Growing up on Gotland Ring



Leonard can't bitch and moan about a shitty childhood: he grew up RaceTrack style on Gotland Ring! He started out riding "shotgun" in front of his dad Tony on his legendary Spiderman R6. Then he stepped up to his first own bike, a 250cc Aprilia good ol' 2-stroker. This bike Leo rode for several years honing the lines to perfection. In the beginning even with dad on the back.
Last year Leo finally graduated to the big leauge with an -06 R6 proper trackbike. The vid at the bottom is from the first ever testride on this bike.
Leo always hits the perfect lines. And always supersmooth and very fast.
 Looking forward to this summer Leo! But I guess I can't keep up with you anymore...







I miss the Racetrack!

Pannonia Ring...

Aragon Motorland...

Valencia...

 

 

 

 

And most of all GOTLAND RING!!!

This one's for Grim...

...who turned 6 yesterday!

Happy B-day kid!

Gotland Ring Locals

The Birds R1 in mind boggling 3D Black Gaffa Tape edition. Birds formula consists of: highside -tape it up- highside -tape it up- highside...he claims that the frame is still straight as an arrow. Right...

Janne's grand Yam 2-stroke 350 something redneck-backyard-build, run on some weird moonshine-ish liquid: putting us all to shame! Normally on an R6...but more so on this thing. I usually try to take a break when he enters the course. To save me the embarrassment of being smoked...in every sense.

Johnny Woodslider, giving it all down the back-hill on his '98 ZX6R. To see this guy ride is such a trip. He blew more then one Pro away. Epic smooth, epic fast. Some good stories: since I also ride a ZX6R I asked for some suspension settings...he told me his is just fully tuned in. Since I didn't geddit I checked his preload, rebound etc...just to find every screw  turned fully...IN. Priceless! Another anecdote: I once overheard this guy asking Johnny for tire advice, Johnny calmly answered in his deep-down-south accent: "Tires? Weeell...I usually pull my tires out of the dumpster over there." Johnny fuckin' rules the Ring. Respect!

Cool R6...no local tho.

Tony Tooth. Old R6 in saucy Spider-man graphics. Super fast. Super hardcore. Can ride the Ring in the dark. Once I asked for some riding tips. He told me: "Just try to ride fast longer and brake hard shorter." Yea...right...

Bird taught me the basic tricks-of-the-trade-of-the-track. He got me hooked. He still thinks I ride like a sissy tho. In his opinion you gotta highside at least 2-3 times a year...or you did not really explore the boundaries. I'm ok with that...

Wanna ride...