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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 27, 2024 7:31:48 GMT
Think it was an R6 that tried to play skittles at turn 1 yesterday. Reckon the rider owes me a pint for not running over his head!
Was a bit of a "heart in mouth" moment TBH! Had the shakes when I got back to the pits.
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Post by beefus on May 27, 2024 10:48:16 GMT
I think his ambition outweighed his talent!....could've been worse, God knows what sort of line he was taking!
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Post by mekon on May 27, 2024 11:09:21 GMT
Daft cunt!
Some mixed speeds there!
My mate races and ran someone over once. He didn't kill him but fucked him up a bit and the bloke was quite bitter about it. Thing was it was his fault as he went up the inside and washed out and my literally had nowhere to go. I guess don't do it if you haven't figured out this may happen.
Not what you expect on a trackday though.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 27, 2024 13:33:05 GMT
Yeah, although the guy on the R1 (I think) that goes by on the right near the beginning of the clip wasn't actually going in that fast, but probably should have been in the fast group.
This was in intermediate, I was staying out wide and braked really early due to the number of bikes going into the turn (on of them being the big BMW adventure thingy) so wanted to stay away from any trouble. Afer all, it is only a track day.
Lucky for me really, because trouble turned up pretty quickly! There was no way he was going to make the turn, without the rest of us there he'd have ended in the gravel.
At least it was only him that went down. The BMW adventure thing got a bit of a dent in the expensive looking Akrapovic can, but the owner wasn't that fussed.
From the angle of the GoPro you can't tell how close I was to squashing his head. Too close for compfort.
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Post by neilf on May 27, 2024 19:25:39 GMT
I've seen it happen a couple of times and it's normally target fixation.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on May 27, 2024 19:44:25 GMT
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