Racing crashes

[dickytoo]

The front or rear starts to slide, then that's about the limit ain't it ? Sometimes you can catch it, but I guess sometimes you can't.

so what are you saying? (p/t)

sometimes you eat the b'ar and sometimes the b'ar eats you! (The Big Lebowski)

i guess that's the difference between being on the pointy end of the competition or being mid pack.

From a personal point of view, non-crashing would be preferred, having had to repair crashed bikes many times before. The postmortem can be quite be quite sad, picking the broken pieces out of the carcass of broken bike and that's before you start tallying up the cost of partss!

[motobob]

Jeez weird that this popped up in my in box as its rare I go on KB. Really interesting reading Shauns comments on crashin. Wonder how he would write it now.

Most peeps think crashing is from going to hard but thats not always the case. My last crash was a real bitch and It was wasn't from going too hard. Just procrastinating about changing suspension settings is enough to set the platform for a nasty crash.

By the way Goblin I've got a 05 CBR 600 gathering dust that needs some outings on the track. If your interested send me a private message.

[dickytoo]

someone's left his bike parked in the middle of the streeet!


I tried a couple of time to upload this picture but it seems to fail for some reason or other. anyway here is a link to it:

http://19.solobike.net.nz/wp-content...007/10/20a.jpg

[Goblin]

someone's left his bike parked in the middle of the streeet!

Oh shame...dont they look so undignified laying down like that.


Jason McEwan used to blow me away with his style of riding and Brucey is now more popular in Ireland than he ever was here. Glad I got to shake his hand after he crashed at the esses at Wanganui.

[dickytoo]

Jason McEwan used to blow me away with his style of riding and Brucey is now more popular in Ireland than he ever was here. Glad I got to shake his hand after he crashed at the esses at Wanganui.

I've known Jason for quite a few years now and he's always been pretty laid back. i saw him at the last mansfield round and he looked pretty good (health wise). he even told me that the green bike down in the pits (our bike) could go a lot faster with him on it! Derek was saying that he might try and get jason to have a go on the bike the next time a track day is on to get his input on fine tuning the suspension.

I remember asking Jason for advice on how to increase the ride height pn a white power shock a few years ago when i was a relative neophyte. I did what he told me and the shock completely shat itself! I think it was on it's way out anyway . I told jason and he looked shocked (no pun intended) that someone actually took his advice on things mechanical anyway, bistard and derek came to the rescue with a spare shock they had lying around.


I was glad to be part of the same crew the last time Bruce was racing in NZ. always seemed to have his head in the clouds, almost like stroudy! i remember sharing a ferry crossing with him and his mechanic many many years ago when he won one of his F2 titles. he said at our table and hardly said boo. i think he was pretty shy in those days.

Jason and Bruce, that was the Dream Team then wasn't it?

[codgyoleracer]

Crashing is not good - but does come with the territory when racing. In my experience nine times out of ten its your own fault (unfortunately). There is a myriad of reasons why you make mistakes & crash - but the biggies are 1) Your smoothness operating the various control inputs on the motorcycle, 2) Your state of mind 3) Your surroundings including other riders & track conditions 4) Your machine preparation skills for the given track.

One time out of ten - its literally not your fault, e.g getting tagged from behind, not being able to spot some spilt oil or other debris etc.

Building your speed up in stages will teach you how your machine provides feedback to you when under stresses of speed, It will also allow your own reactions to work within their capabilties in any given situation.

P.S - Wear the best safety gear that you can afford (just in case)

Glen

[Sully60]

someone's left his bike parked in the middle of the streeet!


I tried a couple of time to upload this picture but it seems to fail for some reason or other. anyway here is a link to it:

http://19.solobike.net.nz/wp-content...007/10/20a.jpg

Did you take that picture Richard?
If so we must have been standing about 5 metres away from each other. I thought at the time that was an interesting crash, I'm sure Shaun knows why it happened. Pity he didn't save that crash for F3 that year (or give me the "Givi Mono", one more place up the standings and I would have scored some beer money!