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Weekly SD update thread :)
14 posts · Started by weeksy · 06 Mar 2008
Post 2 by cjc,
#2Great report. I'm not a super skilled rider, and after 4,000 miles am still getting used to the SD in some ways, but when I drift wide now its down to rider error. So, I'm sure that you will nail exits no problem.
Glad you like the bike - that's exactly how I feel. Riding it is a blast. I feel like I've had a little vacation every time I ride it.
Just curious - how cold is too cold for you to be comfortable leaning over and any guess at your lean angle? I didn't lean too much in the cold on the Dunlops (not sure about my angle - max in the low sixties through moderately tight sweepers when it was cold enough for the frost symbol to flash on the SD's instruments). I ride if it is 35f or more and am happy to push my luck if it is 40f or more. Any idea what temperature is warm enough for tyres to retain heat?
Glad you like the bike - that's exactly how I feel. Riding it is a blast. I feel like I've had a little vacation every time I ride it.
Just curious - how cold is too cold for you to be comfortable leaning over and any guess at your lean angle? I didn't lean too much in the cold on the Dunlops (not sure about my angle - max in the low sixties through moderately tight sweepers when it was cold enough for the frost symbol to flash on the SD's instruments). I ride if it is 35f or more and am happy to push my luck if it is 40f or more. Any idea what temperature is warm enough for tyres to retain heat?
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Post 6 by Ducati Pete,
#6some pics from 1st of march, last sat,
will be going back in 2 weeks, sat. march 22nd, on these same tyres....
it will be track day # 6 from my crash 9/12/07 joe can see improvement with each lap but is very old and loves corners
also I know I need to lean off and get a knee down but remember I had many broken bones, by the end of this year,
I will get there as long as I can keep from crashing.....
will be going back in 2 weeks, sat. march 22nd, on these same tyres....
it will be track day # 6 from my crash 9/12/07 joe can see improvement with each lap but is very old and loves corners
also I know I need to lean off and get a knee down but remember I had many broken bones, by the end of this year,
I will get there as long as I can keep from crashing.....
Post 7 by Gillberg,
#7Get closer to thoes kerb stones Joe
Post 8 by weeksy,
#8I was taking lessons from a much faster dude than me and he had instructed me to stay towards the middle of the track to learn, he was on the motard.
he has some real fast lap times, and knows how the track works, I have watched lots of folks for 30 years on this track,
not always using the whole track is the fastest, I am 3rd in my class out of 15 people sometimes as many as 30 but it is a total blast,
my instinct is to use the whole track and go as fast as I can but the analogy changes as the speed increases and I am 3 seconds from the race group right now.
Scotty, another big problem with thare curb stones are,,, some of them stick up 4 inches, so I tend to stay away from them,
I keep enough speed to pass on the outside..... a common move of joe's.....
he has some real fast lap times, and knows how the track works, I have watched lots of folks for 30 years on this track,
not always using the whole track is the fastest, I am 3rd in my class out of 15 people sometimes as many as 30 but it is a total blast,
my instinct is to use the whole track and go as fast as I can but the analogy changes as the speed increases and I am 3 seconds from the race group right now.
Scotty, another big problem with thare curb stones are,,, some of them stick up 4 inches, so I tend to stay away from them,
I keep enough speed to pass on the outside..... a common move of joe's.....
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Post 12 by Dutch,
#12Gillberg, this is hallett, it is a "rough" technical track, joe had watched moto GP yesterday afternoon, I know I am slow compared to those dudes, but my god !!!!
I would love to ride that track in Qatar, That track,, is what I live to do! I want to carve those corners !
Hallett is more like a go cart track and it has patches all over the joint, at first it is hard to build confidence cos of the irregular surface,
I enjoy smooth stuff so as to let the motor do the work rather than suspension, but joe is happy it is thare,
it would be a lonely place indeed without it, just 40 miles from my house.
Thanks weeksy for the compliment, but joe rides like casey stoner, (purposely rough) the bad ass Australian, if you have seen that race, Rossi came in 5th.
http://www.hallettracing.net/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3847&hl=en
I would love to ride that track in Qatar, That track,, is what I live to do! I want to carve those corners !
Hallett is more like a go cart track and it has patches all over the joint, at first it is hard to build confidence cos of the irregular surface,
I enjoy smooth stuff so as to let the motor do the work rather than suspension, but joe is happy it is thare,
it would be a lonely place indeed without it, just 40 miles from my house.
Thanks weeksy for the compliment, but joe rides like casey stoner, (purposely rough) the bad ass Australian, if you have seen that race, Rossi came in 5th.
http://www.hallettracing.net/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3847&hl=en
Post 13 by Ducati Pete,
#13Nice pics Joe.
Europe is where the top tracks are (although Philip Island is special).
We have some good ones in the UK too. Have you seen video from Cadwell park?
Europe is where the top tracks are (although Philip Island is special).
We have some good ones in the UK too. Have you seen video from Cadwell park?
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