NBT: I've bought a Honda!

[Yorick]

Photos from track day are online here

https://www.msvtphotography.com/p/22516 ... -june-2024

The photographer has an amazing ability to make me look slow and fat.

Can't see them

Maybe you have to use an email account that is registered as being at the track day.

Do some screen shots

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

In the second one the Fireblade is about to pass me, he was a fair bit quicker than me.

[Yorick]

In the second one the Fireblade is about to pass me, he was a fair bit quicker than me.

I'll have to imagine that

[KungFooBob]

In the second one the Fireblade is about to pass me, he was a fair bit quicker than me.

I'm assuming the bike you're blocking is the Blade, cos the other visible bike is an RSV4... or an RS660

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's an RS660, he's not about to pass me, other bike is possibly a VTR1000, the lad on the RS was from Thetford and was going about the same place as me, we shared a garage with the VTR owner and a guy on a V4 Tuono, but he was in the other group.

I was about mid pace for the group, I could have gone quicker but the thought of chucking my road bike up the track slowed me down.

Other bike isn't the VTR, the leathers are wrong, might be a GSXR.

[Bustaspoke]

So today I read the handbook to find out why the hazard lights were flashing when I braked hard, turns out this is what it does, ie; it's meant to do it, it's quite distracting when you're braking for a corner.

It seems to be a modern trend,when I was trucking all the newer vehicles did this,not noticed it on my SV650 though,maybe I need to brake harder.

[Yorick]

I've managed to see them. But hundreds. Which is you?

[weeksy]

I've managed to see them. But hundreds. Which is you?

The one on the Honda

[Yorick]

I've managed to see them. But hundreds. Which is you?

The one on the Honda

Which group? Day or evening?

Confused here

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Evening, white Honda CB1000R

[Yorick]

Evening, white Honda CB1000R

Bloody hundreds of photos.

Never mind.

[Mr. Dazzle]

So today I read the handbook to find out why the hazard lights were flashing when I braked hard, turns out this is what it does, ie; it's meant to do it, it's quite distracting when you're braking for a corner.

Lots/Most things with ABS, be it car or bike, do that.

When you do an e stop you're supposed/advised to put your hazards on after all, particularly on a motorway. So they just make it automatic on lots of things. Might even be a requirement on cars, I'm not sure.

Being a Honda it wouldn't surprise me if they're one of the only bike manufacturers to bother with such things

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It wasn't an emergency stop, just braking reasonably from 100+, if the ABS is cutting in braking like that I must be a riding God, because I've been braking that hard for years on bikes without ABS and never had any problems

[Mr. Dazzle]

It's often based on deceleration rate, not ABS cutting in/out. It's just that only vehicles with ABS have all the sensing installed which allows the vehicle to even work out that you're braking hard. They can also base it on suddenly going from hard power to hard brakes, which is obviously normal for a track but on the road that'd often mean something unexpected happened.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

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[KungFooBob]

I often think about buying a cheap Firestorm to play with.

Then I remember I already have three bikes I don't ride.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Maybe you should buy an expensive one to just park in your garage instead then.

[Noggin]

Maybe you should buy an expensive one to just park in your garage instead then.

PANIGALE

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's done 10003 miles now, still got a nail in the back tyre, and it's still superb, my only complaint is that the seat could be comfier.

[Supermofo]

It's done 10003 miles now, still got a nail in the back tyre, and it's still superb, my only complaint is that the seat could be comfier.

As I've put a little split in my seat from being a prat and dropping it I'm considering getting mine made more comfy. Mines fine most of the time, but the Cornwall trip and anything approaching 3 hrs starts getting a bit uncomfortable.