How not to ride at the track - Hampton Rider Skills Day

[tbs]

Personal insults aside, ......

That's not the Kiwibiker way is it?

[nodrog:Me]

All I have concluded from this thread is that video cameras cause crashes.

[Dave-]

All I have concluded from this thread is that video cameras cause crashes.

Rubbish

Source: Have crashed without video camera

[Crasherfromwayback]

Rubbish

Source: Have crashed without video camera

Lol. Easy peazy!

[BoristheBiter]

All I have concluded from this thread is that video cameras cause crashes.

only if you're being followed by one.

[Jay GTI]

Won't copy it all and waste space...

So you're saying I waffle a lot????

(that would be a fair call )

That's not the Kiwibiker way is it?

Sorry, you are correct. You prick.

All I have concluded from this thread is that video cameras cause crashes.

only if you're being followed by one.

Boris is right, I never crash when the helmet cam on my helmet and since losing my cam in a house move (it's... somewhere...), I've had a decent off pretty much every ride.

[sil3nt]

[Crasherfromwayback]

Dear oh dear...

[strandedinnz]

Ouchie! Hopefully the guy is a yoga fanatic and can actually bend that way normally ...

Nice bike too ... wonder why he grabbed a big handful of brake the second time ?

[sil3nt]

Ouchie! Hopefully the guy is a yoga fanatic and can actually bend that way normally ...

Nice bike too ... wonder why he grabbed a big handful of brake the second time ?

Braking too late and he was heading straight for the camera bike. He would have taken the camera bike out if he didn't grab a handful. I was watching from the hill outside turn 5 and it was a nasty crash.

Rider airlifted to hospital, broken femur, fractured collar, pelvis, fibula

[Crasherfromwayback]

Braking too late and he was heading straight for the camera bike. He would have taken the camera bike out if he didn't grab a handful. I was watching from the hill outside turn 5 and it was a nasty crash.

Yep. Was very obvious from the outset he was getting in waaaaaay too hot. Hope he recovers quickly and well. Not a nice biff.

[TheDemonLord]

At first I thought 'sweet Stoppy' until he overcooked it and went over - Ouch! hopefully the rider is able to recover quickly

[nzspokes]

But he had Hi Viz on, he should have been fine.....

Was he a marshal?

[sil3nt]

But he had Hi Viz on, he should have been fine.....

Was he a marshal?

Hi Viz for newbie racers.

[Metastable]

................... if you spot someone who is obviously struggling, hang back or swing into the pits and leave them to go figure out their arse from their elbow on their own.

That's some great advice. It doesn't matter if it is someone who is struggling, or maybe it is a rider that is slow in the corners, but has a much more powerful bike and kills you in the straights, or being caught up in a gaggle of riders that don't poop or get off the pot. A wise move is to just pull into the pits, let them go ahead.... then pull out on some clear track. Like JayGTI said.... you can't win at a trackday, but you CAN lose.