oulton track day
 

final recoved from my best track day iv ever done

oulton is much harder than i remember and i was all over the place first time out.

iv final got a real good set up with my brakes and am now confident with them so my lap time fell in the afternoon and got 2.12min lap when i borrowed a lap timer for the final outting. i think theres 2.10 lap in the bike as i was braking early for a few corners and not turning in late enough for a few others. (phill going to tell me hes was doing under 2mins last week now)

the weather was fantastic just hope it holds out till saturday

thank you to andy and dom for there advice
im real feeling confident hanging off the bike now and riding on the ball of my feet as well as pressing on the pegs going around corners

Are you crazy????? It wasn't fantastic, it was melting everything!!!!!

Saturday is gunna be a good 10 degrees cooler thank god.

It was a good day though. See you Friday :)

* Yawn *

I dont time myself but the best i was told i did was a 2.13...........

U the MAN

Glad it went well for you Dom:) Andy said it was good to meet up with you again.

Just been comparing times from the CB500's (closest on the tracks to the 620's in times-ish) and last year at Oulton in July on a dry track, the best was running 2.05.3

Now, if you compare the top running CBs at Cadwell this year against Geoffys time on his 620sport (and Geoffy knows Cadwell v v well) the CB would be just ahead.........

Just doing a 'Domski' with some research:)

The CB's aren't doing 1.47's at Cadwell though :confused:

BUT, I'll put money on the CB's doing 2.01's or better at Oulton this year.

The 620's can get into the 1.58's I reckon.

:ninja:

WJB reckoned the top CB5s were doing 2.04s which would put us around the 2.02 mark. Sounds about right, but I'm bloody miles off that at the moment.

I didnt say that Dom;)

I was pulling their times off from Oulton last year, and then using another track where we raced with/ after them in same weather conditions for a timed difference overall.............sort of similar but not, if you follow my womans logic:D
CB's have had better/same times as 620 DD bikes when both were at the same circuit I fink:)

:mad: :mad: as usual I cant edit my post:mad:

Just double checked, and it seems hairnets are about 3 - 4 secs quicker than 620's, and CB's about 3 secs slower (using Geoff as the 620 base time)

Sorry for guffing up :(

The top CB's were only doing 2.04's, which would be about 4-5 seconds off my 8-year-old CB pace (allowing 5 seconds for Hizzy's) and I was 2 seconds slower than Ellison!!!!

...BUT there is a super fast young Scot, who is making everyone look silly this year. He'll be down in the 2.01's, maybe even faster.

In the rain last month at Oulton, he started 20 seconds behind the KTM grid, and finished 16 seconds behind Dave Heal who won - except Dave Heal didn't have to carve through the KTM grid either!

He was doing 2.09's in the wet.





...and Ali, you're a fibber ;)

:lol:

i know it somewhat irrelevant to me anyway. but it doesnt matter what times you do so long as you beat all the others?

nail head bang on.......one quick lap dont win a race..........................

And its a Trackday with no timing equipment allowed aint it.?

I never bother with timing on a trackday, it bears little or no relevance to the race and puts you under unnecessary pressure.

Turn up and race who is next to you and that's as simple as it gets ;)

can't wait to see Clegg take his first win now tho ;) ;) ;)

My thoughts exactly...BUT do you think it gives you at least an idea of your pace ..a base from which to work..?

i wasnt bothered about timing as all day i sorting out my lines and braking points and messing with my gearing but for the last sesion i borrowed a lap timer because i thought it would be interesting to see how i did.

iv did this track day for two reasons
1) i show up at the track and i get 10 mins to lean it and qualify and end up with a poor position on the grid and as everyone bikes are so evenly matched theres no way you can run with the front runners.
2) when i first started dd i was asking how can i make my bike faster and i lot of you told me to do some track days and this one has helped. the next trick is to do as well as i did yesturday on saturday

pah you're bluffing champ :p :p

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm gunna join the Dom Clegg Fan Club, anyone else?

Sandbagger..............................come race day im sure you will be dropping in the 2.01's...............

what you mean by that

are you lat taking the **** just wanted to share with you how i did yesterday
(should of left lap times out of it )

Me too, do we get a lifesize poster ? :) ;)


Go Dom go.....

yes, we are jealous as we are all old and taking the p1ss out of youngsters makes us feel happy inside :)

Should leaft me out of it......................................


hehehe

m8..i wish you will and have said as much everytime we meet...u get top 3 then thats brilliant m8.....

Phil

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I was being serious :eek:

when im up there in moto gp you can all have a Dom Clegg lunch box now **** off

cooeeee Dom wake up laddo, it's time for your cornflakes...:)

Now you're just being plain silly!!!!!!!















...can I have a flask?

dom gleg or dom domski.....hehehehe

Cheeky sod, I was up at 11 o'clock this morning!!!! :lol: :lol:

phil didnt mean any harm will not say that your any better than me again just trying to psyche you out by putting tons of pressure on you to win.
no seriously your wining the races and i look up to you as a bench mark you showed me whats possible you can do on that bike.
if iv got you back up im sorry and i leave it out from now on

no keep having a go at him. he's had a couple of lucky results and will soon be mid pack where he belongs!

Brilliant :D :D

anybody else want a pop at me..?? ..i will be at Oulton Park on friday.............

Ooh, are you bringing a nice one, or that horrible old tired looking ginger one that you had at Combe?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

i dunno !! you will have to ask if Boosted is going yourself m8

classic lol

Poor little GTH. You're such a bully Fil ;)

:D

U started it Jabba

Now that's just plain harsh :lol: :lol: :lol:

this is turning into a right load of fun and games

by the way does anyone know if chris is going to be racing this weekend is he any better

yes he is...he was at the trackday on the 28th putting in 2.08's even with his portable dialsysis machine in tow

And today he is further testing at silverstone............................silverware WILL be his......

Chris who? :frog: