Life is change
After last weekends races, I've finally decided to give up on bikes. I think, after 10 years, I can conclude that I've tried everything that's reasonable to try to improve my performance, and it's not working. Whether there's something fundamentally wrong with the way I ride the bike (that paid professional help can't see) or my muscles just produce lactic acid under a static load at a much higher rate than other people doesn't really matter. The end result is that it too hurts so fucking bad I can't practice effectively. So...moving on.
I'm going to sell all the bikes, all my equipment, but keep my leathers just in case I want to try again down the road. I'll use some of the funds to get Dozer's lipoma removed, some to get a lifting platform setup in the garage, and some to do a T56 (really a TR6060 since no on sells the old T56 anymore which sucks because I don't need the extra torque handling and really don't want to pay for it either) swap on the cobra, and a do a few more trackdays this year instead of bike race weekends.
It's really a sad thing because I've devoted so much time, energy, and money to racing to give up. But losing so god damn always like I do, and making negative progress is demoralizing, and I just don't want the negativity anymore. And I don't think it's gonna change appreciably ever. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that I stumbled open Olympic lifting, and I am making progress on that, and making progress makes me feel good which highlights how much racing doesn't, I might still be racing. I just need the positivity, and I need to go with what actually works with my body. And as it turns out...I'm really good at squatting. So I guess I'll do that.
I'll never give up on motorsports entirely so the car will stay. Eventually, I think, I'm going to upgrade from the mustang to a corvette. I'd really rather get a GT350, but it seems like those are going to be priced out of reach for the foreseeable future, AND...unless Ford commits to building shitloads more and/or uses a crossplane crank in the next GT500 repair parts are going to be limited. I'd much rather go with something less exotic so that a few years down the road when it blows up, I can not only afford to rebuild it...but actually find the parts to make it happen.
I'm going to sell all the bikes, all my equipment, but keep my leathers just in case I want to try again down the road. I'll use some of the funds to get Dozer's lipoma removed, some to get a lifting platform setup in the garage, and some to do a T56 (really a TR6060 since no on sells the old T56 anymore which sucks because I don't need the extra torque handling and really don't want to pay for it either) swap on the cobra, and a do a few more trackdays this year instead of bike race weekends.
It's really a sad thing because I've devoted so much time, energy, and money to racing to give up. But losing so god damn always like I do, and making negative progress is demoralizing, and I just don't want the negativity anymore. And I don't think it's gonna change appreciably ever. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that I stumbled open Olympic lifting, and I am making progress on that, and making progress makes me feel good which highlights how much racing doesn't, I might still be racing. I just need the positivity, and I need to go with what actually works with my body. And as it turns out...I'm really good at squatting. So I guess I'll do that.
I'll never give up on motorsports entirely so the car will stay. Eventually, I think, I'm going to upgrade from the mustang to a corvette. I'd really rather get a GT350, but it seems like those are going to be priced out of reach for the foreseeable future, AND...unless Ford commits to building shitloads more and/or uses a crossplane crank in the next GT500 repair parts are going to be limited. I'd much rather go with something less exotic so that a few years down the road when it blows up, I can not only afford to rebuild it...but actually find the parts to make it happen.
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