Holy Trackday report, Thunderhill, Easter

[enzo]

Time to re-gear the 748 and R6, cap the leak in the 748 clutch and get back out.

There's a Keigwins Sunday at T-Hill in late May that I have my eye on... [moto]

[Desmostro]

Time to re-gear the 748 and R6, cap the leak in the 748 clutch and get back out.

There's a Keigwins Sunday at T-Hill in late May that I have my eye on... [moto]

Finally I got this to work.


Here is a little chase video starring the illustrious mostrobelle on her new to her 748!
I got around her,  then she got around me  and the fun began, however, the brand new camera stopped working for the best part! 
Super duper awesome fun day though.

[mostrobelle]

Damn we look slow.     I hope that's partly the camera.  Still fun though.   [moto]

[Desmostro]

Damn we look slow.     I hope that's partly the camera.  Still fun though.   [moto]

That was the third lap. We got way faster after that and then the camera stopped. 

[DanTheMan]

nope, slow, very slow. Desmo, you wern't able to blow by her on the straights? Or were you holding off the throttle a little? I would expect the new sexy to have a little more juice than the old sexy.

[Desmostro]

 You didn't watch it obviously.
I passed her coming out of 11. She passed me back a lap later on the outside around 2, then we got going fast. That was a beautiful pass btw MB, kudos.

nope, slow, very slow. Desmo, you wern't able to blow by her on the straights? Or were you holding off the throttle a little? I would expect the new sexy to have a little more juice than the old sexy.

[mattv]

I was there too.  It was the best Easter ever!  Weather turned out perfect and the b- group actually had very little traffic.  I have some video as well but I haven't had a chance to post it anywhere yet.  I'll try and get it posted somewhere this weekend.

Turn 5 (Eric's sky jump)


Turn 2

[mostrobelle]

You're looking great, Matt.     I tried to follow you for a bit, but that lasted about two turns. 

[Spidey]

Finally I got this to work.

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Here is a little chase video starring the illustrious mostrobelle on her new to her 748!
I got around her,  then she got around me  and the fun began, however, the brand new camera stopped working for the best part! 
Super duper awesome fun day though.

I love videos.  Eric, from the vid, your lines look a little tight.  Rather than hitting some of the apexes late and getting a good drive, you're doing a beeline from one apex to another and then keeping it tight.   That works sometimes, but at others, it gets you to the next apex too early.  Take what I'm saying with a grain of salt cuz it's been a while since I've been on a normal-sized bike at T-hill.  And don't start taking those super swoopy lines that are so f'n annoying. 

[desmoquattro]

I love videos.  Eric, from the vid, your lines look a little tight.  Rather than hitting some of the apexes late and getting a good drive, you're doing a beeline from one apex to another and then keeping it tight.   That works sometimes, but at others, it gets you to the next apex too early.  Take what I'm saying with a grain of salt cuz it's been a while since I've been on a normal-sized bike at T-hill.  And don't start taking those super swoopy lines that are so f'n annoying. 

IIRC, your upstairs neighbor showed him those lines

[Spidey]

Then follow what datv said.   

[Desmostro]

Hmm. Thanks, something to think about.
I posted the best video over rhe best riding ha ha. That vid was from early in the day.  When I got out in front my lines were a little experimental. I followed DaTV and 'Bell a bit  until I found some things that worked pretty well. Mostly a very late apex kind of track it seems. Turn 3 I think I had the worst time with. It was a Zoolander moment with that right turn! DaTv gave me some awesome knee dragging advise I'll need to work into mussel memory before owning.

Maybe I'll post some more video when I get back from Shanghai. No Youtube access here.
 I got a couple more laps riding with 'Bell again that's pretty nice.

I was there too.  It was the best Easter ever!  Weather turned out perfect and the b- group actually had very little traffic.  I have some video as well but I haven't had a chance to post it anywhere yet.  I'll try and get it posted somewhere this weekend.

Hey good seeing you out there Matt. Awesome photos!

[Spidey]

I posted the best video over rhe best riding ha ha. That vid was from early in the day.  When I got out in front my lines were a little experimental. I followed DaTV and 'Bell a bit  until I found some things that worked pretty well. Mostly a very late apex kind of track it seems. Turn 3 I think I had the worst time with.

Turn 3 just sucks.  Focus on getting through it and not crashing rather than trying to go fast through there.  Entry and exit are good places for race passes, but not a place to pick up a lot of speed at a trackday. 

[desmoquattro]

Turn 3 just sucks.  Focus on getting through it and not crashing rather than trying to go fast through there.  Entry and exit are good places for race passes, but not a place to pick up a lot of speed at a trackday. 

I always hated that turn...and 5B. Right hand off-camber sucks.

[Desmostro]

The Ducati superbike speedos claim to have a built-in 8% downward error. So at 135MPH indicated, that'd put you at 124MPH actual.

I don't know man, I finally figured out how to open the GPS files on the videos.
The GPS is saying the same thing the Speedo was saying going down the straight.
Have a looksee