So, last sunday I attended a track day approx 10 km from my home. We started with a check of all bikes to see that all was OK. The guy who checked mine thought that I aught to adjust my brake handle further out so that it would`nt bottom out when it starts to fade. I did so, but all I can say afterwards is: WHAT F***ING FADING!! I did´nt notice any brake fading at all, even though it was a hot day! I thank the Gods that I decided to change my front tire before the track day, that new Avon Viper Sport really handled well. I installed it the night before, so it was interesting to watch how deep I had leaned the bike in each pause. Towards the end of the day I managed to get so far down that I scraped the pegs on the foot rests! FUUUN! Well, that´s what I can come up with for now. If anyone is wondering about something, feel free to ask, but don´t expect any proffesional answers, because I´m a lousy track driver If you have the patients to wait for it, watch the video:
What a luxury having a track so near home ! Even if it not meets high standards it provides a very good recourse for training and I'm sure you went to sleep with a big smile that day. I really enjoyed looking at the video and noticed that you have comittment, pace and great fun.
I did another form of real fun driving last week which I could recommend since it within reach for you as a Swede. I went to the beautiful town Pragh thrue Germany for a couple of days by car. The driving on Autobahn is increadible fun for speed maniacs, e.g. from Nurnberg to Pragh the freeway is brand new, and you can drive for hours at any speed you want as long as you watch up for possible blockings and respect all others on the road. I driving a Volvo S60 T5 which has a stable chassie. The turbo engine is set to 300 hp/ 400 Nm. It has a top speed of a few kilometres above 260 km/h (GPS). To be on the safe side not to overheat the turbo or other parts, I only use maximum load for about 30 s at a time, and no higher speed than about 225 to 235 km/h for the extended periods. We also passed Nurburg ring on the way out, but the track was not open for public that day which my wife was real happy for...
It´s a track called Monzta, located in Alvdalen, Dalarna(Mid-Sweden, about 350 km north of Stockholm). Originally a winter-driving training track for police and ambulance drivers and Volvo Security Driving Academy, rebuilt this spring to be suitable for motorcycledriving. And yes! It was fun!!
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Oh, you mean the guy with his hands in back pockets? Yeah, well that´s my brother, the guy holding the video cam is also my brother, it´s them you can hear commenting in the clip... My first video editing ever, have mercy...
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Yep, very cool video. In fact, I'm jealous. We have some twisty roads within a 50 mile radius of my house and they have allowed me to drag a knee and a get a few scrapes on the knee pucks. I'm building a camera mount for the bike and my buddy has one for his helmet. I asked him to mount it backwards on his helmet (its stuck on with velcro) and get some video of a big bike proving it can be laid right over.
In order to go to a track day, I would have to go through something called NESBA (New England Sportbike Association). The closest place to me is 6 hours away.
For you Americans here, Canadian or US, you can take your bike to the track. And you'll have a ball if you do.
I work as a call-in guest coach with Team Pro-Motion and they have dates all over the east coast. I just worked Shannonville Ontario with them last week-end, will be at Pocono next Friday, again the end of the month as well as up at Loudon. Before the year's end, several more Pocono dates, VIR, Beaverun (near Pittsburgh), Summit Point, etc. They're at Mosport this week-end. Plenty of dates available. And for the new track riders they have a very nice intro course to get you off in the right direction (so to speak). They're a fun bunch of people, too.
Here are a few pics of my '90 at Beaverun a couple years ago when it had 90,000 miles on the clock. And if anyone would know how to host a video, I have several laps taken from turns #1 thru#4 at Beaverun including a pretty good slide, tire marks and all!
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About track day! Link to Videoclips
If you have the patients to wait for it, watch the video:
They're a fun bunch of people, too.
