Update from OULTON 2nd Aug.
 

Several DSC'rs are doing a no limits day there in the monsoon.

Amongst them is Azzy. His neighbour Roy with Azzys old R1 came along for his first ever track day.

Now Roy is a complete nutter of the first order and we were all taking bets on how long before he binned it.

Roy exceeded all of our wildest expectations and binned it on the first lap (after the initial sighting laps with the instructors) of the day.

If you knew Roy you'd know nothing surprises you!

Fortunately he's OK and the bike has been kicked straight so the next bets are on at what stage this afternoon does he do it again.

Believe me, he's criminally insane/stupid/mad, so it'll be a miracle if he survives.

My bet is on 3rd session of the afternoon.

BTW Roy won't be remotely bothered about this post.

When i spoke to him, he just laughed, said "at least its on video and you'd be proud of me."

Oh dear.

:lol:

Another Roy story, he just bought the R1 a few years ago and was in the pub with his brother and mates. Roy left the pub and binned it pulling a wheelie.

Someone rushed in and told his brother that Roy was lying in the middle of the road worse for wear.

His brother replied "F e c k him the stupid ******, i warned him, but he never listens" and stayed in the pub.

It was all JPMs fault!

Come on, spill the beans.

Who is the DSC Muppet? :D

Have to admit its me. I still swear it was all JPMs fault! And Lily too!

I'm dying here this one Martin...

Anyways I did offer to take that ratty 996R off your hands as a goodwill gesture LOL!!!

Oh dear, gutted for you! Not the R :(

Maybe it's time to update to that 998R you always wanted :D ;)

:lol:

Red Mist springs to mind :D

So we're saying RedMist is responsible? Was he even at the trackday?

Is Red mist what you had put in those chocolate brownies you and Lily had been feeding me all day? I did feel strange after I had eaten a few.

Its a conspiracy I tell you, you said you were both going to get me and you did.

hey don't go blaming me, i was back in the garage!!

You were going really well and I was mighty impressed with the improvement since last time... just got a bit too giddy trying to get to the edge of the tyres :)

:D

My mate John says you came in after one lap and picked up a can of oil and was last seen running down to the hairpin. I thought I saw you hiding in the bushes there near the pool of oil. I was enjoying myself following Jon round and it certainly improved my pace round there, I just got frustrated by not being able to get past the bloke on the R1 or whatever it was, it took Jon a couple of laps to get by him and then I was unable to get past and Jon was vanishing so youre right I got a bit giddy and give it just a lttle too much gas coming out Shell oils trying to drive past R1 bloke and down I went.

No major damage to the 996r thanks to Barrys fairings and fork protectors etc, probably cost more to repair my leathers (BKS) than the bike. Theres a hole big enough to get my hand through in the seat area of them. I was thankful for my back protector as my cocsyx is still very sore, I dread to think how sore it would be without the protector doing its job. It was sliding on my back over the kerb that hurt, I was surprised when I picked myself up to see how jagged the kerb is at that point. The kerb directly on the exit is nice and smooth and rounded but then further down the track it turns into a sort of sawtooth pattern with a sort of step every few inches!?

Thanks to both of you for a good day out and a bed for the night etc. I'm going to start booking Oulton without telling either of you so I can get some practice in.