roland's excellent adventure

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:26 pm

Took the day off yesterday and took my street bike out to PIR

Helmet cam FTW!!

youtube

high res version

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:46 pm

Holy crap your balls are huge

Me-262 · Post by **Me-262** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:56 am

Track day FTW ! Fun stuff dude . Show me pics of your helmet cam setup if you don't mind. I have a track day coming up with the BMW driving school, can't wait !!!!

Post by **Francious70** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:20 am

God I wish I still has a bike.

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:39 am

That's awesume! What's it cost to get on the track? How long does it last?

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:28 am

Me-262 wrote:Track day FTW ! Fun stuff dude . Show me pics of your helmet cam setup if you don't mind. I have a track day coming up with the BMW driving school, can't wait !!!!

Thanks guys, my setup is a bullet cam from www.helmetcamera.com and mini dv camcorder

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:31 am

gkitching wrote:That's awesume! What's it cost to get on the track? How long does it last?

I costs $180-$220 to get on the track, then figure on another $150 for tires, gas, and oil. There are 3 groups- fast, medium (my group), and beginner and each group goes out on the track for 20 min per hour. There are 6 sessions per day.

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:07 pm

WOW!!!!!!

That's sweet!!!!!

How fast do you goin on the front straight/back straight.....?

I rode shoty in a Miata(300hp) around the trach a few times and that little thing hauls ass so I can only imagine it on a 600.

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:47 pm

~150 mph on the front straight and ~130 on the back straight. The speedo says 165/145 but its a bit optimistic.

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:03 pm

thats awesome! i have been wanting to get my car down there for a long time....not so smart in a daily driver though...

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:03 pm

whats also funny, is the audio on your youtube vid sounds EXACTLY like excite bike for nintendo!

jbondox · Post by **jbondox** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:55 am

I hope you weren't trying to knee drag like the dork in front of you at 45mph in the turn that you can easily double the speed in. I see a lot of people breaking in the turns or through them, don't they know to stay on the throttle...

looks fun as hell, and it was something at one time I was looking to do professionally, but the NAVY had other ideas in mind for me.

nico boom · Post by **nico boom** » Fri May 09, 2008 10:31 am

NICE.....!
Oh, I got to wait till next week before I get mine back...
Having it dyno'd for max. performance...

Not that I need it; you obviously are a better driver than I am these days.
I just drive for fun nowadays; the racing-days are over for me, but I enjoy looking at your video man

MW3 · Post by **MW3** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:13 pm

Looks fun, good way to use a vacation day.

You must have a lot of those, how many years now at PG?

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:26 am

MW3 wrote:Looks fun, good way to use a vacation day.

You must have a lot of those, how many years now at PG?

Hey Mo!

15 years

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:00 am

Danm Roland.........15 years!!!!!! That's a stretch(at 1 place) in the audio world. Well, for me it is as I'm only 28.

I'll bet you've seen some pretty kool shit come through in that time too.....

Do you race or just do the track days? I imagine it's WAY more $$$ to get a race bike set-up than the track days. Not to mention all the practice time..... Is that a daily rider or a track only?

I'm too fat to ride like that myself

but I've riden a CBR900 a few times and love the adrenaline rush of the 50 to 120mph in the blink of an eye acceleration.

Has anybody in Portland ever seen the jet-bike? It has a Rolls-Royce & Austin turbine engine from a helicopter!!!!!

He said it IDLES at 70mph and has had it up to 210.

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:09 am

I started at PG when I was 28. Dosen't seem like that long ago but lots of stuff has happened in that time.

My bike is street and track days. I might buy a track only bike next year and start racing if I can afford it, we'll see.

FuzzyHoNutz wrote:Danm Roland.........15 years!!!!!! That's a stretch(at 1 place) in the audio world. Well, for me it is as I'm only 28. I'll bet you've seen some pretty kool shit come through in that time too.....

Do you race or just do the track days? I imagine it's WAY more $$$ to get a race bike set-up than the track days. Not to mention all the practice time..... Is that a daily rider or a track only?

I'm too fat to ride like that myself but I've riden a CBR900 a few times and love the adrenaline rush of the 50 to 120mph in the blink of an eye acceleration.

Has anybody in Portland ever seen the jet-bike? It has a Rolls-Royce & Austin turbine engine from a helicopter!!!!! He said it IDLES at 70mph and has had it up to 210.

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:30 am

How fast have you gone on that thing?......

I've been 125-130 but being a larger dood, it felt like I was gonna get sucked off the bike so I backed off. Even at that, shit is commin up pretty fast. Seems ALOT faster than in a car but handles better.

What do ya do at PG?

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:10 pm

~150mph on the track. Pretty much any speed over 100mph you have to stay tucked in regardless of body weight.

I was a tech in the Service Dept for almost 13 years, then moved over to Engineering Tech 2.5 years ago.

MW3 · Post by **MW3** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:08 pm

Roland,

Hope all is well. 15 years time flies!!!

Still driving the Toyota with the M44 rocking?

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:28 am

MW3 wrote:Roland,

Hope all is well. 15 years time flies!!!

Still driving the Toyota with the M44 rocking?

Same Toyota, still have the M44 but I'm test piloting a Ryval V752 and V8001 at the moment. Still running a Sapphire 8" sub

but upgrading soon to a 10".

Post by **Rold Gold** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:45 am

Are there ANY M100 top cases laying around the PG shop by chance? It don't need to be pretty because I only need it for a template. I called Phil like 3 days ago about some connections(+/-/remote and 4-screw speaker connections to replace the old white ones on my M series amps) but still haven't heard back. Any chance there are 6 BLACK +-+- speaker terminals and 5 BLACK +/-/remote like the M100's had still laying around? I guess it would also be like the TANTRUM 1200.1 connections. I'm also looking for some screw sets for my M44/M100/M25. Any chance you can help me?