erik
17th January 2010, 09:06
Not much to report, my first track day in group 1. It's impressive being passed around the outside in turn 8!
I stuffed up in session 4, misjudged the bike in front's corner speed, got too close, grabbed the front brake and down I went in turn 5. When I first saw the video, I thought I might've nicked his rear tyre from the noise, but on further inspection it looks like I was too far away for that which is good.
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No damage to me, some more scratches on the bike plus broken brake lever and rearset. Lesson learned: be more patient and allow more room when coming up on slower bikes.
With help from Chris we straightened the rearset a little and I had a spare lever, so I was able to do session 5. I missed the last mixed session because the weather scared me off, it looked like it was about to rain heavily so I got the bike in the van, but then it cleared up :doh:.
I really want to make a new fuel tank for the sv because with the standard one my knee hits the wide bit above the cut-out and the back of the tank pushes against my thigh when I'm hanging off, which makes my outside foot slide off the peg so I can't put all my weight on it.
I stuffed up in session 4, misjudged the bike in front's corner speed, got too close, grabbed the front brake and down I went in turn 5. When I first saw the video, I thought I might've nicked his rear tyre from the noise, but on further inspection it looks like I was too far away for that which is good.
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No damage to me, some more scratches on the bike plus broken brake lever and rearset. Lesson learned: be more patient and allow more room when coming up on slower bikes.
With help from Chris we straightened the rearset a little and I had a spare lever, so I was able to do session 5. I missed the last mixed session because the weather scared me off, it looked like it was about to rain heavily so I got the bike in the van, but then it cleared up :doh:.
I really want to make a new fuel tank for the sv because with the standard one my knee hits the wide bit above the cut-out and the back of the tank pushes against my thigh when I'm hanging off, which makes my outside foot slide off the peg so I can't put all my weight on it.