the bb trackday thread.
Discussion
moanthebairns said:
What's the sea shot
I meant the shot like yours looking out over the sea. Can't be many places you can get a pic like that!I'm hoping for some good ones from Donny and Oulton. I need to find a suction cup mount for this Drift though so I can mount it to the tank high enough to not just look at the steering yoke and cloudy screen. A mission on the way down tomorrow me thinks!
curlie467 said:
So I did Anglesey again yesterday, definitely picked the ropey day of the weekend but never mind. I've paid the money and i'm riding, unlike half the paddock that camped in their garages all day.
I camped and it was ok, got pissed to be fair so that probably helped.
First two sessions were dry and we were both riding well (shared bike and the first trackday together), Dave was riding that well he managed to outride himself and lobbed it at the last hairpin.
One of those awful moments of waiting for your bike to come back and someone calls over to say it is lying down on the track!
Luckily he was ok and it was a very low speed lowside, probably getting a bit giddy on a cold track and cold tyres because it was bloody cold!
Just a ground down bobbin and footpeg, absolutely no damage to anywhere else.
It then started to drizzle on and off so we left the road tyres on and just cracked on, that session dried a bit due to the wind so I cracked on as normal and it is surprising how quick you can go on good road tyres!
A few warning twitches but no big moments.
We tried to fit the wets on wheels I borrowed at lunchtime but had trouble with the spacers on the front so binned that and left the road tyres on.
Dave was getting passed left right and centre in inters with all the wet tyre users but he still really enjoyed it. He just did the one session in the afternoon and I did two, couldn't be assed with the 3rd as my hands were bloody frozen after 2 laps.
The bike wasn't too happy and had developed a very loud induction roar and a horrible resonating noise at a certain rev range. We think the old brittle BMC filter is goosed finally (it was on the to do list).
Everything else seems fine on the bike so hopefully its just that.
Wet days aren't so bad if you just get stuck in, like I said, I paid so I'm riding, regardless.
I like Anglesey but it's weather patterns are odd. What's more annoying is the weather leading up to it and the weather today, bugger.
Alex James takes excellent pictures, there are loads of me so will be checking them out on his website later in the week, I bought this one just to prove it was dry at one point.
We did Anglesey on saturday too. My GSXR wouldnt start so I borrowed my brothers black Street Triple R and rode in the inters group along with my mate in his grey Street Triple R. My brother used his in the novice group.I camped and it was ok, got pissed to be fair so that probably helped.
First two sessions were dry and we were both riding well (shared bike and the first trackday together), Dave was riding that well he managed to outride himself and lobbed it at the last hairpin.
One of those awful moments of waiting for your bike to come back and someone calls over to say it is lying down on the track!
Luckily he was ok and it was a very low speed lowside, probably getting a bit giddy on a cold track and cold tyres because it was bloody cold!
Just a ground down bobbin and footpeg, absolutely no damage to anywhere else.
It then started to drizzle on and off so we left the road tyres on and just cracked on, that session dried a bit due to the wind so I cracked on as normal and it is surprising how quick you can go on good road tyres!
A few warning twitches but no big moments.
We tried to fit the wets on wheels I borrowed at lunchtime but had trouble with the spacers on the front so binned that and left the road tyres on.
Dave was getting passed left right and centre in inters with all the wet tyre users but he still really enjoyed it. He just did the one session in the afternoon and I did two, couldn't be assed with the 3rd as my hands were bloody frozen after 2 laps.
The bike wasn't too happy and had developed a very loud induction roar and a horrible resonating noise at a certain rev range. We think the old brittle BMC filter is goosed finally (it was on the to do list).
Everything else seems fine on the bike so hopefully its just that.
Wet days aren't so bad if you just get stuck in, like I said, I paid so I'm riding, regardless.
I like Anglesey but it's weather patterns are odd. What's more annoying is the weather leading up to it and the weather today, bugger.
Alex James takes excellent pictures, there are loads of me so will be checking them out on his website later in the week, I bought this one just to prove it was dry at one point.
The weather was such a let down. My brother rode all the way over from Ireland for it and all 3 of us could have cried yesterday when we went back down to the track and saw how good the weather was.
I had no idea how much grip my brothers road tyres had but I still got to push his bike on a fair bit once Id done about 3 warmup laps. He wasn't happy about me scraping the side of his exhaust on the right handers but after sorting his suspension it sorted that.
Anglesey is an amazing track. I just wish we could have had a dry day to enjoy it properly.
FartKong said:
We did Anglesey on saturday too. My GSXR wouldnt start so I borrowed my brothers black Street Triple R and rode in the inters group along with my mate in his grey Street Triple R. My brother used his in the novice group.
The weather was such a let down. My brother rode all the way over from Ireland for it and all 3 of us could have cried yesterday when we went back down to the track and saw how good the weather was.
I had no idea how much grip my brothers road tyres had but I still got to push his bike on a fair bit once Id done about 3 warmup laps. He wasn't happy about me scraping the side of his exhaust on the right handers but after sorting his suspension it sorted that.
Anglesey is an amazing track. I just wish we could have had a dry day to enjoy it properly.
Aah. I didnt see your thread about your bike so was looking for it, i was going to say hi if i found you.The weather was such a let down. My brother rode all the way over from Ireland for it and all 3 of us could have cried yesterday when we went back down to the track and saw how good the weather was.
I had no idea how much grip my brothers road tyres had but I still got to push his bike on a fair bit once Id done about 3 warmup laps. He wasn't happy about me scraping the side of his exhaust on the right handers but after sorting his suspension it sorted that.
Anglesey is an amazing track. I just wish we could have had a dry day to enjoy it properly.
You can blame my brother for getting a session flagged when he chucked it at the last hairpin!
I saw a triple giving him a hard time too!
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