New to forum, new to vettes.
01-14-2017, 12:12 AM
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New to forum, new to vettes.
So hello from WV. I picked up a black '16 Z06 in August. Talk about a steep learning curve.
I have a motorcycle road-racing background, so the principles of performance are not new to me. But this thing, dear god, five months later and I still feel like I'm learning how to drive the car.
Previous sports cars were Mustangs and Evos. This thing is a whole new world as far as riding around in cages goes. My streetbike is a BMWS1000RR, and it's stupendously fast. And I'm shocked to find myself in a cage that could almost run with it. I've never experienced superbike power in a cage before, and my, is it a thing to behold. And a bit more of a challenge to control.
The bikes will get wheelspin at corner exit, so I'm no stranger to the concept. But controlling wheelspin in this monster is something entirely new to me.
I think I'm going to sell my bike. I don't think I need it anymore.
I have a motorcycle road-racing background, so the principles of performance are not new to me. But this thing, dear god, five months later and I still feel like I'm learning how to drive the car.
Previous sports cars were Mustangs and Evos. This thing is a whole new world as far as riding around in cages goes. My streetbike is a BMWS1000RR, and it's stupendously fast. And I'm shocked to find myself in a cage that could almost run with it. I've never experienced superbike power in a cage before, and my, is it a thing to behold. And a bit more of a challenge to control.
The bikes will get wheelspin at corner exit, so I'm no stranger to the concept. But controlling wheelspin in this monster is something entirely new to me.
I think I'm going to sell my bike. I don't think I need it anymore.
01-14-2017, 11:03 AM
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01-14-2017, 11:13 AM
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01-14-2017, 12:47 PM
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01-14-2017, 02:35 PM
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Welcome to the forum, congrats on the Z06!
Are you the first owner? If so, you might want to look in to the Corvette Owners school at Spring Mountain - I'm going next week, can't wait! If you go, give them a call, you can get a Z06 with your transmission type (M7 in my case).
Are you the first owner? If so, you might want to look in to the Corvette Owners school at Spring Mountain - I'm going next week, can't wait! If you go, give them a call, you can get a Z06 with your transmission type (M7 in my case).
01-17-2017, 10:10 PM
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Welcome to the forum, congrats on the Z06!
Are you the first owner? If so, you might want to look in to the Corvette Owners school at Spring Mountain - I'm going next week, can't wait! If you go, give them a call, you can get a Z06 with your transmission type (M7 in my case).
Are you the first owner? If so, you might want to look in to the Corvette Owners school at Spring Mountain - I'm going next week, can't wait! If you go, give them a call, you can get a Z06 with your transmission type (M7 in my case).
That puts me in the position of wanting track time like a junkie wanting heroin, and idly wondering the value of my child's organs on the black market. Tires... spares... transpo... these things don't pay for themselves. And if I get started again, I'll be hopelessly hooked.
Here's to hoping the wife winds up in a million dollar job so I can just sponge track costs off her.