Lakeside Trackday Pics

[racerrad8]

What dates are you in Qld Randy?
There is a track day at Queensland Raceway on Sunday 16th March that may be suitable.

Harvy

We will be up in Cairns swimming the ocean by then I believe as we fly out on that next Monday or Tuesday.

Randy - RPM

[stua1959]

Can u imagine half a dozen old blokes on FJ's bunched up and banging fairings going into the first corner !
Hire of leathers is $80 and  photos are $ 55 so it's not a cheap day but well worth doing

[X-Ray]

Lol! Good one Stu, banging fairings, lol. I've got my 2piece zip together leathers so that's all good.

Did you always feel in complete control Stu, no "oh shit" moments to speak of?

[stua1959]

Hi Ray,
No real " oh shit " moments. I screwed up a few corners until I learnt the lines. Its a tricky little circuit. About six riders came down but they were in the faster groups which caused some delays and meant we got less time on the track. One guy came off on his first lap at Hungry Corner and totally wrecked his bike. His day was over and he hadnt completed one lap.
I went there with the intention of trying out a few techniques that I wasnt confident of trying on the road - I did a lot of reading before I went. The first couple of sessions I was all over the show but then it all clicked into place and I was faster and smoother and was enjoying it more. By the end of the day I wanted more





They use the bus stop section which can be tricky and the left hand kink on the straight can be scary. You are approaching 200 kmh at that point and I always backed off. That where I got passed by a few of the R6's but I was able to keep up with most of them on the other sections. Remember this was the slow group. The fastest group were great to watch on their full on track weapons but I was told that Troy Bayliss laps 15 seconds faster than them. Awesome


lap of lakeside.MPG

[The General]

Mate, sounds to me like you approached the whole day with the right attitude.  I know I`d be backing off at 200klicks on that dog leg too!

Did you try changing air pressures and note the differences? Was their air available? My standard wheeled fj doesn`t feel well planted above 140KLM/hr at all, on a particular long relatively tight curve... yet surprisingly okay below 100.

Ummm...sounds like we need an FJ BBQ tent....Dena wants ta hold one of them umbrella's at the starting grid too!

[YFJ-12]

Track Day
Now were talking
Found this with dates and price...http://www.adrenalin.com.au/motorcycle-track-day/qld-brisbane/driving-experiences/15352?gclid=CKDN2eDCq7sCFcEnpQod6iIAgg
How's say... Saturday 26 April. That would give us some time to save our pennies.

Darran

Did you notice that they hold the same event on some week days for $50 less.

[ken65]

hi there,  i went out today (LAKESIDE) and watched a couple of  20 minute sessions,,   i dont know what the class 's were but im not doing it!!!!!   just to fast for a fat old fella like myself,,, but i will be happy to come and watch and be a part of your pit crew,  ken .  PS . i have to admit for those inclined it will be a ball.....