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harriebird
27-05-2007, 02:35 PM
well that was fun, 36 mins of free track time :skip

big hugs to trouty who had a little off on redgate, giving us a nice little mid session rest :grin2

an awesome track, but with plenty to catch you out!

I spent some time with a CSS instructor on the demo bike in their tent and got some great advice. i was lucky enough to be able to try it out on the track before i forgot everything i'd been told :grin2 and my right kneeslider is now no longer merely kissed, rather proper dragged :grin2

now i need to get better at winding it on on the straights, oh and get faster on the corners, and get some balls, y'know all the little things....

i had a big old moment on the melbourne hairpin, i think my can may have dug in (my belly pan and link pipe are more ground down than ever) and i was nearly off. however i had my first ever grasstracking session and fortunately the grass was dry so i got back on the track ok.

photies to follow hopefully!
stu600cc
27-05-2007, 05:59 PM
yay its all coming on now mabye get off the bike more

Just a suggestion x

Not that ive seen you ride for a while
harriebird
27-05-2007, 06:10 PM
every time i get on the bike, i realise i'm doing something else wrong :rolleyes: !!!!

but bloody hell if i'm going to improve how i ride, racing is certainly the way to go about it... the learning curve is SO steep

i can even cope with ratchet straps now :eek: and anyone who saw me at silverstone or the first rockingham day will realise how much of an improvement this is :grin2
stu600cc
27-05-2007, 06:44 PM
It is the deep end!

But what a deep end!

Jokes plz
DoodleBug
28-05-2007, 09:30 AM
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Not jealous.
Webby
28-05-2007, 09:26 PM
I'm obviously very naive. Is a ratchet strap something you use in the bedroom? And what has it got to do with bikes?:confused:
rembrandt
28-05-2007, 10:02 PM
I'm obviously very naive. Is a ratchet strap something you use in the bedroom? And what has it got to do with bikes?:confused:

there used to hold the bike still in the back of the van M8 :grin2
Webby
28-05-2007, 10:12 PM
there used to hold the bike still in the back of the van M8 :grin2

HeHe!

I was being delib pervy M8.

:grin1
rembrandt
28-05-2007, 10:23 PM
I guessed that but the post gave me my 1000 so posted it :laugh1
Webby
28-05-2007, 10:28 PM
Does that make you more warped than me?

I've worked hard to be this warped. LOL.

Congrats on 1000+:clap
troutslayer
29-05-2007, 06:45 AM
big hugs to trouty who had a little off on redgate, giving us a nice little mid session rest :grin2


mmmm... yeah... still no idea what happened there! ok, i was giving it a little pace - but not 'on it', it was on lap 5 or 6, and i went into Redgate on the same line, at the same pace, in the same gear etc etc as the previous laps and the back just went.

bike's come out pretty well, clip on, rearset, brake lever and seat unit trashed, but the rest is all ok including the fairings, couple of scuffs here and there...

annoying thing was the marshall. i tried to pick the bike up so i could either get going again, or get it further away from the track to stop the session being halted, but couldnt lift it on my own. marshall sat on his haybale and eventually came over to help me. lifted it off its right hand side and proceeded to drop it onto its left side! git!
DoodleBug
29-05-2007, 08:04 AM
Ugh, glad you walked away from it, the bike can be mended easier than you can!
troutslayer
29-05-2007, 08:13 AM
Ugh, glad you walked away from it, the bike can be mended easier than you can!

maybe... but the NHS will fix me for free, and CICA will pay me out for any human breakages. Whereas bike's need money spent on them to fix them... :D
DoodleBug
29-05-2007, 08:15 AM
Will you be ready for Assen?
troutslayer
29-05-2007, 08:44 AM
assen? No, cos i'm not going anyway!

i got 5 weeks of dev time, which i'll probably squander until a few days before oulton, and then decide to look at clutch, belts, valve clearances and timing... :D
Lateshift
29-05-2007, 08:49 AM
ah a proper racer :D

if its broken fix it at the last minute and live life in an even faster lane :D


from what i have seen so far it tends to be the way of life that :D
Perilous
29-05-2007, 09:05 AM
if its broken fix it at the last minute and live life in an even faster lane :D



What you trying to say.:grin2
stu600cc
29-05-2007, 04:35 PM
What you trying to say.:grin2


read it again lol :laugh1
Lateshift
29-05-2007, 06:37 PM
What you trying to say.:grin2

Isnt that normal run of the mill club racing attitude then? :D

From what i see its a case of work all week and prep the bike by candlelight, then turn up late o'clock with stuff still to do and try to get it all done before the spannerman turns up the next day? :D :D

Then shuffle around all weekend worrying over 20 minutes of racing per day, whilst the spannerman shuffles around for the weekend worrying about the bike and stuff like transponders etc :D :D

Not to mention getting ****ed wet through watching the racer try to break the bike on the track :D :D