Never done a race track day before, so I thought I'd give it a crack. Well, what a beauty of a day. I was sort of brickin' myself that I'd crash and do myself in, but it's interesting, I didn't ride much harder than I'd go on a real quick road ride. The track is just a much wider, cleaner, smoother and safer place to thrash your bike.
Plus, of course, there's 30 other bikes out there to race. Although of course it's not a race. :twisted: I did get black-flagged at one point and told off for excessive wheelying over the crest on the back straight, but honestly, the wheel was coming up all by itself under second gear acceleration, and it would have been rude to put it back down! The guy told me to keep antics like that for the street, so I reckon I'll take that advice.
Had a ripper day and I'll be back, I can see how this would be very addictive. Here's a short video MattyB put together for me of some footage he and Chengaleng took trackside: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=540152791512075049
They let me put the RAM-mounted camera on the bike too, so I got plenty of great on-track footage although I haven't uploaded it anywhere yet.
Oh, and here's a couple pics Keith Muir of www.bike-photos.com took on the day, he's a legend. I might buy a copy or two:
And one of the 8.2 litre Boss Hoss that took to the track in our group.... Jeeeesus.
Plus, of course, there's 30 other bikes out there to race. Although of course it's not a race. :twisted: I did get black-flagged at one point and told off for excessive wheelying over the crest on the back straight, but honestly, the wheel was coming up all by itself under second gear acceleration, and it would have been rude to put it back down! The guy told me to keep antics like that for the street, so I reckon I'll take that advice.
Had a ripper day and I'll be back, I can see how this would be very addictive. Here's a short video MattyB put together for me of some footage he and Chengaleng took trackside: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=540152791512075049
They let me put the RAM-mounted camera on the bike too, so I got plenty of great on-track footage although I haven't uploaded it anywhere yet.
Oh, and here's a couple pics Keith Muir of www.bike-photos.com took on the day, he's a legend. I might buy a copy or two:
And one of the 8.2 litre Boss Hoss that took to the track in our group.... Jeeeesus.