So, finally, snow has melted and my old
friend Magnus (Former Endurance rider and now track day geek and
fellow Ducati 1098 rider) lured me into 2 days of track day. Really
early in the season- May 1-2. In Sweden it can be summer or snow at
this time of the year. We brought 4 kids, 2 motor homes, 2 Ducatis
and one wife to the track for 2 days of riding and socializing. It
was really cold 7-11 C (low fifties F for Americans). Thanks Lena for
being there for the kids!
In the race group things where OK for
most people but a lot of people falling in the middle group. I guess
people with slicks and maybe not able to have enough speed to keep
tire warm enough? Magnus and I have about the same speed so we had
great fun riding together and figuring out how to best pass the BMW
S1000 RR´s in he corners.
The bike worked really well. New
pistons and serviced suspension was what what we did this winter, not
much so instead I decided to work on my riding position on the bike
to find speed and to my surprise I carved our 5 seconds from my
personal best. Very crowded, so it was hard to get a lap without
traffic, as seen in this clip. Far from the lap record , of course,
but only 3 seconds of the fastest rider that day. 1.25.6 was my best
lap winch I was able to capture on camera.
