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Chennai xBhp Track Day - 22 Feb '09 - The Discussion and Pics thread

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  • Chennai xBhp Track Day - 22 Feb '09 - The Discussion and Pics thread







    Opening a new thread for pics from the track day and related discussion.

    Check the track day preparation thread here.

    Please post in your write-up's , experiences on this thread.

    Rider List

    Chennai

    Eshwar - P200.
    Prashanth - P180
    Manoj - P220
    Yuvraj - P220
    Madhu - FZ16
    Surbhit - R15
    Kirankumar - R15
    Badri - P150
    Sarath - P200
    Ganesh - Karizma
    Nasreen
    Varun

    Ananth
    Bikerfas
    Acehunter
    Sai
    Praveen


    Bangalore

    Praful - P220
    Joel - R15
    Kushanth - Karizma
    Srikeerthi - Karizma
    Atul - P220
    Karthik - R15
    Sajiv - R15
    Pradeep Reddy - RTR FI


    Mumbai

    Chris Stewart - R1, GSXR1000
    Suneet Kirtikar - Honda 600

    That is all i can recollect for now, please tell me if your name is not on the list.
    Last edited by MG; 02-23-2009, 07:50 PM.
    I blog @ http://myveryownrandomrantings.blogspot.com/

  • #2
    Topic Approved.

    Bring on some mouth watering pictures, please!
    :)

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    • #3
      Someone please post the riders list who made it on the D-Day and one picture of every rider(if possible).

      Meanwhile I will move some of the relevant post from the other thread in this thread.
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      • #4
        waiting for the pics !
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        http://www.flickr.com/photos/veemax/

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        • #5
          I have listed the names of the riders as far as i know, someone please add on the rest to it.

          JOEL - R15
          WonderBoy(Varun) - R15
          Praful - P220
          Manoj - P220
          Yuv_biKING(YuvRaj) - P220
          Bikerfas - SBKs
          Insidious (Eshwar) - P200
          El Loco Diablo(Nazreen) - Fz16
          Madhu - Fz16
          Kushanth - ZMA
          SKSy Biker
          Anant - TB
          _________________________________________________
          Yuv

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          • #6
            Rider List

            Chennai

            Eshwar - P200.
            Prashanth - P180
            Manoj - P220
            Yuvraj - P220
            Madhu - FZ16
            Surbhit - R15
            Kirankumar - R15
            Badri - P150
            Sarath - P200
            Ganesh - Karizma
            Nasreen
            Varun

            Ananth
            Bikerfas
            Acehunter
            Sai
            Praveen


            Bangalore

            Praful - P220
            Joel - R15
            Kushanth - Karizma
            Srikeerthi - Karizma
            Atul - P220
            Karthik - R15
            Sajiv - R15
            Pradeep Reddy - RTR FI


            Mumbai

            Chris Stewart - R1, GSXR1000
            Suneet Kirtikar - Honda 600

            That is all i can recollect for now, please tell me if your name is not on the list.
            Last edited by gurumurthy88; 02-23-2009, 05:49 PM.
            I blog @ http://myveryownrandomrantings.blogspot.com/

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            • #7
              no RTR's surprisingly!

              waiting for pics(eye watering) and logs!
              07 HH Zma
              11 Honda Aviator DLX
              14 Ford Figo 1.4 TDCI (Now Caged:( )
              16 Scooty Zest
              11 CBR 250R

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              • #8
                ^^I wasn't there!!!
                Democracy is when 2 wolves and a sheep meet to decide who is for dinner. Liberty is when the sheep has a gun.

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                • #9
                  I'm interested to know how the pulsars did on track
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Aparajith View Post
                    ^^I wasn't there!!!
                    So u finally managed to escape huh???

                    @wonderboy

                    wat punishment u got for this guy?
                    07 HH Zma
                    11 Honda Aviator DLX
                    14 Ford Figo 1.4 TDCI (Now Caged:( )
                    16 Scooty Zest
                    11 CBR 250R

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                    • #11
                      Seriously, I wanted to go this time man but broke my spectacles. So took an eye checkup and ordered a new specs on Sunday. Hence could not make it... Anyways there is always a next time.
                      Democracy is when 2 wolves and a sheep meet to decide who is for dinner. Liberty is when the sheep has a gun.

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                      • #12
                        same question as of killer ... How did the pulsars manage ??
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                        • #13
                          @Apar - I rode an RTR Fi also man.

                          Pradeep Reddy - RTR FI

                          Trackday update.
                          My R15 was stuck at the service center for wheel swap and general service. Its over 2 months since I last hit the track and my itch was getting stronger. So decided to ride down along on Kushanth’s Karizma. Prepared his bike barely on time on Saturday and we left Sunday early morning from Bangalore. Started at around 3.30am. Karthik R also joined us.
                          Hit the track by 8.00am and got dressed to set to ride.
                          The first bike that I took out for a spin was Sksy’s Karizma with our stage 1 port job. I knew the karizma was gonna hop its front all over the fast corners, but decided to give it a try. And it did hop all over the track. It was a task getting the bike to take high speed corners(C1, C6,C7,C9) however on the straights, the bike was pretty composed and through small sections it could negotiate decently.
                          Later took Karthik’s R15 for a spin. I instantly started feeling at home and immediately realized how effortlessly this thing could handle and I was in my pace. The bent front brake lever on his bike was however giving me a little dicey feel when depressing. Overall felt happy after putting a few laps.

                          A little later, got the RTR FI for some fun. During the first lap I was not to happy about the way it went thru corners, maybe coz its been a while I rode the RTR on track. 2nd lap I was feeling better and from the 3rd lap I started loving the RTR FI. Has terrific mid-corner punch and a slight de-clutch can get a lot of response from the engine. This is where the R15 fails. Corner speeds as per the RTR speedo was some 3-4kmph more than my speeds on the R15 (could be coz of a bit of speedo error), but still the overall feel was great. The bike was running very good footwear. R15’s front rubber and rear was the Zapper C.

                          Took out our modified (kushanths) karizma to see how it moves and then again I was feeling that the bike was going all over the place. However I was more prepared this time to take corners, and changed my riding style a bit. I was easily going around scraping my knees on a really tall bike like his karizma. The problem with the karizma is that front is too soft but the rear is decently hard. If only the front is stiffened a little more, things will surely change and you can get better on the bike.
                          The tacho/speedo was mostly not working due to a loose contact on the dash but I could see the speedo hit 130kmph once on the main straight.
                          A power engine with a bad handling package is almost a Killer package. I mean literally.

                          The same RTR Fi crashed coz the owner over-cooked it in a corner. I was somehow really wanting to ride the RTR, so I fixed the foot pegs somehow and got started again. Did a few fast laps and surprisingly there was no one to time me. Donno how much that was anyways, don’t wanna guess either. However after about 5 laps the foot reat gave way when I shed my weight on the peg. Retired to the pits and was chatting with the xbhp crowd.

                          So I heard a lot of them complaining about the way the Pulsars were handling on the track. Praful was just bragging about the way she went around the corners, the wrong way . I had never ridden a pulsar around, so just took a fellow xbhpians almost brand new p220 to see what the actual story is. Every moment I spent on the P220, my balls were in my mouth. Handling was something that I have never experienced and I don’t know what to comment. The bike basically goes all over the place and I was nearly 10kmph slower than the RTR everywhere. The bike would struggle to see 3-digit figures unlike an RTR despite being technically more powerful. The engine is quite strong on the straights with a heady top-whack of 123kmph but scares the hell out of you through a corner. There were surprisingly a lot of pulsar owners and I’m sure all of them are now convinced where their machines stand on the track. Anything but a pulsar on the track is good.

                          Overall a decent session. I not for a bad crash by Karthik and a few others, the trackday went quite well.
                          Thanks to Sksy for those superb pics and pls don’t forget what I said

                          @all – Please post all the pics here.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Killer View Post
                            I'm interested to know how the pulsars did on track
                            now thts a question which will be answered with tears I recall Joel saying "Its bouncy as a ping pong ball" (p220)
                            Dont wanna miss that look on your face when i blow past you.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Joel View Post
                              @Apar - I rode an RTR Fi also man.
                              Great.... Lets see. I myself wanna check out how it feels. So one day I will....
                              Democracy is when 2 wolves and a sheep meet to decide who is for dinner. Liberty is when the sheep has a gun.

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