the bb trackday thread.

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Biker's Nemesis

38,534 posts

207 months

Thursday 12th January 2017
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George29 said:
Me and Aky booked Donington on Monday for April 3rd and were surprised it was a MSV day

Biker's Nemesis

38,534 posts

207 months

Thursday 12th January 2017
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Grahame, we fitted a little plate too hook the chain while fitting or removing the rear wheel.


George29

14,706 posts

163 months

Thursday 12th January 2017
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Me and Aky booked Donington on Monday for April 3rd and were surprised it was a MSV day
MSV did do Donington days before they bought it too. I hope the prices don't go up as a result of this move though

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Thursday 12th January 2017
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Grahame, we fitted a little plate too hook the chain while fitting or removing the rear wheel.

Now that's a good idea, I'll see if I can knock one of them up. Cheers beer

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Tuesday 17th January 2017
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Fitted all the new paintwork onto my bike this week.
Tank was a real faff as the one I got (2nd hand) appears to have had some kind of repair done to one of the front mountings and the other front mounting threads are bent at an angle. I guess that's why it was £250 rather than the normal 4-500 for a 2nd hand tank. Anyway, managed to sort the threads out and get it pressure tested to make sure it wasn't leaking, and all seems good.
New CRC fairings, were as always, a flipping pain in the arse to fit even though my previous fairings were CRC, they fit very differently and needed a good amount of the normal dremmel action to get them on properly and not touching bits of exhaust etc.
I'm really happy with how it's come out, so I took some photo's of it looking pristine as it's likely to not last that way for long and end up sliding down the tarmac smile





gwm

2,390 posts

143 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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That paint job looks great, never mind it was only £300. Bargain!

I know a mate of a mate who used to do top work for cheap prices, but his work has gotten popular so he's gotten more picky/pricey. Don't blame him for it, just always find it so hit and miss with local paint sprayers.

fergus

6,430 posts

274 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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gwm said:
That paint job looks great, never mind it was only £300. Bargain!
+1

That's a lovely job, I'd have guessed at closer to £1k!

You can spend the savings on tyres at Cartagena!

Andy XRV

3,837 posts

179 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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That looks superb!

Birky_41

4,276 posts

183 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Looks awesome and will be a weapon on track!

I'm still slowly slowly building mine... Trying to figure out why the tachograph doesn't work and hoping it's not duff

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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When the guy said he could do it for £300 all in for all fairings, tank and front hugger, I was expecting it to be a really shoddy job, which is kinda all a race/track bike needs. But when I picked it up, I was super impressed. The quality of the lines and the paint itself is better than I've seen on some big money custom paint jobs.
He's a local lad to me in Swindon called Josh Day. If any of you follow Thundersport Elite, he does pretty well in that too as he's pretty handy on a bike (1:31's at Donington, for example)
If anyone wants his contact details, drop me a DM

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Sunday 29th January 2017
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Bike's loaded up and off to Cartagena, where I'll join it on Wednesday
Hopefully, I'll have enough tyres this time smile



The Nolimits bike drop off in Swindon (conveniently 5mins from my house) had a very different crowd to last time I went with them in Oct, and rather than a bunch of trackdayers going on Holiday, it looked more like lots of racers and race teams going off testing. I guess that's why they have int/fast1/fast2 groups this time.
Should be fun, and there'll be plenty of back wheels to try and follow to get my pace up a bit

Birky_41

4,276 posts

183 months

Monday 30th January 2017
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graeme4130 said:
Bike's loaded up and off to Cartagena, where I'll join it on Wednesday
Hopefully, I'll have enough tyres this time smile



The Nolimits bike drop off in Swindon (conveniently 5mins from my house) had a very different crowd to last time I went with them in Oct, and rather than a bunch of trackdayers going on Holiday, it looked more like lots of racers and race teams going off testing. I guess that's why they have int/fast1/fast2 groups this time.
Should be fun, and there'll be plenty of back wheels to try and follow to get my pace up a bit
Friend of mine just picked his bike up from there yesterday having just been out there himself

See you're running v02 too 😉 amazing tyre

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Monday 30th January 2017
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Birky_41 said:
graeme4130 said:
Bike's loaded up and off to Cartagena, where I'll join it on Wednesday
Hopefully, I'll have enough tyres this time smile



The Nolimits bike drop off in Swindon (conveniently 5mins from my house) had a very different crowd to last time I went with them in Oct, and rather than a bunch of trackdayers going on Holiday, it looked more like lots of racers and race teams going off testing. I guess that's why they have int/fast1/fast2 groups this time.
Should be fun, and there'll be plenty of back wheels to try and follow to get my pace up a bit
Friend of mine just picked his bike up from there yesterday having just been out there himself

See you're running v02 too ?? amazing tyre
Yeah, really good tyres, and at <£400 for 2rears and a front, they're cheaper than most others too
I've had some Conti Raceattack slicks knocking around in my garage for a few months too, so I've brought them along just incase I need more than two pairs of VO2's in 3 days. I figured I was better to have them and not need them, than need them and not have them

Birky_41

4,276 posts

183 months

Monday 30th January 2017
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graeme4130 said:
Yeah, really good tyres, and at <£400 for 2rears and a front, they're cheaper than most others too
I've had some Conti Raceattack slicks knocking around in my garage for a few months too, so I've brought them along just incase I need more than two pairs of VO2's in 3 days. I figured I was better to have them and not need them, than need them and not have them
Let me know how you get on with the Conti's. When I first started track days last year I ran a Conti (Treaded track version) and despite alot of people saying they were rubbish I actually found them pretty good. They lacked the feel Pirelli SC's had and absolute grip but they genuinely lasted twice as long. I could get 4-5 track days out of a Conti rear!

Its only once I tried the V02's I realised was the next level of grip was all about and I could take the p*ss at Snett, Almeria and Andulucia with them

Will say run a lower pressure on them Conti though, Im pretty sure the best on the rear for me HOT was about 24-25, anything above at least on the endurance compound had this happening https://youtu.be/hBB6afG6V2g

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Monday 30th January 2017
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Birky_41 said:
graeme4130 said:
Yeah, really good tyres, and at <£400 for 2rears and a front, they're cheaper than most others too
I've had some Conti Raceattack slicks knocking around in my garage for a few months too, so I've brought them along just incase I need more than two pairs of VO2's in 3 days. I figured I was better to have them and not need them, than need them and not have them
Let me know how you get on with the Conti's. When I first started track days last year I ran a Conti (Treaded track version) and despite alot of people saying they were rubbish I actually found them pretty good. They lacked the feel Pirelli SC's had and absolute grip but they genuinely lasted twice as long. I could get 4-5 track days out of a Conti rear!

Its only once I tried the V02's I realised was the next level of grip was all about and I could take the p*ss at Snett, Almeria and Andulucia with them

Will say run a lower pressure on them Conti though, Im pretty sure the best on the rear for me HOT was about 24-25, anything above at least on the endurance compound had this happening https://youtu.be/hBB6afG6V2g
I'll let you know
I had the race attacks treaded track tyres before, and although my riding was different back this summer when I had them as I had my 600 then, I found them really decent and I got a fair few days out of them.

graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Wednesday 1st February 2017
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Reasonable first day in Cartagena today
ZX10R chocolate gearbox has lived up to its name and it keeps jumping out of third to neutral randomly, so I'm having to short shift through third every time, which isn't ideal in what's a largely 3rd gear track frown
Did get my elbow down today though, which is a first for me smile

Biker's Nemesis

38,534 posts

207 months

Wednesday 1st February 2017
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graeme4130 said:
Did get my elbow down today though, which is a first for me smile
Congratulations on popping your elbow down cherry.

roboR

199 posts

106 months

Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Nice one! I'm happy enough when I feel my knee touching, couldn't imagine getting my elbow down biggrin

Jerez booked for the 18th smile Fingers and toes crossed it doesn't rain.

Edited by roboR on Thursday 2nd February 09:03

Birky_41

4,276 posts

183 months

Thursday 2nd February 2017
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graeme4130 said:
Reasonable first day in Cartagena today
ZX10R chocolate gearbox has lived up to its name and it keeps jumping out of third to neutral randomly, so I'm having to short shift through third every time, which isn't ideal in what's a largely 3rd gear track frown
Did get my elbow down today though, which is a first for me smile
A gearbox thats more chocolatey than a gsxr 'box?! Surely not laugh

Good man getting your elbow down, my style resembles an 80's 500 2 stroke racer so only chance of that happening for me is when I crash...

patchb

946 posts

113 months

Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Booked for Mallory 7th April. Will be my first trackday on a proper sized bike (used to race pitbike supermoto) I'm looking forwards to it.

Fingers crossed it doesn't rain, I'd booked Donnington last year but cancelled due to rain and never managed to get another one booked until now!

Guess the only question now is take my Thundercat which I don't mind binning (but do commute on) or my 2009 Tuono which is my pride and joy!?

Edited by patchb on Thursday 2nd February 23:36