chris128 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Yes I've booked yet another track day at Cadwell This ones is on the easter bank holiday weekend on Sunday 4th April with Focused Events - anyone else fancy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 you better start doin some other tracks soon mate....im doin anglesey 4th and 5th so im a no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 haha I will, it just happened to be that for the next 2 weekends there was one at Cadwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) wheyyy only 6 days then I can test my newly modified bike Edited March 29, 2010 by chris128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 wheyyy only 6 days till im at anglesey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYMC0X Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 as i said in the other topic i can't make it cuz of doing the egg run through sheffield its a shame cuz i really wanna do cadwell again asap.. chris do you take your R6 on a trailer and do you use tyre warmers and have a spare set of wheels with wets fitted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 I take it on a trailer but nah I dont have tyre warmers. Got some spare wheels with wets on that came with the bike but never used them yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 chris the amount of TDs your doing its gonna be cheaper to buy a trailer than keep hiring it...you know you want one like mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYMC0X Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 im looking into getting a trailer and possibly converting my srad with track fairings to be a track bike and take it off the road completely.. also wanna get some spare wheels with wets on and defo get some slicks for dry days but will have to see how my money situation is by the time summer rolls around.. wanted to ask you as well what camera do you use i wanna get something set up on my bike also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 will be cheaper to sell your bike and get a track ready bike. dont really need slicks tbh supercorsas or racetecs are more than enough. i will be trying slicks this year for a bit to see if they wear any better. and WOW's (wet on wheels) is a much in this country, you can run so much quicker on wets you get so much grip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 chris the amount of TDs your doing its gonna be cheaper to buy a trailer than keep hiring it...you know you want one like mine lol yeah it would be cheaper in the long run but I cant afford to spend £300 ish on a trailer right now, where as I can afford to pay £25 each day I do a track day to rent it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 ask them if they will do you a special deal since you rented it a few times all ready and had some work done on your bike....worth a try mate, even if they say 20 quid instead of 25 it all mounts up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 Yeah I was gonna ask exactly that next time - £20 a day. Thing is though, I think they may have forgotten to charge me for last weekend so I'm keeping quiet about it at the mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYMC0X Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 will be cheaper to sell your bike and get a track ready bike. dont really need slicks tbh supercorsas or racetecs are more than enough. i will be trying slicks this year for a bit to see if they wear any better. and WOW's (wet on wheels) is a much in this country, you can run so much quicker on wets you get so much grip... how much grip are we talking from wets compared to what i currently have on which are battax bt-012 sport tourers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 will be cheaper to sell your bike and get a track ready bike. dont really need slicks tbh supercorsas or racetecs are more than enough. i will be trying slicks this year for a bit to see if they wear any better. and WOW's (wet on wheels) is a much in this country, you can run so much quicker on wets you get so much grip... how much grip are we talking from wets compared to what i currently have on which are battax bt-012 sport tourers.. in the wet, a million times more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 in the wet, a million times more.... Nice accurate calculation there Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Well I picked my track bike up from Louth Bikes today (they were originally supposed to be delivering it to me but they forgot..) as they have fitted a new master cylinder and new brake pads and a few other things. Got the bike off the trailer when I got home (managed not to drop it this time) and thought I would have a ride up n down the drive to see what the new brakes were like but the bike wouldnt start. So I thought it must just be something daft like having it in gear, or having the kill switch on etc but no I checked everything like that and it still wouldnt start. So I called Louth Bikes and asked if they could think of anything they had done that would stop it from starting and all they could suggest was that the battery was dead - which I find hard to believe as they only had it 6 days and I've left it for over 2 weeks before without any problems. So anyway, I put the battery on charge (using an Optimate thingy ma bob that I got with the bike) and after 30 mins on charge tried it again - still nothing. Assumed I had not left it charging long enough to get any real kind of charge into it so left it charging for about 3 hours and tried again but still wont start. Checked the connections on the battery and all looks fine but unscrewed them and put them back on again just to make sure - didnt make any difference though, the thing still will not start. About 9 times out of 10 when you press the ignition button it does absolutely nothing, but occasionally it will try and turn the engine over but only for about 2 seconds then it goes back to being completely dead. Went to halfords to see if I could buy a new battery but they were shut So needless to say I'm pretty hacked off now and rather than getting the bike all loaded up on the trailer and taking it all the way to the track to find that no one there can get it started either, I think I'll just go and do the track day on my road bike. Oh and they (Louth Bikes) also told me that the police came and took my seat as it was a stolen seat :S they said the police came and confiscated one entire bike and the seats off 2 other bikes (mine being one of them) as they were data tagged and recorded as being stolen. Louth Bikes say they've replaced the seat at no cost to me but the whole thing sounds a bit odd to me... surely the police would contact the owners of the bikes not just take the seats off them and leave it at that. Might ring the police and see if they have any record of this... though I cant work out why on earth the garage would want to take my seat (possibly the least valuable part of the bike..) and pretend the police took it, which makes me think they are probably telling the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revvin Kevin Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Can't you take the battery off your road bike The seat situation sounds fishy, Louth bikes must have contacted the police themselves. Surely one would expect the police would want to ask you a few questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Can't you take the battery off your road bike I didnt know if they would be 'compatible' and didnt want to blow anything up... plus I dont even know how I would take it out of my road bike and put it into my track bike, I'm sure its real easy to you guys but to a mechanical novice like me its not so straight forward Oh and as for the police, no Louth Bikes say they just turned up to inspect all of their bikes. I phone the police earlier and they said they will have a look into it and get someone to call me back, so hopefully I'll find out what has really gone on.EDIT: Just been and had a look and the Optimate thing now shows the battery as being fully charged and being in good condition - the bike still does absolutely f*ck all when you try to start it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYMC0X Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 wow what a palava.. wish i had the money for tommorow just checked focused events site and they got a few places left and it should be dry tommorow too.. have fun tommorow chris as i am sure you will even though you will be taking it easier on your cbr i hope. with it being road faired and what not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 lol thanks, yeah I will be taking it a bit easier - just hope I dont get carried away see you on the track soon I'm sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Sorry to hear about the mess around Chris, what a bummer just before a TD.With regards to the seat, can you contact the guy you bought it from to see if he ever replaced the seat and where he got it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 Well just got back from the TD... early, cos it was so boring on my road bike. Couldnt lean over much as the foot pegs kept scraping the floor and making me sh*t myself, and its pretty boring going round a track when you cant lean over as far as you want to. So all in all, the worst track day I've done. Just hope I can get my track bike fixed before the next one on the 14th.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 Got the R6 running again now - see http://www.themotorbikeforum.com/viewto ... =5&t=29909 for details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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