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

[wonderboy_tm]

Nothing wrong, i've learnt a lot from the small bikes. Its just time to move on now and theres lots of work to do on the big bikes, they need a different riding style /technique that i am working on now. Riding the small bikes now will only interfere with my progress, hence the decision. I'm not quitting riding small bikes on track, will definitely so do for entertainment but not right now in the run up to the race season.

are you refering to sleeping on the track while tackling a corner....something like this




what were you thinking???

[wonderboy_tm]

Dont use the gears i've mentioned just because i said so, you need to work up to carrying enough speed to require using those gears. Till then just use what i posted as a reference to tell you 'where you are in the ball park' and 'where you are loosing / not carrying enough speed'.

hmmmm..... ok... so as joel says.... gain on the digits slowly ......

[Killer]

what were you thinking???

Well to be honest, i was thinking - "theres my exit, must get there asap"

[wonderboy_tm]

Well to be honest, i was thinking - "theres my exit, must get there asap"

i will post the continuation of the log by tomorrow.... you tell your feed back ... and what can be done to avoid it.......

[karthik_R]

theres my exit, must get there asap

I expected this..

[majorpayne]

@ killer, I never felt that C8 was a tricky corner. But after the incident, I am feeling so....How do you approach this corner? you brake or downshift ?

Hey dude. I was right behind you when you crashed here. In my opinion, you entered C8 waaaay too fast. I knew you were going to crash at the speed you entered, so I backed off!

btw, Hope you are doing good after that crash. Hope to see you on the track again soon. (myself - on a black karizma and my friend on the Red pulsar 200 stopped to help you out when you crashed remember)

[Samyaza]

I didn't expect trackday to be so much fun!! My first reaction on seeing the track was 'holy sh*t this is full blown track and im gonna ride here'. Refuelled my bike, came back in and saw Praful wringing the throttle out of the last corner. The sound the bike screaming as it went past..beautiful. Padded up and headed out!

My first session was really poor(naturally). I was braking at almost every corner not knowing what I'll find ahead. Slowly started pushing myself and the bike. After just one lap, saw the first victim of the day. A P200. GULP! Kept urging myself to go on knowing fully well that one overenthusiastic move and I'll end up the same. Go around once more and see Manoj's P220 along with the P200 on the side of track now. double GULP! Feeling disappointed and scared I come back into the pit lane.

2nd session I fared a bit better. Went off track on the very first corner, C2. Doh! Oh boy not a good start but things got better. I was faster on the curves and hitting the apex hence exiting at better speeds. Entry was still a problem because I wasn't sure of what gear to go in in. I was about to enter C2 when vroooom! A Karizma zooms past me with an ear splitting sound! Kushanth's ZMA I didn't know who the rider was then. I followed his line for a couple of seconds and I already see my speed was almost 5-6kmph faster on C3! Tried to keep up but almost went off track at C4. I don't see the ZMA anywhere now. I keep riding and try to remember how the ZMA rider was going around on some of the curves and learning from it. After another lap, just when I'm about to take the C6 sweeping curve, a RTR overtakes me with ease. Bloody hell its the same ZMA rider! But I don't go after him this time. I was getting used to how poorly the P220 handles and I wasn't feeling confident. Praful lapped me once and he looked confident while taking corners. Not leaning much, unlike me, so maybe its personal preference. Came in sweaty and exhausted from wrestling with the bike. Thats when I see the ZMA and RTR rider was Joel

3rd session was my worst attempt. Was having a headache and the heat was getting to me. Thought ill end for the end but it was not to be. Joel had other plans with my P220.

My 'nightmare' curves were C2(I went offtrack here 4 times!), C5 & C7(An assortment of bikes overtook me here) and finally C10(The whole world is my line).


@Xinfii
Beautiful pics. Wish you were there much earlier when everyone had a go at the track.

[bikerfas]

Some more snaps...

[pradeep reddy]

A little too aggressive there with the riding posture. Try to relax a bit, you dont have to have your chin stuck to the speedometer all the time, especially on corner entry, i cant imagine thats very comfortable either.

chin stuck to speedo..my mistake i wil correct it next time i hit the track...but regarding aggressive riding posture,i am confused can u post any pic with proper riding posture at c3...thanks for the feedback definitely love to trail u once on the track..

[yuv_biKING]

If any of you has shot a Black 220 on track please share the pic with this poor lil fellow.. It's my first ride on track though


PS : If the pic is so sad to be posted here please send it to my gmail (yuvaonline)

[Insidious]

I was going through what killer had shared. Aboard the R15, I was able to take C1 at 121kmph and exit C2 at 97kmph. I won't talk about any other corners, since I felt that my riding was lousy.
I had a spill on lap 6, at C8. I pushed my P200 pretty hard, and my rear tire gave way. I low sided, but luckily landed out of the track. I need to get my rear tire changed, AND start getting to know my bike's limits.

I had a swell time with the R15 though. This one was me on Surbhit's R15.



@bikerfas: Thanks for the pic bro! I was wondering whether I'd been captured at all. This one will do.

[wonderboy_tm]

I didn't expect trackday to be so much fun!! My first reaction on seeing the track was 'holy sh*t this is full blown track and im gonna ride here'. Refuelled my bike, came back in and saw Praful wringing the throttle out of the last corner. The sound the bike screaming as it went past..beautiful. Padded up and headed out!

My first session was really poor(naturally). I was braking at almost every corner not knowing what I'll find ahead. Slowly started pushing myself and the bike. After just one lap, saw the first victim of the day. A P200. GULP! Kept urging myself to go on knowing fully well that one overenthusiastic move and I'll end up the same. Go around once more and see Manoj's P220 along with the P200 on the side of track now. double GULP! Feeling disappointed and scared I come back into the pit lane.

2nd session I fared a bit better. Went off track on the very first corner, C2. Doh! Oh boy not a good start but things got better. I was faster on the curves and hitting the apex hence exiting at better speeds. Entry was still a problem because I wasn't sure of what gear to go in in. I was about to enter C2 when vroooom! A Karizma zooms past me with an ear splitting sound! Kushanth's ZMA I didn't know who the rider was then. I followed his line for a couple of seconds and I already see my speed was almost 5-6kmph faster on C3! Tried to keep up but almost went off track at C4. I don't see the ZMA anywhere now. I keep riding and try to remember how the ZMA rider was going around on some of the curves and learning from it. After another lap, just when I'm about to take the C6 sweeping curve, a RTR overtakes me with ease. Bloody hell its the same ZMA rider! But I don't go after him this time. I was getting used to how poorly the P220 handles and I wasn't feeling confident. Praful lapped me once and he looked confident while taking corners. Not leaning much, unlike me, so maybe its personal preference. Came in sweaty and exhausted from wrestling with the bike. Thats when I see the ZMA and RTR rider was Joel

3rd session was my worst attempt. Was having a headache and the heat was getting to me. Thought ill end for the end but it was not to be. Joel had other plans with my P220.

My 'nightmare' curves were C2(I went offtrack here 4 times!), C5 & C7(An assortment of bikes overtook me here) and finally C10(The whole world is my line).


@Xinfii
Beautiful pics. Wish you were there much earlier when everyone had a go at the track.

Very Honest first timers talk about the track.... I can see what went wrong at c2.... I used to go out at C2 when i was at the track for the first time....
great write up bro, from the heart...

[Praful]

no RTR's surprisingly!

waiting for pics(eye watering) and logs!

There was...and it was the super FI!

I'm interested to know how the pulsars did on track

This one had me in spilts......


Need to even ask that.....

220 with a r15 faing?? looks weird too!

That is a P220 with a R15 bubble/windscreen, isn't it?

EDIT: Ok got it.

It was a totally tricked out 220. It had the R15 bubble, a full bottom fairing, Bridgestone Battlax tyres (but upsized ones), a free flow exahust, a Huge Brembo front from the ZZR400, a weird petal shaped rear disc, not clear on the details on the engine.

The bike seemed to have better midrange burst. But I was catching up with the bike on the straights. But the bigger discs and better tyres meant that the bike handled way too good.

@xinfii: Nice clicks man! I know you have some more. Bring it on!

[bikerfas]

@Insidious - welcome bro...was able to capture only few shots correctly...

If any of you has shot a Black 220 on track please share the pic with this poor lil fellow.. It's my first ride on track though


PS : If the pic is so sad to be posted here please send it to my gmail (yuvaonline)

not that bad yuv_biKING got some snaps of yours too...

[Praful]

@bikerfas: Why don't you upload all your pics to picasa or something like that! So we can see all the pics you clicked!