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*Liam's Wild Ride*

Found this monument down Las Ramblas near the sea. Gorgeous!

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Here I am at the Aquarium. It was really nice and next to a giant mall in the harbor. You had to walk over these small bridges that swayed as you went over. Unbelievable. Brad . . . .just wait, buddy :)

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On Thursday morning I got ready to go to Valencia. I had packed a small suitcase (which I borrowed from my roomate without her knowing ;) ) and proceeded to the rentacar joint where I would meet my driver. Yay! Free ride to Valencia from BCN!! I bought a coffee at the cafe halfway down the block. I don't know if the dude at the cafe liked me or what but here's what my coffee looked like when I got it. . . . .

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Raul Jara was my driver. He's second in command at the MotoGP academy and one hell of a rider. He got injured a couple years ago so he just manages things now. We spoke in English (thank god) and had a nice time. We plan to race Karts at some point :)

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I would say he's also Pedrosa's right hand and confidant. Nice guy, truly.

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Finally. About five minutes after I arrived at the track (which was fast since Raul was doing 180 KMH in a diesel compact!) I had to get to work. I was working for Movistar as the mechanic for one of their exibits, which was a mini-moto event with a nice little track and 7 Polini's.

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Dude, that is sooooo cool.

BTW, you look exactly the same in all these pics. You have your "picture face" down solid. :teeth
 
WOW!!!!

This is an AWESOME journel!!!!

Please keep it coming.

Thank You and good luck to you-- it seems that you are meeting all of the right people!!!!
 
Anyone that knows me should know that this was right up my alley! I had to assemble the bikes and get them prepared for three days of constant abuse. Brad, how's this for a small single four stroke?!?

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Four Speed 110 cc Four Stroke. This doesn't sound like much but the fuel we were using was really toxic. These were fast and wild to ride. I think I replaced about sixty levers this past weekend. And then some!

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The keys to the good life :) Thanks Nacho, Patricia, Rocio, Elena, Bito, Davide, and others, for letting me live like a true Movistar!

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I later upgraded to the Gold Paddock Pass, which allowed me to enter the interior of the circuit and view the races from inside the track. INSIDE! Also, I took some time to screw around with some guy's bike. We had a selection of great machines to fill a Museum that Movistar presented. Awesome!

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Just an example of how small the bikes are. This is Pedrosa's old 125 championship bike. My hands aren't that big, sorry girls :(

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Back to working, Thursday night, I still had to prep the bikes. Flat tire? No problem! Didn't have all my tools so I used a #2 flat blade screwdriver and two mini screwdrivers's. Not fun, but I did it!

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This is all I have for now. Can anyone tell me who this is? I expect to update a little more tomorrow or in the next couple days.

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