Well…
I guess I’m getting the racing thing the hard way. Took to Arroyo Seco down near Deming for the second attempt, and it didn’t go quite as well. I don’t know the track nearly as well as I’d like (or, really, at all) and the Saturday track day was seriously plagued by wind. I got about 20m on track.
The Sunday, race day — not as good! First race went OK, though I felt slow as molasses. Second race, second lap — racing incident, as a 250 thought there was a space on my inside and there wasn’t. His front tyre hit my thigh, and that was a predictable result
The bike got off worse than I did. Clutch master, rearset both trashed, lever bent, frame slider screwed up and some bodywork damage. The latter? Meh. The lever? Usable. The others needed some work — thankfully, used parts abound for the RC51.
It’s been a bit of a fixfest, but the test and tune went well. Leathers getting fixed up!
Good to get the first crash out of the way Charlie and good to see the ol’ RC getting used as intended!
Nice exhaust shields BTW
Hahah!
Yeah — I’d rather not have done the crashing thing, but it was going to happen. Sorry I scuffed up your paintjob!
As to the exhaust shields, I think I have bigger feet than you. Was melting my boots on the pipes.