hey mike

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:40:50 -0400, Mike W. <outofthe RemoveThis @emailbiz.com> wrote:

 >I carry red plastic dixie cups with me to serve as cones for practice...
 >He was amazed I had them (or incredulous at what a dork and a poser I must
 >be to do so) and we set up some drills, like "the keyhole". The keyhole is
 >a "circle with a gateway" into it... looks like a keyhole from the top. It
 >was two parking spaces wide and one parking space deep. Looked big to me
 >when I was on foot.... the swaggering poser that I am... Once I was on the
 >bike, it appeared... smaller. When plastic cups tell their history, this
 >day will be what the Little Bighorn was to Custer's people... a very very
 >bad day. Oh the.. plastic. It was ugly, but the possum prepared me
 >emotionally for this savage carnage... I saved them but I know they won't
 >come back.

I spent the entire night doing just left keyholes over at the mall parking
lot. I love when you just keep at something and it starts to happen really
well. I thought I was being held back my inability to use head/eyes
adequately but it was really a combination of very steady motor control
and just a tiny bit more speed. It felt really *cool* to throw the 700 lb
bike right then left then right again like it's a dirtbike.. missing the
cones and exiting out the gate properly. One of the security guards
watched for a while and thought it looked great and I did my best work
when someone was watching.. It beat the crap out of me.. I'm dead. Someone
else take care of RMD tonight.. I need sleep.

New and Improved Mike
Sucking less



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Mike W.
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