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When: Saturday 12th April
Where: Eastern Creek Raceway here Cost: $199 Ok, new bike, first trackday! Waiting list only for the lower 2 groups so I booked into medium/fast! Oh yeah! Any takers? Ibishu? Thanks Luke ps. This is in Sydney, Australia!
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i would love to! however, a need for sanity has led me to have to sell my half of my track bike, so i shan't be out on the track for 6 months or so until i get enough money to get my own track bike, or find someone else who is not insane to go halves with.
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What about the Daytona!? ![]()
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It had to happen - lowsided my new 2 week old Daytona at around 130kph
![]() As for the accident itself - Little bit of a mystery. I was really flying. The bike was performing superbly, though a lot of people had warned me about the lack of trail on the bike and that it was liable to tuck without warning rather than slide. One quick fix that a few people advised was to drop the forks down so that the caps were flush with the yoke. I'm getting some suspension work done in a couple of weeks and the tuner agreed that this would be good. Anyway, I was about mid way through turn 12 - fast left hander on the start finish and I have gone in a little hot. Knee is already on the deck and am starting to wind the throttle on. The extra speed is drifting me wide, so I lean a little more to compensate and bam, front end goes. I'm guessing I just leaned off the side of the tyre as I was already cranked right over. Just wish I could see some pics or video to get a better idea. Anyway, pics: ![]() Front fairing - gravel rash - apart from the rear, None of the plastics cracked! ![]() Poor tank - small dent; more gravel rash ![]() Yet more gravel rash ![]() Alternator cover did a great job - Paws, Ed + Monkey, If just have crash bungs then I would definitely advise getting these too. ![]() Damaged side panel (already got a replacement from fleabay) GB Racing crash bung and covers. Missing indy ![]() Tail unit, ripped apart. Fortunately there is nothing in there - just empty space. Maybe I should have left the pillion pegs on though! ![]() Gear lever didn't snap - just bent. Will try bending back ![]() Pic of the bike after a hose down. Not too bad - couple of bits to get it back on the road and then scour ebay for cheap replacement parts A few pics of the actually day are here, but mainly the first two sessions: Thanks Luke
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I retracked my previous statement (in another thread)
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ah no, really feel for you!
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oh noooooo! sorry to see this
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Ahhh not good ..... bad gravel !!
With a bit of money and time she can look like new again and give you something to do and as Fizzy Fish says you have trackday fairings now ![]() Big hugs
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