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How not to do a track day

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:12 pm
by Old-Git
31.10.19 Donington circuit. Very cold day, cold tyres, first session out. I'm on my old fazer, my buddy is on the gixxer 2 bikes in front, watch what happens in front of him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmAsXxa5mQs BTW there was a chap out there wearing a polite, think bike vest, on an air cooled RT, by heck he was quick...

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:38 pm
by MrCabbage
Just imagine how quick he'd be if he was on a LC!  :))

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:32 pm
by David.
Old-Git wrote:BTW there was a chap out there wearing a polite, think bike vest, on an air cooled RT, by heck he was quick.
It's not what you ride, but how you ride it.

Some guys have all the gear and no idea!

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:04 pm
by Jefla
I’m new. What did the rider do wrong?

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:59 pm
by Nick Evans
He forgot to indicate.

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:58 pm
by MikeS
David. wrote: It's not what you ride, but how you ride it.

Some guys have all the gear and no idea!

Let's not turn this into one of those "progressive" riding threads. He crashed on a track day.

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:23 am
by Old-Git
Jefla wrote: I’m new. What did the rider do wrong?
He was a rather boastful fellow in the pits before the session. This was a novices group......Look how much lean he was trying to put on compared to all of the other bikes. On the first corner. On cold tyres.

Re: How not to do a track day

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:05 pm
by Steve398
Hot head, cold tyres?