Myself and Jeff350lc did a trackday at llandow yesterday,we had a reallly good time but it was pouring down with rain and really windy but it did'nt stop "The mighty 18" showing everyone in our group the way round,there was the usual amount of Gsxr's,R6's in our group but also there was a TL1000,RGv250(VJ22) an Aprilla RS250,a new ZX?R thing and some other bikes,when we set out in the group me and Jeff set off behind the instructor and we all had to do 3 laps behind him to warm the tyres up so I was well happy to have lapped everyone in each session we did as the sessions were only 15 mimutes long,I did'nt manage to lap Jeff but I did get to to about 50 meters from catching him (yes i know it not a race ,but it is to me)
I did get a talking to from one of the course officails as they said I had overtook in a corner(i did'nt),as it was raining this was banned and we were only allowed to pass on the straights,What he told me had happened was I had passed a TL1000 on the front straight then I pulled back in front of him before the bus stop , the RGV that I passed (lapped)on the corner before the front straight had followed me but when he tried to pass the TL1000 it was too late as the TL was turning into the bus stop so the RGV T boned the TL and they both went down behind me,I sill dont know what this had to do with me or why I got a talking to.
When we stopped for lunch most of the GSX's and R1/6's packed up and went home(I think they were embarrased about being lapped by a 19 year old 250 that is on stock suspension and on road tyres or it might have been just too wet).i did the first session after dinner and was told too move up a group which I think was an achievement on a 250 in the wet seeing what else I was out with,but I never got too go out in the other group as they stopped the meeting as someone on a R1 had a big off and made a right mess of the bike,I dont know what happened too the rider but they decided the weather had got too bad to carry on as you could only see half way down the straights.
I think I can speak for Jeff here,Jeff has decided the GSX'R 400 that he got for trackdays(he used it for the first time yesterday) is going to be sold and he will be joining "Team mighty 18 Racing" as he was there to see "the mighty 18" in action and wants a piece of it.