goin hard! :D :D
nar awesome work clint, would be an amazing experience..
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goin hard! :D :D
nar awesome work clint, would be an amazing experience..
Be careful.....Quote:
Originally Posted by NinjaMaster
I did a trackday at the Island once and ended up club racing for a few seasons before racing Superstock for a while.
When the bug bites it bites hard!
PS: I threw away my Triumph Daytona 955i on my first trackday at the Island coming onto the front straight.
I'd love to have a trackday in my car (especially as the MSA License means I can go to 'test days') but a) it'll cost me a fair bit just to get there and b) I'm not really worried about having my own accident, more getting caught up in someone elses :D
So I'll stick to sprinting the old man's car for the minute :up:
Some of us old farts get out and have a go too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by NinjaMaster
A mate loaned me a CBR1000RR for a two-day session at Phillip Island late last year - no timing, photography or video permitted under the insurance conditions of the organiser (private booking) but a friend was marshalling and had a camera that takes video :)
My best laptime was 1m56s (yep we got around that too; someone had left a transponder receiver on the pit wall and it happened to be the same brand/model as what the bike was wearing).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shHvFuSmTGk
Hehe, seen plenty of old boys out there havin a go (most quicker than me :( ) and good luck to em.
Sadly that video wouldn't work for me, said it was private. So what exactly was it a video of? ;)
Oops had the permissions set incorrectly. It's me through T12 at PI.
Here's another one, Desmosedici in the same place. The way it leapt out of the corners was incredible, I was quicker over a lap because I went into corners hotter than him but it was still fun when I got to dice with him (and the SOUND it made, wow).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8e4oPRXYA0
That Duc does sound awesome. It's cool winding up onto the straight though there was a dude on a new Fireblade twice ran off coming onto the straight and managed to save big sideways hitting a puddle trying to get back on the track.
Do you have a favourite part of the track? I always liked Honda corner and MG corner for some reason but it's all fun.
Hayshed for sure. Absolutely flat up through the gears out of Siberia and often a good passing opportunity at Lukey Heights (on the outside to block down the hill into MG).
Turn 12 is good fun too.
Like Eastern Creek (used to ride there a lot), Turn 1 is the key to a really fast lap. You have to be brave :eek:
Honda is a bit of a bogey for me, had three trips up the exit in two days (rule was to head into the pit then wait for clearance to go back out pit exit). The CBR has Marchesini wheels, Ti exhaust, raceglass etc. and is a rocket, but the brakes felt a bit wooden to me and when hard on the brakes into Honda I never really felt completely comfortable (but they were no problem into MG, work that one out).
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