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Stoney said:
Probably this http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79987&page=1&pp=20&highlight=track+day+completed
Strangely it was after I was told to hang off the heads went down!!
What touches down first on your GS?
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Probably this http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79987&page=1&pp=20&highlight=track+day+completed
Strangely it was after I was told to hang off the heads went down!!
it does look impressive though!
Where was that and who was it with?
This guy is doing the right thing I reckon...The TDm also has a limited lean angle.
I certainly wouldn't want to put those bars down on the tarmac - I reckon it's either throw me off or I'd freak and high-side it.
Where was that and who was it with?
This guy is doing the right thing I reckon...The TDm also has a limited lean angle.
I certainly wouldn't want to put those bars down on the tarmac - I reckon it's either throw me off or I'd freak and high-side it.
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Where was that and who was it with?
It was at Prestwold Hall, Lougborough back in August.
The company was called AllRich http://allrichpublications.co.uk/Skill Days.htm
Would I do another? Probably not on the GS as I found the limits all too easily however on a sports bike,absolutely!
It was at Prestwold Hall, Lougborough back in August.
The company was called AllRich http://allrichpublications.co.uk/Skill Days.htm
Would I do another? Probably not on the GS as I found the limits all too easily however on a sports bike,absolutely!
newman7096 said:Where was that and who was it with?
It was at Prestwold Hall, Lougborough back in August.
The company was called AllRich http://allrichpublications.co.uk/Skill Days.htm
Would I do another? Probably not on the GS as I found the limits all too easily however on a sports bike,absolutely!
Absolutley agree. You realise the GS is just a big wobbly jelly even with everything cranked up full when you're really pushing it. Still a fantastic road bike though!
There were guys at Croft running track bikes thery had bought for less than £2k - Gixxer 750s with Ohlins and looking the biz - very tempting indeed. definately beats chucking a £10k bike down the tarmac. That said the GS is quite forgiving, as it soaks up all the bumps, has no front-end dive ans loads of grunt for getting through and out of the corners. I reckon I'm talking myself into a nice V twin here!
newman7096 said:Where was that and who was it with?
It was at Prestwold Hall, Lougborough back in August.
The company was called AllRich http://allrichpublications.co.uk/Skill Days.htm
Would I do another? Probably not on the GS as I found the limits all too easily however on a sports bike,absolutely!
I was at that track day as well, but only in the intermediate group. The GS is far from an ideal track day bike and now everyone knows it's good in the really tight corners is far less of a surprise when you go around the outside of them
.At that track day a guy on a KTM supermoto rode around the very outside edge of the track and went past everyone, just prooving it's not what you ride its how you do it
Thanks for the safety lesson but on an open bend that's very tight there is often no reason not to use near max lean angle- it doesn't always mean the riders a loon. You can scrape the pegs and still be able to stop in the distance you can see although I agree it's more difficult and less usual on the road. Also the higher the speed the more the suspension will compress in a corner and reduce the clearance.Stoney said:
JayGee said:
Fair play to you! I was in the novice group
The Intermediate group were well flying around!There were some guys in the novice group that were really really fast and I just wish they could have moved them up a group. I had a feeling that if the faster groups were 'full' then people joined the novice group just to get on track!
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Is that not a contradiction?
We'll have to agree to disagree. If you think you can stop while fully-cranked over, fair enough...but I think you'd end up in a bush or worse if you slammed the anchors on while leaned over. On a public road it is fun but very dangerous unless you know for sure the road is empty (maybe thats what you mean by 'open road').
As with all things there are a million and one different factors to consider while riding. For me safety is the no. 1 - wife, kids etc. Fun is still up there, but I'd like to think that I always put safety first.
Each to their own.
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Stoney said:Fair play to you! I was in the novice group
There were some guys in the novice group that were really really fast and I just wish they could have moved them up a group. I had a feeling that if the faster groups were 'full' then people joined the novice group just to get on track!
Me experiance of 'Inter' groups is that they are often the most dangerous ones to be in - made up of inexperianced riders who think they are better than they are and really should be in the novice group mixing it with riders who should be in the fast group but 'move down' for a laugh and easy pickings.
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I do not know about the GS, but you do not have to ride like a complete loon (I don't know what that is, but I guess I know what you mean!) for making the pin on the footpeg to touch the tarmac!Stoney said:
I'm a sissy, but I got scratches in my left sissy pin / heroes bulb when I rode in the 2.gear - not fast at all!
It was a wery fun hairpin!
And the police saw me; ''good'' they said, ''good girl! But remember to lift your toes!''
The bike? BMW F650CS Scarver - the belted bike with a fruitbowl!
Liv; a sissy who has done it... 
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Stoney said:
'Cos it's fun
Andres
When I did a course (not a track day) I was told that the best way was not to hang off.JDH said:
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Taff said:When I did a course (not a track day) I was told that the best way was not to hang off.
Depends on the course, but on a trackday hanging off is the way to go, less lean giving a bigger contact area on the tyre therefore more grip. On the road it's mostly showboating, but great fun
JDH
Hanging off isn't necessary untill your lean angle is such as to run out of ground clearance or reduce the contact patch of the tyre (i.e. run over the edge of the tyre - usually rear) or you just want to use your knee as a lean guage. Racers of old never used to hang off and they used their toes as a lean angle guage- didn't look so dramatic but they were way faster than most of us (and certainly faster than me)Taff said:When I did a course (not a track day) I was told that the best way was not to hang off.
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I still sit almost bolt upright and 'push' the bike down below me - too many years of riding dirt bikes and Supermotos I think. However, seems to work for me 
Is that what used to be refered to as 'Body English'
Andres
Is that what used to be refered to as 'Body English'
Andres
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Liv said:The bike? BMW F650CS Scarver - the belted bike with a fruitbowl!
Good for you Liv
So that's what the hole in the top of the "tank" is for then - I did wonder!The 16 year old kid next door to me is in his first season of 125GP racing and gets his elbow down at times! Awesome!!!!!
I had my shoulder down once! ...but I didn't get up...JAY said:Good for you Liv
The 16 year old kid next door to me is in his first season of 125GP racing and gets his elbow down at times! Awesome!!!!!
...and I got a hole in my trousers, and the doc told me I broke a bone in my calf... but 10 days lather I was back on the bike! The best part; it was not my Scarver - it was the school bike!
Liv.
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My knee when I'm washing it? 
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