750Y
15th May 2005, 13:48
Well just wanted to share my track day at puke yesterday.
Started off a nice day & i knew many riders were going on the 22 ride so i thought it'd be nice & quiet. i was feeling pretty rusty & got down there at 10 & was the first bike to arrive. decided to check my pressures & let some air out, but let too much out, doh!. i shot off to the service station to get air & accidentally pushed my bike off it's stand & it fell against a brick wall! arrrgh! i get back to the track & a guy who always passes me with ease (sometimes up the inside within inches) had arrived & i was thinking 'ohhh nooo' 8-(. I always get nervous when the fast racer guys are around & although i hold my line i always get a fright when they 'cut me up'.
anyway i let too much air out of my tyre again! so had to borrow a foot pump from the fast guy & sort out the pressures. then he turns to me & says "there's some FAST guys here today, hold your line & don't look in your mirrors under any circumstances" & i'm thinking holy shit! here we go.... anyway i hung around waiting for the first session & when it was nearly time to go out i started up my bike & realised i'd lost one of my ear plugs & i'm thinking to myself "today is turning out to be one of THOSE days", then i look & what do i see coming out of pit lane up to the start grid? non other than the BRITTEN! i feverishly hunt around in my bag & realise I've left my camera sitting on the dining table at home aarrrrggh! Now I am getting really nervous but trundle up to the lineup parking a respectful distance back from it. WOW!!! i think to myself as i am sitting behind the britten. next thing i see is this red bike/red leathers dude pull up ahead of me & i spy LOVE across the back of the leathers & by now I am absolutely shitting myself trying not to hyperventilate too much seeing as I am the only one on a road registered bike...(thinking wtf am i doing out here???)
off we go down the front straight I am the last to leave & settle into a slow warm up pace lasting 3 laps, then when the track is clear up ahead & behind i start to have some fun. i go faster & faster & soon I am seeing 299 on my speedo & I'm stoked! then the chequered flag drops to come in & I'm happy as. the next session was even better. i talked to the britten rider for a while which was great & i followed the britten for 3 laps(one of the biggest highlights of my riding life!). he was going slow so after 3 laps i decided to go past(man i felt stink about that, thinking how disrespectful that was) but i found out later they were running it in.
basically the whole day was awesome, 4 sessions & only 5 bikes all day! one racer guy lapped me me doing 1.01s which was amazing to see. then he came & said g'day & complimented me on 'having it under control' which gave me a massive big head. he also said the guy riding the britten was a 70's legend (hugh something). then to top it off i was catching the guy that had previously blown me away so i came home exhausted & humungously satisfied...
i'm still buzzing 8-)... what a day!
Started off a nice day & i knew many riders were going on the 22 ride so i thought it'd be nice & quiet. i was feeling pretty rusty & got down there at 10 & was the first bike to arrive. decided to check my pressures & let some air out, but let too much out, doh!. i shot off to the service station to get air & accidentally pushed my bike off it's stand & it fell against a brick wall! arrrgh! i get back to the track & a guy who always passes me with ease (sometimes up the inside within inches) had arrived & i was thinking 'ohhh nooo' 8-(. I always get nervous when the fast racer guys are around & although i hold my line i always get a fright when they 'cut me up'.
anyway i let too much air out of my tyre again! so had to borrow a foot pump from the fast guy & sort out the pressures. then he turns to me & says "there's some FAST guys here today, hold your line & don't look in your mirrors under any circumstances" & i'm thinking holy shit! here we go.... anyway i hung around waiting for the first session & when it was nearly time to go out i started up my bike & realised i'd lost one of my ear plugs & i'm thinking to myself "today is turning out to be one of THOSE days", then i look & what do i see coming out of pit lane up to the start grid? non other than the BRITTEN! i feverishly hunt around in my bag & realise I've left my camera sitting on the dining table at home aarrrrggh! Now I am getting really nervous but trundle up to the lineup parking a respectful distance back from it. WOW!!! i think to myself as i am sitting behind the britten. next thing i see is this red bike/red leathers dude pull up ahead of me & i spy LOVE across the back of the leathers & by now I am absolutely shitting myself trying not to hyperventilate too much seeing as I am the only one on a road registered bike...(thinking wtf am i doing out here???)
off we go down the front straight I am the last to leave & settle into a slow warm up pace lasting 3 laps, then when the track is clear up ahead & behind i start to have some fun. i go faster & faster & soon I am seeing 299 on my speedo & I'm stoked! then the chequered flag drops to come in & I'm happy as. the next session was even better. i talked to the britten rider for a while which was great & i followed the britten for 3 laps(one of the biggest highlights of my riding life!). he was going slow so after 3 laps i decided to go past(man i felt stink about that, thinking how disrespectful that was) but i found out later they were running it in.
basically the whole day was awesome, 4 sessions & only 5 bikes all day! one racer guy lapped me me doing 1.01s which was amazing to see. then he came & said g'day & complimented me on 'having it under control' which gave me a massive big head. he also said the guy riding the britten was a 70's legend (hugh something). then to top it off i was catching the guy that had previously blown me away so i came home exhausted & humungously satisfied...
i'm still buzzing 8-)... what a day!