crashed

[jason]

it finally caught up with me....

and I went down at Rockingham on sat. It was on off wet and dry all day

ironically I wasnt going to go out in the session I crashed and didnt have my gear on (as supercorasas on a wet track arent the best combination), guy next to me in the pits talked me into it and I quickly bunged my gear on at the last moment and went out for a bimble to see if it was ridable....

I was sliding around quite alot, but it kept regripping and as I dont really mind a bit of a slide now and then - in my infinate wisdom I thought "this is fine I can control this"

I very nearly went down going through the chicane in the middle of the oval sections as I crossed the kerbing (bad idea riding over kerbing in the wet obviously) which I gladly didnt because your fair motoring at that point

then was trying to catch the wets fitted bike in front of me when my bike went into a big old slide at the first left heading towards gracelands...I waited for it to regrip but it didnt want to play so I gracefully slid though the corner and across the grass on my backside thinking that I really should get around to buying a back protector. (you can get a fair old distance covered on your back when the grass is wet)


My first ever track crash....oh well ...I was looking for an excuse to buy a new bike anyway

a vid of the only really dry session of the day here if anyones interested...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImEgkBksXm0

[deej]

Bummer dude happens to all the greats at some stage or another !!!! Was bound to happen at some stage

So a k9s on the cards now then mate ?? Is the k7 a write off

[Leroy]

Ah bugger unlucky mate !

Good video tho ...

[jason]

So a k9s on the cards now then mate ?? Is the k7 a write off

engine crash bung, swing arm crash bung, and rearsets took all the damage, bike slid on its left and didnt flip over so akra is fine. Track fairing took a hammering, generator cover is ground down other than that its fine.

Just put it back in road trim last night, replaced the generator cover (£105!), crash bungs and footpeg for the VCR's (the great thing about gilles is you can buy the component parts).

and you would never now its bee crashed...completely unmarked. still looks like the 3,500 mile old never dropped bike that it did bedore the weekend. Helped that there was no gravel trap for it to run into.

the tail unit of the track fairing on the other hand looks like someones been at it with a hammer, but then thats what its there for

Gonna take the K7 on a euro trip for three weeks at the end of august then will look at getting a K9 when I return I think.

[billinom8s]

good to hear it had 2 happy ending. Good job it was on the track, might not me walked away if it had been on the road. Ahh well, have fun round europe.

[Rsv4Col]

Cracking vid as usual Jason must have been one of the few sessions that wasnt flagged Impressive how you caught and passed Scot even after giving him a start
Glad you and the bike are ok

[Maver-Nick]

Glad to hear you're ok mate...

Cool vid... Mind you... You deserved to crash travelling at those speeds young man...

[julian]

glad your ok gixeer thou, on supercorsas, in the wet have a good and safe tour

[deej]

jason what group were you in,im guessing fast for you which makes me wonder how slow a fast group was it, besides you n scotty everyone else looked very slow and nervous

[jason]

jason what group were you in,im guessing fast for you which makes me wonder how slow a fast group was it, besides you n scotty everyone else looked very slow and nervous

yeh its fast group..I think people where generally riding slightly more sedate because it kept going wet ..dry....so even though that session was almost full grip I think alot of people maybe had a problem giving it the full whack.

that session in the video was red flagged..thats the restart. In fact I think every single fast group session was red flagged at some point.

[deej]

oh dear thats not too good then, did see on the old facebook that i was wet dry wet etc

barring the off did you have a good day and has it put you off getting back on track

and yes your right a back protector is a must for serious trackdayers,i know how much i appreciated mine in my little funky,so much that im thinking about one of those chest protectors now

[jason]

oh dear thats not too good then, did see on the old facebook that i was wet dry wet etc

barring the off did you have a good day and has it put you off getting back on track

yeh It was a good day....the off didnt really bother me like that,if nothing else it was good comedy value and gave people a chance to take the piss out of me in the pub later. (particularly as I went down in the session straight after the "stop crashing you idiots, the recovery fan is running out of fuel" lunchtime debriefing)

[Funky]

welcome to the club mate. glad you're ok though.

[deej]

Oh yeah jason

You must now become the proud owner of the swb trackday trophy !!!

[Funky]

yay, bravo... I have no problem in handing it over... Hope it stays yours past monday...