You know your having a bad day..

Discussion in 'Trackdays' started by RichC, Oct 11, 2013.

  1. RichC

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    #1 RichC, Oct 11, 2013
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    thats amazing! just shows you how easy it is to do....
     
    #2 Jimbo Vills, Oct 11, 2013
  3. Garyb

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    A lesson for all of us eh :eek:
    Poor Basta, can you just begin to imagine what he was feeling on the walk of shame back to the garage :(
     
    #3 Garyb, Oct 11, 2013
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    Same as the first session that was cancelled when we were at Cadwell then :eek:
     
    #4 Muffking, Oct 11, 2013
  5. Ian E

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    It doesn't look like he was doing much wrong either?! New tyre?
     
    #5 Ian E, Oct 11, 2013
  6. Skippy79

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    new tyre, cold tyre and to fast on the throttle...... my team mate did it 2 yrs ago during an 8hr endurance race leaving the pitlane for 2 warm up laps...... let me put it this we, we started 6 laps behind :D :D :D
    Quite funny us all running back to the box and hanging over the wall to see the flying start, not seeing him ride by and seeing his bright yellow lid pushing the bike through the pitlane :D :D...... lesson learnt, degrease the tyres, and take the first lap very carefully... btw - we're not allowed tyre warmers...

    Binned it on a new tyres in the first chicane at Zolder 3 years ago, to cold, not degreased and too fast into the first chicane...

    Happens to the best of us :D :D
     
    #6 Skippy79, Oct 12, 2013
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    I must be going mad as I swear I seen the exact vid a few months ago unless
    someone has done the exact same crash.
     
    #7 phantom, Oct 12, 2013
  8. just_me _and _me _bike

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    Thought racers sanded down their tyres before going out, i know this is a travk day but dont TD addicts do the same??
     
    #8 just_me _and _me _bike, Oct 12, 2013
  9. RichC

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    I recently did a BMW track day at Silverstone on a hire bike shod with brand new tyres not turned a inch! Terrified me was told to do a lap warm them up and push.

    Scared the life out of me with a £800 damage excess on a S1000RR!!!
     
    #9 RichC, Oct 12, 2013
  10. sinewave

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    Old Wives Tale that!

    Tiz the Oily release agents etc that running in a new set of tyres is designed to get rid of. [​IMG]

    Wanking then off with a bit of Sand Paper will do Jack.
     
    #10 sinewave, Oct 12, 2013
  11. just_me _and _me _bike

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    Yeah n only way to get rid is to get heat into the tyres n the rubber on tarmac i guess, oh well, riding slowly first few miles is always good even in the roads :)
     
    #11 just_me _and _me _bike, Oct 12, 2013

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