Trackday - Eastern Creek - Sat 12th April

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!

Get your own forum.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

Get your own forum.

Meh.

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.

Originally Posted by ibishu

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.

What about the Daytona!?

It had to happen - lowsided my new 2 week old Daytona at around 130kph I'm fine - really testament to all my gear which held up superbly. Even the GB Racing crash bungs and engine covers did a great job taking the brunt of the slide....until I hit the gravel trap. See, having never visited a gravel trap, I thought they were made up of the soft powdery stuff you get in dressage arenas - not frickin stones and dirt! So, despite all the damage being cosmetic, pretty much all of it was done by the damn gravel trap.

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

[rictus01]

I retracked my previous statement (in another thread)

Cheers Mark.

ah no, really feel for you!


hope you get the bike fixed up soon, and hey look on the bright side at least you now have track fairings for next time!

oh noooooo! sorry to see this

[Shellywoozle]

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