dhunt
27th May 2008, 19:00
This my first time to write something like this so we'll see how it goes. If any one sees me at the track come say hello :spudwave:. Especially if you have any ideas/constructive criticism on my riding I'm always open to improvement. :Playnice:
Well I’d been quite looking forward to this for a while now which didn’t help when I was trying to sleep the night before. Also didn’t run out of diesel or have any other issues unlike the last time I had been to taupo :argh: which I was a bit concerned about.
I got to the track in plenty of time and got the bike all set up ready to go. Hadn’t forgotten anything which is all good. :clap:
Scrub in confirmed that the bike was going alright and changing to GP shifting (1 up - 5 down) was working alright. I had changed my road bike to this 2 weeks prior so had had a bit of time to get use to.
Qualifying went ok. No major issues just didn’t really get into a good rhythm then it was all over. Which placed me 12th on the grid. Wasn’t really happy with that as I know I can ride faster than that! But I knew I could only go up from here.
Race 1 i bogged down on the start and ended up losing about 3-4 places. The 1st couple laps or so I managed to pass a few people and ended up finished 12th.
Race 2 i got a slightly better start but I definitely need to do a bit more practice on these I think. I caught up to a 125 and managed to pass it on the back straight. I stuffed a few corners especially bad when I got the bike all out of shape braking on some the straights allowing him to get past me but I was able to pass him back on the straights. Ended up finishing 10th with a best time of 1:51 something.
Overall I wasn’t happy with the results as I know I can ride better than that and have done in the past :bash:. Under brakes I was struggling to get my body position right which was causing the bike to get out of shape and stuffing up my corner entry :brick:.
A big thank you to the Vic Club for making the day run so smoothly despite the large numbers :first:. Bring on round 2 with hopefully some better results :soon:.
I think that about covers it all :done:
David
Well I’d been quite looking forward to this for a while now which didn’t help when I was trying to sleep the night before. Also didn’t run out of diesel or have any other issues unlike the last time I had been to taupo :argh: which I was a bit concerned about.
I got to the track in plenty of time and got the bike all set up ready to go. Hadn’t forgotten anything which is all good. :clap:
Scrub in confirmed that the bike was going alright and changing to GP shifting (1 up - 5 down) was working alright. I had changed my road bike to this 2 weeks prior so had had a bit of time to get use to.
Qualifying went ok. No major issues just didn’t really get into a good rhythm then it was all over. Which placed me 12th on the grid. Wasn’t really happy with that as I know I can ride faster than that! But I knew I could only go up from here.
Race 1 i bogged down on the start and ended up losing about 3-4 places. The 1st couple laps or so I managed to pass a few people and ended up finished 12th.
Race 2 i got a slightly better start but I definitely need to do a bit more practice on these I think. I caught up to a 125 and managed to pass it on the back straight. I stuffed a few corners especially bad when I got the bike all out of shape braking on some the straights allowing him to get past me but I was able to pass him back on the straights. Ended up finishing 10th with a best time of 1:51 something.
Overall I wasn’t happy with the results as I know I can ride better than that and have done in the past :bash:. Under brakes I was struggling to get my body position right which was causing the bike to get out of shape and stuffing up my corner entry :brick:.
A big thank you to the Vic Club for making the day run so smoothly despite the large numbers :first:. Bring on round 2 with hopefully some better results :soon:.
I think that about covers it all :done:
David