yella600rr
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Ok I've got some popcorn and a diet coke in my tummy and a few minutes of lunch break left.
Details:
3J's 1/16/07
Infineon Exit T9 (aka bus stop)
Last session of the day
4th lap of the session
Track temp I think was dropping below 50F
Mental capacity - insane as usual but other than that didn't feel too wiped.
Session intensity level - 70% of previous session.
Link to Ian Donald’s images of the crash. (Yes I plan to purchase said images from him but have not done so yet.)
Yella600rr's crash sequence.
Start at image 65 and then work back to image 75.
You may also want to look at images ending in 21/22 and 76/77 on pages 2 and 3.
Well I knew it was the last session of the day and I tried very hard to keep it from being an aggressive speed session. Kind of like a cool down session. I know myself and at the end of the day I'm usually fatigued and prone to making mistakes. I was however working on accelerating out of T8, maintaining throttle down the hill into turn 9 on a mid track line and then begin braking firmly at the first cone.
My goal was not to maintain more speed going through the bus stop but as the day progressed I was getting smoother at my "flick over transition" so my speed did increase some.
In regards to this incident I don't recall my turn in point on the right hander being any different but I was wide on exit of right hander (maybe because I was carrying more speed than previous entrances) and when I flicked it over for the left hander I was heading for the paint stripes. High speed brain thoughts >>>> “I was afraid to lean the bike over for the left turn, I was afraid to run off because I thought someone might be coming on the outside and I panicked and squeezed the brake some in hopes to give me a few more nanoseconds to prepare another plan for the left hand turn and I tucked the front on the paint stripes.<<<<<<<<<<
I've kicked myself over a 100 times and I go over it in my head again and again, if I would have just not touched the brakes and just rode over the paint and then turned after the paint I wouldn't be posting in this thread. I look at the pics and I was upright enough to ride over the paint.
Am I correct in my afterthoughts on this?
If I can learn anything from this is, how do riders manage that gut instinct panic reflexes? And then over write them when necessary?
Thanks,
Theresa
Additional Thoughts about my crash:
My key mistake was I boched the entrance/exit of RH T9.
Plus I was instructed to never lean a bike over on paint, it is slicker than an oiled track especially when the track temp is below 60F.
I was also instructed to never apply trail braking on the paint or while the bike is dynamically unstable. I did it anyway out of a panic reflex, a reflex I need to stop, that is what I'm kicking myself for, was the panic brake application. If I would have kept from squeezing the trigger I would have increased my odds in keeping the bike upright.
Make note that I did not grab a fistful of brakes and lock up the front tire, I applied a slite pull on the lever. I may have moved my two fingers 1/4" at the most. Just the brake pads touching the roter did the tuck. I doesn't take much when the bike is unstable on a slippery slope.
In an email from a friend: "Once you were up on the paint that much it was touch and go. Unfortunately that's how we learn not to get into those situations. Chances are you will be choosing lines and watching apexes much more carefully in the future. "
Fur Sur,
Theresa
Details:
3J's 1/16/07
Infineon Exit T9 (aka bus stop)
Last session of the day
4th lap of the session
Track temp I think was dropping below 50F
Mental capacity - insane as usual but other than that didn't feel too wiped.
Session intensity level - 70% of previous session.
Link to Ian Donald’s images of the crash. (Yes I plan to purchase said images from him but have not done so yet.)
Yella600rr's crash sequence.
Start at image 65 and then work back to image 75.
You may also want to look at images ending in 21/22 and 76/77 on pages 2 and 3.
Well I knew it was the last session of the day and I tried very hard to keep it from being an aggressive speed session. Kind of like a cool down session. I know myself and at the end of the day I'm usually fatigued and prone to making mistakes. I was however working on accelerating out of T8, maintaining throttle down the hill into turn 9 on a mid track line and then begin braking firmly at the first cone.
My goal was not to maintain more speed going through the bus stop but as the day progressed I was getting smoother at my "flick over transition" so my speed did increase some.
In regards to this incident I don't recall my turn in point on the right hander being any different but I was wide on exit of right hander (maybe because I was carrying more speed than previous entrances) and when I flicked it over for the left hander I was heading for the paint stripes. High speed brain thoughts >>>> “I was afraid to lean the bike over for the left turn, I was afraid to run off because I thought someone might be coming on the outside and I panicked and squeezed the brake some in hopes to give me a few more nanoseconds to prepare another plan for the left hand turn and I tucked the front on the paint stripes.<<<<<<<<<<
I've kicked myself over a 100 times and I go over it in my head again and again, if I would have just not touched the brakes and just rode over the paint and then turned after the paint I wouldn't be posting in this thread. I look at the pics and I was upright enough to ride over the paint.
Am I correct in my afterthoughts on this?
If I can learn anything from this is, how do riders manage that gut instinct panic reflexes? And then over write them when necessary?
Thanks,
Theresa
Additional Thoughts about my crash:
My key mistake was I boched the entrance/exit of RH T9.
Plus I was instructed to never lean a bike over on paint, it is slicker than an oiled track especially when the track temp is below 60F.
I was also instructed to never apply trail braking on the paint or while the bike is dynamically unstable. I did it anyway out of a panic reflex, a reflex I need to stop, that is what I'm kicking myself for, was the panic brake application. If I would have kept from squeezing the trigger I would have increased my odds in keeping the bike upright.
Make note that I did not grab a fistful of brakes and lock up the front tire, I applied a slite pull on the lever. I may have moved my two fingers 1/4" at the most. Just the brake pads touching the roter did the tuck. I doesn't take much when the bike is unstable on a slippery slope.
In an email from a friend: "Once you were up on the paint that much it was touch and go. Unfortunately that's how we learn not to get into those situations. Chances are you will be choosing lines and watching apexes much more carefully in the future. "
Fur Sur,
Theresa
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