How did you get into it?

[Aisu]

I'm really interested in the canadian racing scene. I was wondering if you all could share your personal stories on how you got into motorcycle racing in canada?

[kneedragger88]

I started out as a corner worker with our very own BrianP off this site in the early eighties. At that time Colin Fraser (Head of the Canadian National as well as AMA Competition) was the founder and was managing RACE.
If you did 10 events you got a free race school. As they say the rest was history. the following year I built my first racebike.

[Grimmy]

Got into trackdays and loved it. Went to Spain, did some more track time there with instruction. Loved it. Racing regionally soon followed after I converted my street GSXR1000 into a race bike.

I do not get into the national series as I lack the talent (for now) and I do not support doornob fraser's spec tire rule. I may enter a national event in 2009, but likely on someones decent scrubs, as again I do not support Pirelli or the silly spec tire deal they purchased from the national series.

[franz131]

I may enter a national event in 2009, but likely on someones decent scrubs, as again I do not support Pirelli or the silly spec tire deal they purchased from the national series.

Now Grimmy, you know what I'm going to say about showing up at the big show and then half-bumming the most critical part. Blah blah blah....if you want to save money, drink less beer....blah blah blah. Better to cut the lawn then spend $1500 to get beat by slower riders on new tires.

BTW, I started racing because I was a clear danger to myself and others on the road.

Anyone remember the "oval" on the North Service Rd in Sauga?

[reciprocity]

My parents forced me to start racing at 5 years old and would beat me if I didn't win.

[chinto]

My parents forced me to start racing at 5 years old and would beat me if I didn't win.

so did you get beat alot?

[Aisu]

My parents forced me to start racing at 5 years old and would beat me if I didn't win.

lol i hope this is a joke

[Tonto]

My parents forced me to start racing at 5 years old and would beat me if I didn't win.

priceless

[Grimmy]

Now Grimmy, you know what I'm going to say about showing up at the big show and then half-bumming the most critical part. Blah blah blah....if you want to save money, drink less beer....blah blah blah. Better to cut the lawn then spend $1500 to get beat by slower riders on new tires.

BTW, I started racing because I was a clear danger to myself and others on the road.

Anyone remember the "oval" on the North Service Rd in Sauga?

But beer is so tasty!!! I hear ya franz... btw - we gots to dice it up again this comin year.. I remember us getting stupid at the Golo day and dropping down a class... complete insanity. So much fun. Damn that buell with ya was good on the brakes.

[freedomfighter]

Now Grimmy, you know what I'm going to say about showing up at the big show and then half-bumming the most critical part. Blah blah blah....if you want to save money, drink less beer....blah blah blah. Better to cut the lawn then spend $1500 to get beat by slower riders on new tires.

BTW, I started racing because I was a clear danger to myself and others on the road.

Anyone remember the "oval" on the North Service Rd in Sauga?

yes like it was yesterday. still remember "dirt bike mike " cutting across the hwy to get away from the cops...aww the good old days

[minifig-phil]

I built a stock Car in High School and a group of us were at Flamboro Speedway after the races we heard a commercial on the radio about superbike weekend So a friend and I went to watch. Having raced MX in the 80’s It looked very simple to me (no jumps, hoops or anything) I thought I could kick everyone’s butt out there. Did a fast school on the FZ600’s in ’88 and kept getting in trouble for putting my foot down in the corners. Bought a used RZ350 and started racing in ’89 got lapped and finished second last in my first race. Realized it’s a lot harder than it looked. I did get a little better at it though through the years. I Met Franz and have been trying to get my life back to normal ever since.

[krrakt]

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I loved that oval, the reaserch center right, too bad they gated it, last time around we needed bolt cutters to open her up!

[franz131]

I loved that oval, the reaserch center right, too bad they gated it, last time around we needed bolt cutters to open her up!

Paved over now, it's a legend now.

[eastcoast_gsx]

I do not support Pirelli or the silly spec tire deal they purchased from the national series.

I bet you would if they went with Michelin

[dextasy]

I was doing track days for awhile, then I met this black guy from my gym who told me I needed to take it a step further..... that son of a@###$##@

[Grimmy]

I bet you would if they went with Michelin

Nope. It wouldn't happen either.. but I think that the sport is competitive, and we can run whatever fuel, bikes, leathers, helmets etc etc we want, but not tires. I feel that Spec tires do not have the competetive nature of racing at heart, and it does not benefit the sport in the form of product development and brand competition either. It's been argued and debated to death, but ya know what I mean.

[Brian P]

I started out as a corner worker with our very own BrianP off this site in the early eighties. At that time Colin Fraser (Head of the Canadian National as well as AMA Competition) was the founder and was managing RACE.
If you did 10 events you got a free race school. As they say the rest was history. the following year I built my first racebike.

Ken beat me to it ... Actually the two years I did as a corner worker were 1990 and 1991. That led to "I can do that", and the rest is history ... a LOOOONG time ago.

BTW, I started racing because I was a clear danger to myself and others on the road.

Anyone remember the "oval" on the North Service Rd in Sauga?

Yes, although I didn't do many laps there. A lot of my friends did (and one wrote his bike off there).

And at the risk of all us old geezers dating ourselves ... I remember Franz's RZ350 race bike from the early nineties, too. That was back in the days when Lightweight Production was an enormous class.

[reciprocity]

... I remember franz's enormous ***.

werd!!!!!!!

[Brian P]

Haha. Franz was skinnier back then. (So was I.) And you?

[eastcoast_gsx]

Haha. Franz was skinnier back then. (So was I.) And you?

Obviously.... food hadn't even been invented yet.