Ouch

[MouseMat2004]

Did Cadwell last week, started to drizzle a tiny bit but got worse as I was going around Thought I had slowed down enough, clearly not!

Amazingly, no real damage to me or the bike! No idea how though.

 

[JoeMango]

n00b

Liking the sound of the bike, what is it? Must be a twin.

 

[kippermitten]

Some nice riding there mate(in my n00b oppinion!) but seems like you carried more speed through that bend on the 2nd lap and it was wetter...
Good job no kerbs, glad that you and the bike slid smoothly!

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Awww, no jumping up the mountain, how dissapointing

Glad you and the bike are ok though! I was up there the other day watching the bikes go around. You really do have to corner sooo much slower in the wet!!

 

[Fireskull]

Glad your ok dude, yea nothing I can see you did wrong just lost the front!

And ive definitely noticed an improvement in your track riding since youve been posting vids

 

[MouseMat2004]

I dont bother wheelying over the Mountain, looks great for the camera but very slow. I was endlessly going past people at the top of the mountain, I did notice the rear wheel skip a few times over the top too, going back in Aug on the wifes 636 so the 40kg less weight may make it a little bit more interesting.

Morning looked mostly like this:

Started to get into the groove:

Drizzled a little bit so knocked like 6-7 secs off my lap times but not enough

It's all good though, next day it looked like this:

And a video of a better session!

 

[SKILL]

What camera do you use? Impressed with the quality

I think it's fairly easy to lose the front there, fairly high speed and not a huge amount of camber, add in the rain and oops

Glad the bike's not too badly damaged.

Last year when I went there to race I remember seeing one of the other rookies going straight on up the hill on the grass at the start, stayed on the bike and rejoined out of charlies 2, was an amusing sight

Going there again the weekend after next, can't wait \o/ Hoping for rain but then I've got proper racing wets which give quite amazing grip in the wet

 

[MouseMat2004]

It's a GoPro HD. Thats only recorded at 720p30 too, they do 720p60 and 1080p30 aswell. It could do with a slightly more sturdy mount, they do suffer from CMOS lens wobble.

I think I may had been ok if I applied more throttle, I was running in there with a cracked throttle but didnt take into account that while lent over even a slightly open throttle will loose you speed hence overload the front. Great track though, I hope its nicer weather in Aug!!

It's just annoying as I never seem to get a warning, didnt have a slip or a slide the whole day, never went out of my comfort zone and generally ride well within myself due to the slightly iffy conditions then bam it just goes

 

[SKILL]

Just had a quick look, how do you mount it, I would imagine it's on the inside of your fairing there with a hole/window? is it just taped on there or something more substantial, can't see anything kinda suitable provided specifically for it?

Yeah, on the racebike by that point of the corner I'm full throttle again, but then that's in the dry...

I get the same problem when racing, I've only once had it sliding progressively, two other times it's just snapped out, always the rear so far and luckily always quick enough that it's just a lowside, I still don't really know where the limit is which isn't ideal

 

[MouseMat2004]

I used their 'tripod' mount and basically just bolted through the front of the fairing. They also have Sticky pad mounts which are extremely strong and a very very good suction cup.

Look for the GoProHD Motorsports package. It comes with the suction mount and about 6 sticky pads. The tripod mount is an extra £8-9 though.

http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=30#

 

[SKILL]

Cheers, Gonna have a look this evening, very tempted as it'd be quite nice to record my races

Although I might give one of the ebay specials a go first, just a touch cheaper at around £12

 

[MouseMat2004]

Yeah a £8 Keychain camera produces some very good results! But can be a little unreliable.

Very respectable:

 

[CatMangler]

Nice footage from such a cheap camera.

Thought OP was going to go off under the trees when I saw the thread title. Nice camera setup on that too. Got to love the twin's acceleration!

I did a race school there on Honda RVF400R (NC35) many moons ago and its a great track. Lovely little bike also.

 

[Skillmister]

Those sparks are impressive

 

[Wyvern971]

Looks like you were lucky/unlucky (depending on how you look at it).

what are the sparks from?

Do you usually run without crash mushrooms?

 

[Bigsy]

Cheap goPro hd alternative: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.33281

Does the same 1920x1080@30fps for under half the price.

 

[MouseMat2004]

Sparks are from the footpegs which almost completely ground down.

Nope no crash mushrooms, I bought some a few years ago but Honda decided to use a castle nut and allen key on the main engine mounts, got the castle nut off but the allen key bolt was incredibly tight and started to round off so I just left it be and sold the R&G's. Such a pain in the arse.

 

[apatia77]

Some nice riding there, glad you and your bike are ok. Wish I could afford this type of riding