Beucars
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Fantastic, this Brooklands racer! Looking forward to have something similar myself...
Broadford Easter 7th April
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Dellortoman
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Are your track times improving Marty?
I had a mate check a few of my lap times on my Jota when we were there in 2013 (blimey, was it really 10 years ago?).
At the beginning of the weekend I was lapping at about 1:20 or more, but by the end of the weekend I'd carved a few seconds off that. My target was 1:10. I Dunno whether I ever got there (there were no transducers so timing relied on a mate with a stopwatch).
Tom the Wrecker might be able to shed some light lap times from that meeting. We were had a couple of pretty good battles swapping leads a few times each lap. I don't recall who got the better of whom, so we must have been pretty close to similar lap times.
I think my best stopwatch timed lap was about 1:12. It was a pretty clean lap with nobody getting in the way and I wasn't playing silly buggers with Tom.
In 2014 I took my Ducati MHR Mille, wondering how it would compare with the Laverda, but I was way slower on it, by around 10 seconds I reckon. Perhaps because of its lower HP, too high gearing for the track and more ponderous handling. I was also crook with Gastro on that weekend, so I didn't get as many laps in and never really got in the in the groove.
Jota 2013
MHR Mille 2014
I had a mate check a few of my lap times on my Jota when we were there in 2013 (blimey, was it really 10 years ago?).
At the beginning of the weekend I was lapping at about 1:20 or more, but by the end of the weekend I'd carved a few seconds off that. My target was 1:10. I Dunno whether I ever got there (there were no transducers so timing relied on a mate with a stopwatch).
Tom the Wrecker might be able to shed some light lap times from that meeting. We were had a couple of pretty good battles swapping leads a few times each lap. I don't recall who got the better of whom, so we must have been pretty close to similar lap times.
I think my best stopwatch timed lap was about 1:12. It was a pretty clean lap with nobody getting in the way and I wasn't playing silly buggers with Tom.
In 2014 I took my Ducati MHR Mille, wondering how it would compare with the Laverda, but I was way slower on it, by around 10 seconds I reckon. Perhaps because of its lower HP, too high gearing for the track and more ponderous handling. I was also crook with Gastro on that weekend, so I didn't get as many laps in and never really got in the in the groove.
Jota 2013
MHR Mille 2014
martymoose
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First time on a track in 23 years Cam, so not really looking at lap times, the smiles where pretty big though! When I tried to go too fast, I started missing gears, so I would never be fast.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Great stuff, Marty. I was wondering what the wild looking machine Chris C had was. Not a brake in sight - engine braking on a road racing circuit/! Enough?
Tippie
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Good on you Marty. It is the place to do it. What was Sheen's famous quote about how to go fast?
Andy J
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Attach a tow rope to Kenny Roberts
helicopterjim
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My favourite ......
martymoose
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Tippie
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- Dr?bak, Norway
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