Actrix VMCC Superbike Championship 2008

[moT]

I heard it was practice in your case.

lol true i am very practiced in picking up my motorcycle

[koba]

One of the things that surprised me most on sunday was the number of bins on the right-hand kink through the esses coming into the pit straight (T13 of the circuit we used but officially named T16). From memory, there were at least 4 riders who lost it there.

Is it that the right side of the tyre really has no heat in it since T5 and maybe T9 are the last right-handers? Is it very slightly off-camber or does it's sharpness catch you out? Somebody mentioned that the concrete fillets were like ice, perhaps it was that?

Nowhere else were there a consistent series of bins like that ... hmmmm.

Seems to be alot of paint with the different track markings too.
Maybe that matters for the big bikes....?

[Clivoris]

One of the things that surprised me most on sunday was the number of bins on the right-hand kink through the esses coming into the pit straight (T13 of the circuit we used but officially named T16). From memory, there were at least 4 riders who lost it there.

Is it that the right side of the tyre really has no heat in it since T5 and maybe T9 are the last right-handers? Is it very slightly off-camber or does it's sharpness catch you out? Somebody mentioned that the concrete fillets were like ice, perhaps it was that?

Nowhere else were there a consistent series of bins like that ... hmmmm.

There are tricky bumps and surface changes combined with a rapid flip-flop direction change. Add in a touch of high speed carried through from the preceding left hander and it's a recipe for tieing a bike up in knots, especialy if some panic braking is thrown in. Quite the challenge.

[Shaun]

There are tricky bumps and surface changes combined with a rapid flip-flop direction change. Add in a touch of high speed carried through from the preceding left hander and it's a recipe for tieing a bike up in knots, especialy if some panic braking is thrown in. Quite the challenge.

Stay inside the seal change there, and there is NO problem, go onto the seal change and watch out! The seal change is higher than the standard level of the track ( SO A BIG FAST BUMP) and the grip on the seal change is a total joke, NO TRaction on it at all, but hey, CARS have 4 wheels, so no problem

[Clivoris]

Stay inside the seal change there, and there is NO problem, go onto the seal change and watch out! The seal change is higher than the standard level of the track ( SO A BIG FAST BUMP) and the grip on the seal change is a total joke, NO TRaction on it at all, but hey, CARS have 4 wheels, so no problem

Exactly my goal everytime through there. The spanner gets thrown in when I have outbraked myself trying to get past someone and miss the best line. Or there is some other inconsiderate bugger there already. Or I've just cocked it up because that's what I do sometime by looking where I shouldn't. Man I love racing. Always learning.

[ArcherWC]

well my day can pretty much be summed up as the worst starts in the history of ever.
I qualified 10th for my first superbike race, but i might as well have not bothered as I was pretty much last by the first corner.
I managed to work my way back to 16th in the first race (swaped a bit of paint with Toast) and 14th in the second for 15th overall (letting the dirt side down, sorry guys)
On the up side, at least I didnt crash, or actually shit myself

[Toast]

(swaped a bit of paint with Toast)

Bill's in the mail, dude

Yeah your starts were crap, just like my cornering, no wonder we finished so close

Good that you found some better form in race 2.

[Ivan]

Exactly my goal everytime through there. The spanner gets thrown in when I have outbraked myself trying to get past someone and miss the best line. Or there is some other inconsiderate bugger there already. Or I've just cocked it up because that's what I do sometime by looking where I shouldn't. Man I love racing. Always learning.

Your riding really well youve improved alot since you begaina nd its good to0 be out there with ya keep it up and hope to have some more battles this season

Ivan

[White trash]

well my day can pretty much be summed up as the worst starts in the history of ever.
I qualified 10th for my first superbike race, but i might as well have not bothered as I was pretty much last by the first corner.
I managed to work my way back to 16th in the first race (swaped a bit of paint with Toast) and 14th in the second for 15th overall (letting the dirt side down, sorry guys)
On the up side, at least I didnt crash, or actually shit myself

You probably wanna stop be quite so hard on yourslf too big fella. No one said this Superbike lark was going to be easy, but boy it sure is a shitload of fun

[kiwifruit]

I took a couple of average / poor photos for the achieve

Great days racing, well done all those involved

[Tony.OK]

On the up side, at least I didnt actually shit myself

Nice one mate,hey I did try the 40 psi thing,seemed ok to me