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My Mallory Trackday



It was a decent day. I'm still getting used to the bike. I'm sitting too far forward, upright and not shifting my arse for corners.

The bike handles like a dream. It was even better after I had the suspension set up (no more front chatter going into the hairpin) Very precise and difficult to unsettle. In one session I clipped a curb coming out of Edwina's but kept the throttle pinned back and went for it. The bike was a little shaken and it took me a while to get my head together over the fact I was still on course (the Sprint RS would have gone off the track) but once I had brought my mind back to task I had the bike nicely set up for the hairpin (I'll never work out of you go wide in narrow out or visa versa)

Later on in the day I was barrelling towards the hairpin over taking a KTM when the KTM decided to shut the door in my face. I slammed on the front brakes expecting to crash into the back of him but the new Beringer discs decapitated my speed and at the same time lifted the rear wheel . The back came back down when I let go of the brake and I re-applied the brakes to make sure I didn't take myself and A N Other off the track. Once again the bike seemed not to notice and quietly got on with the job.

For most sessions I went out near the back and found myself some space on the track to play about. I was catching most people going into Gerrards or through the Dunlop Esses and I was being caught going into Edwinas (I was rolling off and braking far too early every time but couldn't stop myself from doing it).

I'm still crap on the track - rolling off too early, braking too early, not sitting right - but the bike seemed to have fun
posted by kwacky at 11:19 pm