Fencer
Why yes, I am a Smart ASS
First off let me say its my wife's fault. She has been watching the new Green Chanel and wants us to do more. So While at the track today I went agricultural (that's track talk for going green)
Having been off a bike for 2 months, (no street or track)I made rider error, I continued to go straight after someone forgot to pave the way. :lol:
(its a 90* turn)
Coming down the back straight of Talladega GP today on the GSXR. I made several mistakes. First session 3rd lap
#1. Cleared traffic and hammered it.
#2 Glanced at speedo (#2.5) and brain thought, This is faster than you do normally here (120 +/-)
#3 missed brake marker (well used same one but from a higher speed)
#4 Let brain work in place of instinct. Brain said hit binders, stay upright scrub off speed in grass, instinct let go of brake, pull the bike over, make the turn.
I hit the grass prob still doing 70-80. I managed to stay up for a little bit and removed more speed. Bike lost traction and slammed me down.
Impact to the head (helmet is gone), hit shoulder, back ribs, elbow and knee.
All are sore tonight.
I tore the bike apart, fixed it at the track and ran 5 more sessions. ( I had to borrow a helmet)
The shifter peg, was knurled into a ball, which I hammered flat again.
Slider is bent, I ran it like that, Cracked plastic. Cracked air intake tube.
Overall not a good day at the track. I started a domino effect.
4 more Intermediate riders went down during the day, 2 novice, and one advance.
1 "I" rider was carried off to the hospital. and the "A" rider had a broke collar bone, but refused help.
I also did my first stoppie today.
After I was done cussing (for that moment anyway), I went back over to the bike, picked it up to clear out the area. It cranked up I rode it through the grass over to the road crossing to the infield, waited on trafic to clear, I hit the gas, cleared the track, to find a chain across the road (it stops cage traffic from entering the track during the sessions)
Lets just say I was not expecting it and found the brakes were still in very good working order
Having been off a bike for 2 months, (no street or track)I made rider error, I continued to go straight after someone forgot to pave the way. :lol:
(its a 90* turn)
Coming down the back straight of Talladega GP today on the GSXR. I made several mistakes. First session 3rd lap
#1. Cleared traffic and hammered it.
#2 Glanced at speedo (#2.5) and brain thought, This is faster than you do normally here (120 +/-)
#3 missed brake marker (well used same one but from a higher speed)
#4 Let brain work in place of instinct. Brain said hit binders, stay upright scrub off speed in grass, instinct let go of brake, pull the bike over, make the turn.
I hit the grass prob still doing 70-80. I managed to stay up for a little bit and removed more speed. Bike lost traction and slammed me down.
Impact to the head (helmet is gone), hit shoulder, back ribs, elbow and knee.
All are sore tonight.
I tore the bike apart, fixed it at the track and ran 5 more sessions. ( I had to borrow a helmet)
The shifter peg, was knurled into a ball, which I hammered flat again.
Slider is bent, I ran it like that, Cracked plastic. Cracked air intake tube.
Overall not a good day at the track. I started a domino effect.
4 more Intermediate riders went down during the day, 2 novice, and one advance.
1 "I" rider was carried off to the hospital. and the "A" rider had a broke collar bone, but refused help.
I also did my first stoppie today.
After I was done cussing (for that moment anyway), I went back over to the bike, picked it up to clear out the area. It cranked up I rode it through the grass over to the road crossing to the infield, waited on trafic to clear, I hit the gas, cleared the track, to find a chain across the road (it stops cage traffic from entering the track during the sessions)
Lets just say I was not expecting it and found the brakes were still in very good working order
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