the bb trackday thread.

[Tribal Chestnut]

Abdul Abulbul Amir said:

Great, hopefully see you there.

That was a very enjoyable morning.

How did you get on this afternoon?

Did you find the other chap from on here?

[jock mcsporran]

Anglesey on Saturday if anyone is there. I’ll be on the tatty blue CBR600RR.

[baxb]

Brands Hatch Novice day next Tuesday (24th) - I'll be there on a BMWR1200rs with a couple of mates on a Hornet 900 & KTM890.

[Tribal Chestnut]

Just booked two dates at Brands:

GP on 6/6
Indy on 15/6

Haven’t done the GP for ages.

Hopefully I’ll be on the ZX6R, if not it’ll be the MT10.

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

Tribal Chestnut said:

Abdul Abulbul Amir said:

Great, hopefully see you there.

That was a very enjoyable morning.

How did you get on this afternoon?

Did you find the other chap from on here?

Nope, didnt see him.

Only did one session after lunch which was good, session six it started to rain and then I went home.

New sensor delivered and fitted so I think the bike is sorted...I'll test ride it later.

[F8Spiderman]

Abdul Abulbul Amir said:

Nope, didnt see him.

Only did one session after lunch which was good, session six it started to rain and then I went home.

New sensor delivered and fitted so I think the bike is sorted...I'll test ride it later.

Evening guys sorry I didn’t get in touch prior to the event, unfortunately a work commitment was dropped on me and I wasn’t able to attend.

Hope you guys had a great time?

Usually free for a local ride out from Bedford if any of you fancy.

Booked for Silverstone (Ducati day) in June if anyone else is?

[2ndclasscitizen]

Dragged my Hornet down to Sydney back on Anzac Day and did my first trackday since 2010. No hiding your lack of body positioning from the camera! Definitely felt like I was hanging off a lot further.



I did quite like this shot though:



I think I saw about 220kph (about 135mph) on the clocks before my helmet started strangling me. Definitely got the bug again, just need to get the rear suspension sorted. It's got a good Wilbers shock in it but the previous owner is much skinnier than me so needs stiffening up. There's a mark in the hugger/chain guard where the muffler bracket was touching.

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

F8Spiderman said:

Evening guys sorry I didn’t get in touch prior to the event, unfortunately a work commitment was dropped on me and I wasn’t able to attend.

Hope you guys had a great time?

Usually free for a local ride out from Bedford if any of you fancy.

Booked for Silverstone (Ducati day) in June if anyone else is?

I'm at Silveratone next weekend...I dont have anything else booked there this year.

I'm not local to Bedford...about a 90 minute ride to get there for the track day.

[Zarco]

Silverstone tomorrow for me. Buzzing already!

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

Zarco said:

Silverstone tomorrow for me. Buzzing already!

Me too...all packed up and van arriving this afternoon. Come and say hello...I'm in novice group on my red Daytona 600.

[Zarco]

Abdul Abulbul Amir said:

Zarco said:

Silverstone tomorrow for me. Buzzing already!

Me too...all packed up and van arriving this afternoon. Come and say hello...I'm in novice group on my red Daytona 600.

Will do. I'll be in inters on my green ZX6R.

We met last August at Brands Indy I think.

[Tribal Chestnut]

Zarco said:

Will do. I'll be in inters on my green ZX6R.

We met last August at Brands Indy I think.

Could’ve sworn you were on an orange one at Brands??

[Zarco]

Nope, it's always been green!

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

Zarco said:

Abdul Abulbul Amir said:

Zarco said:

Silverstone tomorrow for me. Buzzing already!

Me too...all packed up and van arriving this afternoon. Come and say hello...I'm in novice group on my red Daytona 600.

Will do. I'll be in inters on my green ZX6R.

We met last August at Brands Indy I think.

I think we did. Change of plans, I'm on my white Tuono now.

[Tribal Chestnut]

Zarco said:

Nope, it's always been green!

Maybe a cheeky little wrap that you’ve since removed…?

I’m fking losing my mind it seems!

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

Great day at Silverstone yesterday, weather was good and novice pace was fast enough.

[Zarco]

Abdul Abulbul Amir said:

Great day at Silverstone yesterday, weather was good and novice pace was fast enough.

I had a great day up until halfway through the last session. Managed to low side it on the right turn on to the back straight. What a tt.

I'd been working on my body position all day. Actually got my knee down for the 1st time two corners before. Must have been feeling myself a bit too much after that!!

Prior to that I'd been dragging my toes rather than my knees. Clearly wasn't hanging off enough.

Bikes a bit of a mess but I got away with just a wounded pride. Fortunately I'd made friends with another bloke from Reading. He put my bike on his trailer and I rode his ZX9 home. Absolute gent.

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

ohno, nightmare but very fortunate you could get home ok, that's always the worry when you've ridden to the track.

What tyres are you using? My next purchase will be better tyres.

[Zarco]

Metzeler M9RR. New this season. Done a few road miles and one soaking wet track day earlier this month. It wasn't the tyres at fault.

It was particularly galling watching you ride out the paddock on your way home whilst we loaded my broken bike. That was supposed to be me!

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

oh I didn't see you loading up otherwise I would have given you my sympathies.

The ride home was good, I think I set a pb down the A413.