the bb trackday thread.

[graeme4130]

Birky_41 said:

graeme4130 said:

Video from today
https://youtu.be/FTLGXezz_0k

Nice smooth riding. Did look slippery out there though

It was horrid to be honest. I love riding in the rain, but it was like an ice rink in places, but didn't appear to be consistent. Kept me on my toes anyway

[mckeann]

Edited by mckeann on Saturday 16th September 13:36

[Biker's Nemesis]

Minus 5 points for not waving.

[George29]

Nice pics. What circuit is that at?

[Biker's Nemesis]

mckeann said:

I like that One.

[mckeann]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Minus 5 points for not waving.

waving



thumbs up

[mckeann]

George29 said:

Nice pics. What circuit is that at?

Estoril. Surprisingly good circuit for such a slow track and so many hairpins

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

George29 said:

Nice pics. What circuit is that at?

Estoril. Surprisingly good circuit for such a slow track and so many hairpins

A Portimao/Estoril Double is on my list to try and do next year, looks mint

[mckeann]

graeme4130 said:

A Portimao/Estoril Double is on my list to try and do next year, looks mint

Both well worth the trip. I'm not a huge portimao fan. In saying that I've been 4 times so it's obviously not THAT bad

[Fleegle]

mckeann said:

George29 said:

Nice pics. What circuit is that at?

Estoril. Surprisingly good circuit for such a slow track and so many hairpins

Agree. After the first few sessions I thought I was going to hate it, but ended up having a great time. Has a really testing corkscrew then could easily catch you out, but McKeann found a great line through there. It's called the service road

[mckeann]

Shhhhhhhh, the secret to a fast lap is thinking outside the box. All racers push track limits to the limit.

[mckeann]

graeme4130 said:

Video from today
https://youtu.be/FTLGXezz_0k

Looking good Graeme. Your confidence in the wet amazes me. I'm petrified on wets. Hate it.

How did you find the circuit?? I'd really like to do the GP, but thought the international layout looked a bit boring

[Biker's Nemesis]

mckeann said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

Minus 5 points for not waving.

waving



thumbs up

Dammit.

5 points back.

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

graeme4130 said:

Video from today
https://youtu.be/FTLGXezz_0k

Looking good Graeme. Your confidence in the wet amazes me. I'm petrified on wets. Hate it.

How did you find the circuit?? I'd really like to do the GP, but thought the international layout looked a bit boring

The GP circuit is definitely better than either the National or international circuit, but they're both still ok
Unless you're doing the full GP, it's not worth a long trip for, but it's only an hour from me and as the garages are massive, you don't need to be early and I can leave home at 7am and still find space before registration

[graeme4130]

It's safe to say that's not what the water is supposed to look like
Hopefully it's just the head gasket and not the head itself

[mckeann]

How many miles???

It's not something you hear about happening much on bikes. They're usually pretty understressed compared to cars

[Gavia]

graeme4130 said:

It's safe to say that's not what the water is supposed to look like
Hopefully it's just the head gasket and not the head itself

I've had to strip mine down* this weekend to replace a rocker cover gasket (no idea what it is), but meant the whole engine had to be dismantled to get to it. There was some oil misting out of it, and I think the seal was broken when I crashed in March in the wet.

That looks a lot worse though. Hope it's not as bad as it looks.

* by that, I mean some friends did, as I'd just end up breaking it even more.

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

How many miles???

It's not something you hear about happening much on bikes. They're usually pretty understressed compared to cars

It's my old bike, so it's done possibly 10k miles purely on track now
Luckily, there doesn't appear to be any water in the Oil, so hopefully I've caught it before it did any real damage
I'll strip the Waterpump out tomorrow to see if it's just the pump seals, but judging by how much oil is in the water (the catch tank was pretty much all oil) it's most likely to be the Head Gasket
It's not being used again un oil end of Oct when a mate's borrowing it for a trip to spain, so I've got no real rush to get it fixed

[Biker's Nemesis]

Gavia said:

graeme4130 said:

It's safe to say that's not what the water is supposed to look like
Hopefully it's just the head gasket and not the head itself

I've had to strip mine down* this weekend to replace a rocker cover gasket (no idea what it is), but meant the whole engine had to be dismantled to get to it. There was some oil misting out of it, and I think the seal was broken when I crashed in March in the wet.

That looks a lot worse though. Hope it's not as bad as it looks.

* by that, I mean some friends did, as I'd just end up breaking it even more.

I reckon summit is broken.

[curlie467]

Your old bike must have hated you Graeme.