Brands Today

Had a great day out at Brands today. First track day on the SDR.

After lots of fiddling with suspension, springs, rearset adjusters, bar positions, levers - never mind the performance upgrades - it was time for a man-bike bonding session.

Gotta report that the bike was near perfect. Superb handling, neutral suspension set up (thanks HMR), the extra horses were very handy on the Brabham straight, and overall I'm very chuffed. Pilot Pures were nice too.

The morning was wet, so Shade, Hawkman and me stayed indoors eating extra brekkie, and kept our powder dry until a dry line appeared. The rest of the day got warmer and drier and we got quicker and quicker without major drama. The big learning was to have fun, and avoid taking things too seriously, or trying to take the perfect line. Even on a track day the SDR is all about taking any line you want, late changes in direction, and generally getting away with it.

Anyway, enough of the crap. You guys know how a well a superduke goes around a track. This is an excuse for photo whoring... Here's a couple snaps.





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cool , glad u had a good time,
couldnt get down, because when i got up for work it was peeing down, so ddnt take bike to work, and there was no way i was going over dartford crossing in my car in rush hour.

looks like you had fun

i was at brands two weeks ago but sadly did not have the SD then (duke II), but my mate was running the pures on his Gixser and rated them highly

very nice photo

I def need at least one more TD asap.

If anyone fancies a cheeky mid week southern uk session give me a shout,