It's official
 

So I picked up a PG 370z with the touring and sport package on Saturday night. By the time we negotiated numbers back and forth, it was 10pm. So I registered on here but didn't say I owned it, but as of tonight, it's been confirmed.

My background in cars - s2000 turbo, 04 sti, 03 svt cobra, 04 g35 coupe, 06 evo IX, 08 EVO X, 135i (traded in for the 370z), currently have the Trailblazer SS for towing my race bike and for bad weather days.

I will not be doing mods....well hardly until the 2012 RoadRace (Motorcycle) season is over. I come from about 18 different bikes in the past, current race bike is the 2011 Kawasaki ZX10r. All my funds are being directed at racing this year. Of course with the help of sponsors but I still have to pay out a ton of money haha.

Here are some past vehicles:
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http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9809/pic0149wi.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5...efldiag4yl.jpg

EDIT: adding the s2kturbo pic
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And the 370z:
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5...0304131806.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2...01370znssg.jpg


For my two wheel'd brothers and sisters:
#510
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3989/hastings0508.jpg
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Testing out a completely stock 2008' Kawasaki ZX10r:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/253/slonjon.jpg

New bike: 2011 ZX10r, race plastics being painted now, was stock in this pic with a slip on and link pipe:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/393/imag0044k.jpg
Slo coming through turn 2 @ hpr 9-26-11 - YouTube


My old Hayabusa:
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enjoy the new ride.

:welcome:

Wow you had some cool previous cars, I like that evo! :tup:

But welcome and congrats on the Z!

Hi! Nice color!

Nice previous cars :tup:

Congrats on the Z and Welcome :hello:

Thank you everyone..... edited first post with some bike pics for any 2 wheeled people on here.

here you will enjoy this video if you are a biker or just an enthusiast in general like me :tup:

Yeah the Busa is nice, but the new zx10r finally did it in a big way!!!

Sweet collection of vehicles! Enjoy the Z!

Just paid my premium membership, worth it to keep this place going and for all the info it will provide in the next year.

:welcome: Congrats on the new ride.

Welcome!!! Am a veteran rider myself and currently have '01 CBR 929RR


'09 F.I. CBE/HFC-Stillen Gen3,Setrab +ModBod

Congrats and welcome aboard!

Deets on the turbo s2k?

I have always been a fan of the 135i even though I feel it is overpriced. And welcome!!!

Stage 6 Motorsports (Dwight) in Florida did the custom setup back in 02'. A guy named Chris had the 1st one, which was done also by Dwight while he worked at Speedcraft before opening Stage 6. Revhard had completed the 2nd one, but looked garage done.

T04e, spearco IC with handbuilt/welded end tanks that fit with the angles of the front bumper, apex gauges custom installed into the dashboard. Apex turbo N1's with full custom piping including manifold. AVC-R among other little things.

Veilside wing, CF hood, Enkei wheels just for shows. I would put them on the night before and remove them immediately once I got home.

Other parts; Spoon x-brace, spring, sways, voodoo shift knob, and endless 24 slotted rotors.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/6279/slos2k.jpg

Welcome back to the VQ!!! :D

Haha thanks robert.... Crazy to see just how far your car has come along!!

Thanks! Good like racing the bike this season! :tup:

Nice stable !!! Great collection of HP... ;) Welcome to the club !!! :happydance:

I think you've owned every car that I looked at before buying the Z. I am very jealous lol. Congrats on the z though, and I like the bike a lot!

:tup: I wish I had your guts to ride does bikes!

Congrats on the ride

Very nice rides indeed. I just sold my 2005 ZX-10r street bike and CBR600RR. Gonna miss them for sure but thought it was time to move on to cars for awhile. Strongly considered a 2012 Mustang GT but decided on the Z instead. Welcome aboard, I'm a new member too. I'll be receiving my 2012 red zed in about a week or so.

Thanks everyone.

That was another one I was looking at as well. You will be back on two wheels haha. I do this every other year getting rid of my bikes but get drawn back into it.

Car is not getting anything done right now. Race season is very busy and COSTLY even with sponsorships. First race started in 30th and in the second wave but fought my way back to 6th. 2nd race was at pikes peak international raceway and managed to finish 3rd. Next round is June 9th.....

Cool, nothing like riding the track eh. You must be pretty proficient if you have sponsorship. I found myself riding the 10R on the street very infrequently the last few years and taking the CBR to track days. It's a blast knowing no tickets, trucks pulling in front of you, big pile of rocks mid corner etc etc. You are right, I'll probably get another one within a year or so LOL.

1st round at High Plains Raceway

"OK Rider?" WTF ever! You've been racing for years now! I'm sure you're above average!

Haha, I actually do consider myself just another rider. There is a difference with parts and mentality for racers out there. I go out there to have fun, a street/canyon guy that wants to see how I can do mixing it up with all the racers. I still ride the street, still goto starbucks with old buddies on two wheels and such.

Well in 07 I started trackdays religously on every non-raining weekend and holidays haha. In 08' I started racing and ran out of money after two race weekends, then quit riding. Sold all my bikes in 09-10 after sitting in the garage all that time.

Bought the ZX mid last year, still getting back into it. It's pretty un-nerving racing at tracks you have never been to and I am still settling in. Took the bike to my first race this season with I think 4 total rides (3 in the street/canyons) And the way I do it, is very unconventional, I run 6 laps during one practice and then sit around until my race.

Not like others who have been there many times, go the day before, run every practice session and such. I am still on stock rear sets (pegs) which is bad since they drag, with my short legs, it's a little tougher getting up and over the seat to throw the bike around and move on the bike. Also the stock suspension is untouched, stupid on my part but it was working alright.

Hopefully I will be able to improve my standings for the season after a 6th then a 3rd, right now I am in 4th for the season, I beat the 3rd place guy in the last race which is who I am after each race since he is an arrogant prick.

I want a top 5 finish for the season. Any top 10 and I get mandatory bumped to the expert class next year which is what I am after.

nice choice on the z


road racing bikes > then every thing but the old lady, and if she opens her mouth to talk it is! hahahaha

welcome!! ive got a 2011 zx10r too, only black or green available in Australia thou.

Nice...same here, started as green but changed color once I got my race plastics in.

Well, it's a shortlived life with my 370z. I ended up trading it in for a 2012' Crew Max 5.7l tundra. Had purchased a 19' enclosed trailer, was going to pull it with my trailblazer SS but decided to just get rid of the Z. Have had enough sports cars to hold me off for a while and next year need to concentrate on the team efforts in roadracing motorcycles.

This truck will provide much convenience in many ways so was a good purchase, the z was just being used to commute to work and back anyway but would have been useless in the winter.

This is definitely one of the better forums I have been on and I am sure at some point, I will get back into the sportscar scene.....once I get all the roadracing out of my system.

So long everyone!!!!

^^Nice Tundra, congrats!