Brands Hatch 04/06

[Bishbash]

OK, I just booked it up with two mates of mine and my Mrs is going to take some shots of us, if anyone is going or want s to go, let us know and she might be able to take some pics of you too.

https://www.focusedevents.com/event_info.asp?ID=998

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Trackday videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/bishbash13

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Well it was an awesome day, and the weather was great, I managed to finally get my knee down, the first thing I thought when I did, was something came off the bike in front and hit my leg, then it clicked. .Wow what a feeling, I will let you guess what corner I did it on too.

4 sessions in the morning and I was getting held up by the other bikers who seemed to be out for a Sunday afternoon ride. But it was fun knowing I had not been overtaken all morning.

The afternoon sessions I got bumped up to the inters and felt more at home. I was not the slowest, but certainly not the fastest. But it seemed more flowing and everybody's lines were better and it was great, which made the experience more fun.

All the corners were not as bad as I had imagined the night before, paddock hill was simply cool, loved the down force of the hill when accelerating, no need to tuck in...NO NO , the hill does it for you ... Druids is simply amazing, saw a few crashes up there, but I kept my cool. Clark Curve, is an awesome long sweeping bend, but watch out for the crack in the track, it put me off a few times.

Here are a couple of pics that the Mrs took, I will only pop up a handful out of the 500 she took..

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/1.jpg

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/2.jpg

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/3.jpg

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/4.jpg

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/5.jpg

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/6.jpg

I think I will take her more often, she takes a good shot.
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My current bikes are - YZF-R1 & GS 500 E

Trackday videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/bishbash13

[Deano]

looking good, body position, looks good. Don't worry about kneedown just concentrate on corner speed when you get that right the kneedown will then come.

I find when i know the line to take and work out the braking marker everything starts to flow together.

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[Deano]

good luck with cadwell, ive never been due to distance and its a pretty advanced track aswell.

Novice group really is for people that are as it says "novices" someone who has just bought there bike or still initimidated by there bike.

the best way I found to increase my corner speed, beleive it or not is to brake to late, then im in a situation where i can bin it or fuck it, just lean it attitude. not once has it binned it, YET!

Mates tend to give alot of stick for not getting knee down on track but ignore the criticism, same with body position. alot of people really hamper on about body position but as long as you are comfortable and not putting weight on you wrists you should be fine, as you find more speed you will find your body position will naturally change anyhow..

you'll know if your body position is correct or not when you do get you kneedown as you will get a flat and even grinding on the slider where as bad body position will give uneven wearing, generally on the edge of the slider.

[Bishbash]

Ahh ok, my knee downs were on the edge, OK I will work on this.

Thanks for the info it all helps, I took all the input from my Snetterton thread and worked on that and this was the output, so we will see what happens on Cadwell. I love learning off more experienced people, so this all helps, thanks.

Yeah Cadwell is really a thin track and will need tonnes of concentration, so should be fun, and that 'Mountain' looks interesting too.
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My current bikes are - YZF-R1 & GS 500 E

Trackday videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/bishbash13

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