RaZz0R
19th August 2008, 06:25 PM
Well... I needed to take a break from the Rangie after all the mess around.
So I did this ;)
The track day... wow?... no, awesome.. nope.. I can't even describe it.
:cool: I am still amazed & stunned I think :eek:
I have always taken it easy in the wet - always. I kinda - almost prided myself on my wet riding, taking it easy & being smooth on the throttle.
Today I took that to a new level. (In my mind anyway lol) We only had a few sessions of dryish track (Some little streams? lol run off's of water crossing the track) I rode every session, pouring rain or not.
But I kept the smooth throttle & lent off the bike heaps keeping the bike up as much as I could & through the corners just holding the throttle on & a very gentle feed on exit. I kinda knew I was doing alright - was told at the end of the day by some dude I had spoken to a few times over the day that a few reckoned I was really hooking it :) mainly one session where it poured down, I still went out tho ;)
So that was the wet in very, very short terms, I didn't think I could ride that hard in the wet!! talk about always learning.
As for dry, that's when I really started learning the track & hooking up corners. I actually caught on pretty fast I think, kept passing quite a few 1000cc & 600cc bikes from Honda corner to Lukey heights, even nabbed a few around the outside on MG. :twisted: (tight hair pin)
I think max speed for me was close to 280kph - I did see 265kph ~ 275kph at the red & white Melbourne walk over & sign - but you have to watch the track so much you just don't know what you actually hit. I think turn one max speed for me was about 170odd - I was loving that corner, I would set up and just drop a gear & roll on in with the engine breaking & then crack the throttle again :)
I know for sure - coming out of the last turn I was getting 180kph just before the rise :) that was on the last session as I removed the tape from my speedo for that session.
I am so going again!!
pics!!
http://www.users.on.net/~razz0r/busa/track/raz2.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~razz0r/busa/track/raz1.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~razz0r/busa/track/raz3.jpg
So I did this ;)
The track day... wow?... no, awesome.. nope.. I can't even describe it.
:cool: I am still amazed & stunned I think :eek:
I have always taken it easy in the wet - always. I kinda - almost prided myself on my wet riding, taking it easy & being smooth on the throttle.
Today I took that to a new level. (In my mind anyway lol) We only had a few sessions of dryish track (Some little streams? lol run off's of water crossing the track) I rode every session, pouring rain or not.
But I kept the smooth throttle & lent off the bike heaps keeping the bike up as much as I could & through the corners just holding the throttle on & a very gentle feed on exit. I kinda knew I was doing alright - was told at the end of the day by some dude I had spoken to a few times over the day that a few reckoned I was really hooking it :) mainly one session where it poured down, I still went out tho ;)
So that was the wet in very, very short terms, I didn't think I could ride that hard in the wet!! talk about always learning.
As for dry, that's when I really started learning the track & hooking up corners. I actually caught on pretty fast I think, kept passing quite a few 1000cc & 600cc bikes from Honda corner to Lukey heights, even nabbed a few around the outside on MG. :twisted: (tight hair pin)
I think max speed for me was close to 280kph - I did see 265kph ~ 275kph at the red & white Melbourne walk over & sign - but you have to watch the track so much you just don't know what you actually hit. I think turn one max speed for me was about 170odd - I was loving that corner, I would set up and just drop a gear & roll on in with the engine breaking & then crack the throttle again :)
I know for sure - coming out of the last turn I was getting 180kph just before the rise :) that was on the last session as I removed the tape from my speedo for that session.
I am so going again!!
pics!!
http://www.users.on.net/~razz0r/busa/track/raz2.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~razz0r/busa/track/raz1.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~razz0r/busa/track/raz3.jpg