Skapan (106 - Yellow) and I (551-Green)will be there Sat and Sun. Sun looks iffy with a thunderstorm in the afternoon
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RDT July 5
- Thread starter ATTS
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Beautiful weather, fun little track. Fairly slick in the morning sessions, but with some heat and riding to clean it up a bit, got better in the afternoon.
First time out with Pro6. Well run and organized guys (kudos to Sheena for running it solo). Looking forward to Long Track and 'Bogie with you guys!
Wishing the rider that went down a speedy recovery and gets back on the bike soon.
First time out with Pro6. Well run and organized guys (kudos to Sheena for running it solo). Looking forward to Long Track and 'Bogie with you guys!
Wishing the rider that went down a speedy recovery and gets back on the bike soon.
ATTS
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Great weather, good day. As others have said, really greassy in the morning and dirty but got better as the day went on. I was surprised at how many patches there were for how new the track was. Nice to ride on a different track but not sure how many times I will be back when a couple more bucks can ride one of the two big tracks. All in all it was a good day.
ATTS
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I was pitted directly across from you but everytime I was going to come say hi, I couldn't see you there anymore. Not sure if you went to sit down somewhere I just couldn't see you or if you went off somewhere.
Saw your old bike there and thought I saw you just leaving on the streetbike
Nice to put a face to the name and be able to chat for a bit Vickie.
lol yes you did - I live 25 min away so I came to hang out with a few friends for a bit - It was nice to see my old bike being used. I have a love hate relationship with that bike
I did the track on Sunday and my Traction Control was going nuts - It was slippery but clean, slipping was mostly due to it being a new track.
Some tires were getting destroyed, mine were fine and wearing smoothly until the last session when I saw the nasty "rebound like" issue on the tire. Good to see my suspension is working well
Too bad, always nice to put a face to a name. Did you have the two Boston dogs?
Holy crap, I was going nuts trying to figure out why my tire looked like this:
At first is started off looking like cold tearing. Dave was checking my carcas temp and it was around 50°C after coming off (in morning).
It looked like a suspension issue also as it had a waveform to it. Didn't know anyone there well veresed in Pirelli tires, so I was stumped. Sheena suggested it was most likely due to the new pavement.
ATTS
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I was right beside the guys with the dogs, if you were at your pit looking across I was on the right of the dogs.
The tires that I started with were almost done and I was pretty sure I was going to have to put new ones on at lunch but I had very minimal wear and they lasted all day for me.
Yes, that seems to be the issue, of course if your suspension is off, it will magnify the damage, so it can me a mix of things.
Mine were smooth all day running 1:41s (not sure if that is fast or not on that track) I was just learning the track and getting some practice in - after that last session the right side looked a bit used (nothing like your picture) and only on the right side
There is a crap load of time to be saved on that track, I am sure the guys that have done a couple of track days there already can be on mid 30's, its a fun little track once you get your speed up and are able to combine some of the left hander turns into one etc. The first right turn sweeper is lots of fun specially controlling the wheelie after the crest, good passing spot.
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HELLBOY
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The gentleman with the carbon fibre Duc in the red group had the same issue, on his Pirellis (i think), but had those same markings on the right side. He couldn't figure it out either...
Holy crap, I was going nuts trying to figure out why my tire looked like this:
At first is started off looking like cold tearing. Dave was checking my carcas temp and it was around 50°C after coming off (in morning).
It looked like a suspension issue also as it had a waveform to it. Didn't know anyone there well veresed in Pirelli tires, so I was stumped. Sheena suggested it was most likely due to the new pavement.
lol that is what I do most times my Harry's laptimer decides not to work - This time it did except for the first session, but no one needs to see that first session on track times
He is a friend of mine, not sure of all the details, but yes his collar bone snapped in half as he tumbled down the track. He'll find out on Tuesday if he's going to have surgery or not.
It's Mike on the Ducati 1098.
He still wants to come out on the 17th... Lol|
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