Ducati Sporting Club UK > Sport > Race > Race Starts

[Ray]

If your bike is on standard gearing you have to murder the clutch for a good launch.

In clubby racing the start is absolutely vital. Like Felix says, practice makes perfect, its far easier to overtake from the start in a short race than do or die stuff in the corners.

You can sometimes feel by the seat of the pants when you have made the perfect launch, even with no other bikes around, front wheel just hovering over the ground.


Too much sky is not good!!


Ray.

[Monty]

Lily, just thank your lucky stars you a riding a nice torquey Duke and not a stroker-getting a 250GP bike off the line is bloody hard and to quote Jules BRUTAL............Basically rev to about 11,000, get clutch to bite point, when light goes out give it full gas and slip the clutch-the aim is to keep the revs at about 12,000 and the front wheel in some proximity to the ground. Get it wrong and it will either bog or flip and you will find yourself lying flat on your back with 100kg's of angry two stroke lying on you and pouring avgas all over you-not nice!

John

[BDG]

Originally posted by Lily
I think have a problem getting it past the 'dead' spot on the revs. Unless its up at 5 or 6 its just feeble and hardly pulls unless i dump the clutch which isn't fun really.

What you need is a Bostrum to get past that dead spot

[Lily]

Originally posted by BDG
What you need is a Bostrum to get past that dead spot

what a great idea, I wonder why i never thought about buying a Bostrom..... don't suppose you know anyone NICE that would be selling one??

[BDG]

Lil, who mentioned buying one, the word GIFT springs to mind.

Time to change my phone number/address just before all the canvassers calls & hate mail, or should that be hate male

If you don't like gifts and prefer to be an independant lady you can always buy my SPS, lets say for £10k and i'll bung JPM an envelope with £2k in it ( to treat you of course, not for any 999 bling bits)

[Edited on 4-2-2005 by BDG]

[Lily]

flippin eck!!!

10k!!!

hmmm.....

i still reckon you need a track bike....something like a nice 748r would be good... have you ever considered part ex?

[JPM]

Originally posted by BDG
Lil, who mentioned buying one, the word GIFT springs to mind.

Time to change my phone number/address just before all the canvassers calls & hate mail, or should that be hate male


[Edited on 4-2-2005 by BDG]

Phone number/address? that'll be the least of your worries, you'll have to rellocate the business and change the numbers, name..... I did warn you!!! LOL!!!

[BDG]

Originally posted by jpmercer

Phone number/address? that'll be the least of your worries, you'll have to rellocate the business and change the numbers, name..... I did warn you!!! LOL!!!

Err didn't i mention the £2k sweetner for 999 bling bits if she bought the SPS

[JPM]

Still leaves me with the Bostrom....

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing! OK I'll play ball!