Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Castle Coombe write up?

[Chris Wood]

So what happened?

No write up?

[Mark]

So far,,,,,,,,,,,

[Tonio600]

Message original : Chris Wood
So what happened?

No write up?

... I'm sorry I didn't have time to translate it for the moment, but maybe some French readers could understand it.

Et une de plus...

Hier j'etais a Castle Combe pour une journee de piste sur le circuit ou ont lieu mes 2 prochaines courses. Et je m'en suis remis une. Je veux dire une pelle, une gaufre, etc... je me suis bourre, vautre, repandu meme. Enfin j'ai chute quoi. Y'a rien a faire, y'a pas une facon de le dire qui me fasse moins mal aux bijous de famille (pour rester poli) qu'une autre.

Je suis encore en train de chercher la raison de ma chute, d'essayer de comprendre. Je ne pense pas avoir commis de faute particuliere, mais j'imagine qu'on doit toujours dire ca apres une chute...

C'etait me deuxieme session de la journee (on tournait par session de 12mn, j'ai du en faire 2 le matin et 4 l'apres-midi), j'avais deja boucle 4 ou 5 tours sans probleme (je prends toujours soin de chauffer mes pneus sur 2 ou 3 tours) et je n'accelerais pas particulierement mon rythme. Je suis dans la ligne droite des stands, je monte tous les rapports jusqu'a atteindre ma vitesse maxi. Vitesse que j'essaie de conserver jusqu'a Avon Rise ou je commence a decelerer pour preparer Quarry Corner (le virage piege du circuit car en devers et obligeant a reduire grandement sa vitesse), je n'arrive pas trop vite, je me decale un peu sur la gauche pour ne pas le negocier trop a l'interieur en entree, j'amorce mon virage, penche la moto, sors le genou (pour ne pas trop pencher non plus, ca me permet de garder de la marge) et me laisse porter sur un filet de gaz. Et puis craaaaac ! pilote par terre, moto par terre, on glisse sur une dizaine de metre pour finir les fesses dans l'herbe (oui comme ca ca a l'air marrant...). Dans ma chute j'ai eu le temps de voir tout autour de moi, le bitume de la piste, le ciel et derrire moi : le pilote suivant est a 20m, il m'evitera sans probleme (j'aurai du essayer de le retrouver pour lui demander s'il avait compris ce qui m'etait arrive). Et voila. Une fois de plus (la 2eme en 3 circuits), je m'y suis mis. Mais pourauoi ? Aucune idee. Je pense que ma moto ne doit pas avoir une garde au sol assez importante, car il n'est pas rare que le sabot (dans sa partie la plus inferieure...) frotte la piste en courbe. Je pense qu'une partie de la moto a du s'accrocher a une asperite de la piste, genre un cale-pieds dans un petit trou du tarmac... En y repensant cette hypothese est fort probable car mon cale-pied droit (cote ou l'on a glisse) etait completement tordu vers le bas, ce qui est assez etonnant.

Peu importe c'est arrive. Question degats rien de bien grave : j'ai casse un demi guidon et un levier de frein, que j'avais en pieces de rechange dans la voiture et que mes amis du Ducati Sporting Club (des gens extraordinaires, ne croyez pas tout ce qu'on vous dit sur les anglais...) ont remplace pour moi alors que je me demandais encore ce qui m'etait arrive. Ils m'ont repare mon cale-pied tordu avec une piece de 1 penny (veridique) et rafistoler mon carenage au scotch americain (heureusement j'avais laisse le joli carenage a la maison, comme si j'avais senti venir la chose). Quelques photos des reparations :

Les plus gros degats sont sur ma combinaison en cuir, qui meme si elle est toujours fonctionnelle (aucun trou) ne parait plus aussi neuve qu'avant. En tout cas je sais que je suis vraiment bien protege avec ma combinaison, ma dorsale, mon casque, mes bottes et mes gants, car en 2 chutes (dont une a faible allure a Cadwell...) je ne me suis pas fait le moindre bleu, jamais la moindre douleur.

Par contre ce coup-ci mon moral en a pris un coup, ca m'a fait douter de moi. Mais je sais que ma confiance va revenir rapidement, il suffit d'un bon chrono aux qualifications a Castle Combe. Et puis je vais refaire la moto a neuf en quelques heures et pour quelques dizaines de pounds. Ha oui, il faut aussi que je remplace un de mes 2 disques de frein, il est voile et ca me gene vraiment au freinage. Je ne peux pas freiner aussi fort que je le voudrai. Encore une fois ce n'est pas un probleme, j'en ai 2 d'avance, il me suffit d'apprendre a les changer. Et puis concernant ma combinaison, j'ai de la bonne graisse a cuir, on va lui refaire une beaute en 2 temps 3 mouvements.

En fait tout va bien.
Je pete la forme.
Et dans 2 semaines je vais tous les pourrir. Je ne rigole pas. Et je ne chuterai pas.

[Mark]

okay.....

[Steve M]

je suis desole Tonio, mais il ya dix ans depuis jai parlais Francias, si c'est un peu difficile pour moi. Mais je pense que Castle Combe ce n'etais pas tres bien pour vous. Bonne chance.

did that make sense?

les rosbeefs et les autre langues eh!

[dickieducati]

i like to say to say thats really useful............................................ .................................................i 'd like to, but i cant !

[domski]

Babel Fish Translation - Probably a terrible translation, but here goes...

And one moreover... Yesterday I etais has Castle Combe for one day of track on the circuit or take place my 2 next races. And I went back one from there. I want to say a shovel, a waffle, etc... I am same flock, vautre, repandu. Finally I have fall what. Y' has anything has to make, y' does not have a way of saying it which less badly makes me with the bijous of family (to remain polished) that another. I am still seeking the reason of my fall, to try to include/understand. I do not think of having made a fault particuliere, but I imagine that one must always say Ca after a fall... It etait to me second session of the day (one turned by session of 12mn, I have to make 2 of them the morning and the 4 afternoons), I had already buckle 4 or 5 turns without problem (I always take care to heat my tires on 2 or 3 turns) and I do not accelerais my rate/rhythm particularly. I am in the straight line of the stands, I assemble all the reports/ratios until A to reach my maximum speed. Speed that I try to preserve until A Avon Rise or I start has decelerer for preparer Quarry Corner (the turn piege of the circuit bus in towards and kind A to reduce its speed largely), I do not arrive too quickly, I decale a little on the left for not the negocier too has the interior in entree, I start my turn, leans the motor bike, leave the knee (not not to lean too much either, Ca enables me to keep margin) and lets me relate to a thread of gas. And then craaaaac! pilot by ground, motor bike by ground, one slips on ten meter to finish the buttocks in grass (yes like Ca Ca has the funny air...). In my fall I had time to see all around me, the bitumen of the track, the sky and derrire me: the following pilot is has 20m, it will evitera me without problem (I will have to try to find it to ask to him whether it had included/understood what etait to me arrives). And veiled. Once more (2nd in 3 circuits), I put myself there. But pourauoi? No idee. I think that my motor bike should not have a rather important ground clearance, because it is not rare that the shoe (in its lower part...) rubs the track in curve. I think that a part of the motor bike has to cling has a asperite track, kind toe-clips in a small hole of the tarmac... By there reconsidering this assumption is extremely probable because my right toe-clip (dimension or one A slips) etait completely twisted downwards, which is enough etonnant. It does not matter it east arrives. Damage question nothing serious good: I have break-in a half handlebar and a handbrake lever, which I had in spare parts in the car and which my friends of Ducati Sporting Club (of extraordinary people, do not believe all that one says to you on English...) have replaces for me whereas I still wondered what etait to me arrives. They have me repare my toe-clip twisted with a part of 1 penny (veridic) and rafistoler my carenage with the Scotch tape americain (fortunately I had leave pretty the carenage has the house, as if I had felt to come the thing). Some photographs of repairs: The largest damage is on my leather combination, which same if it is always functional (no hole) appears as new as front. In any case I know that I am really well protege with my combination, my dorsal, my helmet, my boots and my gloves, because in 2 falls (whose weak pace has has Cadwell...) I had least blue, never the least pain. On the other hand this blow my moral in took a blow, Ca made me doubt ego. But I know that my confidence will return quickly, it is enough to a good stopwatch to the qualifications has Castle Combe. And then I will remake the motor bike has nine in a few hours and for a few tens of pounds. Ha yes, it is also necessary that I replace one of my 2 discs of brake, it is veil and Ca me gene really with braking. I cannot slow down as extremely as I will want it. Once again it is not a problem, I have 2 of them in advance, it is enough for me to learn has to change them. And then concerning my combination, I have good grease has leather, one will remake a beauty in 2 times to him 3 movements. In fact all goes well. I pete the form. And in 2 weeks I all will rot them. I do not laugh. And I will not fall.

[ali]

Originally posted by domskidue
They have me repare my toe-clip and rafistoler my carenage

Gor blimey, that sounds seriously painful....

[TP]

It may as well have stayed in French for all the sense it made to me!

Chris, here's a brief report for the day.

Noise testing was interesting. A few of us failed, I think fil2 and Ali failed? Tim and Tonio were both on 105db and told they would watched! My bike sounded louder but measured 101.8db! Happy with that, I was getting very worried as we were rolling up to the measuring station. If that's a metre that he's taking those measurements from then I'm about 8 metres tall!

First impressions of the track are that it's BUMPY! In the first two sessions I wasn't even holding it pinned down the straight because I didn't want to find a big bump and get flung off! You can hold it pinned though and wander around a bit - you just have to ride it out and try and focus your vision because it goes a bit blurry! I backed off my rear shock a bit and it made it a lot better.

Over Avon rise into Quarry is also pretty bumpy and it's your braking zone. So you'll be coming in there somewhere in the region of 120mph and braking for a 3rd gear corner over some pretty bumpy stuff - that was interesting! Other than that you seem to be hard on the brakes or the throttle is wide open. Some sections flow together really nicely, like the esses all the way through to Tower and it feels good to be just be changing up and keeping it pinned all the way through there. Tower is faster than it looks and you do that in 4th. Then you've got another chicane and they are all pains in the arse!

The points where most people will make time (or lose it) are into Quarry and Tower where you are braking from maxed out in 5th (mine's a 5 speed) into third gear for quarry and 4th for Tower. In fact for Tower you don't really need to brake that much but I never got it right. I always felt I could go quicker through there. And Quarry. Pretty much everywhere actually!

Hope that helps.

[Tonio600]

Message original : domskidue
Babel Fish Translation - Probably a terrible translation, but here goes...

And one moreover... Yesterday I etais has Castle Combe for one day of track on the circuit or take place my 2 next races. And I went back one from there. I want to say a shovel, a waffle, etc... I am same flock, vautre, repandu. Finally I have fall what. Y' has anything has to make, y' does not have a way of saying it which less badly makes me with the bijous of family (to remain polished) that another. I am still seeking the reason of my fall, to try to include/understand. I do not think of having made a fault particuliere, but I imagine that one must always say Ca after a fall... It etait to me second session of the day (one turned by session of 12mn, I have to make 2 of them the morning and the 4 afternoons), I had already buckle 4 or 5 turns without problem (I always take care to heat my tires on 2 or 3 turns) and I do not accelerais my rate/rhythm particularly. I am in the straight line of the stands, I assemble all the reports/ratios until A to reach my maximum speed. Speed that I try to preserve until A Avon Rise or I start has decelerer for preparer Quarry Corner (the turn piege of the circuit bus in towards and kind A to reduce its speed largely), I do not arrive too quickly, I decale a little on the left for not the negocier too has the interior in entree, I start my turn, leans the motor bike, leave the knee (not not to lean too much either, Ca enables me to keep margin) and lets me relate to a thread of gas. And then craaaaac! pilot by ground, motor bike by ground, one slips on ten meter to finish the buttocks in grass (yes like Ca Ca has the funny air...). In my fall I had time to see all around me, the bitumen of the track, the sky and derrire me: the following pilot is has 20m, it will evitera me without problem (I will have to try to find it to ask to him whether it had included/understood what etait to me arrives). And veiled. Once more (2nd in 3 circuits), I put myself there. But pourauoi? No idee. I think that my motor bike should not have a rather important ground clearance, because it is not rare that the shoe (in its lower part...) rubs the track in curve. I think that a part of the motor bike has to cling has a asperite track, kind toe-clips in a small hole of the tarmac... By there reconsidering this assumption is extremely probable because my right toe-clip (dimension or one A slips) etait completely twisted downwards, which is enough etonnant. It does not matter it east arrives. Damage question nothing serious good: I have break-in a half handlebar and a handbrake lever, which I had in spare parts in the car and which my friends of Ducati Sporting Club (of extraordinary people, do not believe all that one says to you on English...) have replaces for me whereas I still wondered what etait to me arrives. They have me repare my toe-clip twisted with a part of 1 penny (veridic) and rafistoler my carenage with the Scotch tape americain (fortunately I had leave pretty the carenage has the house, as if I had felt to come the thing). Some photographs of repairs: The largest damage is on my leather combination, which same if it is always functional (no hole) appears as new as front. In any case I know that I am really well protege with my combination, my dorsal, my helmet, my boots and my gloves, because in 2 falls (whose weak pace has has Cadwell...) I had least blue, never the least pain. On the other hand this blow my moral in took a blow, Ca made me doubt ego. But I know that my confidence will return quickly, it is enough to a good stopwatch to the qualifications has Castle Combe. And then I will remake the motor bike has nine in a few hours and for a few tens of pounds. Ha yes, it is also necessary that I replace one of my 2 discs of brake, it is veil and Ca me gene really with braking. I cannot slow down as extremely as I will want it. Once again it is not a problem, I have 2 of them in advance, it is enough for me to learn has to change them. And then concerning my combination, I have good grease has leather, one will remake a beauty in 2 times to him 3 movements. In fact all goes well. I pete the form. And in 2 weeks I all will rot them. I do not laugh. And I will not fall.

It's huge
Thanks Babelfish...