The worst trackday, can you beat it?

It was yesterday I drove 140 miles to snetterton to test my freshly (10pm Sunday) built minitwin. I must say as the start, yes it could be a little my fault finishing it and not testing it before that omission out the way. I went to get a noise test done pulled the front brake and it rubbed the fairing nearly clean off, bugger. Right missed first session out hacking the front subframe and adjusting brackets with drills and pliers. Went out for the second session and had to have an instuctor do sighting for me. Well 3/4 the way round the lap I'm thinking (I'm coming from an 84 this a alot slower than I was expecting but it is 70bhp instead my my tuned 130bhp at the rear so hey ho. This thought was just before my shift linkage dropped off f&@k. This just gets better. I then proceeded to phone every bike shop near snetterton and about 20mins down the road bwr race development came too my rescue, but I had to cut it down and tap the end.
I have now missed the whole first half of the day. First session after lunch aaallllmmmooosssttt made without incident just a very tiny last lap misshap I ran over my foot, half highside it because my effin peg fell off. They had to hold the next session up for them to go out and pick it up. but before that I'm still thinking it's a bit slow (yes you guessed it something was up but I'll tell you in a minute) now determined not to be put out I went out for the last two sessions all was well I thought least it didn't kill me but again I might sell it as it really is slow. Now that's the crappiest trackday over tonight I start looking at and thought the tank was a bit low due to rear subframe change onto a different mount and maybe it was just choking it, as I lift the tank all comes to light I had done a hole trackday on HALF A F@"KING ENGINE!!!!!! The spade connector on the coil had removed itself.

Anyone do any better or worse I should say.

No, yours is the worse trackday ever. Half an engine, made me laugh, thank you. Schadenfreude on my part.

A BIT SLOW!!!!!! on one cylinder, surely you would notice that?

The only good bit is I wasn't that far behind everyone and I overtook one person didn't ask how many cylinders he was on he he.

I have to admit I thought I would as well but it reved well idled so thought ahh old tech have to work with it.

[maviczap]

how does it go

fail to prepare, prepare to fail

worst track day ever, not bad for a 325cc bike

how about a 120mph highside on a bike that they only imported 310 off
hitting 3 tyres when its on a runway with miles of run off
broken baby finger, broken collar bone, 5 broken ribs
spinal board to small so feet hanging off the end, most bumpy road in the world on route to hospital with ambulance driver constanly shouting sorry
and worst of all a dozen orgers to laugh at you and take pics

yours sounded quite good actually

oh and the wife was watching for the first time

[SoulKiss]

So basically you went out on a trackday on a bike so badly prepped that biuts were falling off to the extent that you caused other people to have their day disrupted?

Well done. (looks for the sarcasm smiley)

At least you only nearly got other people hurt.

Just to note that the fairing was fine tested brakeing, but decided to drop the forks through and it just rubbed, the peg was on a set of rearsets that were sold to me complete from on here, the bolts to the frame were fine that i did, and had been used before so didnt think I needed to touch the bolts to the peg. And we were only just coming in on the last lap so may have held them up by about 2 mins max. The rod actually stripped itself could not have prep for that.
I have built a cbr600rr track bike for someone else and an 848 that I put together for track, then decided to race but turns out I won't be able to fund it in the 848 challenge. So built the mini twin to race on.

Hhhmmmmm looks like I've been beaten by a loooonnggg way. Hope not to beat you Dave, take it your back at it though still being on here. Did you mange to save the bike?