Had a little off on friday at Cadwell.
Luckily captured it on GoPro, and the bike even had the good grace to spin round and catch me bouncing into shot haha
Pretty sure I know what went wrong, as it nearly happened earlier in the day. Firstly I was going in a bit too fast - rest of the day I was around 60-65mph entry speed for the corner, but even then the biggest problem was the front tyre not being loaded up. The bike has a ridiculously long throttle - slightly longer than I can do in one turn. I think I was on the straight with full throttle, then rolled off, but forgot to roll it completely forward to weight the front and get the bike turning.
Anyway, damage could have been worse. Ended up with dented tank, bent handlebars, bent rear brake lever and some cracked plastics. I just suffered a cut nose (from wearing glasses) but my ankle is swelling up a bit.
Hoping to get the bike fixed up and booked on again for the end of October for one last day this year.
A better lap here. This was my fastest of the day (1:51) but not the cleanest as missed a few apex's. Lots of places to improve on, but this was only my second visit to Cadwell.
Luckily captured it on GoPro, and the bike even had the good grace to spin round and catch me bouncing into shot haha
Pretty sure I know what went wrong, as it nearly happened earlier in the day. Firstly I was going in a bit too fast - rest of the day I was around 60-65mph entry speed for the corner, but even then the biggest problem was the front tyre not being loaded up. The bike has a ridiculously long throttle - slightly longer than I can do in one turn. I think I was on the straight with full throttle, then rolled off, but forgot to roll it completely forward to weight the front and get the bike turning.
Anyway, damage could have been worse. Ended up with dented tank, bent handlebars, bent rear brake lever and some cracked plastics. I just suffered a cut nose (from wearing glasses) but my ankle is swelling up a bit.
Hoping to get the bike fixed up and booked on again for the end of October for one last day this year.
A better lap here. This was my fastest of the day (1:51) but not the cleanest as missed a few apex's. Lots of places to improve on, but this was only my second visit to Cadwell.