the bb trackday thread.

[Andy XRV]

Biker's Nemesis said:

As much as I hate doing write-ups I'll do one tonight about my mugello trip

Nice one, my write-ups are poop.

[graeme4130]

A little video from a rather Drizzly silverstone yesterday
Video's not great as it's mainly my backside, but at least I've got the telemetry data working on the editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFRiJLIexyY

[Birky_41]

Cadwell Park on the 2nd October (Sunday)

Its fully booked now so must be some from here going?

[CaptainSlow]

So no dates for Silverstone or Bedford after early October, do these tracks stop running bike days during the Autumn/Winter?

[Biker's Nemesis]

Birky_41 said:

Cadwell Park on the 2nd October (Sunday)

Its fully booked now so must be some from here going?

Not me, I'm not keen on Cadwell, no garages and the run up to the mountain has been spoilt by that daft chicane.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Andy XRV said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

As much as I hate doing write-ups I'll do one tonight about my mugello trip

Nice one, my write-ups are poop.

Forgot about this Andy, I'll try to find some motivation at the weekend to do it.

[Birky_41]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Not me, I'm not keen on Cadwell, no garages and the run up to the mountain has been spoilt by that daft chicane.

No way really? I dont have much to compare but thought it was a proper tough track and physical!

[graeme4130]

CaptainSlow said:

So no dates for Silverstone or Bedford after early October, do these tracks stop running bike days during the Autumn/Winter?

I'm pretty sure Silverstone just stop bike days for the winter, but don't know about Bedford
I'm at Silverstone today, and it feels like November

[cheesewotsit]

Was at Brands on monday, with my (to me) pristine 600RR. Got a bit worried about ruining it at some point...and now own an in-good-nick K6 SV650 that will become my trackbike. I've a winter of majoring serivicing ahead of me, then hopefully a 2017 full of trackdays.

Note: I'm crap, so a SV650 with some half decent tyres will do me plenty plenty.

[roboR]

Went to Jerez over the weekend and it was awesome. Moved up to Inters and found it much nicer, everyone does much the same lines and there's no unexpected braking.

Also got a new bike, sold my CBR600F and bought an R1 (for less money than I got for the CBR) and it's much nicer on the track. The cbr was always scraping pegs which was terrifying. On the R1 it's scraping knee's instead

Here's a comparison from my first track day to this one (my 4th). Just made me laugh because I really thought I was super 'leant over' on my first day. I'm still slow of course, but having great fun!

Edited by roboR on Thursday 29th September 14:07

[graeme4130]

graeme4130 said:

CaptainSlow said:

So no dates for Silverstone or Bedford after early October, do these tracks stop running bike days during the Autumn/Winter?

I'm pretty sure Silverstone just stop bike days for the winter, but don't know about Bedford
I'm at Silverstone today, and it feels like November

It took all blimmin morning for the sun to dry the track out, but got 2.5 sessions in the afternoon - it rained again half way through the second one
This is from the last session


Not exactly a lap record day for me today, but I think I managed a best 2:34, which I'm pretty happy with given the conditions

I've also managed to successfully destroy two brand new Superbike slicks this week. One in SC1 compound on Tuesday at Donnington, and 1 in SC2 today, in just a short amount of time. I'm stumped as to what it could be as I've played around with pressures, and had the suspension set up by Colin at 100% who said it was spot on... Back to Supercorsa's for me, as at least I can get a couple of days out of them

[mckeann]

Anybody fancy Cartagena with NL on the 28th of October??

4 days on track for £469

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

Anybody fancy Cartagena with NL on the 28th of October??

4 days on track for £469

I'm there with a few mates for that one if you want to tag along

[Andy XRV]

graeme4130 said:

I'm there with a few mates for that one....

Now theres a surprise

[mckeann]

I'll definitely come and say hello and we can try to get in the same garage. What group are you in??? Have you been before?? This will be my first time at Cartagena

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

I'll definitely come and say hello and we can try to get in the same garage. What group are you in??? Have you been before?? This will be my first time at Cartagena

There's 4 of us all in fast. I've not been before, so fully expect to spend the first day getting lost and missing apexes left, right and centre.
Days 2,3 & 4 I'll know where I'm going, but still miss all the apexes anyway

Edited by graeme4130 on Saturday 1st October 20:19

[mckeann]

Good good. I'm going with 1 mate (not on PH), both in fast also. Looking forward to it

[graeme4130]

Anyone from here at Silverstone on Wednesday or Donnington on Thursday with No limits ?

[Biker's Nemesis]

graeme4130 said:

mckeann said:

I'll definitely come and say hello and we can try to get in the same garage. What group are you in??? Have you been before?? This will be my first time at Cartagena

There's 4 of us all in fast. I've not been before, so fully expect to spend the first day getting lost and missing apexes left, right and centre.
Days 2,3 & 4 I'll know where I'm going, but still miss all the apexes anyway

Paul25 off here is going.

[mckeann]

Excellent. We can talk about how you're not quite an A group rider behind your back. 2 tenths.