Kwacky's Mallory Report
- Kwacky
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Kwacky's Mallory Report
Just a quickie as I'm hanging.
We left the circuit early. Perky and I were knackered and Perky's ongoing RC8 battery issues meant he had to get back to his works to pick up the new one.
The bike is fecking excellent on the track. It does everything I need. I really need to sort out the suspension. They had a suspension guy there but he was also the tyre man, so he was busy all day.
Despite it being novices we were in, almost everyone had a track bike. Even on track bikes some people were incredibly slow, but it was novices. I'll try and book earlier next time so I can get into inters.
First session went really well. In the second session I hammered into the hairpin far too fast. I jammed on the brakes, lifted the rear and managed to get the front to lock and skip. That was about 15 mins in so I decided to call it an early end for that session. Third session was a flyer. The bike was singing, the tyres were gripping, the rider was confident. The only thing I noticed was the ache in my legs as I was muscling the bike about.
Lunch came at the right time.
Perky and I had agreed to leave after a couple of sessions in the afternoon.
I had my first afternoon session under instruction. I told him I wanted to work on the hairpin, so he bowls up to the hairpin, drops the bike on its side, knee down, pins it then flies off to the bus stop. Erm, yeah, thanks for that.
There was a nasty looking two bike accident in the fast group, so Perky and I decided to call it a day.
D6, sorry if you went up there to see us. I wasn't sure if that was you coming towards us but the Triple had a pillion.
I need to work on my body position, but I've known that for a while. Today was just about getting back on the track and seeing what the kwak could do. Did I mention how good it was? Apart from me conquering my fear of Edwinas I think the best bit was doing a combo of undertakes and overtakes around Gerrards as I picked my way through the field.
Thanks to Jack and Simon for taking snaps. Shout out to Emma for coming over to see us and a big up to Perky and Fox7.
Top day fellas.
We left the circuit early. Perky and I were knackered and Perky's ongoing RC8 battery issues meant he had to get back to his works to pick up the new one.
The bike is fecking excellent on the track. It does everything I need. I really need to sort out the suspension. They had a suspension guy there but he was also the tyre man, so he was busy all day.
Despite it being novices we were in, almost everyone had a track bike. Even on track bikes some people were incredibly slow, but it was novices. I'll try and book earlier next time so I can get into inters.
First session went really well. In the second session I hammered into the hairpin far too fast. I jammed on the brakes, lifted the rear and managed to get the front to lock and skip. That was about 15 mins in so I decided to call it an early end for that session. Third session was a flyer. The bike was singing, the tyres were gripping, the rider was confident. The only thing I noticed was the ache in my legs as I was muscling the bike about.
Lunch came at the right time.
Perky and I had agreed to leave after a couple of sessions in the afternoon.
I had my first afternoon session under instruction. I told him I wanted to work on the hairpin, so he bowls up to the hairpin, drops the bike on its side, knee down, pins it then flies off to the bus stop. Erm, yeah, thanks for that.
There was a nasty looking two bike accident in the fast group, so Perky and I decided to call it a day.
D6, sorry if you went up there to see us. I wasn't sure if that was you coming towards us but the Triple had a pillion.
I need to work on my body position, but I've known that for a while. Today was just about getting back on the track and seeing what the kwak could do. Did I mention how good it was? Apart from me conquering my fear of Edwinas I think the best bit was doing a combo of undertakes and overtakes around Gerrards as I picked my way through the field.
Thanks to Jack and Simon for taking snaps. Shout out to Emma for coming over to see us and a big up to Perky and Fox7.
Top day fellas.
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Sounds like a quality day mate, nice one.
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Knee down on a wobbly monster was the best fun I've had in ages now it's time to fix the ktm
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Souns like a cracking day !!!
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Sounds like a good time was had by all. Would really like to get back on a track soon.
Good photos too, Jack.
Good photos too, Jack.
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
I had a great day , I'm very pleased with the photo's I took ,and the weather was great as was the company , good to meet Perky , Fox7 and Emma .
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
I had a cracking day - the SV is a pleasure at Mallory, and I particularly like the bit when people ask what I've done to the engine to make it so fast ... "Nothing, it's stock" ;-)
Great to meet everyone - promise I'll get along to some of the road events this year!!!
Great to meet everyone - promise I'll get along to some of the road events this year!!!
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Sounds a top day. IT wasn't me mate so dont feel bad. I was working over, and by the time i finished I was tired and figured I'd probably missed most of the sessions.
I never did take the Kwak on track, I can imagine it is as good as you say.
I never did take the Kwak on track, I can imagine it is as good as you say.
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Yes very professional and impressive Well done JackKwacky wrote:It's ace, isn't it?. Really professional.
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Re: Kwacky's Mallory Report
Sorry this is so late but great shots sounds and looks like you guys had a blast. Definitely need to get out on track myself at some point!!