Thursday 4 June 2015

SMP Long - 21st of May, 2015 - Hosted by Rider's Choice - Back at it!

After getting my bike fixed and put back together it was time for another track day! New grips, new paint/decals and new Pirelli Supercorsa's.

Every moment since my crash, I've been looking forward to getting back on the bike and building up on what I've learned. Easier said than done.

Crashing takes a bit of life out of you. It really does. Even though I know what I did wrong and know what not to do, the fear of crashing is still there. I was riding tense and stressed the whole day. Started to relax a little bit after lunch and made some improvements but I'm still not as "fast" as I was before. On my previous days, I had no problem dragging knees in almost every corner. On this day, I was having trouble leaning off the bike since I was tensing up and not riding as relaxed as I should've been and that really put a damper on my progress.

That being said, the next time out, we are doing the FABI circuit once again. I'm looking forward to improving on what I've learned out there the last time and working on T3. I've been told that I turn in too early, so I've made a mental note of it and will try to improve my corner entry/speed.

Only time will tell.

Pictures to follow!