Re: First Trackday of the year! (wolf44)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wolf44 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Took about a session to get used to the new bike, but after that it was all good. 70 degrees, sunny all day, and just a little wind. Not a bad way to start off a track season.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Rub it in.
I was at the same track the day before. Temps never got over 45, but the wind speed did... also, first session of the day was on a wet track that was also covered with (I shit you not) WORMS.
My bike, my leathers, everything was crusted with earthworm meat after the first session. Slippery bastards.
Wind was so gusty that when I would roll off the throttle coming into turn one, sometimes the bike would accelerate. Scary scary scary.
I never got any significant heat into the tires. They look virtually new after nearly 170 miles of chasing (and passing) R1s, CBR600RRs, etc. This from a track that normally boogers up my tires by the second session of the morning. Come to think of it, I never touched a peg down either. It was not a high performance day, and I didn't learn a whole lot.