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Doningtion Park trackday 20 Sept 08


MonkeyJim

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this is only the third session of the day so I'm following my mate Pete on his R6 and me are taking it easy.

clip 1A: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mGIf38KFRFk

At about 5.00 minutes into clip 1A a fucking eejit in black & yellow leathers on a GSXR-1000 cuts me up good & proper. I overtake him but he comes past us both again at 6.00 minutes.

The session continues in Clip 1B [youtube is limited to 10mins per clip]

I'm no longer following my mate and catch up with the guy on the Gixxer Thou in the yellow & black leathers.

I catch him at 1m50s into the second clip. Watch it & see what happens next!!!!!!!!!!!!

clip 1B: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RU2sfdHcHAw

That was a PROPER brown trousers moment. Pretty much flat stick in 3rd, cranked over through Starkeys [?] and the back end lets go. I must've have inadvertantly brushed the 'eject' button on the handlebars, or something. You can see the rev lights illuminate as the back spins up as it loses grip.

I cannot deny that for a moment I thought 'fuck, this is it, I'm a gonner' but luckily it all happened so fast I didn't even have time to do anything daft, like shut the throttle. That would have been a mother of a huge highside, I reckon.

Thankfully it all sorted itself out, praise be to Lord Ohlins [Norse God of steering dampers] and I carried on. Now I've seen it again, I am counting my blessings.

I never found the guy on the Gixxer to ask him what it looked like!

Posted

Where is the rest of the Donny sessions?

I am looking forward to watching you following me around before blowing by. :pb2:

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

sorry mate. Forgot to put the other clips up. Will do so asap, after Silverstone, as I've cleared the memory card now

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