Can safely say the DD brake (singular) is not a patch on the full pfm 6-pot setup I had on my Fireblade, even so I still found myself just knocking it down a gear at the bottom of the rise and then braking just after the crest using the wide entry line to add a little extra braking distance.

I think my top speed on the 583 with 15/41 gearing reving to 9k and a decent taiil wind is no better than 125mph, so if Nick was doing 140mph I may as well be in a different race.

Kev, I've not got a prayer of doing 140 on the monnie!
I reckon it wasn't much more than 120, but will have to do the maths to work it out.

My speed estimate is based on the fact I was running standard road gearing for a 600SS and was reving it to 9k which is a little more than the standard redline from what I recall. I have seen various writeups saying the 600SS was good for 120mph so I presume I was going a touch faster as I approached Avon Rise flat out in 5th.

Nice one, so were you upright or banked over when braking?

WeeJohnyB

yep, all of those!

But when I'd worked out what was less hazardous to my health, I scrubbed some speed whilst banked over by shutting the throttle early so I could start braking while upright and trail the front brake into the turn for Quarry.

So wjb, tell me what I shoulda done... if you can imagine yourself on a monnie, doing about 120 approaching Avon Rise... over to you!

[Edited on 6-6-2005 by NBs996]

nah, you're asking too much. I'm genuinely trying to remember. I still have an image in my head of it being a dodgy section with undulation, two changes of direction and braking as well as a corner that tightens up, so I think I was on the brakes whilst banked over, but could easily be wrong.

Anyone got any lap times?

WeeJohnyB

I was lent over all the time while braking, and I kept leaning over until I hit the ground.... Arse. On the other hand I was flat out over Avon Rise and then for another 5m or so every lap, so it was bound to happen eventually!

:lol:

I'm a little bored this eve, so I've just worked out my top speed approaching Avon Rise...

Assumptions/errors:
The needle was waving around the 9000rpm mark, so I've used 9000 for the calc;
Can't account for the expansion of the rear tyre due to centrifugal 'fling' cos I didn't fancy leaning over to measure it!
So the number is tending towards the low side.

top speed = 121.0463mph

now I'm bored again.

[Edited on 8-6-2005 by NBs996]

Simon Knowlson told me that he approached the same point of the circuit at 170mph, I think Dallas tried this and when he then missed his braking point by a couple of feet it was crash, bang wallop and no more track time for the ZX10R that day.

Nick from what you say and what I think my top speed was there isn't much in it apart from the extra couple of seconds it took my bike to get there.