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  1. #31
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    Well, barring running out of gas in the 3rd session and nearly killing myself in the 4th, couldn't have been a better day really.

    I'd like to take this opportunity to express just how careful one has to be with their line coming on to the front straight...wide ain't cool...and I thank God that the grass was bone dry else I may be bikeless...not to mention motionless somewhere...

    Apart from that though, choice day. I got my braking a bit more sorted coming in to the hairpin, though I'm still pulling them on a bit too early, and my entry to the back straight could be improved. After that one major scare though, I sorted out the entry to the front straight pretty smartly

    Good to meet you guys too, Jill, Frosty, and the rest whose names have slipped my mind for the moment...

    Cheers,
    Phil.
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    And one more thing...damn cool seeing Andrew Stroud there...I even got to follow him through Jenian and Castrol...I swear I was catching him too...yeah right Awesome to watch though.
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    Toast --If i were you boy --Id go buy a lotto ticket.
    You are one fucken luckey SOB
    You really have no Idea just how close you were to A --the wall and B getting bucked clean off ya bike.
    I swear son the only thing attached to the bike at one stage was ya hands

    Good day for ol frosty--getting my head around the new bike setup and how it turns and brakes and all that good stuff.
    Stil WWAAAAAAAY off the pace -but what the hey consistant 1.10-1.11 aint too bad I sopose
    To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?

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    What a great day.

    First time out on the track with the SV. I was a bit tentative the first session, just getting a feel for the bike. Still about 4 seconds quicker than last time I was out on the 250 so I was pretty pleased with that.

    Second session the advice went along the lines of 'time to be a bit more aggressive'. Ok, I can do that...

    Well, those chicken strips are pretty much gone, dropped seven seconds off my first session times and clocked in at around 1.19. Woohoo! I was stoked!

    Still heaps of places to improve on, got to get the braking right into the hairpin and a few other places but I had a ball! The bike did all the things it was supposed to so I'm really pleased with that.

    Great to meet you Phil and yeah, some of those guys go pretty quick, including you! Best not to flinch when they go past...

    Fun watching Frosty and Motobob duelling it out.

    And guess what, Dveus got a whole session in without his bike dying...!
    Exploring pastures anew...

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    Bugga, sounds like i missed a gooden. Was looking forward to losing my virginity too.

    Got a stone stuck in my rear brake pads. Stopped to try to remove it, no luck. Got out to Puke just in time to watch the last minutes of the first session. I've had a bad week, Murphy's law is sitting firmly on my left shoulder at the moment! :spudbn:

    Decided not to bother, had to be gone by 1.30 anyways, so didn't think $90 for a session or two worth it. Will have to get better organised next time.

    Off with the rear brake unit tomorrow.....F*#&n Stones!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keystone19

    And guess what, Dveus got a whole session in without his bike dying...!
    Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.
    I think the phrase rhymes with "Clucking Bell" - Blackadder

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    Quote Originally Posted by dveus
    Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.
    Oh no! How did that happen? Sounds like the last session was pretty eventful for everyone who stayed!

    Is the bike ok?
    Exploring pastures anew...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dveus
    Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.

    bummer dude.
    The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keystone19
    Oh no! How did that happen? Sounds like the last session was pretty eventful for everyone who stayed!

    Is the bike ok?
    I dug a peg in the hairpin, then practised my flying, somehow I went over the front of the bike feet first. have been down and had x-rays done on my ankle and they dont believe it to be broken, just a decent sprain.

    I haven't really had a good chance to check out the bike yet. It didn't appear to be to bad when I was loading it into the van.
    I think the phrase rhymes with "Clucking Bell" - Blackadder

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    Quote Originally Posted by dveus
    I dug a peg in the hairpin, then practised my flying, somehow I went over the front of the bike feet first. have been down and had x-rays done on my ankle and they dont believe it to be broken, just a decent sprain.

    I haven't really had a good chance to check out the bike yet. It didn't appear to be to bad when I was loading it into the van.
    That sucks! Glad you're not too broken. Take care of that ankle though.

    Any photos of the flying action?
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    Frosty ? you have your bike going ?? cool GAME ON THIS SUNDAY MY SON!!

    Its a pity I missed it, I was talking to Stoud today at big boys toys, he was waiting for a call for him to test his new K5 bike, would have been good to see him going for it.
    Ive run out of fucks to give

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    yea bikes going--badly --but its going ---ill turn up at taupo and see how I go
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    Quote Originally Posted by FROSTY
    Toast --If i were you boy --Id go buy a lotto ticket.
    You are one fucken luckey SOB
    You really have no Idea just how close you were to A --the wall and B getting bucked clean off ya bike.
    I swear son the only thing attached to the bike at one stage was ya hands
    Yah Frost, and I know you were/are thinking: "Young, dumb and etc...."

    I am thankful, but also gotta take some of the credit for getting the bike stood up right and keeping it there at 180km/h on grass...mostly luck though I will admit.

    Proud to say that it did not happen again...and with that lesson in mind, will not...definitely the biggest cock up I've made on the track though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dveus
    Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.
    Oh dude that was you...bugger. Bike looked alright though, assuming that, that was just coolant that you left on the side of the track. Glad to hear that your body is alright dude.
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    Bummer mate. Just watch those ankle sprains - Im off a bike (if I had one) for a month - reckon it'll take 6 weeks to settle down, if I go easy on it! Ask phenoix about ankles !!!!
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