Road America is fast.
Like, really crazy fast.
OMG.
I had goals for this track day:
- learn the track’s turns (14!!)
- learn the race line
- learn some brake markers and exit sights
What I actually accomplished:
- learn that rumble strips are really freakin’ rumbly in some places. (basically, they’re smooth where the cars have worn them down, but tiny-bike-flippin’ rumbly elsewhere)
- crash in T5
- become scared of downhill braking with left turns
- realize that new gearing is needed
Three sessions in, I went out on track and caused the second red flag of the Intermediate session. It was literally the second first-lap of the session. Strangely enough, the previous red flag (five minutes before) had been someone going down in T5 in the first lap as well. Maybe there was something on track, maybe not.. corner workers were checking it out after they removed me and Gunther from the gravel trap, but it was inconclusive.
Minor damage:
- rashed up fairing (oh no i scraped off some stars!)
- ground down a rearset’s foot peg (reminder to get spare parts)
- broke off the clutch perch
- lots of dirt. I can grow a garden in my bike. How did dirt get into the front fairing so bad I’d have to shove a screwdriver into it and chisel it out?!
Best Lap Time:
Idk, I sucked today. (hangs head in shame)