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it goes Breakfast - Dinner - Tea First trackday completed at Snetterton today in the novice group. Great way to spend a birthday!
Struggled a bit in the first two sessions due to a bad misfire that appeared about 5 laps in. After a lot of faffing around and two sessions I eventually found a loose coilpack connector and was back running on 4 cylinders.
After that was solved I had a really good day with no difficulty other than a bit of brake fade. Pads were SBS RS. Impressed with the Avon tyres I put on, no grip issues at my pace after a lap to warm them up.
Was also nice to be approached by someone before the final session to compliment me.
Overall a really enjoyable day, except Im now sat at a BP petrol station after one of my trailer tyres ejected its valve
Maybe I should run a sweepstake on how long it will take the AA to get here...
Struggled a bit in the first two sessions due to a bad misfire that appeared about 5 laps in. After a lot of faffing around and two sessions I eventually found a loose coilpack connector and was back running on 4 cylinders.
After that was solved I had a really good day with no difficulty other than a bit of brake fade. Pads were SBS RS. Impressed with the Avon tyres I put on, no grip issues at my pace after a lap to warm them up.
Was also nice to be approached by someone before the final session to compliment me.
Overall a really enjoyable day, except Im now sat at a BP petrol station after one of my trailer tyres ejected its valve
Maybe I should run a sweepstake on how long it will take the AA to get here...
After getting back to the UK at Stupid O'Clock this morning, I wasn't sure how successful and day of Suspension set up at Oulton Park with Colin from 100% would be. Glad I went though, as although knackered from only a few hours sleep, it was nice to have a chilled session on my bike and suspension set up is now heading in the right direction.
Good to see Gavia again too, as it's been at least 8 days since I've seen him last, and I think he misses me when I'm away
https://youtu.be/CNN7OHVUUrk
We're back there again tomorrow, so hopefully after a decent night sleep, and some new tyres, I hope to get somewhere nearer around 1:45/6 lap times - Best today was 1:47.4
Good to see Gavia again too, as it's been at least 8 days since I've seen him last, and I think he misses me when I'm away
https://youtu.be/CNN7OHVUUrk
We're back there again tomorrow, so hopefully after a decent night sleep, and some new tyres, I hope to get somewhere nearer around 1:45/6 lap times - Best today was 1:47.4
A fun two days on track at Oulton to finish off the U.K. days for me I think. Good to see Graeme and a few others there too.
I managed to miss the afternoon of day 2 as I lived up to my mechanical muppet image and had a rear sprocket disaster. Time to replace front and chain as well me thinks. Whoops.
I managed to miss the afternoon of day 2 as I lived up to my mechanical muppet image and had a rear sprocket disaster. Time to replace front and chain as well me thinks. Whoops.
Gavia said:
A fun two days on track at Oulton to finish off the U.K. days for me I think. Good to see Graeme and a few others there too.
I managed to miss the afternoon of day 2 as I lived up to my mechanical muppet image and had a rear sprocket disaster. Time to replace front and chain as well me thinks. Whoops.
Good to see you yet again, and remember for next time : Chain lube is your friend, not your enemy I managed to miss the afternoon of day 2 as I lived up to my mechanical muppet image and had a rear sprocket disaster. Time to replace front and chain as well me thinks. Whoops.
graeme4130 said:
Good to see you yet again, and remember for next time : Chain lube is your friend, not your enemy
Hahahahaha. I have to be a mechanical dope though. Good to see you too, bit miffed that I missed the afternoon sessions as it looked like it was a lot of fun out there. Claudio Corti, along with those superstock1000 / 600 lads certainly showed the difference between Fast group trackday pace and National level racing.
Shame the summer’s nearly over. I think that’s it for me for the U.K. this year.
STe_rsv4 said:
was anyone at cadwell yesterday? weather was great, very few stoppages and california superbike organisers did a great job getting the timings right.
must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
That last bit always makes me wonder whether your bike is set up right. There was a guy at Oulton with tyres that were in a right state after a few laps. It wasn’t the surface it was his set up.must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
Gavia said:
STe_rsv4 said:
was anyone at cadwell yesterday? weather was great, very few stoppages and california superbike organisers did a great job getting the timings right.
must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
That last bit always makes me wonder whether your bike is set up right. There was a guy at Oulton with tyres that were in a right state after a few laps. It wasn’t the surface it was his set up.must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
Gavia said:
STe_rsv4 said:
was anyone at cadwell yesterday? weather was great, very few stoppages and california superbike organisers did a great job getting the timings right.
must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
That last bit always makes me wonder whether your bike is set up right. There was a guy at Oulton with tyres that were in a right state after a few laps. It wasn’t the surface it was his set up.must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
they had already done 2 previous track days before this as well.
STe_rsv4 said:
Gavia said:
STe_rsv4 said:
was anyone at cadwell yesterday? weather was great, very few stoppages and california superbike organisers did a great job getting the timings right.
must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
That last bit always makes me wonder whether your bike is set up right. There was a guy at Oulton with tyres that were in a right state after a few laps. It wasn’t the surface it was his set up.must say the surface at cadwell is fantastic, no lumps or bumps and grippy as hell. ate my tyres!
they had already done 2 previous track days before this as well.
Yeah hard to tell whether that's over heating or not heating up enough, but that's a pressure related tear rather than an abrasive track wear
Typically, geometry/set up tears either have less flat edges or you can physically see where it's bottoming out where the tyre's skipping without travel
The little lip of rubber you get on the cut groove edges is normally rebound too
Typically, geometry/set up tears either have less flat edges or you can physically see where it's bottoming out where the tyre's skipping without travel
The little lip of rubber you get on the cut groove edges is normally rebound too
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