MotoTT trackday, Friday 29 Feb

[surfchick]

Well I'm utterly knackered... 600km of open road (most in the blackness of night and fog) and 140km of track time in the last 24 hours kinda took it out of me.



Great day. Was kinda pre-occupied hanging with a mate and his son (15 years old fanging it on his VTR250) so didn't really get to say hi to anyone. Recognised a few bikes though.

Following the "lines" guys really helped in the second session. Started to get to know the track.

Found the lip on the patch in turn 1 was upsetting the suspension so added half a turn of rebound from stock. Massive improvement in grip and feel.

Was cool doing the combined 3/4 session at the end. Was a bugger fatigue was starting to set in. Definatly felt like I was quick enough to be in group 2/3 by the end of the day though

Also big thanks to whoever it was in the last session that I followed - Black and yellow gixxer so might have been you enigma?. Keen to get some more tips next time.

My tyres have never looked so good

If you rode in group 4 with Enigma gsxr where he was showing lines I got you on a bullet cam/onboard off the back of a ducati 996 someone on a ike like yours was riding beside either a vfr o cbr 250 can't remember for some of the lap... it was the 2nd to last session for that group - the session before they combined the groups

[surfchick]

Cheers to the Moto TT crew - that was one primo day -
Special thanks to all four who rode for the formation shoot & to Shaun H too

The footage was being digitised right now! - until the humidity in AK at 88% stopped the DVcams from working! I'll have to wait till tomorrow to get the rest into the machine...or for whatever day humidity drops to 60%

so far the footage looks outrageously cool

[Tickler]

Well that was a awesome day! i had a mint time!

Its always a bit of a long day driving down in the morning and coming back straight after but always worth it!

The weather turned out better than i expected and the track got nice and hot around midday, which gave me more confidence to push the tyres in the corners. It still amazes me how well these bikes can handle ( & how i hold it back from its potential).

It was awesome to see some nice bikes there too! a couple of new 1098's and even an S version. one blasted past me on the back straight (gee i wonder how???) and scounded like the devil was late for an appointment!

Im glad everyone else had a good time and I enjoyed meeting new people.

Can't wait for the next one! Cheers MotoTT for a well run day!

[Biggles08]

Unfortunately IDrumm locked up his front at 200kmph under brakes and had a wee slide He's 99.99% fine btw
As we're a combination of Norfland and B.O.P blokes his bike was promptly duct taped back together so he could ride it back to TGA

Yeh that was pretty freaky. I was just in front of him about to turn into the corner at the end of the straight when next thing this bike overtakes me on the left of me; on its side....sparks flying every where...and just when I was thinking to myself "thats weird" a guy face down spread into a starfish flies past me on the same side down the drag strip. He was far flying I reckon 120kph and his bike was going way quicker than that. Got some video footage of it I will post up later.

[discotex]

If you rode in group 4 with Enigma gsxr where he was showing lines I got you on a bullet cam/onboard off the back of a ducati 996 someone on a ike like yours was riding beside either a vfr o cbr 250 can't remember for some of the lap... it was the 2nd to last session for that group - the session before they combined the groups

Yep that was probably me if that in the last group 4 session before the combined group 1/2 and 3/4.

Had a suspicion it might be you on the Ducatti. Would love to see the footage

[lunatic]

What a great day! Many thanks for great effort to MotoTT!

One of the rare incidents, and the only one that required medics, happened right in front of me, on a rare occasion when the camera wasn't on strike.

So, a special present for an over-eager gentleman on Aprilia, tending to his broken bone(s):



All I can say is good that no one else, other than the person causing it, went down!

[Biggles08]

Here's some footage of me chasing a GSX750 on my 04/05 ZX6R 636. Oh what joy :-) Wooooop wooop!
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgoxJomElQI[/YOUTUBE]

[saul]

What a great day! Many thanks for great effort to MotoTT!

One of the rare incidents, and the only one that required medics, happened right in front of me, on a rare occasion when the camera wasn't on strike.

So, a special present for an over-eager gentleman on Aprilia, tending to his broken bone(s):

All I can say is good that no one else, other than the person causing it, went down!

Mamma mia that was just about a three way

[Waylander]

What a great day! Many thanks for great effort to MotoTT!

One of the rare incidents, and the only one that required medics, happened right in front of me, on a rare occasion when the camera wasn't on strike.

So, a special present for an over-eager gentleman on Aprilia, tending to his broken bone(s):
All I can say is good that no one else, other than the person causing it, went down!

lol, the guy in front of you looking back like, "did something hit me?"

[surfchick]

how primo you had the cam on for that! awesome awesome day.

[R6_kid:Me]

That guy on the aprilia is fucking nutsack... last time i checked there was no passing up the inside? With the speed he was carrying he could have gone around the outside anyway...

[Biggles08]

That guy on the aprilia is fucking nutsack... last time i checked there was no passing up the inside? With the speed he was carrying he could have gone around the outside anyway...

I had a moment at exactly the same spot on the track...was going hammer for tooth about to go around the outside (on the left) at the kink and this bike swerved over to the left right in my line....I had nowhere to go so locked up the front wheel, went onto the grass to the left trying to slow down....looked to the right seeing about four bikes looking at me on the grass wondering what the fuck I was doing....thankfully they all gave me room to head over the track into the gravel at the back of the track! whew that was interesting!

You have to be really careful overtaking at that spot cause everyone seems to have their own ideas as to where the racing line is and swerve all over the place to get to it! I gave massive room at that spot from that point on as can be seen in my video posted earlier in this thread due to now knowing where the fuck people were going to end up going.

[Usarka]

lol, the guy in front of you looking back like, "did something hit me?"

Was speaking to him in the pits straight after the incident. Felt something hit him, so he looked back and saw someone on the deck. Pretty lucky not to have been taken out imho.....

[R6_kid:Me]

You have to be really careful overtaking at that spot cause everyone seems to have their own ideas as to where the racing line is and swerve all over the place to get to it! I gave massive room at that spot from that point on as can be seen in my video posted earlier in this thread due to now knowing where the fuck people were going to end up going.

At the end of the day you are supposed to hold your line... person passing gives way, and only passes on the outside. Only time you should back off in a situation like that is if you are the person passing and cannot complete the pass safely.

[Tony.OK]

One of the rare incidents, and the only one that required medics, happened right in front of me, on a rare occasion when the camera wasn't on strike.

So, a special present for an over-eager gentleman on Aprilia, tending to his broken bone(s):

The judges have reviewed the footage and as soon as said rider is back at the track he will have to serve a DRIVE THROUGH PENALTY