Pukie controlled testing day

[Gus]

Hi racefactory this is Glen with the yellow beast good to see someone appreciate the fury of the L -TWIN the lap timer showing 104's at 299kms is damm impressive for sure shame not to get the video can't have everything I suppose 2 out 3 aint bad and Yes !!!!!!!! it is a beast alright. If you would like some helpful advice from the BEASTMASTER if you are going to do a HOT LAP get some tyre warmers. Trust me I know these things Ouch!!!!!

[superman]

Damn the shitty weather... My first track day will come soon! Just need a nice Saturday

[SPP]

Damn the shitty weather... My first track day will come soon! Just need a nice Saturday

Now we wait...

• Sat 2nd April - Puke' Testing
• Sat 9th April - Hampton Downs
• Sat 16th April - Puke' Testing or MotoTT Taupo Track 4
• Sun 17th April - AMCC ART Puke'
• Sat 23rd April - Puke' Testing
• Mon 25rd April - Hampton Downs
• Sat 30th April - Puke' Testing
• Winter

I was going to go to Puke' yesterday as well but wind and rain put me off. I was sure I heard a Desmo going around ?!! Wind and wishful thinking playing tricks probably.

[superman]

Winter

This might be my brain being stupid... but doesn't winter give you the fastest lap times? If it's a nice day obviously, a cool dry day. Then your engine loves it, and as soon as the track/tyres are heated up you do better than on a hot day where oxygen isn't quite so prevalent in the air. Though I guess a nice winters day is quite a rare occurence.

[SPP]

This might be my brain being stupid... but doesn't winter give you the fastest lap times? If it's a nice day obviously, a cool dry day. Then your engine loves it, and as soon as the track/tyres are heated up you do better than on a hot day where oxygen isn't quite so prevalent in the air. Though I guess a nice winters day is quite a rare occurence.

Probably ...winter for me means rain, early evenings and on the nice days stopping to piss every half hour from the chill.

I think MotoTT and HRD run through the chilly months so fingers crossed for sunny ones

[NinjaBoy]

This might be my brain being stupid... but doesn't winter give you the fastest lap times? If it's a nice day obviously, a cool dry day. Then your engine loves it, and as soon as the track/tyres are heated up you do better than on a hot day where oxygen isn't quite so prevalent in the air. Though I guess a nice winters day is quite a rare occurence.

Yes your engine loves cold air but it has to be quite cold to notice. However the other side of the argument is that the track is colder and is harder to keep your tyres up to temp ... for good grip

[superman]

Yes your engine loves cold air but it has to be quite cold to notice. However the other side of the argument is that the track is colder and is harder to keep your tyres up to temp ... for good grip

Well obviously track designers should put heaters under every portion of track the cheap bastards!

[SPP]

Damn the shitty weather... My first track day will come soon! Just need a nice Saturday

Ooooo look

[superman]

Ooooo look

Well I buggered my bike changing the oil. Hopefully she'll be right for Saturday though

[SPP]

Well I buggered my bike changing the oil. Hopefully she'll be right for Saturday though

[Metastable]

As far as cold goes, the worst piece of the puzzle is the grip level from the track itself. Check the picture below. We got to the track and the bikes had frost on them (we set up the night before) and the puddles one the ground were frozen.

Our first session during that weekend had warmed up to 5C and even guys without warmers were getting their knee down (but not pushing too hard). The first day got to 9-10C. The best day was the following one where it got up to 14C. We had NO problems with grip once it got up to the 12 - 14 C mark, HOWEVER it depends on the track. Some tracks at those temperatures can still be quite slippy.

In this particular case we were doing a winter trackday in Jennings, Florida.



Here is a video of Huntley Nash AMA young gun.... it was on the second day and it was not hotter than 14C when the video was taken. However, it was much nicer this year when we had 20C+ degree weather.