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Lydden Trackday October 2007

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Some cool shots, did you ride this time Samnooshka???

Flaming Squirrel looks like he was on the move, also looks tiny on the SV!! (how tall are you FS?) :eek: Got the gold USD forks, the lot on that puppy!! 8)

There is a fair mix of bikes there, how many SV's showed?

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

About 7 SV's i think...

I didn't ride, i was pit crew for this one lol taking all the tools down in the car for the lads to use. I also needed to practice my photography so hence the pictures :)

I got some more to come, but its taking a while to upload to Flikr :)

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

and practice you did VERY well, those are some quality pics!!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S (Post 1319321)

I'm 5'6" :cool:

Yeah I was doing ok, was passing a fair few sports bikes in the inters group towards the end. Then I had a bit of a mishap...

Mashed fairing:

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7764/img0052dd1.jpg

Mashed 'zorst:

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3259/img0049he3.jpg

Bent front sub-frame:

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6927/img0053kz9.jpg

The bike must have flipped and hit the ground upside down, as you can see the top of the rear sub-frame is bent too:

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6321/img0056fo5.jpg

Snapped clip-on:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9290/img0051gl8.jpg

Radiator, more ****ed than an Irishman on St Patrick's Day:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6391/img0054ab4.jpg

When I brought the bike I noticed the bike was wet, and that there was no coolant left in the expansion vessel. I thought that given the state of the radiator I must have punctured it. But looking over the bike today I found this:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8916/img0055do3.jpg

The pipe to the expasion bottle snapped off the radiator filler. So believe it or not, the radiators still good!

I was looking to turn the SV into a track bike at some point anyway, so thankfully it shouldn't actually cost too much to put right.

Considering I came off at the fastest part of the track and the bike and I both tumbled, we both came off remarkably well

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Nice photos Sam, looks like a great day apart from the offs.

Makes me wish I'd done a trackday, always next year.

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Thanks Samnooshka! :thumright:

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Woo Hoo!!!!!

Cheers Sam!

FS -> What happened? How'd you get home?

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Dan called his recovery for his lift home in the van. Since we only live 5 mins from eachother, I slipped the guy £20 and asked him to take me too!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

cool shots sam.

i am lazy, so i have just uploaded everything to here.
http://picasaweb.google.com/sarahlloyd/Lydden20Oct2007
if anyone wants to save their own images, go right ahead!

i had heaps of fun taking all these photos in the cold, next time though, i am going to be on the track, not on the side.

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Cool photo's Sarah :D Did you upload the photo's of Jester's "beach" excursion?

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Great pics!

Normally have to pay £30 for a CD of those, and they're usually not as good!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Wow, awesome pictures!!

Thanks guys :kiss:

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Nice one Jordan, you seemed to be hooning it! Sorry to hear about the off, now your radiator looks like mine! Still watertight and working though! And other people came off too? Unlucky.

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by ibishu (Post 1319418)

Piccies looking good!!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Samnooshka (Post 1319434)

Cool photo's Sarah :D Did you upload the photo's of Jester's "beach" excursion?

Ooooo, please do!!!! :lol:

Mind you, he was going for it!!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Samnooshka (Post 1319434)

Cool photo's Sarah :D Did you upload the photo's of Jester's "beach" excursion?

It should be, my comp is still uploading them, I'll edit this post when the upload is finished

EDIT: upload complete

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Thanks ibishu :thumleft:

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Lucky (Post 1319483)

Ooooo, please do!!!! :lol:

Mind you, he was going for it!!

Just seen it, HOW THE HECK DID HE KEEP THAT UP?? :cool:

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Lucky (Post 1319508)

Just seen it, HOW THE HECK DID HE KEEP THAT UP?? :cool:

that looks similar to mine.

The bike swung all over the place, no idea how to keep control - I didn't use hte front brake, maybe the rear or gears, not sure which but somehow ended up on the green, then the track.

Couldn't tell you how to do it.

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/...288fc44d_o.gif

Hehehehe Well done for keeping it up fella!! (BTW this should be a moving file i made from Sarah's pictures)

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Awesome! Now that really should be his new avatar!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Samnooshka (Post 1319519)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/...288fc44d_o.gif

Hehehehe Well done for keeping it up fella!! (BTW this should be a moving file i made from Sarah's pictures)

OMG, that looks like a BROWN trouser moment!!! :D

Well played for keeping it sunny side!! :notworthy:

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Lucky (Post 1319508)

Just seen it, HOW THE HECK DID HE KEEP THAT UP?? :cool:

a wizard did it!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S (Post 1319540)

OMG, that looks like a BROWN trouser moment!!! :D

Well played for keeping it sunny side!! :notworthy:

And that was the second time I visited the same gravel trap!! And I didnt drop it!!

I am obviously a riding God!!! :D Not!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Sam and Sarah, thanks for the great pics, they're fantastic!

Paul, well done to keep that one upright!

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Fabulous photos all round!

Thanks go out to our resident Ms. Baileys, Sam and Sarah!

And thanks to all that came, a great day was had by all including Bear, Chris8886, Sudoxe and Flaming Squirrel I hope despite their "incidents"!

Lets do it again soon! :thumbsup:

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

Nice pics. Well done Jester you nut job. Twice in the same day?! He he he.
:)

Re: Lydden Trackday October 2007

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Originally Posted by Jester666 (Post 1319606)

Yep had a great day. Kept getting faster through the sessions too... well, until the point I came to an abrupt halt :shock:

Was good to meet you lot.

I ache like hell today. Not from falling off mind, just 'cos moving around on the bike at that track was such hard work!