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Title: First Track Day - Heartland Park Topeka w/ RideSmart
Post by: EvilBetty on September 22, 2011, 12:53:27 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSuteiMTpf0

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Post by: Nick Calne on September 22, 2011, 06:48:38 PM

Excellent stuff. :thumbsup

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Post by: EvilBetty on September 22, 2011, 09:33:38 PM

The Tiger just loves the curves. It was so wild to be taken in the straights by 600cc bikes but yet catch them in the turns. :shock:

We were all beginners though. I'm sure an experienced rider on a Ninja 650r would have taken me every time in the curves.

If I wasn't so damn heavy The 1050 Tiger probably could have kept up on the straights better too.

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Post by: ChazzyB on September 22, 2011, 10:10:53 PM

Great fun!

Why were your lights all taped over?

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Post by: EvilBetty on September 22, 2011, 10:18:29 PM

Old track rules...

Mainly for when lenses were glass... kept the track from being covered in bits of glass from a collision or fall.

Now mostly just to block light that may distract riders.

Because my taillight was LED, I had to cover it in about 4 layers to block the light from it.

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Post by: rf9rider on September 23, 2011, 02:41:09 AM

Did you get your knee down? :lol:

I remember my first track day on my RF900 at Mallory Park, great fun.

The Tiger looks a bit strange amongst the race bikes, although i`m thinking of doing one on the Steamer next year.

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Post by: EvilBetty on September 23, 2011, 04:57:32 AM

No I was wearing textile gear so my knees stayed comfortably above the tarmac. :)

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Post by: HockleyBoy on September 23, 2011, 09:58:25 AM

Nice one, looks like great fun.

Will have to find a beginners track day for myself next summer.

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Post by: oxnsox on September 28, 2011, 02:33:00 AM

Haha... now I can see why you're looking at the Duke.
I just spent the weekend helping out on a training course, unfortunately here we only have a cart track (short and tight, no room for speed on a bike), still it's great to be able to circulate on a track and have the odd peg touchdown thru the corners

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Post by: NeilD on September 28, 2011, 10:28:27 AM

Quote from: "rf9rider"s, although i`m thinking of doing one on the Steamer next year.

they do 'supermoto' track days at cadwell, so would fit in there.. :)

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Travel - These bikes were made for riding => Ride Reports => Topic started by: EvilBetty on September 22, 2011, 12:53:27 AM