TMP April 18/19 Track Days

[toastman]

I sent this thread over to Chris to read - here are his thoughts
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Thanks to all that came out. It's the people that come out that make the quality of the day. The day rocked. Thanks for the day.

We give everyone the choice of where they want to go when they sign in. What you don't see is that we watch what is going on out there and transfer the faster ones around to the upper group and vise versa for the other cases.

We pride ourselfs on makeing the safest and funest trackday that we can..... We don't have to split the classes but it's done for the people........maximizing track time.

The individual in the picture was at fault..IT's UP TO THE RIDER BEHIND TO MAKE THE SAFE PASS....

The dammaged bike and a reminder of the rules and embarasment of the incident was enough for the guy. If the front bike in the picture had have got effected by the incident, we would have assesed the severity and delt with it acordingly. Bottom line....if you want to ride hard and risk yourself, that's fine, if you take someone else out while doing it......the story is different and you will be delt with.

Poor passing is frowned on and if was noticed then the individual would have got blacked flagged and had the situation explained to him. Failing to respect the other riders on the track will get you a ticket to the front gate.

[eastcoast_gsx]

http://picasaweb.google.com/Danrdube...eat=directlink

my pics.

The SV Stalker

[DaveP]

Wow Chris articulated that beautifully, wish more people understood that shot shoe is the place for them. It's an awesome feeling sharing the track with Emerson Connor and trying to emulate that crazy fast kids lines, I can only keep him in sight for 2-3 laps but still fun.

Thanks for all your help this weekend Donald, your keeping my development on the right track.

[drillbit]

Saturday was amazing , I have to thank the TMP team for running an great program . I wasn't able to ride but will be for the next one. I appreciate the level of safety and expertise you offered. Everyone that was out this weekend were top notch people. Awesome to meet to ones i did and hope to meet more at the next one. Oh and #709 Is one hell of a fast Newf Bast**d(Laura were are my spoons). MODE ON

[cager]

so yeah i'm not looking to "race" or anything
i just want to improve my cornering and get the feel of riding on a track

basically i'm looking for a school class, which i was informed about
does anyone know how much its going to cost?

i just want to learn more about riding and become a better rider

[geoff-9]

do a search for fast or turn 2, there are a million +1 threads on the benefits/disadvantages of doing a school

do a track day, go to a SOAR event and watch and see if you want to be involved. then sign up if you like what you see.

but after talking to some riders over the winter, there are going to be VERY good riders running in the novice class at SOAR, so you may feel uncomfortable, riding is no fun when your scared silly of being passed at twice your speed, so id recommend going to an event and doing some track days in beginner class before joining SOAR.

[scooter1000]

Ah, I wish I could have joined you. Now please tell me, what's going on in this pic? My guess would be #13 was overwhelmed with the F4i's very slow turn-in speed, and thus had to get on the brakes hard mid-turn.

I was number 13 and this was a Hot-shoe session so I was more than a little surprised when the gentleman in front of me chose to roll off in the middle of the corner, I had nowhere to go but down. So much for the fresh plastics and paint, oh well any track day is a great track day.

[scooter1000]

I was number 13 and this was a Hot-shoe session so I was more than a little surprised when the gentleman in front of me chose to roll off in the middle of the corner, I had nowhere to go but down. So much for the fresh plastics and paint, oh well any track day is a great track day.

My intension was not to pass in the corner but just to stay close to set up a pass on the straight-away, I accept full responsabilty for going down, I was wrong to assume the rider in front of me would continue through the corner at the same rate he entered, and did not allow room for any errors, everyone will get a wider margin in the future.

[scooter1000]

Thanks Chris for the great front end work and Donald for a really good set-up at the track

[toastman]

It was a pleasure to set up your suspension for you - those new springs really seemed to work well for you.

Donald

Thanks Chris for the great front end work and Donald for a really good set-up at the track

[TR11]

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my pics.

very nice!

[graffitigurl]

You pretty much nail that one.. Because beginner and intermediate were mixed you had to be carefull passing.


Praying AFTER didn't help

There's been some posts after this that appear to be bashing the slower rider?? I was thinking of hitting the track prior to "school" but........I'll be the slow poke.

Is everyone going to stand around and complain because I'm too slow in the corners ?

And as for this poor guy, isn't it actually his fault?? Isn't the rule on the track that YOU are responsible for your proximity/passing of the person infront of you ?

[CBRJOHN]

My intension was not to pass in the corner but just to stay close to set up a pass on the straight-away, I accept full responsabilty for going down, I was wrong to assume the rider in front of me would continue through the corner at the same rate he entered, and did not allow room for any errors, everyone will get a wider margin in the future.

There's been some posts after this that appear to be bashing the slower rider?? I was thinking of hitting the track prior to "school" but........I'll be the slow poke.

Is everyone going to stand around and complain because I'm too slow in the corners ?

And as for this poor guy, isn't it actually his fault?? Isn't the rule on the track that YOU are responsible for your proximity/passing of the person infront of you ?

You're responsible for the rider if front of you. You don't know what's going on behind you.. And as you can see from his post he said he accepted responsibility. The rider in front couldn't know how close he was.. Sometime people do unexpected things, People Blow Corners,, It Happens, No need for bashing anyone..


Welcome to the Site Scooter1000

[graffitigurl]

Sorry I didn't see scooter1000's post. I was only asking if technically it was, because of the "responsible for the rider in front" rule. Everyone makes mistakes and poop happens.

[scooter1000]

You're responsible for the rider if front of you. You don't know what's going on behind you.. And as you can see from his post he said he accepted responsibility. The rider in front couldn't know how close he was.. Sometime people do unexpected things, People Blow Corners,, It Happens, No need for bashing anyone..


Welcome to the Site Scooter1000

If you ride in the group that best suits your skill level you will never have a problem graffitigurl.The GWB guys are great for helping your with your lines,lots of us want to learn without feeling intimidated and TMP is a great place for it.