Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:18 pm
My first outing at Mallory on Friday. Removed the Nikons because they have been getting a bit loud and fitted standard pipes with Lomas end cans noise test was at 7000 rpm so there is no way the Nikons would have passed but only 99db with the standard pipes. Rain in the morning track got steadily wetter until the 3rd session just before lunch when it was pissing down I got steadily faster but on the 4th lap got the hairpin chicane and devils elbow just right flew down the straight arrived at the end of the straight much faster than normal panicked locked the front, by the time I had released it I was grass tracking and getting fixated on the tyre wall tried to turn but dropped it on the left hand side. Only damage broken rear set pivot and a bent clutch lever.
Fixed everything over the lunch break - the sun came out the track dried and it was all worth while - another 3 sessions in the afternoon, I was still the slowest thing on the track but that was me not the KR which was pulling like a train. I had been faster than the 65 year old on a 1972 Benelli 250 but he forgot to turn the fuel on and spent the session by the side of the track.
Its annoying getting lapped by a h***a 125 but it was a classic gp bike and the guy could ride it.
To my shame I got passed on Gerrards by a guy on an M reg Triumph Trophy 900 with a top box and a tank bag - he was sliding the rear all the way round - then rode it home (bastard)
I was over geared last time out at Cadwell and dropped to 13/44 (17'' rear) and it was perfect for me at Mallory.
Top day - well worth going no lasting damage from the crash other than several kilos of clay and grass in every orifice of me and the bike.
Looking for the next trackday - might wait until the height of our so called summer
Salty
Fixed everything over the lunch break - the sun came out the track dried and it was all worth while - another 3 sessions in the afternoon, I was still the slowest thing on the track but that was me not the KR which was pulling like a train. I had been faster than the 65 year old on a 1972 Benelli 250 but he forgot to turn the fuel on and spent the session by the side of the track.
Its annoying getting lapped by a h***a 125 but it was a classic gp bike and the guy could ride it.
To my shame I got passed on Gerrards by a guy on an M reg Triumph Trophy 900 with a top box and a tank bag - he was sliding the rear all the way round - then rode it home (bastard)
I was over geared last time out at Cadwell and dropped to 13/44 (17'' rear) and it was perfect for me at Mallory.
Top day - well worth going no lasting damage from the crash other than several kilos of clay and grass in every orifice of me and the bike.
Looking for the next trackday - might wait until the height of our so called summer
Salty