CBR125s at Mosport

[YellowDuck]

Okay, Neil saved the whole issue for me with that article - what a riot.

I can relate to the whole business of riding a bit differently when there are kids on the track. At TMP last Thursday there was one little guy in the novice group - I'd be astonished if he was older than 10 - riding a little two-stroke GP thingy. Ended up behind him, and he had mad corner speed. Finally decided to go by him on the straight, which wasn't hard given the hp he was working with...but then the little bugger very decisively nipped right under me again under braking into turn 1, so I was stuck behind him again! Too funny. Anyway, I soon decided that discretion was the better part of valour - no way was I going to risk tangling with the little guy, if he was going to go all Dani Pedrosa on me. So, I just enjoyed watching him ride for the rest of the session. A guy trying to keep ahead of him on a Ninja 600 rode off the track in corner 4.

[yzf1000jon]

You should watch the video Neil has online about those races, too funny!

[Laker]

The tragedy at Indianapolis wasn`t so funny.

[TimP]

As if we need to be reminded. Thanks for that.

The parallels between the two incidents, as I understand them, are ominous, I agree, but this is the sport as she are played. If you can't accept the possibilities, don't play.

[Laker]

As if we need to be reminded. Thanks for that.

The parallels between the two incidents, as I understand them, are ominous, I agree, but this is the sport as she are played. If you can't accept the possibilities, don't play.

I didn`t think anyone would need reminding.
And yes, but is the sport is sometimes played by over competitive parents sitting in the pits and pushing little Johnny to take unacceptable risks just for their own bragging rights.

[TimP]

I understand your point, but I can't think of any youth sport or activity where similar levels of parental pressure ( if that is the concern) don't exist, and many with equally deadly consequences.

[Laker]

I understand your point, but I can't think of any youth sport or activity where similar levels of parental pressure ( if that is the concern) don't exist, and many with equally deadly consequences.

Now that`s more like it.
It`s just a pity that Yellowduck is so full of B.S., `cos at every track session that I`ve been to carving up the patrons in the novice group is sure to get you a black flag.

[motrhead]

Now that`s more like it.
It`s just a pity that Yellowduck is so full of B.S., `cos at every track session that I`ve been to carving up the patrons in the novice group is sure to get you a black flag.

Hey noob...you sure know how to make friends and influence people in four posts! I hope this is an inside joke and you aren't really as ignorant as you would appear?You don't accuse someone of being full of BS until you have a track record, and right now Yellow duck ain't looking like the one full of BS...

[yzf1000jon]

Although he is right about passing novices at a track day!

[YellowDuck]

Uh, no he's not right at all.

The track day was put on by Racer 5, and at the riders' meeting they said that passing in the green group was restricted to the space between turns 9 and 2 - basically, the two straights and the one (very forgiving) turn that connects them.

People passed others in novice all day, following the rules. From what I saw the people being passed were always very courteous and there was nothing even approaching an incident as a result. I certainly didn't have any "moments" that involved other riders, and I passed people between 9 and 2 in pretty much every session. The only exception to this behaviour was the one young fellow I mentioned above - he seemed to be making it competitive, and so less safe. Which is precisely why I opted to stay behind him. But hey, he was just a kid - so I tried to behave as an adult!

I'm new to this, but from my perspective I think it was actually a pretty good idea to permit passing in novice. There is a huge range of speeds in Novice (either due to machinery or ability), and if you get stuck behind someone who is a lot slower it can really ruin a session and get frustrating, possibly leading riders like me to request to move up to intermediate where they really don't belong. From what I saw on my stop watch I was still a good 7 or 8 seconds off what the average guys in intermediate were running, so I would have more or less been a pylon.

[yzf1000jon]

A courtesy pass in a designated area is different than carving someone up (as mentioned above, you get a flag, then asked to leave at our events), the other alternative is to pull into the hot pits and wait for a gap so you can play on your own, less frustration that way too.

[Smiley]

remember> a closed mouth gathers no foot.