My track day video

Danm54

Danm54

Danm54

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Went to Mallory Park on saturday for a novice only day, took the RF600 and had a great time!!

Got 6 20 minute sessions, a lot of time for £90.

This is a vid from my 4th session of the day, not all of it as youtube dont like 18 min vids!
Be sure to watch it in 720p!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioA2MW7mk30

:p

2nd vid is up, this is of the 5th session, it got red flagged at the end of this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j89tZZKpLug
 
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Im really happy that you posted this vid! Im at mallory on friday for my first track day!

The new surface on that track looks beautiful!

How grippy was it?
 
metbandit1 said:
Im really happy that you posted this vid! Im at mallory on friday for my first track day!

The new surface on that track looks beautiful!

How grippy was it?
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Well I never had any drama at the speed I was going, got a little twitchy when I went a bit too quick into the first corner, was off line as I was passing a couple of bikes.

Other than that its great, be sure to warm your tyres up for the first couple of laps, there were a few spills over the day and always at the start of a session, they cover this in the breifing though.
They also had people there for advice on tyre pressures, set up etc, they'll do your pressures if you take the bike to the pit garages.

They took us for 3 sighting laps at the start and being a small track its very easy to remember.

Just take it easy to start with and you'll have great fun!

:D
 
Danm54 said:
Well I never had any drama at the speed I was going, got a little twitchy when I went a bit too quick into the first corner, was off line as I was passing a couple of bikes.

Other than that its great, be sure to warm your tyres up for the first couple of laps, there were a few spills over the day and always at the start of a session, they cover this in the breifing though.
They also had people there for advice on tyre pressures, set up etc, they'll do your pressures if you take the bike to the pit garages.

They took us for 3 sighting laps at the start and being a small track its very easy to remember.

Just take it easy to start with and you'll have great fun!

:D
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Great! I think in our novice group on Friday theres going to be 2 sighting laps per session.

Ive borrowed a friends old track bike so i don't have to worry about putting mine down the road!
 
Yea they're great fun but I can't see myself being able to afford enough to warrent a track only bike.

Ive got vouchers for a day at Bedford Autodrome so ill go there and see whre the bug takes me.....

:p
 
Oh the joys of Novice TD Traffic :p

Nice vid, pretty good for your first one :) next you will be buying a van and Genny for warmers :D
 
Fireskull said:
Oh the joys of Novice TD Traffic :p

Nice vid, pretty good for your first one :) next you will be buying a van and Genny for warmers :D
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Considering I was on one of the oldest bikes there (97) and it only being a 600 I expected to get left behind by the quicker newer stuff, not the case though!!

I cant afford to get carried away with the track day bug, got enough to eat my wages as it is!!

Put another vid up too, will link it in the first post.

:D
 
To be honest mate the fastest guys on track are usually the guys on beat up old 600's certainly they are the only things that went past me on track, the thous usually nail it on the straights but after a few corners they are far behind :p
 
Very impressive for your first time, in traffic, on an RF600.

You're smooth on the throttle and not afraid to wind it on while banked over. You were courteous and patient when overtaking and made clean passes. You could work on your lines but this may be down to the traffic more than anything else.

Honestly I think you should look at doing a normal track day in the inters with some instruction and you'd be amazed at how much quicker you get. I think the talent is there you just need to practise.

Some people turn up to their first track day (or tenth for that matter!) and you can tell they are never going to get it. They just aren't thinking about it in the right way. You seem to be doing the right things even if you haven't practised or learnt enough yet. It's a major thing and means you will continue to get quicker the more you do it.

Congrats and hopefully you'll keep it up, track days are the best thing ever!
 
Wow, some serious complements there, cheers!

My lines were a bit all over the place but slow traffic did make it difficult to keep to consistant lines and try and get a bit quicker.

I tried in one session to start leaning more off the bike and hang my knee out like a pro but I just ended up going slower so I decided to keep my knee's where they normally are, well off the tarmac!! Seems to work ok for now.

Ive just booked up for Bedford Autodrome on the 25th Jume, looks a bigger track with a few more quicker corners and longer straights so the 600 might not have the legs!

Stuck with the novice group but if im a fair bit quicker ill look at moving up to the inters, maybe learn a bit more following more experienced people.

A few pics of Mallory Park, a not so beat up 600 :p

Cant say im a fan of the puke green leathers but they were 50 quid so they'll do!

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Plenty of lean and you're making the same mistake I did on my first track day, not pulling my toes up onto the pegs. If you move them up onto the pegs except when you need to brake or change gear you'l have an extra bit of space to lean further. Try doing it on the road to get used to it.
 
Dureth said:
Plenty of lean and you're making the same mistake I did on my first track day, not pulling my toes up onto the pegs. If you move them up onto the pegs except when you need to brake or change gear you'l have an extra bit of space to lean further. Try doing it on the road to get used to it.
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I actually do that anyway, the size 12's are always getting in the way!!

From the pics its obvious im not getting them far enough out the way so its definately something to work on before the next track day.

:D
 
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