A Married Man and a Fast Woman: VMCC 6

**sinfull** · 21st October 2009, 07:37

Fuck you beth, you'll be back !

Feel for ya bro, if ya need some good painkillers i have a number spare !!!
Know what it's like makin ends meet with littlies and wouldn't be doing this if i still had em and my dept, but like others have said i'm in a position where it's all about meeeee now and i endulge myself !

Do what ya have to mate, your a top bloke and our ol mate Khama will see ya doing what ya love again soon enough !

**James Deuce** · 21st October 2009, 07:39

Racing drunk AGAIN!

How many times?

**scracha** · 21st October 2009, 16:57

Originally Posted by Clivoris

done. I decided that this was to be my last race meeting for sometime.

Fuck, you made sure of that Clive

Originally Posted by Clivoris

Many thanks again to all my sponsors, especially Q8Oils, Metzeler tyres and Crazefox. Sorry I couldn't keep her shinier Crazefox, it was the best paintjob ever.

Much nicer than the puke yellow colour that Toast had on it.

GWS mate.

Do I send flowers to your house or office?

**Racey Rider** · 21st October 2009, 18:04

Always a spot for you in 150's Clive!

Thanks for all your encouragement to all the KB racers.

Heal quick. See you in some capacity next year I'm sure.

Racey

**Clivoris** · 21st October 2009, 18:41

Originally Posted by James Deuce

Racing drunk AGAIN!

How many times?

Only 4 x Ow.

A drunkard and a slow learner

Originally Posted by scracha

Fuck, you made sure of that Clive

Much nicer than the puke yellow colour that Toast had on it.

GWS mate.

Do I send flowers to your house or office?

Not back at work yet mate, but if you send me flowers I will let you go on top for a change

. What's wrong with yellow? Toast is gonna teach me to go fast without crashing now, just to teach you a lesson.

**kit** · 22nd October 2009, 22:43

Sorry to hear about your oopsy! Your reports are always humorous and I for 1 will miss reading them. Hope you get back out on the track soon!
I finally have my track bike ready (I think) and am looking forward to getting it out on sunday.... fingers crossed....
Wish you a speedy recovery

**Clivoris** · 23rd October 2009, 06:58

Originally Posted by kit

Sorry to hear about your oopsy! Your reports are always humorous and I for 1 will miss reading them. Hope you get back out on the track soon!
I finally have my track bike ready (I think) and am looking forward to getting it out on sunday.... fingers crossed....
Wish you a speedy recovery

Thanks for that. I will definitely be back when the fates allow. Have a blast on that track bike mate.

**Kendog** · 23rd October 2009, 07:18

Awesome race report.

All the best for the recovery, I have a feeling you will be back out there again before you know it

**roadracingoldfart** · 26th October 2009, 20:19

It was always going to be a learning year Clive , I am sure you took all you needed from the learning curve you created. I like the way you went against some (including mine) opinions and just fuggin did it.
Well done mate and as your a bit sore , just have a wee lie down but dont forget to get dinner ready by the time Lisa is home.

Paul.

**Clivoris** · 26th October 2009, 20:58

Originally Posted by roadracingoldfart

It was always going to be a learning year Clive , I am sure you took all you needed from the learning curve you created. I like the way you went against some (including mine) opinions and just fuggin did it.
Well done mate and as your a bit sore , just have a wee lie down but dont forget to get dinner ready by the time Lisa is home.

Paul.

Cheers Paul. I've learned heaps for sure. Probably the biggest lesson has been "Stick to the plan". I ended up trying hard (and just racing) as my primary strategy and let the things I planned to work on, fit in where I could fit them in. Still, I managed to meet some goals and had a bloody ball. Next season will be more systematic and productive, with much less crashing. Thanks for all your help.

**Drew** · 28th October 2009, 12:59

Originally Posted by Clivoris

Cheers Paul. I've learned heaps for sure. Probably the biggest lesson has been "Stick to the plan". I ended up trying hard (and just racing) as my primary strategy and let the things I planned to work on, fit in where I could fit them in. Still, I managed to meet some goals and had a bloody ball. Next season will be more systematic and productive, with much less crashing. Thanks for all your help.

To my mind bro, when the green flag drops it's a race. Go as fast as ya can.

Learning the bike, and setting up should be done primarily at test days.

**Clivoris** · 28th October 2009, 17:18

Originally Posted by Drew

To my mind bro, when the green flag drops it's a race. Go as fast as ya can.

Learning the bike, and setting up should be done primarily at test days.

Couldn't agree with you more bro. I will definitely be reviewing my set-up at a track day and be going as fast as I can. I think one of the issues is "how" I'm trying to go fast. All race advice seems to eventually boil down to brake later, throttle earlier. But I feel like I've been all over the place (relatively speaking). A simple example is that I noticed that the later I brake, the shallower and earlier my turn in gets. I'm not complaining though because I'm getting more comfortable with the bike and the speeds, which will make it easier for me to fix things like my turn-in. As long as I'm having a good time and learning I'm pretty happy. Much less crashing from now on too.

**Drew** · 29th October 2009, 09:45

Originally Posted by Clivoris

Couldn't agree with you more bro. I will definitely be reviewing my set-up at a track day and be going as fast as I can. I think one of the issues is "how" I'm trying to go fast. All race advice seems to eventually boil down to brake later, throttle earlier. But I feel like I've been all over the place (relatively speaking). A simple example is that I noticed that the later I brake, the shallower and earlier my turn in gets. I'm not complaining though because I'm getting more comfortable with the bike and the speeds, which will make it easier for me to fix things like my turn-in. As long as I'm having a good time and learning I'm pretty happy. Much less crashing from now on too.

Yeah man. The later you brake, the earlier ya get on the gas. Sounds counter intuitive untill you picture the revised corner arc that you're taking. On a 600 corner speed massively reduces lap times too, so there is a trade off to be had.