JavierISanchez

The music is great, but they have zero stage presence and there is no performance or showmanship. Its about as good as listening to the album through a really good sound system. Most of the people who were really fired up and loving the show were highly entoxicated. For a sober, Tool fan, the show was lame. Maynard’s voice cracked about four times, he had his back to the audience the entire show and there was no encore. I’m glad they were free tickets.

Find the nearest racetrack and do your homework.

1. Don’t rush into anything. Get educated about what you’re doing. Make sure you are getting the right bike for you and that you go through proper classes to get licensed. Don’t let anyone (friend, dad, whatever) tell you they can teach you. Even if they’ve been riding for years, most people are not really qualified to teach and don’t know some very basic information. Do you own homework.

2. Dress for the accident, not the ride. “I always wear my helmet and jacket, but I was just going to the corner store” is how a lot of accident stories happen. Don’t be lazy, put on all your gear all the time. You never know when its going to happen. Don’t think it won’t.

3. Start small. DO NOT get anything above a 600cc sportbike your first time out. Yes, many people do and live to tell, that doesn’t make it a good idea. Any inline 4 cylinder 600cc sportbike will be more than happy to flip itself over under acceleration in 1st gear or under breaking. They can carry more corner speed than heavier bikes (750cc and up) and can probably out accelerate just about any car under $150,000. Trust me, a 600cc is not boring or slow! In fact, on a racetrack you can beat many riders on faster bikes with a 600—it not all about horsepower, but also a great deal to do with skill levels.

4. Beware of Fanboys. This is also a great way to tell you shouldn’t listen to this person about this subject anymore. Don’t let anyone tell you Kawasaki are better than Honda, but equal to Yamaha, or whatever. All japanese import sportbikes are so competitive and well built that you can’t go wrong. Buy the bike you can afford. If you have your pick, then buy the bike that looks the best to you. Yes, buy the prettiest, sexiest bike you find, you can’t go wrong with any of these. Magazines will tell you one is the bike of the year or a little bit faster or whatever—if you’re not a professional racer, it doesn’t matter. And if you’re actually going to compete, you’re going to modify your bike so much it won’t matter what you buy because the suspension, engine, electronics and other parts will be modified anyway.
Every manufacturer wins plenty of races in different categories. If one wins more than another than its because they’re throwing more money into that series and/or have the better rider.