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Piccy - That'll be me at Donnington today!
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:57 pm
by phuk72
Bloody hell - just got back from one of the best track days ever. Big group of us (me on the only TRX) on the full GP circuit. For November the weather was su-f#cking-perb !
All for £65 - it really doesn't get better than this.
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:05 pm
by honkdawillydahonk
Dammit.
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:19 pm
by trixynut
Good for you buddy, sounds like you had a good one: I could have done with a bit of that! Well jealous!!
Dave
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:11 am
by Max
It's official. I hate you!
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:32 am
by burty
So do I.
We all had the chance though.
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:39 am
by Ridgifumi
if only Phillip Island was 2 minutes down the road
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:43 am
by phuk72
Just over an hour to Donnington with a trailer - how very convenient
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:50 am
by Max
phuk72 wrote:Just over an hour to Donnington with a trailer - how very convenient
I fart in your general direction!
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:55 am
by phuk72
How many days is it to your nearest track now Max?
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:00 am
by Ridgifumi
how'd the Trixy handle craner curves Phuk
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:01 am
by Max
Not days, about 3 1/2 hours (compared to the 1 1/2 I was going to for oh... 21 years or so...). Still, the 'near' track is one I don't really like. "Okayama International" (Formally TI Aida). I raced there once mid 90s and I'm sure the TRX won't have a chance in hell of being competitive like it was at "Mine Circuit".
I guess I'll probably end up going some day, but I was spoiled with the instructor gigs at Mine (free for me, and ride every session at my own pace).
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:08 am
by phuk72
how'd the Trixy handle craner curves Phuk
That section scares the shit out of me even in the dry (it's a fair bit steeper than it looks on TV and is very fast) and is the real key to a decent lap. I was going as fast as I dared (which was about as fast as pretty much anyone else) and the bike and tyres (once they were warm) took all I could throw at them.
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:39 am
by burty
I can agree with that about the Craner Curves.
Personally I love the uphill section from the old hairpin, all the way up to the blind top corner the name of which escapes me. That part of the track really flows for me.
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:51 am
by phuk72
Shwantz, Macleans and Coppice.
A bit of a test of faith as the (correct) entry to Macleans is virtually blind
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:56 pm
by Triton
Jeez Phuk, how'd ja shrink your TRX so beautifully?
