Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Lap Timers

[Spjallen]

A lot of you guys seem to have / use lap timers. Why? Apart from the obvious over all lap time, but cant you get that from the pit board?

[steeevvvooo]

I’ll be buying one before the next meeting. For me, as I race mostly against myself at the moment, it’s important to see times coming down. The beacons on the pit wall will be switched on for a test day (don’t think they are for track days as usually there’s no timing allowed) so you can monitor lap times and note your progress. Also gives you an idea where you are compared to others before the results from qualifying are out.

[bradders]

what pit board?!

[Spjallen]

Its that thing you are meant to look at but cant take your eyes of the road or bike ahead! I'll ask Julie to do one for you next time, I never see mine!

[bradders]

in all honesty, I have thought about it; would help I think towards the end when I'm tiring and I diont know whats coming behind

[ells]

I changed mine this year to GPS laptimer due to ease of setting up rather than blanking for other peoples beacons. Usefull for seeing if your pace is dropping off, but just found out if there are people close enough to you then I dont bother ever looking at it more interested in beating them than the clock.

[milesaway]

got to be handy to check times after each practice session to see what's working especially for trying different gearing etc- lets you know how far off the mark you are- reckon looking during the session is only going to slow you down or cause a nasty misshap though
- the beacons do seem to work on track days too- you just got to hide them away down in fairing so they cant see that you've got them fitted
- at pembrey trackday last year got praised for not using it when they saw the empty velcro on top yoke- little did they know..

[bradders]

A glance down on the straight is normally all it takes. I used it quite a bit last year, more to check I was roughly on constant pace when getting tired towards the end of a race

[skidlids]

There was time on the back straight at Snetterton to have a look and add that time to the split time you had a look at coming up the start finish straight.

I'd like to know why there was a second beacon on

[ells]

If you get one that signals best lap so far / best of session then you need not look at it.

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