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fil2 12-Sep-2005 15:21

DD Goals.?!?
 
We have 1 last race meeting to go in our series for this year..!!

Will you .?.Have you attained...?...your goals for this year.....



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domski 12-Sep-2005 15:23

Nope

skidlids 12-Sep-2005 15:36

Yes, I now feel as though I am riding as well as I did a few years ago, stepping up to the bigger bikes on the race track was probably a mistake for me

Rattler 12-Sep-2005 15:37

At the start of the season my primary goal for the year was to end the year as a better, faster rider than I started the year as.

I just didn't realise how far behind my expectations I was at the start of the year!!! ;)

If I can perform well at Cadwell and effectively be a better, faster rider at a circuit I know less well, then I will have achieved this objective.

As for my secondary goal, championship position, I'd like to get as close as I can to top 5, but this is a relative measure and is now less important than my primary goal.

Tim

Tonio600 12-Sep-2005 15:54

I'm not happy at all with my season. I had more pleasure riding my 600 Monster than the 620 Sport. Maybe it's too powerful for me :lol:

So I'm really looking forward the end of the season, because now I want to play with my toy in the garage... That's the big stuff I never did this year (last winter I didn't have a toy, neither a garage) :D

Roll on 2006!

dickieducati 12-Sep-2005 15:56

from one of my postings 7-1-2005:

"for me having never raced before and not being overly quick on trackdays anyway i would'nt expect to be up front with the guys with more experience but will be seriously fed up coming in the bottom 3 each time. to finish in the top 10 in any race would for me be a huge achievement. but i would guess to being in the 17/20 area."


i recon i have improved throuout the season and will continue to do so. still after that elusive top 10 spot. but its getting closer. if i dont get it at cadwell it will be my primary aim initially for next year.

paynep 12-Sep-2005 16:06

Hmm,

Fitness = haven't really tried, so 2/10
Preparation= patchy, so could do better 5/10
Racecraft= generally better, but still the odd silly mistake 6/10
Performance = behind Fil, Ali and Andy R on identical bikes so obviously not good enough 6/10
Fun factor = overall I've enjoyed myself loads 8/10
Buying the right bike= with hindsight, NO, so 5/10

Desmodue as a series= 11/10 :D

Overall, I fancied myself for a top 5 pre-season, revised that to a top 10 when I saw the standard of the opposition and how slow the 675s were, thought that I was there at Snet, threw it away at Donny, lost it at Brands, but still have a chance of ending on a high at Cadwell.
Or something.

[Edited on 12-9-2005 by paynep]

Rattler 12-Sep-2005 16:17

and yours Phil???

domski 12-Sep-2005 16:21

Phil wanted to be the first Ginger person I think.

Something to do with orange anyway.

Just needs to fend off that Nick bloke at Cadwell :D

Ginger people eh? Next thing you know they'll have bibs to match their hair!!

ali 12-Sep-2005 16:34

Didn't have any goals (other than to rag it senseless everywhere), got a few points and started looking at the championship, had an oily moment and its back to the rag-it-senselsss theory. :( :) :o

Incidentally, it's worth saying that the standard of riding, and the level of aggression (certainly nearer the front), has gone through the roof during the season. I can't imagine there's a single rider that hasn't improved their on-track skill over the last six months, so just because someone isn't moving up the grid doesn't mean they're not improving, it's just that everyone else is too.

Cheers,

Ali


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