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

[yuv_biKING]

Yes We Can have Every 2-3 Month Track Meet So That Everyone Could Save Some Money

Next time get your DISCO-135 to the tracks dude...

[MR ACE]

we could have such track meets once every 3-4 months. I'm sure everyone'll want this too.

Yes We Can have Every 2-3 Month Track Meet So That Everyone Could Save Some Money

[gurumurthy88]

@Maverick46: Check this post for my track experience... I took it super-slow, i mean... so super-slow that, i've been breaking my head the last three days about how i could've ridden a little bit harder and had had more fun. The bike was brilliant like i said, you should consider holding onto your Unicorn for track days and such stuff even after you get your Karizma..

I'll be ready for the next track day as soon as i save up enough money..

@Varun, we could have such track meets once every 3-4 months. I'm sure everyone'll want this too.

And here are some pics...

[MavericK46]

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Who is that RTR Fi rider?

I think its Pradeep Reddy. He owns the FI
@wonderboy : Nice writeup buddy. Hope first-trackday wipeouts aren't a common phenomenon.
Was guru riding super-slowly on the Uni..?
If yes, probably that's the attitude to follow on one's first trackday right..?

[chicane1879]

@sajiv

Nice pics,there. Who is that RTR Fi rider?

[kriss]

i could sense the kind of shivering u had at the corner...

Good that you ended up safe...

[wonderboy_tm]

TRACK DAY WRITE UP CONTINUATION

I had to lean more, as I felt the turning radius was too big, or I guess i came in too hot. The R15's rear stuck and did not let go. Approaching the corner exit, i had no other way to lean more to get back into the line and try staying on the tarmac. I tried leaning the bike more but i could not as my knee was planted firmly on the tarmac. I had to lift my knee up to increase the lean so that the bike could lean more. The moment i lifted my knee up, i was completely off the bike. I had shifted almost all of my weight towards the corner. The moment i lifted my knee up, i felt the bike leaning more. I felt my whole body was very close to the tarmac, and i had a shiver then. That made the foot peg of the R15 ground on the tarmac with a firm thud. The bike immediately gained composure, from a great lean back to erect position. The bike just flipped back throwing me from the right to the left hand side of the bike in less than a second. I had series of tank slappers(or something like it), after that. I just decided to hold on to the bike no matter what. I remember going on top of the tank, towards the right and towards the left. Then i some how held on and manged to get back on the bike and crouch for C1 again.
he he. I was thinking about Sksy all the lap, should I pose for him next lap. I slowed down, and i decided not to have my knee down atleast for the day. I also remembered the amount of money that i would have to spend if i had dropped that bike. So i kinda decided to stay slow and sedate, always have clearance between my knee and the tarmac to correct mid corner. I went around for a couple of laps, felt my whole body shivering because of that incident, and went back inside the pits immediately after that.

Then sksy was there, seeing the pics he shot. I was all happy wanting to see the pics. I asked sksy "did you get my knee down pics". He was like "you bet". We had a laugh as he was the person witnessing what happened to me after that corner. He was expressing the need of a video cam. Then i wanted to shoot with the wide lens he had. We strolled down to C1, and started taking a few pan shots. Then sksy wanted to ride. I went to the last corner before the home straight, and clicked a few photos (very eager to see those). Panning with a wide lens was fun. everything close looking huge. I wanted to ride the R15 again. So i strolled back into the pits. It was almost close to 12. Almost all the riders were back in. As i strolled in i heard someone telling EL LOCO crash on madhu's FZ. I was planning to the take the FZ out for a couple of laps. But that plan went down the drain.

I took the R15 for a few of lazy laps around the track, and came back in. I was dead tired. Drank a lot of water. I found Xinfii at the pits, rather i found a celebrity. Some light moments spent with him and badri at the pits. We decided to line up the bikes, and take a group pic. Everyone was too lazy to move. I had to literally pull people up and make them arrange their bikes for the final pic. Within a few moments all the bikes were ready, and the riders posing with them. We decided to call it day, and almost everyone retired immediately.

[wonderboy_tm]

I guess the pics i shot are with Sksy.....
He is a bit busy with work now guys........

i will finish the write up tonight.

@shajiv :If you feel like riding on the track .... i am always free.... gimme a call..... when you do you want the next track day ??

[kushanth]

i wonder what happened to sksy.. i`m sure he has some good snaps.. is he still on the track ??

[sajiv]

^^ great collection of pics there sajiv. Really good shots!

@sajiv - Nice pics man.
Bring the rest too.

Thanks guys..Well, credit should go to my brother who took most of the shots.. will upload the rest of the pics tonight.

[Joel]

@sajiv - Nice pics man.
Bring the rest too.

[pranay]

^^ great collection of pics there sajiv. Really good shots!

[sajiv]

Trackday experience

Awesome trackday.

Before entering the track I was pretty worried about crashing (again). Memories of the crash from the R15 championships were still in my head. Added to that, the first corner one has to tackle after exiting the pits is C2.. .. Scary..

started off with some warm-up laps. Now came the time to concentrate on body position (had read a lot about it here). Though I am not sure whether my technique was correct, the shift in body position did help a lot. felt that i was comfortable in taking left handers than those long right handers(not sure why ). After a few laps, the ride became smooth. I was not running wide and was able to be on the throttle at the exit. This i was doing at a reduced pace with not so much lean. But I felt good .. Came back to the pits and scanned through some photos to analyze whether my ride position was any good. Realized my head was at the wrong place (thanks wonderboy for pointing that out).

During my second session I tried correcting my ride position and concentrate more on C1, C2 and C3. After about 5 to 6 laps I was able to do these corners at a relatively decent pace. Later, from one pic I realized that I my ride position is still incorrect. Need to get more practice

@all: great to meet all u guys and I must say awesome pics.
@wonderboy: when is the next track day?

Some pics from my side.

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Superb Pics by Sai and Praveen and all the other correspondents as usual, But am still waiting for Wonder's and SkSy's (I hope i'm saying it right ) share of pics. Wonder,time to get on your P.C. and finish that writeup, it's still only half way through

[Samyaza]

@Fury

Get a good pair of gloves now. And I hope that watch isn't too expensive.