A Guide round a Donington Park track day June 1st 2012, my fastest lap.....
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- This is a track day vlog and also my attempt to break the two minute lap barrier that's been eluding me. It's only a personal thing to me but I NEED to do it. In case anyone's interested.
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Thanks, it's important to ride your own ride. There were about 12 of us and we all did just that with no ego, was a pleasure to watch.
I'm off to Donny on 13th march for the first time. Great vid! I'm lookin forward to the day now!
Brilliant!!!! This kind of vlog is the future enjoyed every minute. You can only watch so many bikes filtering and cars pulling out on the riders. Thanx russ
Nicely done! Thanks for all your other videos too, great help in getting my Mod2 done.
I like how even you an instructor have fitted crash protectors on your bike. I also got mine fitted to my first big one, and boy am I glad I did! One drop and one low-side, and nothing but a slight scratch on the handlebars. Those things have saved me a LOT of money.
Great video with good image quality and perfect wide angle. Could watch it forever :)
what a great video!! Even started writing this comment before I'd watched the whole video. A safe and experienced rider...great to see you on the track and with that lovely sounding Aprillia! Brill!!
This made me laugh a little. I would be holding on for dear life but Russ yaps away like he was having tea and biscuits. Great stuff.
It's always the ones you think you cocked up that turn out to be the best. Well done, great vid.
Brilliant video Russ as usual, keep them coming!!!
Another great video Russ, a pleasure to watch. Keep it up :)
Well done Russ, sound so relaxed as well:=) Enjoyed the ride!
I had the same when I came off my Fireblade in '92, there's nothing you can do but build up again. It's nature's way of making sure you look after yourself. Good luck.
Nice video. And great editing. Thanks for posting!
I always find your uploads a joy to watch.Keep them coming :D
That was an awsome video mate you show what trackdays are about having fun and setting your own personal goals i ll see you on track have fun
Well done mate, that's a great improvement!
Nice ride!!
Nice bike!!
Beautiful video!!
Thanks for Sharing this have watched it a fair few times now before a track day there tomorrow really helpful.
Thank you for the quick reply! Not something I see very often, impressive :)
Well done sir, sensible plan to set your own goal and work up to it. As well as people much faster than you there are those (mainly me) who would rather watch others do track days from the safety of their living room / office.
Well that was just great!!!
Well done on reaching the target Russ and by a full 5 seconds;-)
Really entertaining vid mate!
Congrats, Russ! Thanks for taking us along on the sly.
The 2 riders ahead of you at the start looked a bit strange, legs down hovering their boots just off the tarmac.
I'd love to have a go at a trackday. Well done for beating your time!
I enjoyed you talking us through the track, speeds, how to take particular corners. I think it's something you should do when you visit other tracks too. If it's not too much hassle of course ;)
Great video.
Great job! Thanks for showing us the track.
Riding should be fun but not crazy where you are disturbed buy other riders who are erratic and scary.
Great job my bobbbiiiee.
Al.
USA
When I do a Donnington trackday I'll post my time, got my first trackday at Rockingham in may, well! Excited
yeah thats true,and thanks for all the videos,there a great help :) looking forward for more videos :)
Loved watching this, can certainly see why o was such a failure on my zx9r there, will attempt it again this year on my fz6 lol
Nice one Russ - lovely bike too :)
Great upload that! really enjoyed watching it, you rode well too!
Nice vid! Saw the British MotoGP there a couple of years ago so nice to get a view of the track! Would love to do a track day their some time. Congrats on beating the 2 minute mark!
But you were loving the quick shifter for that! she's a beauty of a bike i'll give you that Russ!
Thanks for sharing this, I thoroughly enjoyed it :)
congrats mate! well done!
Nice work - congratulations!
Fantastic I think. Amazing buy for only £2.99! I was thinking about the Scala as they sell in-store rather than the Sena SMH10 but people had mixed thoughts on its quality. I guess Ill go and grab the Scala then as you've indicated you think its excellent. Thanks :P And keep up the videos! I've shown them to 5 of my bikey mates already as they all just got their licenses. Good responses from all of them too, they love them!
Looked like a fun day out :)
Love your videos very informative, keep them coming! Its also nice to see that you keep your racing skills on the track and and you don't take them out onto the road. Sadly its the small minority of which who do that give motorcyclists a bad name. Happy riding!
very well done, beautiful track !
Nicely done! I kept getting that Melbourne hairpin wrong, too! And the horrible little chicane before it. I definitely have unfinished business there...
Great lap. 55 through the Foggy Esses, nice.
Thanks Micke, I found them small lol. you'll have to get over to the UK to play at Donington, you'll love it cos you're a very fast rider. Cheers
LMAO! Purely coincidence, there was a group of them and I can guarantee a lot of blokes got blown away that day! Nice to see a girl on a track.
Totally agree with the braking thing. In the back of my head is "it's £11,000 of bike, be careful" Also, with the higher bars I was getting serious arm pump and drag on the straights. Now I have the CBR600 RR-8, I may be more comfy with it. Thanks for the tips.
Congrats mate!
Great video Russ my fav bit "That's a girl!"
Well done Russ always good to beat previous runs.you'd still be waiting come x mad for me to finish if i was there lol
great stuff mate, I wish I could get down a track one day!
great vid mate, enjoyed it
Good lap btw. Think this is the first trackday vid on youtube i've seen with a running commentary while riding round, surprised they let you on with the lead hanging though
Well done mate.
Congrats on beating the 2 minute mark Russ!!! Time to get it down to 1:45 haha!!
Excellent quality vid .
"IT'S A GIRL!" haha classic but CONGRATS!! beat your time, got ya knee down nicely and toe! productive day love your vids man keep them coming :-)
Great video, Watched this the day before i went on a Trackday there myself. Set my self a 2 minute barrier to ger under and managed a 1:55/6 or there about i think. Sure you could easly be faster, you looked a lot smoother than me.
Great. Video
Doing a Ron Haslam track day mid April hope it’s dry day
Cheers. Got another one this wed. Hope the weather holds
congrats on the sub 2 minutes mate :D must get myself to one of them when I have a big bike
I'm from derby so can't wait till I get my test done and a 600 to go to there, cle
Great video, nice one on the time. Have CSS this week, have been playing about trying to find a good camera angle.
my older brother use to do track days at donington park am not sure if he still doing it at the min tho but i love watching bikes there at weekends while am down my familys in lincoln
Cheers mate, it's been on my mind since October. I've analyzed where I was going wrong but when you're actually there it's totally different. The video doesn't show the camber of this track sometimes.
Good skill, thx for posting.
Awesome vid Russ! cant wait for the day when I get the opportunity to testdrive an Tuono v4r!
I really like my current KTM but there's something special about this Aprilia :-) There are also rumors about an 1299cc SuperDuke, lets just hope they dont make it too heavy!
an ex pupil took his 125 around the track with us. he really enjoyed it. it may be best to wait until you get a bigger bike :-)
Nice one. Getting a sub 2 is a good target for Donnington. Got my first sub 2 this year on my recently bought 2004 ZX6R which is now evolving into a half decent track bike in the shed. So hopefully be where I want it to be for 2014.
Well done on your sub 2 minute too. Have you noticed that afterwards you always think you could have gone faster? :-)
Always think one could go faster when watching but its a different story in reality when you are hanging off the bike flicking down through Craner!
Great I've just booked myself on a Ron Haslam race day.
Brilliant video :-)
:) big fun ! that thing has a rev limiter ! use it ! :) well done !
Remember road riding is different, being on the track has changed my view of road riding, I believe if anything it's slowed me down! When you have an off it's natural to "smart away" a bit. Accept that and let things return naturally. If you are more careful for now, great. All the best.
Thank you ! nice vid
In the gravel you can still see the lines of Biaggi and Haslam from the last SBK race ; ) 3:30
A track day (even if you go in the novice group) can teach you loads about your bike. I saw some touring bikes on the track yesterday.
Cheers mate. green laning tomorrow, that should be interesting!
would love to have you as my full bike test instructor haha,and I wouldnt mind taking my nsr 125 on a track when I get more confident :P
Cool ! I Did a 2.00.7 last lap on my last session (01/06/15) First time on a track. Not too bad for a Big Fat Bloke on a 2007 Turnip.
Nice video! Enjoy the change from the road ones. As for the toe down seems like you are turning your feet out. No need to do that. Your knees won't be able to go out as far so atleast you know you will have another 2~3 inches of lean angle still.
Enjoyed the vid.
Thanks mate, glad you like :-)
Nice video. Well done.
I would love to race at Donington .. but its rather far away ;)
And by the way you looked fast as a shark in this Video !
Thanks. Linz said that too, I didn't realise it would help that much to be honest. :-)
Well done YOU !!!!!!
great vid mate
awesome vid - thanks!
Thanks buddy, I was knackered! lol
Thanks Mark, getting toes down to me means they weren't high enough on the pegs, so it's a mistake in my eyes. A guy I went with had his feet normally on the pegs and was always scraping. If anything, if your feet are out of the way, you shouldn't scrape your toes at all. Hanging off the bike certainly makes the bike a little more twitchy.
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Some people are genetically engineered to get back up from a fall and think "Oh well" and get back on. The rest of us take time to build confidence back up.
I had a similar thing a couple of months after I started riding - very slow speed accident when a car cut me up just approaching some lights - no damage to anyone involved, but it made me nervous for a while. I got the confidence back after a little while.
In the mean time, there's nothing wrong with riding on the safe side of cautious.
Awesome!
Nice lap..
It was a Focused events day. Well organised
Good time, I could only manage 1.56 on my zxr400 the first time I was there so well done.
1.56? That's awesome on a 400! Don't try a 1000cc then, you'd kill me!
RoadcraftNottingham Thanks its not a great track for a 400. Back there last Sunday and managed a 1.52 so i'll be looking for under 1.50 next time if I can.
I did a 1.53.6 Monday as I'm starting to get my mojo back after the crash. You're storming!
Thanks, I think M13 did something similar (but not as good) ;-) The lead was neat and short so there wasn't a problem with it.
Thanks, I try to keep my uploads shorter as I personally get bored with 10+ min uploads. I'll check Baron's upload out, cheers.
I think you'd LOVE it for canyon roads, such fun with a little more comfort on the bars than the GSXR. Not sure about distance as it's only a Sunday toy for me. Take a look on the Aprilia forum AF1, there's quite a few higher milers on there. Let me know what you think if you get one.
Good run Russ! Man things happen fast at speed. I think practice and circuit knowledge will make you much faster. Have you walked the circuit? It seems i remember many of the greats; Agostini, Roberts, and others would walk the circuit and get into their mind shut off and turn in points. Your lap will get much faster when you tidy up your corners!!! Damn your bike is quick! :)
nice work
Thanks. I did a 1.54 on the last day. I think the Tuono has loads of wind drag so I get arm pump. I may do better with a CBR600 track bike. We'll see.
nearly leaned off my seat watching that! ;-)