First Track Day

[Bert-Aus]

On Saturday was my first track day on my moto.

Man -it was F*#^!@!@$^%&^(* awesome fun

Mallala, SA

Have to say the XJ6 held up well, by no means quickest out there but fun as!

Taped up & Ready to roll

Still got room to move on those chickenstrips!

 

[dart1963]

Looks like a fast track. Glad you had fun!

Out of curiosity, what do track days run price-wise down there?

 

[Bert-Aus]

Looks like a fast track. Glad you had fun!

Out of curiosity, what do track days run price-wise down there?

Cheers!

At this track, a local club officials the day (I'm guessing it helps with the insurance stuff)
Either way it was Au$150 for the day.

Due to 4 different speed groups it worked out to be 6x 15 minute sessions for all throughout the day

 

[Fizzer6R]

the rates and track time you get are about the same in US

unless things have changed here, last time i went they made us tape over all the lights, couldn't leave the spaces like yours

nice to see you burnt some rubber :thumbup: funny to still see the new tire nubs alive and well

 

[Bert-Aus]

I am pretty sure most of that rubber is from picking up others from the track!

Both front & rear have less than 500km's on em, needless to say I haven't gone to hard on them yet!

Price wise -If I ever make it back over to the States I am def going to have to have a blast on a track day there too!

 

[JonKerr]

Congrats on popping your track cherry! :thumbup: One thing you'll realize is that you tend to push harder on the track than on the street without really trying to. It just kind of happens. At Chuckwalla in October, I hadn't been to the track in a while and had brand new sticker tires on. I really "took it easy" and my tires looked a lot like yours after an easy run. Where to get them to look like that on the street you're really on it.

I actually really like the idea of 15 min sessions. Sometimes 20 min sessions can seem a bit much on a 2.6 mile track in hot weather.

 

[Bert-Aus]

I actually really like the idea of 15 min sessions. Sometimes 20 min sessions can seem a bit much on a 2.6 mile track in hot weather.

Cheers,

I agree longer than 15mins would be too much.
Only one of the sessions I felt "aww let me keep going...c'mon"(think in a Yosemite Sam voice)
Whilst the others my forearms & wrists were starting to ache or my head got a little fuzzy due to the heat & dehydration.

Time for some fitness cross training, me thinks

 

[JonKerr]

Arms are way too tight if they're aching at all, especially after 15 min. Relax your grip and arms. Your legs are what should be burning. Also drink A LOT of water. The day before and the day of. To the point you're pissing 2 or 3 times between sessions at least. And if you're on the track and even start to feel like you're loosing concentration due to exhaustion, pull in NOW.

 

[Mitch21]

That's awesome, I did a v8 race drive there last year and that was awesome and was keen to try it on my bike. When I was there the guys were saying the not so straight, straight between corners 3 & 5 is the 3rd fastest in Aus, and 5th corner is the slowest corner in Aus which makes it a fun track. Almost 200kph difference. Was awesome in the supercar not lifting off around corner 4. Keen to do a track day now.

Did you need full race leathers?

 

[Bert-Aus]

That's awesome, I did a v8 race drive there last year and that was awesome and was keen to try it on my bike. When I was there the guys were saying the not so straight, straight between corners 3 & 5 is the 3rd fastest in Aus, and 5th corner is the slowest corner in Aus which makes it a fun track. Almost 200kph difference. Was awesome in the supercar not lifting off around corner 4. Keen to do a track day now.

Did you need full race leathers?

It was quick through there, and I wasn't going anywhere as fast as most of the other guys there!

Leather's wise -they let you get away with kevlar pants once maybe twice.
My (almost) nephew was there (his second time) with me & my brother.
He was wearing kevlar lined jeans and a DryRider jacket and they let him ride but said at the end of the day next time he has to have leathers.

I only have 2 piece leathers myself.

 

[Mitch21]

It was quick through there, and I wasn't going anywhere as fast as most of the other guys there!

Leather's wise -they let you get away with kevlar pants once maybe twice.
My (almost) nephew was there (his second time) with me & my brother.
He was wearing kevlar lined jeans and a DryRider jacket and they let him ride but said at the end of the day next time he has to have leathers.

I only have 2 piece leathers myself.

Yeh I have leather jacket and kevlar jeans. But may look at some leather pants in the future.

 

[JonKerr]

In the states leathers are mandatory with most track day organizations. They would never let you go out in Kevlar jeans, regardless if it was your first track day or not. They will allow a 2 piece but they have to have at least the 270 deg zipper on them at a minimum. One piece is preferred obviously.