Finally got the pics downloaded. Getting bumped to Advanced with sportbiketracktime was one of my goals for the year and I managed to accomplish it at a track i'd never been to (gingerman). It was a great feeling riding with the advanced group, it had been well over a year since I really got to ride with anyone faster than me in Intermediate (excluding coaches). I passed a couple advanced riders which I didn't expect, but it was an even better feeling to actually be passed. That's the only way to get better...being held up by slower riders sucks.
Next things on the list....race license and an possibly an MCRA race at putnam next year. That's the track i'm most comfortable at.
Copied post from the bored thread right after the event: Had one of my biggest ass pucker moments ever while a coach was following me as part of my first "trial" to bump up. Went to pass 4-5 people on the straight, the two people at the front of that cluster were on faster bikes than I expected, so i stayed in it longer than I had planned to get around them and also had to take a shitty line in to turn 1 in order to keep from chopping them off. Basically I held the gas about 30' longer than normal and therefore had to hit the front brake so hard I felt the ABS for a solid 60 feet. Scared me a little bit, I actually lost the coach that was supposed to be following me during that pass. Went straight from feeling ABS to dipping in sharp to the turn.
ABS FTW...it would not have been pretty without it
On to the pics:
Went off track...whoops.
Here's a vid from earlier in the season for those that missed it, FF to 2:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJW6wbqGhMA&feature=youtu.be
Next things on the list....race license and an possibly an MCRA race at putnam next year. That's the track i'm most comfortable at.
Copied post from the bored thread right after the event: Had one of my biggest ass pucker moments ever while a coach was following me as part of my first "trial" to bump up. Went to pass 4-5 people on the straight, the two people at the front of that cluster were on faster bikes than I expected, so i stayed in it longer than I had planned to get around them and also had to take a shitty line in to turn 1 in order to keep from chopping them off. Basically I held the gas about 30' longer than normal and therefore had to hit the front brake so hard I felt the ABS for a solid 60 feet. Scared me a little bit, I actually lost the coach that was supposed to be following me during that pass. Went straight from feeling ABS to dipping in sharp to the turn.
ABS FTW...it would not have been pretty without it
On to the pics:
Went off track...whoops.
Here's a vid from earlier in the season for those that missed it, FF to 2:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJW6wbqGhMA&feature=youtu.be
