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That's the one. I never really thought about the traction control - I'll have to ask the next time I am in. I guess if the bike was able to do a burnout that the TC must have been set fairly low. I'm just impressed that that video was all (apparently) edited by the Service Manager in his spare time.

In this video that Apex created, there is a lot of shots of the burnouts before the run. Necessity, or just when you want maximum traction for best possible results? It looked cool, but I'd rather not cook a tire sooner than I'd have to.

I guess the surface is going to be different than your standard asphalt, isn't it? Thanks for the advice.

This is great info, Gary - I like that it sounds fairly laid back. It's the pinning it that I am loving the idea of! No cross traffic, no oncoming traffic, no radar traps - just acceleration!

Thanks, Brian. The video that my shop made was of them alone on the track, so I was curious about the drag night aspect of it: inspections, expectations, etc. I know that this won't be a worry for me, but when you say, "don't go faster than a 9.99", does that put you in a different bracket for...

Nice - thanks! I will search that out. Appreciated.

My local shop released a cool YouTube video running the quarter-mile at Toronto Motorsports Park and it got me thinking about giving it a try next season. What advice do you have for a noob? I would take my '05 Speed Triple and have a race suit, boots and current helmet - anything else? Do you...

I have skulked around the GTA Motorcycle forum for years and, with winter approaching, along with the down time that it brings with it, I thought I would officially sign up and see what's going on. This is the first forum I've joined so I am looking forward to learning the ropes.