Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Trcak day crashes

[Jon]

Low speed lowsde at the Melbourne loop last August. blame the Micheln pilot sports.
Lost the front on DSC t/d
So thats twice in eight months with 7 actual trackdays in between.

[Jon]

Low speed lowsde at the Melbourne loop last August. blame the Micheln pilot sports.
Lost the front on DSC t/d
So thats twice in eight months with 7 actual trackdays in between.

[Desmondo]

In god knows how many trackdays I've done I've taken to the grass on numerous occasions. Lost the back end at Clearways and lost the front at Coppice resulting in a broken colarbone. Not bad so far

[DJ Tera]

Originally posted by Desmondo
In god knows how many trackdays I've done I've taken to the grass on numerous occasions. Lost the back end at Clearways and lost the front at Coppice resulting in a broken colarbone. Not bad so far

Well you know what they say, if you don't come off you ain't trying!

[aws]

and soon to be repeated Weeksy ?!

"Hold the front page" is an expression that springs to mind!

[dickieducati]

no crashes in a dozen or so trackdays.

dont hold with the line that if you're not crashing you're not trying hard enough. i go a reasonable pace but like to think i know where my limits are (well short of the bikes). plenty of people slower than me have come off due to poor throttle control/bad technique.

i am fully aware my first track get off could be just around the corner but i am happy to try and trim my lap times gradually and at my own pace.

schools like the CSS do help massively IMHO.

level 4 becons in 2 weeks.

[David Cook]

Only once (at Rocky) in over 60 days on the SPS in the last 3 years!

Some famous golfer once said that the more he practices the luckier he becomes. That also applies to riding, and I have spent a lot of time at the CSS and really work on their techniques when I'm doing a track day. I was recently told that if you're not working on something during each track session you're just putting miles on your bike! Makes you think.

The money that I've spent on the bike also helps to overcome any attempt at riding outside my personal "envelope"

[AK]

Please dont put me off guys!

Am going to do the Rockingham one, as my first effort. Think I had better put this thread onto 'ignore'

C.......legs now getting wobbly.........

Some famous golfer once said that the more he practices the luckier he becomes

David..............you are correct.

Gary Player, the famous South African golfer, noted for his all black atire was replying to a TV/Newspaper interviewer/reporter guy.

This guy mentioned that Gary had had a lot of luck on the course that day during a round in a competitions. Gary replied by saying -

'Funny isn't it.............the more I practice the luckier I get'

One of my favourite all time expressions.