had a good trip down on the Friday to stay with some mates in palmy before the big day. as i came down i thought that we maybe lucky enough to have some dry racing, oh how was i wrong! as TS said in his thread we had some very consistant rain all day which made for some interesting moments on the bike.
ok lets cut to the chase, i dont have wets. in fact my setup is the same in the dry as in the wet. now the tyres, i have SC2 supercorsa's front and rear that are ex-paeroa 05 and have had many track sessions on them and they were due for replacement after this round.
ok, with my nerves begging to get to me we take off in the first race. got a rather crap start and was about 7th into coke, but still alive. started to put the heat on the guys infront and slowly started to find some grip. after slip sliding around for 10 laps i ended up coming 3rd which i was rapt with, maybe its not too bad out??
ok, round 2. rain is still coming down with no letup in sight. flag drops and this time i am 5th into coke, much better. but something was different, i had even less traction than before, ok, i can work with this. finally chased down the other ZXR750 who was battling with Nick Prestige and after a few laps of watching them i saw a gap. now i have had the wood on this ZXR in earlier encounters but he was smart enough to run wets so after i tried to pass him out of dunlop and found zero traction and had a brief encounter with the concrete barrier i decided to get them under brakes coming into coke.
got past the ZXR and even nick prestige but not coke... at full noise, roughly 200k i lost the front under the first brake application as i was going over the reverse circut grid markers. it was all over before it started, i slid on my ass for about 100m and just before i stopped i spun around to see the 4,5 and 6th flip of my bike as it rolled through the mud sending about a 2-3meter rooster tail of muddy water and fairings into the sky. game over.
this is the last time i will be out on the track this year and if even some how i get the ZXR fixed before VMCC 05 ends it will no go back on the track. but i will not give up racing! i am just going to save my money and buy a dedicated race bike... so look out guys in 06 cause ill be back!
i would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who have helped me this year, i really appreciate the advice and the help that they have given. specail thanks to Inframax Construction for the sponsorship Sparkybills and Motomart for all the support and parts.
here is a few shots of whats left of the bike.
Cheers
John.
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..oh sod it one more...
Originally Posted by Two Smoker
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