the best roads made! We trailered our bikes up Saturday morning and did 250 miles or so on Saturday and about 150 miles on Sunday before loading up and heading back to Vegas.

Our base camp was in Panguitch, UT. Our riding took us past Bryce Canyon, Escalante, and Torrey on some great third/fourth gear (on the Busa) sweepers. Sunday's ride was a bit more technical; with a ride on some back roads near Brianhead Ski Resort and down into Cedar City. I'd post up a map, but I'm too lazy...

We had a special guest with us for this ride. Lee Parks... ex-AMA racer, moto-journalist, author of "Total Control", and head instructor/owner of the Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics came along. Needless to say, he is faaassst! Lee had absolutely no issues on his 65HP SV650S keeping up with my buddy Josh, who is a WERA racer riding a ZX-10R. More proof that it's all about the rider, not the bike. Anyway, enough blabbering on about the ride... here's the pics.

Lee's Bike:

Some shots from a scenic overlook a bit past Escalante, UT:

A great burger joint in Torrey:

Cedar Breaks: (near Brianhead Ski Resort)

A shot of the riders at the Chessmen Ridge Overlook: (I'm on the far left)

Waiting for a few riders to finish their second run through a great piece of road:

Lee's Raceteched/Pensked/Carrozzeriad SV:

My Busa:

Lee:

iStan · 08-26-2008, 10:18 AM

Looks like you had a good time out there.

buzzdsm · 08-26-2008, 10:20 AM

Looks like a good time.

RxZ · 08-26-2008, 10:23 AM

Awesome! More pics if you have them please and thank you!

vegaseric · 08-26-2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by iStan

Looks like you had a good time out there.

Oh yes... the roads are excellent. A great cure for Vegas' lack of decent twisties.

iStan · 08-26-2008, 10:26 AM

With all the road construction going on... it's like twisties here

Alberto · 08-26-2008, 10:30 AM

Oh man that is awesome. I recently finished reading total control, great book for beginners! I'd love to do his riding clinic. Thanks for sharing.

vegaseric · 08-26-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Alberto

Oh man that is awesome. I recently finished reading total control, great book for beginners! I'd love to do his riding clinic. Thanks for sharing.

I did the riding clinic this past April and it is an excellent learning experience! I may do the newly-offered Part 2 of his clinic in October. Tara, shown below, did the clinic with me and she was the only person who got their knee down in the exercises.

Here's Lee demoing one of the exercises during a class:

terrasmak · 08-26-2008, 11:36 AM

she's cute , more info please. Looks like a fun time, i'll be riding again soon.

iStan · 08-26-2008, 12:04 PM

^hahaha

Alberto · 08-26-2008, 12:10 PM

Thats bada$$

How would you have rated your riding before and then after the clinic? How long had you previously ridden? track at all?

gmueip · 08-26-2008, 12:13 PM

Nice pics. Mountain roadtrips FTW!

vegaseric · 08-26-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by terrasmak

she's cute , more info please. Looks like a fun time, i'll be riding again soon.

She's taken... her bf is Steve, the owner of LV Dyno Tech...

BTW Len... did you recognize your old leathers in any of the pics?

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Originally Posted by Alberto

Thats bada$$

How would you have rated your riding before and then after the clinic? How long had you previously ridden? track at all?

I've been riding for a little over seven years now. I've done about five track days and I've also attended the STAR School put on by Jason Pridmore. The Total Control ARC allows you to spend much more time working on body position and throttle control than the track schools. After you complete an exercise, you receive immediate feedback and there's usually only a two or three minute rest until you get to repeat the exercise and make adjustments. My body position is MUCH better now after taking the ARC and this helps me get the big, fat Busa around the turns. Not to say that I didn't benefit from the STAR School, but I wish I would have taken the ARC before I attended the STAR School or did any track days.

iStan · 08-26-2008, 01:23 PM

Did he just open a shop?
Also- is he one of the Supra guys?

Greg@CRG · 08-26-2008, 01:36 PM

looks like an awesome ride!

vegaseric · 08-26-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by iStan

Did he just open a shop?
Also- is he one of the Supra guys?

Yep... LV Dyno Tech has been open for about a year now, I believe. He used to do work on import cars, but I'm not sure if he's a Supra guy... we just pretty much talk bikes. I wouldn't doubt it though.

haeshik · 08-26-2008, 02:30 PM

nice, looks like a blast

Kirk Lazarus · 08-26-2008, 04:16 PM

Nice pics!

Looks like a fun time

Zmazing03 · 08-26-2008, 04:38 PM

Nice pictures! Beautiful scenery and I am sure some great roads.

terrasmak · 08-26-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vegaseric

BTW Len... did you recognize your old leathers in any of the pics?

Now that you pointed them out YES, they were my first race leathers, and still have the Woodcraft and Airtech bodywork patches on them. I guess they're like community property now and getting passed around.

08-26-2008, 10:14 AM	#1
vegaseric Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,223 iTrader: (0)	Pics of my Utah Ride this Past Weekend!!! Some friends of mine and I made our way up to Southern Utah to ride some of the best roads made! We trailered our bikes up Saturday morning and did 250 miles or so on Saturday and about 150 miles on Sunday before loading up and heading back to Vegas. Our base camp was in Panguitch, UT. Our riding took us past Bryce Canyon, Escalante, and Torrey on some great third/fourth gear (on the Busa) sweepers. Sunday's ride was a bit more technical; with a ride on some back roads near Brianhead Ski Resort and down into Cedar City. I'd post up a map, but I'm too lazy... We had a special guest with us for this ride. Lee Parks... ex-AMA racer, moto-journalist, author of "Total Control", and head instructor/owner of the Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics came along. Needless to say, he is faaassst! Lee had absolutely no issues on his 65HP SV650S keeping up with my buddy Josh, who is a WERA racer riding a ZX-10R. More proof that it's all about the rider, not the bike. Anyway, enough blabbering on about the ride... here's the pics. Lee's Bike: Some shots from a scenic overlook a bit past Escalante, UT: A great burger joint in Torrey: Cedar Breaks: (near Brianhead Ski Resort) A shot of the riders at the Chessmen Ridge Overlook: (I'm on the far left) Waiting for a few riders to finish their second run through a great piece of road: Lee's Raceteched/Pensked/Carrozzeriad SV: My Busa: Lee: __________________ 04 G35 Coupe 6MT - no mods worth mentioning

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iStan BoostedImports Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not here Posts: 6,113 iTrader: (26)	Looks like you had a good time out there. __________________ Free

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Alberto SHIFT_Blah Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 19,775 iTrader: (12)	Oh man that is awesome. I recently finished reading total control, great book for beginners! I'd love to do his riding clinic. Thanks for sharing. __________________ 11.1@126mph old set-up low boost Wanna see my Z go 170+mph? Click Me *More Videos* Fixed & Tuned by PFSUPERCARS

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terrasmak Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sin City Posts: 3,963 iTrader: (2)	she's cute , more info please. Looks like a fun time, i'll be riding again soon. __________________ Sure therapy, but screaming obscenities is cheaper.

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buzzdsm Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,472 iTrader: (0)	Looks like a good time.

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RxZ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Texas (Tyler Area) Posts: 1,976 iTrader: (0)	Awesome! More pics if you have them please and thank you!

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Alberto SHIFT_Blah Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 19,775 iTrader: (12)	Thats bada$$ How would you have rated your riding before and then after the clinic? How long had you previously ridden? track at all? __________________ 11.1@126mph old set-up low boost Wanna see my Z go 170+mph? Click Me *More Videos* Fixed & Tuned by PFSUPERCARS

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