COBRA

The first annual Thunder and Lightning event has came and gone this past weekend, and I’m happy to report that not only was it a great turnout all around, but COBRA showed their support well!

Even with the weather being an unknown factor on Saturday there were about 35 riders that came out…with 5 of those from COBRA! Not too shabby of a turnout I’d say! We’d love to have more members out to show our colors and support, but when 15% of the total attendees are COBRA members, that’s a pretty good start.

The morning started off a little later then planned as the organizers waited for late comers to arrive due to the weather. We then split into 5 groups, with each group going to one of 5 different 30-minute sessions. The sessions held were:

• Suspension setup
• Buell racing
• Riding tips
• Dyno
• Basic maintenance

I think the sessions had some great information for riders of all skill levels and backgrounds, so we all were able to glean some knowledge.

Mark even got his bike up on the dyno machine after talking with the techs.  I think once we cleared up a misunderstanding in the results he was pretty happy with it. 

It was then time for lunch and the trivia run.  The five of us COBRA members ended up with another 5 riders, making a decently sized group of Buells riding around the countryside.  I think we got lost twice and probably added 10-15 extra miles on our little tour.  LOL

The way back we had some pretty significant wind which made for an even more interesting ride.  The results of the trivia ride didn’t turn into any wins for COBRA, but the random drawing gave Dennis the best give away…a free pass to a track day from Fasttrax!

Congratulations Dennis!

It was a great day out, leaving Columbus at 6:30am and arriving back at Northstar about 9:30pm.  We ran into weather (rain and wind) for the first hour or so, but then it cleared up somewhat.  Total miles for the day was 330 from Northstar, plus miles to/from our homes.  I did 352 miles to/from my house and I’m probably the closest to Northstar, so I know everyone else did at least 350 miles.  Not a bad day’s ride.

We hope to see more of COBRA at future events!

Here are a few pictures from the day…