ok okOriginally Posted by R6_kid
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ok ok
r4q2
lol, check the 2nd pic, it's like he's checking to see how hard the track is with his finger!
Is this a KBer??
Trackday Addict
Ouch!!!! (Nice photos but....)
My bike was finished 5pm yesterday.... bout 24 hours late dammit!!! Sounds lots sweeter now tho. Looks like you guys had a great day!!
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on the wagon
dont know if he's a kber.....
For whom the bell tolls
im assuming these are from the professional photographer guy? Are we able to see the shots he got before buying?
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
on the wagon
theres more photos i dont have yet, will show more when ive got em
on the wagon
yes, yes.
when i have them all i will send you a zip file with all the pics we have of you to choose from
For whom the bell tolls
cheers mate. Are you the guy to deal with for photos? Just checked the MotoTT website and it says email Allan with a generic/ghost email addy.
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
on the wagon
thats me
is Waldo
Holy shit, that was such an excellent day, I had so much fun.
My first session however was shitty to be honest. By the end of it I felt that I was too slow for the medium group and that I had blown my own trumpet and should have rather selected to ride in the slower group. Had a bit of a chat with Motobob and Zed who cheered me up, after this I was amped for the second session ready to give it my all.
Second session came and went and I was left with the biggest grin on my face. This was to be the same for the further 3 sessions.
My usual road pressures are 41 rear and 39 front - I know these are higher than everyone else I have asked but it was only until after this trackday that I have really thought about lowering them a bit. My first session I had 34 front and 36 in the rear but changed to 35 front and 37 rear for the second session. I kept these pressures for the rest of the day.
I felt that I was improving and learning from each further session. Each following session was even better than the one before it. I learnt so much from this trackday.
My understanding of braking and handling dynamics has increased.
I also need to look further into the corner than I currently do.
Like Kiwifruit said, prior to each session I too kept thinking that this would be the session that I would lay the bike down or run off the track. It didn't worry me because it doesn't scare me - this is probably because I'm young and unable to really comprehend my own mortality. Though the moment I got onto the bike and on the track this thought was no where in my mind and all I could think about was the track and my riding. Though the first session I found myself focusing on other riders too much but from the second session onwards I found myself in the zone start to finish.
Looking forward to seeing all the pictures that were taken as well at the next trackday!
Also was good to spend the night before and the day with R6_kid, Zed, Keystone, Motobob and Devil. Maybe not the night with Gareth, he snored like a mofo the whole damn night.
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For whom the bell tolls
was just thinking, while in my second session out, i came around the left hand sweeper at the end of the front pit straight and managed to forget screw it up somehow, which stuffed me up for the next 3 corners. I remember saying to myself out loud in my helmet "your fucking slow" and proceeded to try harder and harder which is about the time i got knee down.
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
Seated in heavenly places
A++
Well that was the best track day ever for me, thanks MotoTT and especially Kiwifruit, for another successful adrenalin-pumping event!
My whole trip was great except for the journey back in the rain today where I got saturated, cold, and rather uncomfortable in my wet one-piece leathers, but hey, getting drenched doesn't take away from the brilliance of yesterdays meeting at Taupo.
Seven of us travelled down from Ak on Thursday night, had a meal together (mmmm steak), and five of us shared a motel room...let's just say I was very happy to be sleeping alone in the lounge cos the noises that were coming out of those bedrooms in the wee hours of the morning were real scary!!
So we got up at around 7.00am, breakfast had been ordered by everyone the night before so we had room service at 7.30am, muched and were on our way to the track by 8.00am ish. When we arrived at the track it was foggy but by 10am the track was dry and ready to be played on, apparently there were 112 bikes there! Last MotoTT day I nearly didn't make it through scrutineering because of my front brake pads, so this time around I ensured everything was up to scratch which meant getting a new front Pilot Race tyre fitted on Wednesday, at the same time I had the Blade's suspension set up by the same guy that did Gareths bike at Cycletreads, worked a treat!
I say it was my best ever track day because I just felt more confident and comfortable out there than usual, found my groove real early in the 1st session and it lasted thru until the end of the 5th, was riding faster and faster around the twisty track as the day progressed, and the bike went superbly, I couldn't fault it! Really enjoyed riding in Group 2, had lots of awesome dicing sessions with riders of similar ability, and no really close calls!
Thanks for the company Jill, Paul, Gareth, Dave, Matt & partner, also good to catch up to heaps of other KBers and familair faces, you all being there made the day as good as it was!
Couple of pics attached, didn't take many. Loosebruce (No.36) & Sugilite (one wheel) were the two quickest guys on the track from where I was sitting, quite enjoyed watching you guys strut your stuff, yet everyone rode very well!
Weekend cruiser
Just sent you an email order for pictures Kiwifruit. Even the people at the printing shop were impressed with the last ones, clearest A2 poster they have printed they reckon. Cant wait to see morethats me
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