I had to book a novice place.
I hope I can move.
Ducati Pete
2009-02-18 16:41:00 UTC
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Harry Monk
2009-02-18 17:18:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-18 17:53:00 UTC
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Andy
2009-02-18 18:21:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-18 18:33:00 UTC
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Andy
2009-02-18 19:59:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-18 20:08:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2009-02-18 20:26:00 UTC
Andy
2009-02-18 20:32:00 UTC
Dont worry they will put me down to novice after first session. You can have my place in fast group.
In fact if photographer is there you can borrow my bike, leathers and lid also. Then I might get some decent pictures for once.
Any ideas how I will get all the baby oil out of the inside of my leathers after though? See, it is dirty work being a pervert
In fact if photographer is there you can borrow my bike, leathers and lid also. Then I might get some decent pictures for once.
Any ideas how I will get all the baby oil out of the inside of my leathers after though? See, it is dirty work being a pervert
Schnauzer
2009-02-18 22:22:00 UTC
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Harry Monk
2009-02-19 00:26:00 UTC
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Schnauzer
2009-02-19 07:56:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-19 14:09:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-19 16:35:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2009-02-19 19:17:00 UTC
Has anyone panned to get in the same garage? I will be there just after 7.
Andy
2009-02-19 20:19:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-19 20:58:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2009-02-19 20:59:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-19 21:15:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-19 21:26:00 UTC
Bloody hell you're eager beavers aren't you? 7AM???? On a Saturday???
Keep us a spare slot in the garage chaps - Promise not to bum you while you're not looking
Keep us a spare slot in the garage chaps - Promise not to bum you while you're not looking
Stupid Luke
2009-02-19 22:22:00 UTC
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Harry Monk
2009-02-20 09:23:00 UTC
Have fun guys. And take some pictures to us who aren't coming along.
Stupid Luke
2009-02-21 21:05:00 UTC
Lets think, it did the first time I had sex. Err...........and the second. And Ive only done it twice so yeah, I guess that is always.
Never really thought of premature ejeculation as a problem for men anyway.
Surely, once you have done all the lying to them and the being nice to them and the grovelling and the guilt trip and the endless foreplay....
Once you actually get to the poke in the whiskers stage then surely, the sooner it is over with the better. You may even get back to the bar before last orders.
It is in our genes. Back in caveman days Fred would impregnate Wilma as quick as he could to get next door and have a go on Betty before Barney gets home.
It is only women and that tantric twat, Sting, that have a problem with this.
My main problem is that, because of my winning personality, I am as attractive to women as a cervical smear test. Now Freestyler could help here by lending me his Leopard skin skate shoes - but he wont
So I have to use reverse psychology to get my end away. If my missus should have a small mishap with the car I dont shout or moan. I simply mention she now owes me two shags.
Fortunately, she is a crap driver so I am sorted for Xmas and my birthday for the next two years at least.
Never really thought of premature ejeculation as a problem for men anyway.
Surely, once you have done all the lying to them and the being nice to them and the grovelling and the guilt trip and the endless foreplay....
Once you actually get to the poke in the whiskers stage then surely, the sooner it is over with the better. You may even get back to the bar before last orders.
It is in our genes. Back in caveman days Fred would impregnate Wilma as quick as he could to get next door and have a go on Betty before Barney gets home.
It is only women and that tantric twat, Sting, that have a problem with this.
My main problem is that, because of my winning personality, I am as attractive to women as a cervical smear test. Now Freestyler could help here by lending me his Leopard skin skate shoes - but he wont
So I have to use reverse psychology to get my end away. If my missus should have a small mishap with the car I dont shout or moan. I simply mention she now owes me two shags.
Fortunately, she is a crap driver so I am sorted for Xmas and my birthday for the next two years at least.
Ducati Pete
2009-02-21 21:44:00 UTC
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Andy
2009-02-21 21:47:00 UTC
What a great day!
I hope Schnauzer's wrist is OK. Get well soon fella!
Great to meet some superduke riders. Big Toby taught me a neat trick with a water bottle! He even tried his best to give me his credit card. Toby, when your next bill has a £400 purchase from House Of Harlot, don't fret - Ms Fernandez needed a new catsuit!
That was the fastest Fast group I've seen for quite a while! I think Luke and I were the only road bikes out there!
How great was that weather?
I know you are all jealous of my funky wheels, but I'm afraid you'll need to find your own colour!
I hope Schnauzer's wrist is OK. Get well soon fella!
Great to meet some superduke riders. Big Toby taught me a neat trick with a water bottle! He even tried his best to give me his credit card. Toby, when your next bill has a £400 purchase from House Of Harlot, don't fret - Ms Fernandez needed a new catsuit!
That was the fastest Fast group I've seen for quite a while! I think Luke and I were the only road bikes out there!
How great was that weather?
I know you are all jealous of my funky wheels, but I'm afraid you'll need to find your own colour!
Ducati Pete
2009-02-21 22:23:00 UTC
Yeah it was bloody brilliant - That hanging of malarkey is a killer though, hour and a half in the bath and my legs are still aching! Thats the problem with being a top athlete
Schnauser, great to met you, gutted for you about the bike but well chuffed you have it on video......won't steal too much of your thunder - Get posting (I appreciate it might take a while with one functioning hand!)
Andy, nice to meet you mate, hope your day ended without any dramas!
StupidLuke.......most great riders have female groupies.....you had one bird, three forty something old fellas and your grandad - Rock 'n' Roll! Was good to meet some of your chums and cheers for the company and the fuel, both were much appreciated!
DucatiPete - If any of you out there wondered what had happened to kermit the frog.....an RTA didn't go well for the little green fella and he's now all over Pete's wheels. Still, you're a damned sight faster than me fella - I'll take the piss more when I can keep up
Few pictures to follow - When I can be arsed!
Best biking day of the year so far - Loved it!
Schnauser, great to met you, gutted for you about the bike but well chuffed you have it on video......won't steal too much of your thunder - Get posting (I appreciate it might take a while with one functioning hand!)
Andy, nice to meet you mate, hope your day ended without any dramas!
StupidLuke.......most great riders have female groupies.....you had one bird, three forty something old fellas and your grandad - Rock 'n' Roll! Was good to meet some of your chums and cheers for the company and the fuel, both were much appreciated!
DucatiPete - If any of you out there wondered what had happened to kermit the frog.....an RTA didn't go well for the little green fella and he's now all over Pete's wheels. Still, you're a damned sight faster than me fella - I'll take the piss more when I can keep up
Few pictures to follow - When I can be arsed!
Best biking day of the year so far - Loved it!
Stupid Luke
2009-02-21 22:25:00 UTC
What a day perfect weather it was more like april, nice to meet toby, pete , luke and schnauzer i hope your not to stiff in the morning.
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2009-02-21 22:29:00 UTC
It was a shame that Harry Monk and Shade couldn't be there.
I think we will have a few more days out this year!
Toby, I will ache like fook tomorrow. I'm pretty fit but it's hard to be bike fit unless you ride fairly often.
I think we will have a few more days out this year!
Toby, I will ache like fook tomorrow. I'm pretty fit but it's hard to be bike fit unless you ride fairly often.
Schnauzer
2009-02-21 23:01:00 UTC
He wasnt really my grandad.
I just call him that since I caught him shagging my nan
No real harm done, she had been dead ten years
I just call him that since I caught him shagging my nan
No real harm done, she had been dead ten years
Ducati Pete
2009-02-21 23:21:00 UTC
Andy
2009-02-22 12:36:00 UTC
[shouty spartan mode]
[/shouty spartan mode]
[/shouty spartan mode]
Stupid Luke
2009-02-22 14:13:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-22 16:02:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2009-02-22 16:37:00 UTC
Get well soon mate!
I ache like a bastard today too!
I ache like a bastard today too!
Ducati Pete
2009-02-22 17:44:00 UTC
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Harry Monk
2009-02-22 19:22:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-22 19:26:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2009-02-22 19:41:00 UTC
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ShadeTheChangingMan
2009-02-22 20:33:00 UTC
Ah yeah, I met him too - Told me how good he was in the first few sentences
Sorry to hear he fell off, but not crying
Sorry to hear he fell off, but not crying
Schnauzer
2009-02-22 20:46:00 UTC
I meant Alan - the guy with the "special track day" stopwatch.
Ducati Pete
2009-02-23 20:35:00 UTC
Without a doubt clearways is the hardest part of that circuit to master. From the moment you turn the bike left from surtees it's difficult to do well.
It's the only part of the track where the surface is flawed, there are changes of camber, and you're trying to get on the gas for the straight.
It's crucial to a good lap time, and, I must admit it's my weekest corner on the indie circuit.
I actually think it's one of the trickiest sections of any track I've ridden.
I was talking to Sam Middlemass last night who did national Jnr superstocks last year (in the BSB paddock.) He did 49.7 'round there on a Triumph 675, using a pretty radical line through clearways. Mid season he changed to a R6 and found that line didn't work very well!
It's the only part of the track where the surface is flawed, there are changes of camber, and you're trying to get on the gas for the straight.
It's crucial to a good lap time, and, I must admit it's my weekest corner on the indie circuit.
I actually think it's one of the trickiest sections of any track I've ridden.
I was talking to Sam Middlemass last night who did national Jnr superstocks last year (in the BSB paddock.) He did 49.7 'round there on a Triumph 675, using a pretty radical line through clearways. Mid season he changed to a R6 and found that line didn't work very well!
SuperDuke-DK
2009-02-23 20:35:00 UTC
I hope everybody is OK.......
Ducati Pete
2009-02-23 20:37:00 UTC
I think the cause was a little too much throttle. You can hear the rear spinning up!
I've crashed there on a 250, it's seldom painless if you come off at clearways.
I've crashed there on a 250, it's seldom painless if you come off at clearways.
Stupid Luke
2009-02-23 20:41:00 UTC
Yeah, I Hope your ok!! wondering how the GBRacing cover held out,
the tarmac looked rough so did the clutch cover live through it?...
the tarmac looked rough so did the clutch cover live through it?...
Stupid Luke
2009-02-23 20:41:00 UTC
The photos are now online @ www.trackdaydigitalimages.com
Scroll down to Brands 21/02/2009 No Limits
Pete and I are in the fast group red / orange bikes
Toby is in inters red / orange bikes
Andy and Schnauzer are in novice black / silver bikes.
Scroll down to Brands 21/02/2009 No Limits
Pete and I are in the fast group red / orange bikes
Toby is in inters red / orange bikes
Andy and Schnauzer are in novice black / silver bikes.
Ducati Pete
2009-02-23 21:05:00 UTC
Other bikes of interest were a Bayliss rep 1098R in novice / multicoloured bikes photo ref 3139.
There was a very fast RC8 with a plain white fairing in inters / white bikes photo ref 1158. Could be someone to watch in the race series.
Michael Neeves from MCN was also there in fast / red bike (no 5). He had plain black leathers on until the sun came out and then put on his flash MCN ones
There was a very fast RC8 with a plain white fairing in inters / white bikes photo ref 1158. Could be someone to watch in the race series.
Michael Neeves from MCN was also there in fast / red bike (no 5). He had plain black leathers on until the sun came out and then put on his flash MCN ones
Ducati Pete
2009-02-23 21:07:00 UTC
Check out those wheels!
Stupid Luke
2009-02-23 21:09:00 UTC
I like this one too!
Andy
2009-02-23 21:12:00 UTC
I liked those of yours too. And the ones where we were both about to fall into paddock hill.
How did you get them on here? You must have on of those bucket things
How did you get them on here? You must have on of those bucket things
Stupid Luke
2009-02-23 22:18:00 UTC
Here you are luke seeing as you havnt got a bucket,
ShadeTheChangingMan
2009-02-23 22:31:00 UTC
I love all Superdukes, even boring grey ones. But when you see photos that orange frame has extra bling
Schnauzer
2009-02-23 22:54:00 UTC
Jules.....oh man....O U C H !!!!! That really hurts to watch it....it makes such a difference when you know the person in the clip and know the bike. I really feel for you mate, hope you recover physically and mentally too mate....it must be tough to get back in the saddle after an offlike that.
Do you think it was cold rubber/too much gas/something else that was thre major factor?
Have to say, I'm impressed with your knee down until that point tho...I didnt get a knee even close whenI was there....I know I've only ever done 3 sessions there but I hope to ge my corner speed/smoothness up when I return.
Kudos for posting that video clip mate!!
Do you think it was cold rubber/too much gas/something else that was thre major factor?
Have to say, I'm impressed with your knee down until that point tho...I didnt get a knee even close whenI was there....I know I've only ever done 3 sessions there but I hope to ge my corner speed/smoothness up when I return.
Kudos for posting that video clip mate!!
Ducati Pete
2009-02-23 23:54:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 00:31:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-24 00:41:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-24 00:55:00 UTC
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Harry Monk
2009-02-24 01:05:00 UTC
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Harry Monk
2009-02-24 01:29:00 UTC
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Schnauzer
2009-02-24 09:04:00 UTC
Need.........
........more..........
.......practice!
Please critique my form gents - I won't get better without advice! Need to get that knee to the floor so I have a reliable gauge of how far over I am when cornering - Then I can start to concentrate on getting faster![/url]
........more..........
.......practice!
Please critique my form gents - I won't get better without advice! Need to get that knee to the floor so I have a reliable gauge of how far over I am when cornering - Then I can start to concentrate on getting faster![/url]
ShadeTheChangingMan
2009-02-24 09:54:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2009-02-24 18:01:00 UTC
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Sabre
2009-02-24 19:18:00 UTC
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SDSmurf
2009-02-24 20:00:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 21:14:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 21:16:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 21:17:00 UTC
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Schnauzer
2009-02-24 22:25:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 22:29:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-24 22:33:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 22:42:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-24 22:46:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 22:50:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-24 22:53:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2009-02-24 23:06:00 UTC
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TheJoker
2009-02-24 23:11:00 UTC
I agree, knee down is just "one thing to do". The ones that really can ride, they ride smooth as the a summers breeze, but fast as f**k! In fact, they're riding so smoothly it almost looks boring.
I'll be around at a trackday this year. Or that's the plan anyway.
I'll be around at a trackday this year. Or that's the plan anyway.
SDSmurf
2009-02-24 23:12:00 UTC
Thanks Joker, shows what watching hours and hours of motogp and wsbk can do ...
Also BigT, if you're quite inflexible, then the advice I got from a regional racer might help; he was following me for a whole session (unknown to me) and picked it up immediately, told me to "hang off till you feel like an idiot, that will be correct".
I tried it, felt terrible, but I got my knee down instead of the pegs and my corner speed went up . Since then, I've seen some video footage of me hanging off like an idiot (or so it felt), and it does actually look correct.
Not very comfortable, but (for me) the best way round a corner...
Also BigT, if you're quite inflexible, then the advice I got from a regional racer might help; he was following me for a whole session (unknown to me) and picked it up immediately, told me to "hang off till you feel like an idiot, that will be correct".
I tried it, felt terrible, but I got my knee down instead of the pegs and my corner speed went up . Since then, I've seen some video footage of me hanging off like an idiot (or so it felt), and it does actually look correct.
Not very comfortable, but (for me) the best way round a corner...
Stupid Luke
2009-02-25 20:43:00 UTC
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Schnauzer
2009-02-25 20:51:00 UTC
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SDSmurf
2009-02-25 21:33:00 UTC
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