No way man, I've had my Camaro up on two wheels a lot! ;POriginally Posted by Zub
Seriously, though, I have an R1 which I love. I'm definitely a muscle car guy mostly, but a little story:
When I finally got my R1 broken in, I decided to take it out and open it up one night. I went to this semi-secluded road not too far from my house, waited for the light, rolled it off the line (cause I didn't know what to expect), and then nailed it.
What I didn't know is that the other side of the intersection, the road had a little bit of a washboard to it. I guess I'd never noticed because it was very subtle and I'd only ever been across it in a car. However, this little perturbation caused the front tire to lift off the ground a little. I wasn't bothered at all, as this is fairly normal in any hard accelerating vehicle, but the front wheel kept lifting until I finally had to back out of the the throttle to stop it. Keep in mind, I was laying ON the bike trying to apply more weight to the front, but there was just too much power to keep the wheel down.
It wasn't my first bike, but it was definitely the first one that would do that. I knew right then I was on to something good...hahaha.
Yeah, I love that car.
I'd post some photos but the car is torn apart right now, and frankly, I'm pretty damn embarassed about it.
I'll put some up for you if you want once it's back together.
It's actually my car from high school (wasn't new, I'm not *that* old). I met a lot of my friends because of that common interest, so obviously the car is pretty special to me - beyond just being implicitly cool and a little slice of Americana. I don't know what it is about cars, but we can get pretty attached for sure.
Nice, good luck. Give us some pics when you can.I'm driving a Dodge Charger R/T at the moment. Stock setup but hoping to change that soon.
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