Is T1 getting bumpier ...

[Phat3R]

Hey Phat3R i was chasing you for abit on the on saturday (Fluoro yellow and black R6 - all white leathers) !!! Was fun as i was following Nelso I Changed from the standard R6 seat to Dad's special race seat and i felt a MASSIVE increase in the severity of the bumbs around turn 1. I cant tell if they are getting worse but they are definately very harsh.

Hi Carl,

Mate you two wouldn't have been chasing me for long ... You guys were flying out there! I recall Nelso blasting past me T11 in the last session, I think I blocked him in T6, heard the bike just as I was turning in - woops!

Very interesting observation re the seat. I've got a stocker and I can feel the entire rear skipping through there ... but I've 'kinda' got use to it ... my current "self confidence trick" is to try and get the bike turned in so that I'm rolling on throttle as I hit the worst of the bumps ... I've got a nasty feeling that if I was still loading up the front as I hit the worst it could all go pear shaped. Had a couple of incidents through T1 with slower riders that day requiring me to roll off the throttle and once having to brake ... the effects were very unpleasant when hitting those damn bumps.

I suspect those that are not feeling the bumps have their suspension really dialed in, something I should really look into. Marshy ... have you got time to look at an old gixxer?

[Marshy]

Marshy ... have you got time to look at an old gixxer?

Always, mate. Actually, now is a pretty good time, seeing as I'm spending soooo much time in the garage rolling around on my Supercheap stools, keeping the weight off my feet!

[Phat3R]

Always, mate. Actually, now is a pretty good time, seeing as I'm spending soooo much time in the garage rolling around on my Supercheap stools, keeping the weight off my feet!

I'll be in touch Nick.

[Nelso]

Hi Carl,

Mate you two wouldn't have been chasing me for long ... You guys were flying out there! I recall Nelso blasting past me T11 in the last session, I think I blocked him in T6, heard the bike just as I was turning in - woops!

Very interesting observation re the seat. I've got a stocker and I can feel the entire rear skipping through there ... but I've 'kinda' got use to it ... my current "self confidence trick" is to try and get the bike turned in so that I'm rolling on throttle as I hit the worst of the bumps ... I've got a nasty feeling that if I was still loading up the front as I hit the worst it could all go pear shaped. Had a couple of incidents through T1 with slower riders that day requiring me to roll off the throttle and once having to brake ... the effects were very unpleasant when hitting those damn bumps.

I suspect those that are not feeling the bumps have their suspension really dialed in, something I should really look into. Marshy ... have you got time to look at an old gixxer?

I came up the out side of you through turn 5 to say hello and then you accelerated and took off up the hill. I stayed next to you to see if you'd recognise me and actually laughed when you braked so late for turn 6. I thought for a split second about shooting around the outside of you between 6 and 7 for a bit of a stir, but I was only out there to show Carl some lines so I thought I better not blast past you and leave him behind through the tight stuff.

You also take way too tight a line into turn 11. If you turn in from out wider, you can take that corner much faster.

[Phat3R]

I came up the out side of you through turn 5 to say hello and then you accelerated and took off up the hill. I stayed next to you to see if you'd recognise me and actually laughed when you braked so late for turn 6.

Didn't know it was you untill you went past in T11 ... thort it was the guy I passed earlier that lap trying to retake me under power as I was winding up the gixxer for the hill ... after I didn't get away through the twisties I knew it was one of the fast guys ... was waiting for the blast past on the inside. If I recall correctly we caught a gaggle of yellow group riders through there too.

You also take way too tight a line into turn 11. If you turn in from out wider, you can take that corner much faster.

Thx for the beta Rob, I'll try that wider line through there ... hope to be back for the ARDC practice day.