Some Tracj day pics

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 10:02 AM

Thought I will share some tracks pics from a recent event at Beaverun PA. Being a rookie, I am pretty excited about these ...bragging rights for the rest of my life. Would be great if u could share ur best tracks pics too.

Can u see whats wrong with the first pictures(other than the fact that I haven't taken off the rear fender yet )?

Hint: Its windy.

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 10:04 AM

Photo # 2

QuikMike · 07-08-2003, 10:19 AM

other than the Suzuki-ish '66' on the front, you look pretty good...

Latebraking · 07-08-2003, 10:20 AM

Your windscreen is missing, along with the right 'ear' or the fairing upper. What happened to make those go missing?

JBird · 07-08-2003, 10:29 AM

Sweet pics! What was it like on the track for the first time? I might be participating in my first track event in August, and I would like to know what to expect.

ccwilli3 · 07-08-2003, 10:31 AM

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JBird : Sweet pics! * What was it like on the track for the first time? I might be participating in my first track event in August, and I would like to know what to expect.

ride your own ride...

dB · 07-08-2003, 10:31 AM

Nice pics!

QuikMike · 07-08-2003, 10:32 AM

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JBird : Sweet pics! * What was it like on the track for the first time? I might be participating in my first track event in August, and I would like to know what to expect.

remember, it's not a race....no trophies are awarded and you're there to improve your riding abilities....pilot your own ship

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 10:35 AM

Wish the photographer could get my 'knee-down' pics. Although, he did catch me with bike and me down on the asaphault .

Like what CC said, ride at ur 80%....or u pay the price.

cbr99xx · 07-08-2003, 10:47 AM

Kewl pics. Can't wait for my next track day.

JBird · 07-08-2003, 11:22 AM

Thanks for all the helpful advice. I was planning on riding my 929 that day, since I don't have access to any other ride.

Post some more pics if you have them!

jafo · 07-08-2003, 11:43 AM

Glad you had had a good time,great pictures!Hope to do a track day/school in the future,I have never heard of someone not having a good time!Did you crash?

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 11:55 AM

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jafo : ....Did you crash?

The first pic is post crash

nomad · 07-08-2003, 12:07 PM

Hence the different helmets as well.

HondaGal · 07-08-2003, 12:23 PM

Yeah, he crashed...I watched the whole thing..... I was 2 bikes behind him. *I saw him lean over, said uh oh to myself, then saw the sparks flying and then the dirt in the air. *

It was a beginner's mistake....too much entry speed, too many mid-turn corrections and minimal knowledge of how to handle that kind of speed when in a turn. *A learning experience for Gautam. *He settled down the ramainder of the day and focused on becoming more smooth with his turns. *He did much better as the day progressed. *

edit: typo

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 12:24 PM

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nomad : Hence the different helmets as well.

well...the red helmet was a demo which I had to return after a session and it didn't have scratch. I guess I did the pregnant-woman-delivering-position while crashing - legs, hands wide apart and head up .

The only thing damaged was the glove.

In the pics below, I am doing a post crash 'system-check' before getting on my feet.

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 12:27 PM

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HondaGal : Yeah, he crashed...I watched the whole thing..... I was 2 bikes behind him. *I saw him lean over, said uh oh to myself, then say the sparks flying and then the dirt in the air. *

It was a beginner's mistake....too much entry speed, too many mid-turn corrections and minimal knowledge of how to handle that kind of speed when in a turn. *A learning experience for Gautam. *He settled down the ramainder of the day and focused on becoming more smooth with his turns. *He did much better as the day progressed. *

Thought I will show some 4th july fireworks ....see, what if I cannot pull a wheelie, I have my own bag of tricks.

After getting some good tips from Hondagals, my riding improved a lot.

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 12:29 PM

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HondaGal : It was a beginner's mistake....too much entry speed, too many mid-turn corrections and minimal knowledge of how to handle that kind of speed when in a turn. *

Jees...easy gal..and I thought you were a good friend...you really trashed me there. Trashed by a gal on the world wide web...my ego just took a highside

flasher2001 · 07-08-2003, 1:15 PM

glad you survived to ride again, gotham. *i was wondering if the track photographer got any pix of you SITTING IN YOUR LOUNGE CHAIR * , but the pic of you laying beside the track will have to do *

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 1:27 PM

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flasher2001 : glad you survived to ride again, gotham. *i was wondering if the track photographer got any pix of you SITTING IN YOUR LOUNGE CHAIR * , but the pic of you laying beside the track will have to do *

SuperDave · 07-08-2003, 1:29 PM

Congrats gautamde, tough luck on going down your first track day. *At least you shook it off and still got the most out of that day. *My confidence would probably have been shaken alittle after that. *Great pics! *I was wondering about your first pic like 'where the hell is his windscreen?' *lol

(What's up with everyone's #66? )

HondaGal · 07-08-2003, 1:32 PM

Hey G, always happy to help, and yes, thanks for the sparklies...they were fun!

No pics of Gautam in his chair although there were many opportunities.

Have fun at Summit Point! You'll have plenty of opportunities to practice fast corners.

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 1:33 PM

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SuperDave : Congrats gautamde, tough luck on going down your first track day. *At least you shook it off and still got the most out of that day. *My confidence would probably have been shaken alittle after that. *Great pics! *I was wondering about your first pic like 'where the hell is his windscreen?' *lol

The post is about my first Track pictures and not track day itself. This was my second 2-day event.

It did shake my confidence going thru the same turn - a double apex with elevation. I slowed down for the rest of the event and was rising faster(lap time), smoother and had lot of fun doing so.

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 1:38 PM

The fun part is showing these pictures to co-workers and friends who have never been near a motorcycle. U get all kinds of adjectives - from 'crazy', 'insane', 'dangerous' to 'cool','wow' etc.

Anyway, I have one 8x10 at work. I feel alive everytime I look at it. Breaks the monotony from work and takes me to a dream land for couple of minutes.

HondaGal · 07-08-2003, 1:38 PM

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gautamde : Quote (HondaGal @ July 08 2003, 12:23pm)It was a beginner's mistake....too much entry speed, too many mid-turn corrections and minimal knowledge of how to handle that kind of speed when in a turn. *

Jees...easy gal..and I thought you were a good friend...you really trashed me there. Trashed by a gal on the world wide web...my ego just took a highside
Don't be sad...we've all been there at one time or another. Your ego will be fine.

HondaGalToo · 07-08-2003, 2:13 PM

What? We didn't take any pics of Gautam in his lounge chair??!! We'll remedy that at the next track day!

ccwilli3 · 07-08-2003, 2:31 PM

for those that don't know, gautamde doing what he does best! *

example 1

example 2

example 3

example 5

And while he was doing that, the rest of us were doing this:

TraumaOne

HondaGalToo

Me

HondaGal

Okay, I can't totally dog on gautam, he did actually do SOME work that day...

GautamDe

And yes, Gautam was really flying at Jennings too... * *

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 2:52 PM

Damn it CC...I knew this was coming ....I just hired a private detective to take all ur ass-on-the-chair pics at track events

To all u wanna be racers, relaxing and lounging is key to success, as demonstrated

gautamde · 07-08-2003, 2:54 PM

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HondaGalToo : What? *We didn't take any pics of Gautam in his lounge chair??!! *We'll remedy that at the next track day! *

I have some ammo to take care of that...pics of you and Hondagal lounging inside the trailer at beaverun.

fivestar · 07-09-2003, 6:47 PM

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gautamde : The fun part is showing these pictures to co-workers and friends who have never been near a motorcycle. U get all kinds of adjectives - from 'crazy', 'insane', 'dangerous' to 'cool','wow' etc.

Anyway, I have one 8x10 at work. I feel alive everytime I look at it. Breaks the monotony from work and takes me to a dream land for couple of minutes.

Nice pics! I put up a couple of 8x10's of me at Mid-Ohio and have gotten all of the same responses. Best part of it is that whenever I'm getting pretty steamed, I'll just look up and disappear for awhile.