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JOKER

04-23-2006, 11:24 PM

I got to pit with the guys and gals from this forum great bunch and they said I should drop in and say hi , this was some day (lots of action) I know of 5 differant people from this site alone that crashed today ,no one was hurt bad so I will let them tell you who it was , it was great to meet you guys and hopefully I will see you again,I did not see a place to intro. myself so I will do it now , My name is Royce and I live in Atlanta I do lots of track days and have had a few bikes now I have this one
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/royce636/100_0653.jpg
this is what I like do with it
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/royce636/P4098955.jpg

999Duc

04-24-2006, 12:19 AM

We made it back home and I need to get to bed since I work early in the morning.
It was great meeting all of you and I had a really good time this weekend.
I hope that those of you who had incidents are OK and if I can help with anything let me know.
Looking foward to the next one ..........

04-24-2006, 01:48 AM

wow holly shit....had a blast! lovin the 636. hope all that went down are ok. just made it home. tired as shit so will post up what i can....

04-24-2006, 02:10 AM

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SUM650

04-24-2006, 02:17 AM

Sweet Randy, take those big A blinkers off and you'll be able to run 3 seconds a lap quicker. :smilebig:

04-24-2006, 02:29 AM

I have never drafted before..... me and johhny started drafting HOLLY shit!!!!! man you can REALLY feel the difference. me and him were rockin and rolling! i knew it helped but i thought it was just allittle but i was wrong... had a blast till he whiped out.

burns

04-24-2006, 05:45 AM

I spoke to Kat yesterday evening and learned of her crash. Glad to hear she and everyone else was ok.

mandingo

04-24-2006, 08:17 AM

hey, how did james do on my old bike?

Kat_Mac

04-24-2006, 08:31 AM

Royce, I'm so glad you posted! You fit right into this crew.

Red hair, red bike, red truck, red chair. You own any other color?

Anyone hear from Evan? How is he feeling?

Nash

04-24-2006, 08:40 AM

I had a great time! Nice to finally match faces with forum names. The day was perfect except for my P.O.S. Suzuki that still won't run right and the black dog in turn 1.

Mike

04-24-2006, 09:43 AM

Hey JOKER, thank you for letting us take over your spot when Kat got hurt :wtg: I'll get you a few nice pics for your trouble.

JOKER might've left his cellphone on the pad. It's a small Nokia candybar. If you picked it up by mistake, please let us know, and we'll make arrangements to have it sent back to him, thank you.

Mike

04-24-2006, 10:21 AM

999Duc

04-24-2006, 10:24 AM

Man , I wish you could have got a couple of me .... the track photographer only got 3 of me and I rode ever session except for one.

SUM650

04-24-2006, 10:27 AM

We had a wonderful time at Jennings yesterday. If you haven't heard we had probably 25 people to go with our group. Of the 25 there were 7 to crash and 3 or 4 more to ride off the track. I don't know what was in turn 1, but at least half of the group went off the track in turn 1. Dave and I called turn 1 the black dog syndrome. Because most people that wreck for unexplained reasons either blame it on the black dog or the deer. There obviously was a huge black dog in turn 1. Everyone walked away from there accidents which was good. I think that in spit of the accidents most everyone still had a great time. Like Nash said it was good to meet all of you guy's from the Charlotte and H.H. / Beaufort areas. I look forward to seeing some of you down there on the May 6th race weekend.

Just to let you all know I handed out another award on Sunday. The best new potential Charleston Racer Award. After watching all of the first timers to Jennings we quickly saw that Dave W. and Puerto were definitely moving pretty fast. So we had a little mock run off race. Dave got the jump from the start and was running consistent 32's from the jump which is amazing. Well after 2 laps Puerto started pouring it on. Nash timed him and he clocked a 29. I said that your on crack and you don't know how to operate stop watch obviously. So he timed him again right after that ,and I saw it with my own eyes, he ran a freaking 28. I couldn't believe it. At the end of the day Dave was a freaking Iron man. After everyone else was pretty much exhausted he ran 3 sessions back to back and ended up dropping down to a 31. So congrads to Puerto and Dave. Did I fail to mention that Jason and Evan were probably in the top 3 or 4 of fastest guys at the track? There was only one guy there that I saw that was faster than Jason and he was a veteran expert racer on a gsxr 1000. I was behind Evan a couple of time and he was really railing. Keith and Doug were runner up to Puerto and Dave W., they were really going fast out there as well. I knew that they both were going to be fast on the track. I will have to say that I really got the biggest kick out of seeing people like Smitty and Ted and all of the first timers on the track. I had a blast watching all of you and I hope you all had fun. Randy thanks for taking the bull by the horns and organizing this. I had a blast hanging out with all you guy’s and I look forward to doing it again soon.

04-24-2006, 10:27 AM

Amanda took 2 full disk of pics and vidio. i havent seen it but heard it was nice.

Nash

04-24-2006, 10:58 AM

Amanda took 2 full disk of pics and vidio. i havent seen it but heard it was nice.

Nice! That guy taking pictures at the track was ripping people off!

Nash

04-24-2006, 10:59 AM

JOKER

04-24-2006, 06:03 PM

Mike

04-24-2006, 06:25 PM

Royce, I'm so glad you posted! You fit right into this crew.

Red hair, red bike, red truck, red chair. You own any other color?

hey Kat my fan and canopy wasn't red and that is what you like the most about me :smilebig:

Mike great pic would love to have more if you got them, and I found my phone thanks

Thanks, the original is better, so please don't waste any time printing out that one just yet. I posted it in a hurry because I had to run to class.

Mike

04-24-2006, 06:33 PM

Ugh... my pics didn't turn out as well as I had hoped... I guess most everyone has something else or other go wrong this weekend :crap:

Here's a quick one for you Royce:

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5668/joker3yv.th.jpg (http://img226.imageshack.us/my.php?image=joker3yv.jpg)

Damn Mike...awesome shot!

By the way, what's up with the quotes??

Thanks Dave, I didn't get as many 'keepers' as I'd like.

The quote thing is odd, and I'll spend some time to try to figure out why it's inconsistent.

Mike

04-24-2006, 06:51 PM

999Duc

04-24-2006, 06:53 PM

Man , I wish you could have got a couple of me .... the track photographer only got 3 of me and I rode ever session except for one.

Maybe I did, and if so, hopefully at least one of them is worth a hoot. I'll be going through the pics either tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

I hope so because the photographer at the track had THE worste setup I have seen soo far.
No seperation by number , no website , $20 per picture?????? :eek:

wencker79

04-24-2006, 07:20 PM

i must say that that was a good time. i got some well needed practice there and got to match some faces with names. hope everyone is ok that crashed. we will have to do something like that again :wtg:

04-24-2006, 08:28 PM

yea well maybe me and mr. kenny will get together and go to the shit whole know also as roebling....

999Duc

04-24-2006, 08:32 PM

I didn't like Roebling the first time I was there , but it has grown on me.I would definately like to do a trackday there with you guys if you line something up.

04-24-2006, 08:45 PM

ok....i'll talk to kenny.

crash

04-24-2006, 08:59 PM

You all suck! This is about the only reason I hated moving was not hanging out with you clowns.

04-24-2006, 09:03 PM

move back lol.... glad to hear from ya.

easye

04-25-2006, 12:00 AM

It was a fun weekend, got to meet alot of new people. I think we found are two new amatuer racers for next year, Porto and Dave. I am doing fine after my wreck, just sore as hell. I was planning on racing at jennings in two weeks but dont think ill be able to make it now do to the damage done to my bike and gear :lmao: . I should have it fixed in time for the Roebling races.

04-25-2006, 06:24 AM

damn i didnt even know you went down...? who all went down is there a list?

04-25-2006, 06:41 AM

there starting to come in.

04-25-2006, 06:58 AM

http://www.sportbikehowto.com/videos/trackteaser.wmv

Mike

04-25-2006, 10:25 AM

OK, I'm starting to go through the pics. Some I really nailed, I think. The gallery will be up later this evening, and I'll post the link here.

999Duc, I have a few of you, and at least one of them I'm sure you'd be very happy with.

Randy, do you have any pics you want me to add to the gallery? Let me know...

999Duc

04-25-2006, 10:26 AM

Very cool . I will be looking for the gallery post.Thanks.

burns

04-25-2006, 11:27 AM

Did you get any photos of the bikes crashing??

Mike

04-25-2006, 11:59 AM

Did you get any photos of the bikes crashing??

I got a couple run-offs, but none of the crashes happened within sight of me.

Mike

04-25-2006, 02:55 PM

OK, the gallery is uploading, and is partially available. The 'favorites' folder contains cropped and somewhat processed images at full size. To see them in full size, you have to click in the lower middle of each slide.

http://kadlubkiewicz.com/mkfotos/albums/Motorsports/Motorcycles/Jennings_GP/2006.04.23.Jennings_GP/index.html

999Duc

04-25-2006, 03:04 PM

The ones in the favorite folder look great! I only see red x's in the gallery so I will check back in a bit.Nice work.

Mike

04-25-2006, 03:11 PM

Some of my favorite pics from the 23rd

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3111/20060423130116jenningsgp05296s.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20060423130116jenningsgp05296s.jpg)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1816/20060423125858jenningsgp04861i.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20060423125858jenningsgp04861i.jpg)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3452/20060423121916jenningsgp00239t.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20060423121916jenningsgp00239t.jpg)

http://img280.imageshack.us/img280/738/20060423130322jenningsgp05661g.th.jpg (http://img280.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20060423130322jenningsgp05661g.jpg)

teddyb

04-25-2006, 04:47 PM

It was nice to meet a lot of you guys at Jennings. Every one welcomed me like I had been riding with you guys for years. And all of the advice from Barry, Dave and Dave and assistance with bike setup was great, it helped my riding and made the day more fun. It was my first time on any track and I had a blast, definitely ready for another one.

Kat_Mac

04-25-2006, 05:30 PM

I second that, Ted. Every event I attend with you guys, I grow more grateful that I started riding. Thank you to everyone that was so helpful after my little accident.

JOKER

04-25-2006, 05:40 PM

hey Mike , how can I get some of those pix. with out you tag over them ?

Mike

04-25-2006, 05:53 PM

hey Mike , how can I get some of those pix. with out you tag over them ?

Just give me the pic numbers :wtg:

Nash

04-25-2006, 05:55 PM

Kat_Mac

04-25-2006, 06:35 PM

Thank you for giving up half your track day to take pictures, Mike. I like how you captured my sparks!

wencker79

04-25-2006, 07:17 PM

hey man the pics look good. i really like the first one :wtg:

Mike

04-26-2006, 12:16 AM

hey man the pics look good. i really like the first one :wtg:

Thanks, uhh, is that you, WERA 179? Man, I had a hard time picking a favorite of you because most of them came out so well. You looked fast, what were your times?

999Duc

04-26-2006, 12:27 AM

Yeah , thats a great pic Greg! Very nice!

Mike

04-26-2006, 12:41 AM

Here's a revision of the above pic of Jason:

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1062/jason9sr.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jason9sr.jpg)

burns

04-26-2006, 05:42 AM

Great photos Mr.Mike!! =D>

Mike

04-26-2006, 07:34 AM

Thanks Steve, it's nice to know that some of you like them :smile

wencker79

04-26-2006, 08:45 PM

yuppers thats me. :wtg: i think i was in the 26 and 27 most of the day. i need to work with jason more. he was flying.

wencker79

04-26-2006, 08:47 PM

could i see some of the other pics?? :shrug:

Mike

04-26-2006, 08:57 PM

could i see some of the other pics?? :shrug:

Sure, I posted the link a few posts up, but here it is again:

http://kadlubkiewicz.com/mkfotos/albums/Motorsports/Motorcycles/Jennings_GP/2006.04.23.Jennings_GP/index.html

wencker79

04-26-2006, 09:14 PM

thanks man. shows you how much i pay attention. the rest of them look really good. :hail: :wtg:

SUM650

04-27-2006, 09:51 AM

Hey I like pic # 506 and 507. They kinda make it look like I was almost going fast. What do you guy's think about the new yellow / black paint scheme and farings? Mike how can I buy the photo's from you?

http://kadlubkiewicz.com/mkfotos/albums/Motorsports/Motorcycles/Jennings_GP/2006.04.23.Jennings_GP/slides/2006%2004%2023%20-%2013.00.30%20-%20JenningsGP%200507.html

CBRjunkie

04-27-2006, 12:25 PM

Didn't even notice you Barry when I was looking through the photos.

Wish I was there with you guys. Just sucks that place is getting so crowded these days.

Sig

04-27-2006, 08:01 PM

I had a blast guys!!

Spent the day getting used to the bike and the track. Never got below a 29 which i wasn't very happy with but I'll take it. :shrug:

Can't wait to do it again. =D>

Mike

04-27-2006, 08:23 PM

Puerto

05-01-2006, 05:11 PM

Thank you Barry for the smooth lines you lead me on! :hail:

Mike

05-03-2006, 12:45 AM

Wow... amazing... let's see, most of the guys that told me this and previous track days that they'd get lots of my pics haven't gotten a thing, so besides getting some practice in, I basically wasted lots of my time shooting, organizing, and hosting these pics.

Just out of curiosity, what went wrong, why put me up to this photography thing and promise me business, and not follow through? My pics not good enough? Price too high? Did I spam too much? What?

CameraTrick

05-03-2006, 01:24 PM

A word of advice from someone who has been through it.....Your pics are great....your prices are dead on for the group you're marketing to....You're not spamming, you're marketing - nothing wrong with that.

Get your best samples together, show people what you can do, set the price for pictures, and sell your service BEFORE the day starts, or as the day goes on. Bottom line, you don't take a picture until the money is in your hand. There is no doubt at this point that the pics you take will be great, so if someone thinks they would like a pic of themselves then they need to pay. You're giving them a free service otherwise because looking at a pic with a watermark on it may be enough for them. Put up an eisel somewhere where everyone goes by and let them see what you can do.

Honestly - if it were me I would raise my prices, shoot less. My company practices that philosophy. You'll come out ahead in the long run in regards to your profit margin and overall quality. Charge $35 for 1, $50 for two. Have the photos printed yourself and mail them to them. People like to have a photo they can frame, and many don't know how to get a good print done, or don't want to go through the trouble. People pay extra for a turn key product, so show them a sample in a frame and send them their pic in a frame. I'd pay for it if I thought it was something I couldn't get anywhere else. That being said you can't expect people to buy a $35 pic everytime they go to the track.....but again, you'll come out ahead in the long run.

Remember that in this business word of mouth will sell your services more than anything.

jason 41

05-03-2006, 02:08 PM

I've bought a few pics from mike and I love them his work is awesome, you guys love to see your self out on the track and always ask him to post them, he puts a lot of hard work into these pics......So show him some love and buy a few :wtg:

05-03-2006, 03:11 PM

Mike i have bought them... the price is a bit higher than the guy at the track he charges 35 a disk and you want 50 a disk. being a friend i paid it. so please remember the info is just to help you. I also find it hard to get with you to get them. If i wanted to sell more i would find out who wants them match the track price make the disk and then honestly, hound them to meet up and settle up.... treat it like my company, 1/2 up front half at completion. then {me} for example if i would have paid 17.50 for a disk and when i got back i wouldnt want my 17.50 to be lost so i would come looking for you.

Nash

05-03-2006, 03:33 PM

Mikey Mike, please set up a paypal account.

999Duc

05-03-2006, 04:34 PM

I have some input that may or may not be worth a shit.

That weekend at jennings was the first weekend I didn't purchase anything from a photographer. I usually buy a CD full of pics for about $60-$65.
I didn't buy from the track photographer for several reasons:
1: He only had 3 pics of me total ,even though I rode every expert session except one due to a problem with my leathers.
2: Prices , one picture for ........ I forget how much exactly but it was about more than half the price of a full CD with 30 pictures on it typically.
3: He didn't have them sorted so it took 45 minutes of looking through 2000 or more pictures to find 3 of me.

Just food for thought, if you care.

I didn't purchase any pictures from you because there were only 2 or 3 of me and while your work was good , I didn't like my body position in those particular pics in that particular turn which had nothing to do with you.

I saw your pics of Greg , and they were awesome.

If you are at another event I am at and snap a bunch of pictures of me , I will buy the CD after the event.
Im not expecting to like all of them , but if you take at least 20 and I like 3 or 4 then it's worth $60+ to me.

I don't think asking people to pre pay you is a good idea.
I do think that setting up a paypal account will help you greatly.

Mike

05-03-2006, 04:39 PM

Lots of good posts, thank you guys. I'll have to seriously consider every single idea you've given me so far.

I've had PayPal for years, and that's how I've accepted payment for my pics from several people.

burns

05-03-2006, 05:06 PM

I would like to buy crash pictures whenever you get some.

CBRjunkie

05-04-2006, 10:03 AM

I would like to buy crash pictures whenever you get some.

You are a sick person. :smilebig:

Red_R6

05-04-2006, 10:20 AM

I would like to buy crash pictures whenever you get some.

You are a sick person. :smilebig:

I second that.....

What are you gonna do with em?

burns

05-04-2006, 10:40 AM

I just like them. I love the crash page in Roadracing world mag. It suck to have the guys or gals wreck. But when you get a photo of the bike in the air, parts going all over the place and the rider going well who knows where. They are just coool!!

CBRjunkie

05-04-2006, 11:28 AM

I've had a few good ones. Wheres a photographer when you need one. Might be the only way I ever make it into Roadracing World. :doh:

Puerto

05-09-2006, 05:04 PM

Check out that peg!!! Yes, the damn bike is lowered, but she still scuffed it like I scuff left toes :shrug: I stole this from the Jennings photographer for you Kat. :evillaugh:

Puerto

05-09-2006, 05:09 PM

Sorry, forgot to add pic

Puerto

05-09-2006, 05:14 PM

This is how Barry does it at the track :trophy:

Puerto

05-09-2006, 05:21 PM

Let us not forget the rest of the crew...

crash

05-09-2006, 08:33 PM

I was wondering who's yellow bike that was. I guess Barry woke up to check the tire pressure before leading the races.

Mike

05-09-2006, 09:01 PM

Umm, pssst, this is the 4/23 JGP thread...

Kat_Mac

05-10-2006, 09:35 AM

Check out that peg!!! Yes, the damn bike is lowered, but she still scuffed it like I scuff left toes :shrug: I stole this from the Jennings photographer for you Kat. :evillaugh:

Thanks, Ralfie. Its awesome.

Smitty

05-10-2006, 04:01 PM

Had a blast at Jennings on the 23rd,

Just wanted to give a big thanks to Barry for always being there to answer a rook's questions and giving sound non-biased advice, it doesnt go un noticed or unappreciated, hopefully I can return the favor some how some day.

Ted, Doug and I hid out under the neath the tree in the back maybe next time I can meet up face to face with more of you
Thanks Randy for putting it all together and I know i still owe you a beer, i went all day and still didnt know who you was until someone finally pointed me out to you then it we was all packed up... so you got one coming.

Enjoy it, hell loved it, look forward to doing it all again soon.