Great training and qualifying tool now available

[Shaun]

Its nice to know what your capable of doing if you get your shit together though

That is what self honesty and track drawing and note taking does mate, NOT a dam computor, sory Steveb

[steveyb]

Agree totally with you on that Shaun, IF the self analysis, note taking etc are accurate.
No amount of note taking is going to help if it is wrong and self-delusional and has no hard data to support it.
This is only a tool, like any other.
It is not going to make anyone any faster, the rider does that.
This is going to HELP the rider make themselves faster.
If we follow that logic, we should not use lap timing or stop watches because they are computers and the rider should be good enough to know when they did something different or better that made them faster.
There are many riders (and other people for that matter) who genuinely believe that they are doing one thing, when in fact they are doing something else.

Choppa is going to try it out this weekend. Be interesting to see if he thinks it helps him or not.

And I truely reckon that a lot of the younger generation now don't actually know how to write, so note taking will be useless........

[CHOPPA]

I just stole it to test this weekend. Loaded all the info into my PC and im very impressed with what I have seen. I have been analysing the data that was already in it from Taupo. Im sure its all pretty standard features for a GPS lap timer but this realy is an amazing tool to analyse your racing, check gearing, lines etc etc.

The one drawback I do see with this it the lack of display when racing but I have a normal lap timer for that anyway. On a positive note I can actually use this one when I go running and at the BMX track etc due to its small size which wouldnt be possible with other units.

This would be a great tool for Motocross riders, they dont use anything like this but it would be equally advantages

[codgyoleracer]

It measures G-forces too, so it will tell you if you are leaning over enough or too much, or gassing too hard or not enough.
All you really need to do is bring your cuppa tea and scones (with jam and cream of course).

I am more of a cucumber sandwich man now , - pretty suprising how affordable this sort of technology is getting aye.

[CHOPPA]

Everytime I get a new piece of Technology to test I cant imagine what it would be like to race without it! This is the same for the QStarz GPS system I used.
I picked the unit up from Steve Bagshaw from Moto Academy to test a couple of weeks ago. I loaded up the software to my laptop and started playing. The first thing I liked about the QStarz is its size and the fact you dont have to have in staring at the sky, just pop it in your pocket and off you go. I started just using it on my BMX and trainings runs which in itself was extremely beneficial and I instantly started getting more out of my training because I could actually see where I was starting to slow up and my competitive nature made me push harder in these areas to decrease my times.
I was booked in for the california superbike school and a track day at Hampton Downs the following weekend. I strapped it on and started recording data. It was quite amazing what I could learn from it, I set up all my split times etc so I could see if different lines or different gearing could decrease my lap times and add speed in certain areas.
Another feature the QStarz has in the G Force meter, I thought this would have been a waste of time but as it turns out again very useful. At the superbike school one of the instructors noticed some of my corners were not smooth, I thought he was being picky but sure enough once I checked the data I could see the spikes in the GPS where I was taking 2 bites at the corner.
All in all for value for money its hard to go past the QStarz. There is a huge amount of data to be taken from every lap. You have to be a bit computer savy to get the most out of it but these days you could just get a primary school kid to give you a quick lesson on its use and your away.
The small size of it means its easy to use for all types of racing and training. The one downfall due to this feature is that you cant check your lap times while you are racing so your still forced to use a beacon type lap recording system.

[steveyb]

Ahhh, you say all the right things!!!

Righto you lot, roll up, roll up!!!!

Go to www.hexagonmotorsport.co.nz for yours, or come see me at Manfeild.
I'll be in one of the old garages. I can't make it to HD.

Laters

Steve

[johan]

I've been using the older Q890 model. It's a 5Hz receiver as well.

While the Q890 can't store any data like the Q1000 can, you can use it as a bluetooth device to transmit data to your smart phone and store it there.
This way you can see the timing in realtime on the phone display as well.

http://trackmaster.trackaroo.com/welcome

I belive the Q1000 can be used this way as well, if you want lap time display.