Yamaha FZ1 vs. Honda CBR 600 @ NESBA Road Atlanta May 28th 2010

[hgallegos915]

WOW im really loving the hd, you can see the detail on the moving road. nice!

[Pittimus84]

@hgallegos915 HD makes all the difference =)

[MXers5]

hey mate long time no see.

Great you getting out on the tracks now, you are going great.

Is that a Go Pro HD camera you are using now?? Is good footage, real clear.

What editing program are you using?

[Pittimus84]

@MXers5 Thanks, yeah it's a gopro HD. I use AVS4YOU video editor now, it's very easy to use and allows for quick saving of a video and allows me to keep HD quality.

[IvaNavia]

great video man! track is awesome! i did main and shenandoah with TPM. I might do main again with MARCC and NESBA

[Pittimus84]

@IvaNavia Thanks, yeah the track is the best place to ride. I am gonna try to make it to summit once this year with prolly roger lyle, or maybe NESBA, then one more time to VIR prolly with cornerspeed since I did that school i'm a lifetime member with them.

[tdlowe79]

i remember you on the FZ1, you were flying around the track. i was kinda wondering why you weren't riding in the I group...i was on the blue R1

[Pittimus84]

@tdlowe79 I think I saw 2 blue R1's no including the 2009 or 2010 blue R1 that was being totally babied around the track.

[tdlowe79]

@Pittimus84 i was on the 07 R1. i dont know who the guy on the 09/10 r1 was but he was taking it real easy on that bike.

[Pittimus84]

@tdlowe79 yes he was, and the funny thing is that guy with that 09/10 R1 was one of them Yamaha dudes that was there repping Yamaha lol

[tdlowe79]

@Pittimus84 lol, i would have never thought he was one of those reps.

[Pittimus84]

@tdlowe79 yeah i didn't even notice it till saturday, I didn't ride saturday but I did do the demo ride and when walking back to my area on the paddock with my wife I saw it under their canopy thing, with a big old B sticker on the front, I was like damn, such a track oriented bike being ridden slower than a decent mountain pace on the track. I think I started shaking my head in shame for that bike as I walked away lol.

[Pittimus84]

@tdlowe79 it was my first real track day, prior to that day I had only done a riding school with Cornerspeed at VIR. But I will say that riding school paid off as you probably saw. Sucks that I wasn't in I but it's how it is, gotta start at the bottom.

[tdlowe79]

i remember you on the FZ1, you were flying around the track. i was kinda wondering why you weren't riding in the I group...i was on the blue R1

[DarkNinja75]

This video isn't going to help my finances at all. It really makes me want to do another trackday. It's cool that you found someone near your pace. Everyone I rode with was waaay faster or waaay slower than me.

[Pittimus84]

@DarkNinja75 yeah it's great to learn from each other, that sucks that you were by yourself mid pack

[BlackCBR17]

the only reason i saw you in tech inspection is because my pits were across from it. i'm sure you were out there every session giving that sv hell:)

[budcola678]

Haha, only during tech inspection? I was out there every single session. (I'm on the SV) But in all 3 videos on youtube on friday I'm never passed or seen!

[Pittimus84]

@budcola678 In the video's I have I pass you in all 3, but each video is like 20 minutes long, I just post what I think is the best 5 or 6 minutes

[budcola678]

@Pittimus84 I wanna see them! lol

It was only my second time at RA and first time on the SV. So you were prob thinking, GET THIS DAMN SV OUT OF MY WAY!

[Pittimus84]

@budcola678 I'll go through them over the next few days and clip together a few clips of you getting overtaken by me lol. No that was my first time to RA and my first true track day. I have done Cornerspeed riding school prior to RA and that's it for me. I respect riders on the track who are out there to get better and learn something, the guys on 1000cc bikes going slow as hell and running off track and trying to get a kneed down and almost crashing I have no respect for or very little.

[budcola678]

@Pittimus84 Cool, thanks! I think... LOL

Yeah, I'm really really tired of being on an SV out there with R1's that will go flying past me on the straights and just slam on there brakes and go down the esses at like 60mph. I was on everyones ass through the corners but just didn't stand a chance on the straight. (Despite the 3rd to last session when my clutch went out and I went down the esses at like 30 :P)

[BlackCBR17]

I think if was second to last session of the day. I think i saw that bike only during tech inspection.

[budcola678]

hey, do you remember ever seeing a blue sv650? (1st gen with no fairings)

and what session was this?

[Pittimus84]

@budcola678 I remember that SV, not sure which session this is, maybe the 5th or 6th

[BlackCBR17]

Thanks for posting the footage of us chasing each other around Road Atlanta. that FZ1 has some long legs on the back straight!!!! you should come down on July 3 and 4th and ride with sportbike track time ill be there and hope to have my Go Pro. it was nice to meet you take care. hope to see you there.

[Pittimus84]

@BlackCBR17 Not a problem, it was fun riding with someone on a similar skill level and I'll be there again next year same time. Don't think I'll make it there in July, gotta focus on other things in life other than the track. Hope to see some vid once you get your GoPro.