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bike trackday at knockhill. 28/5

Post by mckeann » Fri May 28, 2010 11:07 pm

A wee selection of photosfrom today for the biker boyz, or anybody else that cares.


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Re: bike trackday at knockhill. 28/5

Post by Mike Scib » Fri May 28, 2010 11:10 pm

:thumbsup

So how does the new bike compare?
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:
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Post by mckeann » Fri May 28, 2010 11:11 pm

its much more capable than the old bike, but i'm finding it much harder to master. Old bike was very easy for me to ride, this one feels more highly strung. But i'm getting there :D
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Post by robin » Sat May 29, 2010 12:10 am

:thumbsup looks like a good day - I was in Dunfermline twice today - was nice first thing but by ~13:00 it was hail stones and rain :-( Looks like your weather was somewhat better than mine :-)

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Post by mckeann » Sat May 29, 2010 9:10 am

at one point, knockhill was surrounded 360 degrees by menacing black rain clouds, yet the sun still shone. Very very unusual. Its normally the other way round :D
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Post by Lazydonkey » Sat May 29, 2010 9:51 am

good job ape :thumbsup
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Post by mckeann » Sat May 29, 2010 10:12 am

cheers donkey. Apart from it being great fun, it helps the confidence. Especially right handers ;)
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Post by Andy G » Sat May 29, 2010 10:26 am

nice use of the knee , although pics arent as spectacular as your last outing there :thumbsup
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Post by Rag_It » Sat May 29, 2010 8:08 pm

Awesome 4th picture mate - looks like there is no holding you back!
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Post by mckeann » Sat May 29, 2010 8:18 pm

i bought the CD from the track photographer which i dont normally do. I was slighlty dissapointed tbh, of the 52 photos, about 20 of them were out of focus, but the ones that he got spot on were really quite good. Still, had better photos by fergus and a few others on here though.
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Post by mckeann » Sat May 29, 2010 8:31 pm

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Post by Mr Momo » Sun May 30, 2010 11:57 am

I'm impressed how little tyre contact patch was in use on the rear wheel in the 4th photo :thumbsup
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Post by Lazydonkey » Mon May 31, 2010 7:51 am

mckeann wrote:cheers donkey. Apart from it being great fun, it helps the confidence. Especially right handers ;)
lies all lies :lol:
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Post by BigD » Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:55 pm

Good pics Neil, Really should've got on track with mine by now.

I see you removed the mirrors, was this to stop you looking behind?

Any pics of the front tyre? :wink:
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Post by mckeann » Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:18 pm

BigD wrote:Good pics Neil, Really should've got on track with mine by now.

I see you removed the mirrors, was this to stop you looking behind?

Any pics of the front tyre? :wink:


they advise you to remove mirrors to stop you lookingbehind. personally i removed them as they're quite expensive to replace when you crash :oops: :lol:


front tyre looks in pretty good shape, not worn right to the edge,but i'm told thats to do with the profile, rather than me being a pussy.
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