Just picked up a trackday toy

[FZRDude]

WOW!

Good shots Rene'!!!

Glad you're okay Jim.

Wow.... I'd have liked to have seen that....

[jjs777]

you could have stopped here with this pic.....



and just said it was a slide "that even nicky hayden" would have been proud of

man...seriously...I sat that session out...and happen to be standing with rene when this all happened

man...let me tell ya...jim is a big man to see sliding on the tarmac and into the gravel

the bike...the bike is fiaxable

luckily it was a nice low side with hopefully jim just getting some soreness afterwards

[Cropover20]

It wasn't pretty but he walked away. I am starting to become one with my camera now. This trackday it took about 721 pics in total. Here what I put up. There are some shots of John and Corey too.

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/ ... st%202006/

[RiceRocket1]

If I remember right it was the 4'th or 5'th lap. Had been progressively picking up the speed to warm the tires. Wasn't pushing hard throught the turn as I don't like to pass in the bowl. Just riding it through till I could make the pass on the straight. Following throught the turn and the next thing I know the rear end was gone and I was pavement dancing. A friend Jane got good practice at not target fixating as she was right behind me. Talked to her after and asked if she had noticed me do anything wrong and she said that everything looked fine and then the rear just went out. The tires on the bike are Pilot Sport with under 100 miles but are original to the bike and that makes them 4 years old. Talked with Tony (track day organizer) afterwards and he is the one that thinks it may be an age issue which sounds very resonable seeing that I worked in a rubber factory for 13 yrs and rubber never really stops curing and continues to harden. looked at the tires after each session and they seemed to be wearing nicely and getting plenty of heat. After the lowside it looked like it had no heat and was "polished". Got back to the pits and checked it and after two sessions got it back out for the last two of the day. Once agian the tires looked good after each. Will be getting rid of them though for Pilot Powers.

Damage list as of now,

front fairing bracket broken
screen
upper and lower
tail
bent clutch lever (straightened)
tank dented
swing arm scuffs
slider
case cover scuff
exhaust bracket bent
pipe dented
slight twist to forks (staightened)

Sleeve zipper on right arm. Leather already at Vanson for repair.

Me, pride and normal leg soreness from hard riding



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[jjs777]

yeah hindsight is always better...

but I tend to agree on the 4 year old tires...best to only use the best on track days

[RiceRocket1]

Can't wait till my CD with these comes in.

Morning sessions




Crash








Had time to get two of these as he told me that it stayed in this position for 3 - 4 seconds




Waiting for the bikes to clear so i could get my bike clear...

[FZRDude]

LOL Jim.... the kickstand is on the bottom of the bike, not the top.

[RiceRocket1]

LOL Jim.... the kickstand is on the bottom of the bike, not the top.

[djalbin]

Ricerocket,
I would be suspect of the tires too (4 years old is old for a performance tire and especially one doing track duty) ... plus the Pilot Powers will be better for performance riding than the Pilot Sports. But don't feel too bad, it happens even to the professionals with racing tires.



Don

[RiceRocket1]

Digging into the front end a bit more and found out that the lower tripple need replacing

[RiceRocket1]

Just got the track phographers pics in......

The good....






The Bad and the Ugly....













You can see John and Rene on the right side of this one as I wait for the track to clear so i can get the bike....