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Riding and Racing
Random thoughts about my passion.
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(photos by Miguel "Kidhornet" Santos)
This year I have a small goal. To participate in the endurance race in October, if all things go well.
So, when I heard about DragRacingShow holding the first trackday of the year in the Estoril circuit, Read More
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I was still numb when I woke up. It didn't seem real. I had been invited to test ride a World Supersport CBR 600 RR, and now I was just about to take a shower, grab something to eat for breakfast, get geared up and be on my Read More
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I raced for 3 years in Endurance Racing. It was a team composed of me and two other friends riding, and another group of friends helpig out as the pit crew.
I stopped racing when I spent almost 3 weeks in hospital with a pneumothorax (just happens, Read More
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Update: A friend (Sergio) lended me a tape that he shot from the track side during that day (his SP1 had some problems) and I managed to find a couple of seconds of film where I'm seen going by. (you'll need the XVid codec installed)
Yesterday Read More
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Yesterday (sunday) I was present at another DragRacingShowtrackday at the Estoril circuit (where else...). The day started with a cloudy sky and damp conditions, and once we started rolling, there were a couple of corners with some water patches. But Read More
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Here I am, after another track day at the Estoril racetrack. This time, it was a DragRacingShow organized track day, which is not my favorite organizer for this type of events. The fact that they had a great price made me go for it - 50 Euros for Read More
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I was at a track day this past sunday in the Estoril track, organized by Speedfreaks. The curious thing is that the track day would be on the sunday afternoon of a race week-end. Altough some delays in the races also meant a delay in the track Read More
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I have a friend, Miguel Santos, who has a great hobby that I enjoy as well, but I'll never be as good as it as he is, specially taking into consideration the passion and effort he puts into it: sports photography.
When I was racing, I noticed that Read More
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The sheer sarcasm that I usually use at work when I say "There's some good news, and some BAD news" always makes the person on the other side a bit scared of what's coming next.
If you read my previous post, I was about NOT to attend a track day that Read More
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I have been using my current race boots and gloves since I started racing, which means they're now 5 years old, and they show some wear.
So I decided that this season I would make an effort to get new boots and gloves (I had already bought a new helmet Read More
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This past week-end I was minding my own business, planning a quiet couple of days, when I got a call. “The” call. Carlos Cerqueira, the public relations for Honda here in Portugal, was inviting me (I made sure he wasn’t calling the wrong number [:)]) Read More
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This past sunday I participated in another track day at the Estoril track.
Last week I had bought a pair of Metzeler M-1 since I already had 4 or 5 track outings on my current RaceTecs, and was a bit aprehensive to take them out again. The choice Read More
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Yes, that's true. I guess so many races, track days and advanced riding courses, plus the daily commute to work would eventually have to have a fall in there somewhere. But guess what, I didn't even have my helmet on then ! Ok, ok, I see you picking up Read More
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Yes, I took another advanced riding course :-)
ActionTeam is a big motorcycle magazine associated riders club, with ramifications in Portugal, Spain, and probably other countries as well. This group organizes many activities all year, such as drive Read More
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Well, I will be participating in a rising course at the Estoril track next sunday, a course done by a spanish organizer (www.wilock.com). According to plans, there will be classes and at least 4 hours of track time, in half an hour sessions, Read More
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