Rockingham International - First Trackday

[Fawbish]

So did my first trackday at Rockingham on the 28th




Been wanting to do a trackday ever since Ive had my bike, but never felt fast enough or had the money/time/weather etc.

But fuck all that now, me dids the Rock, and me likey! Totally addicted to track now, feel the urge to go again and again.

Booked with Hottrax, and Kudos to them, professional and brilliant day, well set up and well run. Really friendly folks

They were great about A2 licence (ie, they didnt even look, they just looked at the front) and my brother (Matty21) rode his KR1 for the first time ever on a Race Licence(and an actual real sized, powerful bike for the first time ever too) and he is 16...did fucking well did the lad. Might post some of his pics laters, I also have some onboard footage of my bro from me following him, and me fucking up a big corner, but then deciding to catch and over take everyone I could

I was dicing with the top four out of about 30 Novice riders throughout the day, a Beamer 1200 which I just COULDNT match for pace, but sorta kept with in corners, and a few newer/track bikes.

In the first two sessions, I was a bit dismayed. My bike started to skip out on the corners when I was laying the power down. This however, Im gonna put down to being a fuckin' noob and not getting myself off the bike far enough, and putting too much power on too early. As I learnt the track and kinda learnt even more about my bike, I started to speed up, no scary moments, just got faster throughout the day.

Compared to what I thought I was going to be like, Im pretty pleased with how fast I was, given the state of my bike. Cant wait to go again!

Childish, but both knees down consistently is a reaaaly good feeling

And Garth, if you read this, M600 set up for the track on the video I'll be putting up, it was cool but the rider was dog slow!

By laptime, I think I will go for a backmarker intermediates next time, but this time, my 9 year old ZX6R will have :-

a)Braided Hoses
b)The front wheel on the right way round (dunno if this could affect it much tbh...didnt feel like it? )
c)Some form of actual supersticky tyre (was on D208's)
d)Suspension i)Refreshed...its 9 years old! ii) Set up for me
e)Maybe by the next time have the bike Im riding NOT be my main and only transport

Of course, I dont make any excuses...

Fastest Lap was around 1.54.1, about ten seconds behind Big_Ham on his Track Hornet from two weeks before (and I had better weather! Scary )

Anyways, a few pics.

https://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v288/55/106/688853083/n688853083_957966_1105.jpg

https://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v288/55/106/688853083/n688853083_957967_1382.jpg

https://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v288/55/106/688853083/n688853083_957968_1620.jpg

https://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v288/55/106/688853083/n688853083_957969_1904.jpg

https://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v288/55/106/688853083/n688853083_957970_2157.jpg


I'll post the few onboard vids later, if I can upload them without my connection going pop.


Anyways, big up to Rockingham and Hottrax, thoroughly enjoyed it!
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Looks like you had an awesome day Mr Fawbs.

Which group was your bro in, novice too??
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[Fawbish]

Aye, he was in Novice too. He didnt exactly get left behind, he got better and better throughout the day did the lad (you can even see the difference between 2 consecutive sessions/vids which ill try and post later)
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[neatbik]

Awesome mate
Ive got my first trackday at Anglesey next saturday, really looking forward to it

[rovens]

Looks good mate. My first one is at Brands on tuesday.

[Matty21]

Nath, Dont forget i was only 10 seconds away from you

And on very old tyres that bobbled too much tbh ha.

What did we clock the KR1 at down the straights?

Woop beat a cb500 race bike

Btw the pics of me arent that good, the vid is well better because i was better on last 2 sessions.


Laterz
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[garth]

1) You're a light taping tart

2) Monster - eh? Mines getting there now. Bought new belts yesterday and got a front fairing on.

Lookin' good.
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[Fawbish]

Hehe, you know you love it though, if you dont look too closely, it almost looks like my bike is fast

And yeah, this one was naked and yellow.

Oooh, fairings....sound yum. Maybe they'll help the lickle engine a bit more on the straights Unless the guy riding it was an utter pansy at Rock', cos he got done over bigstyle!


KR1 reached about 110 down the back straight, pretty decent
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[TomR6]

Looks like you had fun. Must get on track meself.
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[Shaane]

Looking forward to videos <33
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[Cammy]

Track day, the one thing i want to do when i get some spare cash for another bike
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[benvanwell]

beatnck2, is that the no limits track day(s) on 12/13th July?

I was hoping to pop along to try out some new photography techniques.

Does anyone know the protocol for going along to take photos at a trackday? Am I allowed to just rock up and snap away, or will I have to pay for entry or ....?
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[fassist]

Nice pics.

Keep em coming

[neatbik]

Hi mate, yeah its the no limits one.
Feel free to take pics of me, i'll be the slow one on a black triumph speed four on the saturday

[garth]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Fawbish]

Yeah but this idiot can go fast in a straight line and then corner pretty quick too


Well, I can dream.
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[jay81]

Does anyone know the protocol for going along to take photos at a trackday? Am I allowed to just rock up and snap away, or will I have to pay for entry or ....?


anyone can turn up and watch,take photos they dont charge u to cum thro the gate only to race .
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[benvanwell]

Cheers guys. If the weather is okay then I'll try to come along and take some pics. Of course I wouldn't plan on selling them, but giving them away....
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[Shaane]

Still want to see the videos of you guys around the track

Whats the KR like on the track?
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[Fawbish]

I'll let Matty answer that one Shaane. It smoked a lot at first though, and following with a video got me covered in oil deposits, especially considering on our first session, me and matty were out first at the front of the pack, so everyone else was wiping oil off their helmets aswell


Heres the first vid, but Matty21 (riding the KR1, with LAWS on his leathers) is faster in the second video Im gonna upload later on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zrS7t3GsJU

Ps. Sound quality was awful, so I just banged a few tunes on the video instead.


EDIT: Almost forgot, keep an eye out for my rather large fuck up on Video

I try and make up for it though.
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[Cammy]

spotted it, not your fault, shitty coning placments.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Nice fuck up, should have just chucked it in. Doesn't matter though.

Looking cool, can't wait to see the second vid!
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[Fawbish]

ABout time I uploaded the second video


Matty is much faster here I feel


Apologise for the gay tune, but matty loves it. and it DOES fit the video when he starts to speed up (after I tell him to get his arse off )


Hope you think its alreet

And it aint massively exciting, but its not gonna be til we're both rather fast anyways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzd1upzR9U



EDIT: I get done by the beamer, but look at his back end when he brakes a tad hard at 6.53
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