race bike

gus · Post by **gus** » Sun May 11, 2014 4:30 pm

hi all
a few pics
i had taken loads of pics on my camera, got home to find i had not put a SD card in.....DOH!!!! may be able to get some other pics .

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i will do a little write up in the next few days
all the best
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ianbcr · Post by **ianbcr** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:27 pm

well done gus, must feel good to have such a good result on your first outing, away from home on foreign soil too.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:14 pm

Looking great and well done first time out and all fair shout

Mitch1100 · Post by **Mitch1100** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:19 pm

Great shots, and again well done!! Got that exhaust nice and warm

Droptarotter · Post by **Droptarotter** » Mon May 12, 2014 3:27 pm

Very nice Gus!
Too bad about the SD card!
When is the next round?

Sure do wish we still had a nice racetrack here.

Cheers

hellboyrich · Post by **hellboyrich** » Mon May 12, 2014 8:10 pm

Best of luck gus enjoy the racing bike looks awesome

Top man

Rich

tanneman · Post by **tanneman** » Mon May 12, 2014 10:04 pm

I am a solutely delighted with your race results. Very good for a first time and it means you are fast. What was the lap time difference between 4th and 3rd speaking of the r1200 class. You should give us some more details. Did you have a good scrap and where did you qualify?

madthemad · Post by **madthemad** » Tue May 13, 2014 8:47 am

Wow Gus you look like a Storm Trooper. Well done on your racing. Lovely looking bike. And here am I sat in bed with food poisoning

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Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Tue May 13, 2014 9:37 am

Nice one Gus - looking great!

As a fellow speccy I particularly like the Kork Ballington/Paul Lewis look.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Tue May 13, 2014 10:31 am

Gromit wrote:Nice one Gus - looking great!

As a fellow speccy I particularly like the Kork Ballington/Paul Lewis look.

Kork Ballington! That takes me back (Transatlantic Challenge?).

Also Peter Williams.

Al

ianbcr · Post by **ianbcr** » Tue May 13, 2014 12:01 pm

[quote="Blackal"][quote="Gromit"]Nice one Gus - looking great!

As a fellow speccy I particularly like the Kork Ballington/Paul Lewis look.

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Kork Ballington! That takes me back (Transatlantic Challenge?).

Also Peter Williams.

Al[/quote]

i was thinking milky quayle.

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Tue May 13, 2014 2:14 pm

Blackal wrote:
Kork Ballington! (Transatlantic Challenge?).

Al

I may be wrong Al but I think Kork Ballington only did GP's, can't remember him in the Transatlantic series.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Tue May 13, 2014 2:34 pm

popsky wrote:
Blackal wrote:
Kork Ballington! (Transatlantic Challenge?).

Al
I may be wrong Al but I think Kork Ballington only did GP's, can't remember him in the Transatlantic series.

Might be thinking of Yvon DuHamel......

gus · Post by **gus** » Tue May 13, 2014 7:08 pm

Hi all
Thanks for all the comments, even the speccy ones

First race
Qualified in 11 th place in boxercup(5th r1200s)
Time 1.54.872
Race finish 11 th place in boxercup(4th r 1200s )
Fastest lap 1.49.588 (third place r1200s did a 1.43.598, fifth place r1200s did a 1.51.938)
A good race. I got a good start and got into a dice with a HP2s. Got past him but was re overtaken 2 laps further in. He finished a couple of seconds in front of me. Pretty hectic race with other class of bikes. The super monos carry so much corner speed and use totally different lines to boxers. Had to adjust my lines to stop valve covers grinding the track away. Lost the front a few times due to this. Solved by moving forks through bottom yoke and adding more ride height in rear. I was well chuffed with my best race time compared to qualifying.
Race 2
Qualified in 10th place boxercup(4th r1200s)
Time 1.52.395
Race finish 9th place boxercup(4th r1200s)
Time 1.50.225(third place 1.50.613 fifth place 1.50.116)
Another great race. We didn't get as much practice as the previous day. It was wet in the morning, not enough for rain tyres though. We waited for it to dry out, which it did by about noon. The track was very dirty, there was a big crash in the super sport race the day before and a fare bit of oil and fluids was spread around the track. It took awhile for the track to get clean. Had another good start and got my head down. I got into third place (r 1200s) and gained a few seconds lead over fourth. Then a KTM 1290 blew its engine in front of me causing the oil flags to come out. I slowed down looking for any oil on track. Fourth place man came past me and took third. Doh!!! I gave chase and caught him on the last lap, I was on his back wheel as we crossed the line. Oh well.
I,m pleased with my progress as this is my first time racing. The last time I did a trackday was 8 years ago. So not too bad. The top guys are still miles ahead of me regarding times. Top time boxercup 1.37.852. Top time r1200s 1.39.298. My goal is to get closer to the top 3 r1200s guys.
Next round is Brno which is a wide and fast track. Looking forward to it.
Bike was great. Got it handling really well . The grip from the slicks is amazing. Shows up any flaws with suspension though. I need to address the front shock at some point as it seems the weak spot, apart from the rider that is!!

All the best
Gus

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue May 13, 2014 7:45 pm

Blackal wrote:
popsky wrote:
Blackal wrote:
Kork Ballington! (Transatlantic Challenge?).

Al
I may be wrong Al but I think Kork Ballington only did GP's, can't remember him in the Transatlantic series.
Might be thinking of Yvon DuHamel......

Steve baker?