KNOCKHILL REVERSE MEETINGS
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:57 pm
done my first 2 meetings at knockhill june 7th and aug 2nd really enjoyed it , my lap times for the first meeting was 1m 12 but had the wrong gearing
was running 14/47 didnt have along enough chain to run 14/50. Denis hobbs took me round for 2 laps in the car giveing me a few tips, braking points and right lines for the corners etc,etc so a big thankyou to him . I did my practise with the 125s and then did my 4 races later on in the day,, but will have to work on my fitness ,felt the aches and pains next day sometimes i forget that im 50.
The 2nd aug meeting i was running the 14/50 gearing and that made a big differance ,was able to keep up with the rest of tailenders did get in front of 1 or2 for a few laps but a few silly mistakes let them through again finishing last again in all 3 races,was able to knock 4 seconds of my lap time now doing 1m08 which im happy with will try to knock a few more off at the next knockhill meeting in sept as im getting more used to the bikes set up and handleing i.e need to attack the corners with more speed ,stuart hamilton,ashley robson,gillian mcgaw make it look easy when they go flying past me but im learning all the time and enjoying it big time aswell a big smile at the end of the day when i get my novice license signed.
Anybody on this site entering the next meeting at east fortune as im hoping to enter that one just depends on work and also the e/fortune meeting in oct
was running 14/47 didnt have along enough chain to run 14/50. Denis hobbs took me round for 2 laps in the car giveing me a few tips, braking points and right lines for the corners etc,etc so a big thankyou to him . I did my practise with the 125s and then did my 4 races later on in the day,, but will have to work on my fitness ,felt the aches and pains next day sometimes i forget that im 50.
The 2nd aug meeting i was running the 14/50 gearing and that made a big differance ,was able to keep up with the rest of tailenders did get in front of 1 or2 for a few laps but a few silly mistakes let them through again finishing last again in all 3 races,was able to knock 4 seconds of my lap time now doing 1m08 which im happy with will try to knock a few more off at the next knockhill meeting in sept as im getting more used to the bikes set up and handleing i.e need to attack the corners with more speed ,stuart hamilton,ashley robson,gillian mcgaw make it look easy when they go flying past me but im learning all the time and enjoying it big time aswell a big smile at the end of the day when i get my novice license signed.
Anybody on this site entering the next meeting at east fortune as im hoping to enter that one just depends on work and also the e/fortune meeting in oct