Fishtail Riding School

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New Jersey Motorsports Park. Or "Would you like flies with that?"

Published:  Tuesday, August 24 2010

So here we are back from the New Jersey road trip. How did it go? Actually, pretty well. We learned a bunch, and that’s always a good thing. For example, we learned that we need to keep more space between our events just to make the logistics more reasonable. We learned that it can be HOT in southern New Jersey in early August (103.2 in the shade if you’re wondering). We learned that someone in New Jersey is performing some bizarre experiment to see if they can carpet the entire state with flies. And we also (re) learned that our customer base is just a terrific group of people who ...   read more >>

Previous Posts

1. Cop For A Day

   Published:  Sunday, August 22 2010

   Boy we had a great time at the last two track days. We were full both days (always a good thing), the weather was perfect, and on Tuesday we were surrounded by the police without getting a single tick ...   more >>

   
   

2. Lessons Learned Above The Border

   Published:  Monday, July 12 2010

   Robbie and I spent a few days at Calabogie Motorsports Park in Ontario, Canada. It’s a 3.2 mile playground for the rich and fam ...   more >>

   
   

3. Schools Out: Time for Riding!

   Published:  Tuesday, June 22 2010

   Random thoughts from a school teacher whose brain feels like that old P.S.A. where they drop an egg into a hot frying pan.
   It’s been a quiet week in my home town . . . Actually, no it has ...   more >>

   
   

4. A Great Start to the 2010 Season. Tim Learns The S1000RR

   Published:  Friday, April 30 2010

   Well, the first track school is finally complete, and it was a great day all around. Up to a few days before the event, the Accuweather was predicting miserable conditions, and I’d be lying if I ...   more >>

   
   

5. Riding The New BMW

   Published:  Monday, March 22 2010

   I took the new BMW S1000RR out for a spin last weekend and here are some more totally unqualified impressions.
   It’s fairly reasonable to sit on for a street ride. The pe ...   more >>

   
   

6. New toys, or How I was finally tempted to get back on an in-line 4.

   Published:  Tuesday, November 17 2009

   As many of you already know, Max Stratton, long time supporter of Fishtail and BMW dealer extraordinaire, has a couple of S1000RRs coming exclusively for us to ride.  We plan on leaving the bike  ...   more >>