Trackday pics thread

Was looking for somewhere to post this but couldn't find a thread. So here we can post trackday pics. This one made me chuckle.

Been there, done that.

body position is good

I'm wondering if he still thiks he can save it!

yep , still save that

You just been out Pete?

I'll jump in with a couple as well

It would be rude not too..........

Oh go on then, couple on my old Baby and a few on the new(ish) one. Before the latest crash

Pembrey on the Superduke plus a couple at Cadders






Then a couple at Anglesey and one at Cadders

Superduke v RC8

http://youtu.be/v_fN-8bfQrM

Show off! Thats the first bit of video of myself I've seen. Doesn't show all the laps trying to catch up though


Look better than I expected

So I brake too early, lesson learned

ktm 666 , you have some nice lines mate , all your time is lost between throttle and brake or corner exit to full throttle.

First Trackday! thats good it wasnt on my duke!

Got a date in mind
Fuel has booked Oulton for some time in April I think Viking will be at the Oulton bash.

Could easily be persuaded to go to Oulton in April, got my eye on 2 days at Cadwell in June around my birthday too. Need some practice before crashfest!

Hoping that now the bike isn't my daily transport I can chuck it around a bit more and worry less. 1.50 is this years target at Cadwell, will try to get there 2-3 times. Its a bloody long way from Somerset!

Your fighting talk is wasted on me, cos there ain't no way I'm catching you

if you want i will do a few laps at your speed so you can follow , and then slowly speed up so you can get used to the braking points .

of course you might want to sort yourself out , but the offer is there .

Kind of you mate, would appreciate that. Think you'll get bored pretty quick though

dont mind , as i will do all three anyway .

You and me both, its a bloody long way to go. Rather be on track as much as possible, so will do the evening session as well.

I've got some racier pads in now as well so should be able to brake later, going to get the suspension set up properly this year too. God I can't wait to get there now

Getting the suspension setup right is money well spent! Park is a good corner to practice later braking (as long as it's dry) good markers and huge run off should you leave it too late or get target fixated like I did last Crashfest. You be amazed just how late you can leave it. Great place to pass people.

Hi Brokenleggedbiker
My challenge is for a 1:50 (or less) lap of Cadwell, best yet is a 1:54 with a theoretical best lap of 1:48 if you stitch all my best splits together!!!
Though this is on my ZX6, maybe I will be faster on the Superduke as I'm 6 foot 6 and 17 stone so the extra ummph would really be helpful.

My GPS lap timer was playing up last time there but on the rc8 laptimer recorded 1.56, I think you'll find a SD and a zx6 lap around the same times.

I put myself as a good inters rider but feel if I can get to 1.50 I would feel comfortable in fast. Thats this years goal!

17 stone . . . do you here that everyone . . . 17 stone

now get off my case

The fastest bloke I know is 16+ stone, TT legend David Jefferies was 15 stone...... I dont think anyone could say he was slow

My best when the lap timer actually worked was 1.44.4. I know there is time to come of that. If I could break the 1.40 barrier I'd have to get the old fella out and crack one off

klinck , if you could break the 1.40 barrier we would have more chance of winning some races , as it is , i am going to have to carry your arse to victory.

but looking at your boat race , i guess you sort the old fella out yourself anyway

What was the fastest SD time last year?

klunky was the fastest person with a lap timer on mate , but he aint that quick

i think the battle boys only run a 1.37

lifted off a website

Edmeades moved onto the bottom step on lap two, immediately coming under pressure from Fast Bikes Magazine journalist Alistar Fagan. The two swapped positions with mirror moves at Park Corner on successive laps, until a slight error by Fagan on lap 8 allowed both Edmeades and Smith through. Wood paid testament to the strength of his Pirelli Dragon Supercorsa Pro SC2 tyres on lap 7 as he moved 3 seconds clear of Inmoto Corse's Kelvin Reilly, posting a new lap record of 1:35.464s.

Viking did a few 1.40s in his Thundersport race. That's bloody quick.

check out those bad boy leathers must be where the fetish begun

The last one is my most recent. You can see how over time my lean angles and speed have REDUCED !!!!

What lap timing software are people using, I use my phone and a programme called Trackmaster which is quite good only £7(ish) and there is a free programme called RaceChrono. It would be interesting to see peoples splits if they are set the same so people can see where they are better/worse etc.

I think that would be a great subject for a new thread, I'm interested in that as well. Current mobile phones (I have android) should be good enough for most people but I also don't know which app to get.

I use Harry's lap timer pro. Needs a external GPS for proper accuracy though as the built in one on the iphone is dog shite. When it works its really good. Sometimes it just fails to register the laps though. Hopefully he will iron out bugs in updates.

The timers are good for a ref and improving but they're usually a bit faster than real life.

I've ran Race chrono, Trackmaster, both with external gps and now a Starlane gps timer and they all read faster than the official transponder. The starlane is closest at about 0.2-0.5 sec but the remote gps phone ones could be 1-2sec a lap out as sometimes it will glitch and miss a bit of the track out so when you look at it the line goes right across the grass on the apex.

They are good though and the best way to use them would be to try and string consistent laps with them and remove the rogue ones. Like for example if your doing 1.50-1.51's and you get a single 1.47, then disregard it. Realistically unless you do something dramatically different your not going to jump 3 sec a lap. Only work with the times that are consistant and take them with a pinch of salt to be maybe a second out.

It interesting that 1 sec a lap real time is alot but over a lap its not much. It's 2ft later on the brakes, 1ft closer to apex, 0.5 sec faster on the throttle. Small things but add up over a lap. Following guys who are a little faster will show that. You'll be like "theyre not pulling much, only a few feet every corner", but then you get 3/4 round the lap and they're 20ft ahead and thats your second.

You can use an external GPS Bluetoothed to your phone, if you get a 5Hz (5 updates a second) one the accuracy improves a lot, 10hz (10 updates a second) ones can actually give too much info and swamp the phone buggering up the accuracy.

thanks cerec , i will take that compliment if you dont mind

Blew the cobwebs out after 4 months off.
42C and a hot day but managed to get down to last seasons pace and even set a PB 1.5s faster on the final split of the track.

Almeria Jan 2013





and Back on Superduke

Thanks guys, but probably just good photography.
What's the panigale like mate?

The Ducati looks awesome.

I'd heard that the 1199 was too noisy for UK track days with the standard pipe. I was at a trackday last year and a chap was running round trying to tape things to his 1199 Tri-Colour (£23,000 worth) exhaust so it would pass. His wife told me that he had bought it especially for trackdays so he was really gutted!

sunday

get off the bike more mate

Plenty of room to move around on bike and no hip cramps!

I disagree...ride the bike however you feel comfortable doing it. The SD is a different bike and your BP will adapt to what ever makes you comfortable. Us old....hhmhhm, older guys start changing things up on a whim and it could all go pear shaped rather quickly.

Looks like you are having fun in your photos....that's all that matters. No checkered flag, prize money or most important, trophy with attached trophy girl during trackdays.

Have fun.

If you can get further off the bike though you get around those corners faster with less lean angle. You clearly don't mind leaning the bike over but there is a limit on how far it will lean before you run out of rubber. Saying that I'm starting to feel aches and pains at only 42

You cant tell how quick someone is from a photo. Peter Baker looks like he's riding to the shops but is one of the quickest rider in uk club racing and does 1.30'2 at cadwell.

You'll struggle to run off the edge of the tyre on a superduke imo. I think running off the tyre is internet waffle thats grown arms and legs.

The only problem with riding with high angles of lean is you cant ask the tyre to accelerate when its on its edge so you'll be far later to get on the gas.

Opppssss.

nearly missed some photo whoring.................

just a couple more

Ok I can only resist so long!

Couple of pics from recent endurance race victory

Get in. Black and red looks mean as fook

Victory? Nice!

Endurance race you say....who'd you entrust your bike to coride with you or was it a solo endurance race of some kind?

result, well done

Me on the Superduke, Mrs Weeksy on the R1.

To all you wanna-bes and attention whores: Linga there is rockin' the SD as one should. Take note you putzes.

Nice pics dude How did you get on?

Edit:just saw your results on top post. Well done awesome results!

homework report, must try harder

Nice going Aaron!! You must use the force with that helmet!

rain wheelies

Cheers guys, I had my GoPro confiscated so no vid of the first race... It was amazing, I nearly rear ended the CBR so many times.
Once I thought I had, full lean and no chance to touch the brakes or crash-ville.
Watch this space on the leathers

What bars are you running Linga? You look very comfy cranked over.

Couple of pics from the track. One KTM and no SD (not done a TD on the SD yet)

Not sure if dirt counts??





Be nice to get one on the SD so might do the crashfest if I can this year....

Just downloaded these which were taken at Cadwell Park last Tuesday

T4 at Seca last year....

Round 2 of the State titles...
Ran out of fuel...
Started from last race 2 and passed 13 by the end of first corner, finished 10th
Race 3 got to 4th out of turn 1... Turned the bike off twice!!!!! Finished 11th
Had a disasterous round and yet it was one of the funnest I've ridden in!

Barber Motorsports park last year in October:


Little Talladega September 2012:

Mate did a snap shot of the clip.

I'm still trying to ride it lol

impressive

yeah , i think you bailed early

Superman

I normally pull over to check if the oil tube leaks....

Better pics when it comes to body position will follow but here are a few from the official photographer @ Spa.
These pics look like they came from my first time out since the GoPro case was still empty. Second time out on track with the SD and the first session I hit my best time from last year within 1 second and I ended up taking off 10 secs of my last years best

Few days before I did 2 laps on the Nurburgring, last one with my girlfriend on the passenger seat:

chasing supergay at the crashfest!.... i think

This is what happens when there's a drop away chicane in 3rd gear, no need for lap times, sticky tyres, and a few spectators watching.

i could get you jumping the mountain in three or less sessions mate , you have speed just need to put it together. easy.

but i dont think its faster

sorry about the link instead of image


http://www.peterwilemanphotography.com/ ... il/2878087

Come on James, if I can get a whiff of air anybody can

http://www.peterwilemanphotography.com/ ... il/2737161

Don't know how to post the photo, not really sure it's worth the effort anyway

Hey guys. Another great two day session organised by the good people at SBR Trackdays last Friday and Saturday at Sepang. Weather held up and it was bloody hot.

Sorry, not many pics to share but you'll get the gist of it. I'm on the SDR with the disco leathers - of course...

Set my PB and had everything working well for me except the quickshifter - I still cant get the hang of keeping it pinned. Got into a few tangles and missed shifts (especially down the main straight and through turns 9 and 13). Scarey sh*t. I'll get there with persistence....... Next session will be in September - could be my last on this bike before thr 1290 rocks up.... wishful thinking maybe..

About a millions dollars worth of Panigale kitty-litter damage and self-destructs were the order of the day on the Friday. Hot heads, cold tyres, warm-up lap offs and piss-poor spannering. Usual stuff. There will be a few bank managers asking questions today.

Here's some more. Vid up soon too.

Nowhere near as much soul as the SDR but fook it goes!!

Hello everyone.
Here are some pictures of my recent track day, all i need to do now is save up for a decent race suit






And i got to test the BMW S1000RR, what a beast!

Cheers mate, all due to using the Superduke against them... Now I'm learning to ride all over again. They really are better on track. 2 seconds a lap faster and I'm still riding like a Muppet.

Before

After

Is that your leg poking up behind the tyres?

Bummer, much damage?

Leg or arm not sure which, got off pretty easy broken toe and thumb and legs were sore for a couple of weeks, bike isn't too bad controls on the side I laid it down on and race mask were destroyed, will take a bit more care next time I replace my brake fluid.

Dan,
You were right it is the sole of my boot can tell by the red area, cant remember anything between deciding to put it down and being on my hands and knees trying to get up.

tead you only need to lean off a little bit more and your be able to put your head down like ghillie man

i recognise your style, did you race in the last uk sd battle?

Nope, never been to the uk for racing

getting some tips from jeremy mcwilliams for setup on my rc8r today. thrilled to meet the guy who had so much to do with the bikes i just fooking love!

got him to sign it too!

better put some clearcoat over that lol

yeah gotta sort something out quick!

What on earth is going on here then?

Haha, love it , just seen this on TDR

To save typing it all out again I just C&P from TDR

...in my defence it was only the rear You'd think I learned my lesson after doing it 3 years ago at Cadwell Ripped the cables out that time as the plug on the HWW caught on the swingarm. This time I was rushing to get out for Novice sighting laps. Unplugged the rear but forgot to take it off. Rode out of the garage and got 20ft up the pitlane and wondered what the bump in the rear tyre was every time the rear went around Stopped, looked down and then tried to back pedal as fast as I could back into the garage before the other instructors noticed... too late Gary spotted me from the end of pitlane and the piss taking started and has yet to stop He was waiting for me as I rode back in after sighting laps with said warmer and camera. Was on FB 30 seconds later. At least I didn't fook the warmer this

They're a few years old and I no longer have my 990... but hey. Why not.

1st track day this year

Some pics from Castelloli:

Great pics!

Cadwell Crashfest 2014

Few from today....

We're heading back down there around the end of September, if you care to do another day at PMI.

I'd like to, but I'm doing a 4 day trip next week and then the last weekend is anniversary weekend so I'm probably out until next month. Let me know if you're headed down there some other time though; I'm usually up for weekend track days.

Here two videos done in Motorland.

Yesterday, first track-day for me. Megara Racing Circuit, Greece. What an experience! Now, I am hooked.

1st track day with the beast, Parcmotor Castellolí, near Barcelona, old fart style

CADWELL PARK MAY 2002



CADWELL PARK APRIL 2015



Just working out how to post the correct sized images.

It's the forum not your pics. If you refresh the page they resize to fit correctly.

Great pics

nice pics, if those were mine I would have autographed posters of me on my garage wall

oh my goodness , that front is crazy high and the back is very very nearly off the ground

That's that selector dog shitting itself

The biggest giggle I've had on track in ages! No grunt but endless fun

NCBIKE this year

There you are. California Superbike School @ Megara Circuit, Greece.

Hi Aphex,

That was "level I" and it really beat my expectations. I think that it helps a lot, at least if you already have a basic understanding of your skills etc. In my case I had already done 3 trackdays , so I had some understanding of my shortcomings and what I needed to improve and their guidance was spot on.

I've never low-sided to really know what it feels like just before, but the bike felt super smooth during all this. I don't think it was anywhere near the bike's grip limits (Supercorsas)

Bonus point: I was scratching the knee sliders all session long after the first 2 hours or so. A first for me, never done that before.

Best playground ever

SPA?

Definitely Spa

Yes indeedy, the Classic Eau Rouge at Spa.... all circuits should be that awesome

Absolutely Spa, a couple of weeks back.

Had two dry days there, loads of fun, love that place. Hopefully back there again next year.That picture is my screensaver at work - something to get me through the dull wet days of winter.

I stood there a bit further with Spencer and Mamola flying past on 2strokes.... Feel old now.....

Hard to tell from those pics, but how fast were you? I did CSS not too long ago on my 990 and I was way more upright at class speeds. We were going around 40-50 so if you were faster, ignore this.

Very nice.

From the KTM SuperDuke day at Silverstone:











A fantastic day with lots of sunshine.

Jeremy McWilliams was in attendance showing just how fast these bikes can go & helping folks set up their suspension. Mine was a few mm's out on sag otherwise spot on.

Silverstone at it's finest... Good to meet other SuperDukers too...

I see the Del aka Sparky was there in his NL leathers.

Is that Johnny Mac from PB also on his SDR long timer? 4th bike from the right?

Don't know.

Jeremy McWilliams, Al Fagan a couple of journos and some instructors were really showing what the SDR can do. The NL guy also very fast!!

Baron von Grumble in attendance and he's damn quick too.

For sure the SDR is a great track bike but I want to get mine to Rockingham and Cadwell where it's a bit twistier..

CSS at Phillip Island Sept 15:

Some nice pics from my trackdays. Season is far behind here and next will be even further. 3 tracks, 16 days and over 3000 kms not bad

Aphex, that is great BP for check front tyre pressure and condition.

OUCH. Hope your okay and the bike was good.

Three hour endurance race, 38 degrees Celsius, Mallala South Oz. Hot as fook and almost killed me. But very chuffed to finish.

That can only have been down to a cold tyre surely, unless there was something on the surface (coolant or oil)?

Oh wow, that was pretty sudden. I agree with Scotty.

I've copied this lot from a old (2009) thread.
If I remember correctly I'd jumped off a month earlier at about 135 MPH and turned up for this one with wonky sub frame and pipes.
After the first morning the down pipe from the rear cylinder split and I had to carry out a makeshift repair.



Early morning and the sky is blue:




I think this at Dry Sack, the hairpin at the end of the back straight:



Lots of lean angle in the next 3. If you look closely at the down pipes for the rear cylinder, you can see my cunning repair with 2 Red Bull cans and 4 jubilee clips!







Wonky Pipes



It's Harry Monk!



Harry on one of his 2 Slingshot Racing (08 ) Blades. A superduke is no longer fast enough.



One of the very fast right handers at the end of the lap.



Moto GP replica / 2 wheeled porn.




Climbing out of turn 1, a nice impression of the elevation changes.



And going down a bit.



CBR chasing:



HANDS UP IF YOU LOVE JEREZ!

He wasn't in the fast group!

Duke-ing it out! T-13 JGP, Florida

Great pics. Some times I feel like the seat is so tall on our SD's that I have to hang off like a monkey to get my knee down before I run out of tyre.

I did a track day at NCCAR in Garysburg, North Carolina on 20 May 17. This was my second track day. Had a blast. Still have a lot to work on to get comfortable and faster. I think I'm starting to get the bug!

Can't seem to upload a video properly. The link keeps going back to a blank photobucket page. Any suggestions?

Had an awesome day racing mini motos. These are just CRF50's but I plan on picking up two XR100's, one for me and one for my girl.

Had myself a couple of very slow marquez-esque saves where my slider acted as a third wheel lol.









Here's my girlfriend out there dicing it up as well.