My buddy low sided on T4 (Sonoma) and had a very close call yesterday (Z2 - Intermediate)
Posted Mar 28, 2016, 8:12 PM UTC
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Sucks! Had the same thing happen in February. Hope damage is minimal, had to replace rear brake lever aswell was $135 from Triumph.
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Yeah it does! The bike is fine, minimal damage, thankfully he had the very nice race frame sliders, axle sliders, and GB case savers so nothing really happened to the bike except some scuffed up fairings and the broken rear lever.
For the lever he just got some attack rearsets and called it a day. I have the same on my S1000RR so we can order 1-2 extra pegs and share if anything :)
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I was there too.
Does your friend have any thoughts about why he crashed?
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No idea, but one of the theories is cold tires, I think it was on the 1st lap (the one after the out lap) and he's on Supercorsas SP2 which are known to take a bit longer to heat up and it happened on the first session right after the lunch break, so the tires were a bit colder than usual.
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Yeah the session right after lunch was rough.. I was in A and we had like 3 crashes before we all got black flagged. Glad your buddy is OK!
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Hand so close! Glad he is okay and stays with the track.
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Agreed, it was shocking to see that on the pictures afterwards, he did not notice the tire was that close to his hand while he went down. And yeah, he's doing fine and went out for the next session right after we fixed up the bike. He's going to another track day again soon.
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If you guys are getting more into track days. Might make sense to jump on the race forums for used body work. Much cheaper than the factory plastics when going down. Just a thought as those are nice rides
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Yeap, we are, and agreed, I've been looking into that, just waiting to get a storage unit so that we can store all the crap. I'm also looking at getting some wheels for track tires, and keep my stock wheels with street friendly tires.
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I know that turn. It pretty tricky coming down that turn. Is that crack still there on the inside?
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I think so, it's been like that ever sinceI went there for the first time about 2 years ago (car).
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Is there a way to just look at each image individually and not have them play in succession like a choppy .gif?
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Good point, I'll upload them into an album in a bit ;)
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Damn. Hopefully he doesn't get discouraged and keeps riding!
Oh no, his bike was fine except for a broken rear brake lever. An awesome rider with another daytona had an extra set of rearsets and lent them to him, we fixed up the bike and he went back out on the next session. My buddy was unhurt \o/
Awesome very similar thing happened to me I low sided at the Nola track on my 2015 S1000RR but luckily my frame slider caught 97% of all of the damage and my leathers really showed their worth
Glad you're ok!
What frame sliders do you have? I have '15 RR too with axle sliders and GB engine case savers but I'm afraid of doing frame sliders, afraid of the frame cracking, frame/engine bolt bending, or one of the sliders catching something and the bike flipping over, so curious to hear from your experience with them on this bike.
I have R&G frame sliders as well as fork and axle sliders. They held up great. If I would not have had them things would have been much much much worse. They absorbed the shock great and the bolt they use is actually made to break before it could possibly hurt the frame. Now as for it catching the curb and flipping that's another story. No one plans to crash, or can predict what happens. You either crash lucky or you don't. That's how I look at it. But R&G has been making bike protection parts for years they have got something right. It was very easy to remove ever after it was shaved down and I replaced it with a brand new one. Can't even tell I low sided unless your looking hard.