What did you do to your bike today?

crashed it at Rockingham :( I had my foot peg blobs on still for some stupid reason and when decked over with knee planted on the floor one of them dug in and lift the rear wheel off the ground... and then around she went :(

Luckily the R&G saved most of the bike, damage was starter motor casing worn through (liquid metal fixed that), Akrapovic can scratched, mirror smashed and rear brake lever damaged. No bodywork damaged thank god and once we put some metal putty on the leaking cover I rode it for the rest of the track day and home :)

Note to anyone taking a road bike on track... remove the foot peg blobs!

Some pics to follow tomorrow when i'm not so tired.. until then here is another brown trouser moment I had thanks to my dodgy rear brake lever that I had previously damaged.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uzbPlRs9I4&hd=1
 
bloodiedathame said:
Sucks :(

I've not been on track but am surprised at your use of the rear brake unless you are intentionally looking to slide the back out. I was always under the impression that using both brakes hard would force a big speed differential in the front and back wheels due to the front doing most of the work and reducing the load on the rear. In fact I used to do it on my old bike to step the back out for laughs. I'd ask around if you do another but personally I'm not sure I'd bother using the rear unless you have to drag it mid corner.
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That was the only only corner I was using the rear brake tbh, i've done Rockingham before and did it then also, it worked well for me. But as i mentioned my rear lever had snapped half of it off from the earlier crash so a normal amount of force was amplified into the lever, was very hard to judge.

Like you say, I also never really use the back brake, only that corner.
 
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Persil said:
Looks like you **** yerself and stood the bike up and jumped on the brakes . No need for rear brake unless yer trail braking or controlling a wheelie. Can see how getting yer hero blobs down caused it to lift the rear as the peg would have tilted up to stop this as you mentioned knee down so the bike would be more upright (the reason we lean off bikes ) unless you never had a cheak off and had max lean while not hanging off ... I think there is more to it
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I had barely even really started to turn in, what you can't see from the helmet cam in this video was how long it was locked up before I realised what was going on.. you only see it when it starts doing a mega slide. As i said above this was the only place i used the rear brake. I've done well over 200 laps of Rockingham now and this had always worked for me, but maybe i'll just stick to the front now!

I guess you mean that you "can't" see how the peg dug in? trust me, it did. rubbish pic here, the blob was not marked before the track day and this was after first session (when I crashed) The crash was at the hairpin so very tight and it was also next to a Marshall and a crowd of people watching, they said the same as I just told you. As mentioned above when you're decked over with weight on the peg it will not bend up as easily, esp in a tight slightly up hill hairpin. I just went in faster than normal, was pushing it.
 
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I got back from my 'Ring trip last night, I had a fantastic 4 days away on the 10R.

Although I have been to the 'Ring twice before those trips were in cars, this was the first time on a bike. It's a whole different ball game, so much more demanding / scary.

I did 8 laps over 2 days and they were a mixture of good and bad with some being just damn right **** scary. On the first day (a Sunday) it was stupidly busy and I spent more like looking in my mirrors for rapidly approaching 911's and M3's and to be honest I didn't enjoy Sunday at all, I just couldn't concentrate on my own lap and focus on getting the lines right, it was just to busy.

The next day was A LOT better, as a lot of people were now back at work. The track was much quieter and I enjoyed every single lap I did that day, the weather was also fantastic. My times were around 8:50-9:15 (BTG) which is not to bad for first outing on a bike, unfortunately I didn't film my fastest lap but here is one from earlier in the day.


Unfortunately there were two crashes in our group, one on the 'Ring and one on the roads. The guy who crashed on the 'ring was unfortunately on a 2month old Panigale! Here are a couple of pics of the aftermath (he had already sourced new handle bar and gear lever at this point) It was just about rideable home, such a shame for him.

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We covered 1,200miles and all in all it was a fantastic trip, I much prefer it on a bike to a car as it is so much more involving and demands every last drop of your skill and concentration, no video or game can hammer home just how fast or scary that place is on a bike. If anyone is thinking of going I would say, DO IT!
 
Oil - depends on the bike as each one is different, but bigger bikes are usually every year or every 4,000miles. Although I tend to change mine every 6months or 1,500/2,000 miles.

Chain should be lubed every 400miles or so. It only takes 2mins anyway.

Hope that helps.
 
I just went for a ride and cannot feel my hands, it was bloody cold!

I tested my external mic for my GoPro but it sounds crap.. :( I hope it's just the place i mounted it (it's picking up a lot of vibration) I will have to try somewhere else!
 
Another 2,000 miles and my rear tyre is pretty much bald again. I will change it over the winter.

I gave the bike a damn good clean after 200 miles of riding this weekend. I doubt it will see much more action this year.

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