Track Day Photo's

Taken last Tuesday, Cadwell Park, UK.
Photos Copyright of BritishSportPhotography.com

Great pics, how did you organise the SUN to SHINE ? :cheers

Nice, the video is amazing, well done. :hail

:stupid

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing :thumbup

OldTLSDoug said:

Nice, the video is amazing, well done. :hail

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Yeah shows the difference in straight line speed between the Tuna and a Gixxer 1000. :rolleyes

Still, my lap times are better - once he's out of my way :lol

great photos Caldwell is on the list of international tracks that one day (maybe...god willing) i'll take a few laps at. :thumbup

-:banana

crashtd said:

great photos Caldwell is on the list of international tracks that one day (maybe...god willing) i'll take a few laps at. :thumbup

-:banana

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If you ever get this side of the pond let me know, it's my local track. You might even persuade us to lend you a bike :rolleyes

careful, those are the kind of offers that get taken up on. When I was living in The Hague, I really regretted not doing a trackday at Assen. Won't make that mistake again.

-:banana

crashtd said:

careful, those are the kind of offers that get taken up on. When I was living in The Hague, I really regretted not doing a trackday at Assen. Won't make that mistake again.

-:banana

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Steady on, I didn't say what sort of bike now did I, just how fast can you pedal. :cheers

Aerial Shot of the track, courtesy of someone I have forgotten - oops.

just get me a length of rope and tether me along :laugh

-:banana

:doug great pics :hail

You'd have to get used to right hand side drive bikes too :yes

(Like the ones we get here)

Top tackle! :thumbup

Doing Cadwell on Aug 12th :whoop Mountain here I come :bigok

Steve_TLS said:

You'd have to get used to right hand side drive bikes too :yes

(Like the ones we get here)

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i've heard those are hard to learn, the clutch being on the right hand side and all. :dowhat

every picture i've ever seen of bikes going over the crest of that hill at cadwell makes the rider look like a freaking legend :hail

-:banana

crashtd said:

i've heard those are hard to learn, the clutch being on the right hand side and all. :dowhat

every picture i've ever seen of bikes going over the crest of that hill at cadwell makes the rider look like a freaking legend :hail

-:banana

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The trick is to come slightly over to the right as you hit the crest, accelerating hard in second (varies depending on what bike), there is a very slight dip in the tarmac just before the crest which launches the wheel effortlessly (I cover my back brake - just in case) hey presto wheelie for the photographer.

Dont follow the left side white line as the track continues to turn over the crest & you dont want to get on the grass mid wheelie.

I am pretty lame at wheelies most of the time, but it's so effortless over the mountain.

great vids mate!!


what chain adjusters are they??

I tried to get Gilles and have been told they dont do them for the '05 tuono????

eljay said:

great vids mate!!


what chain adjusters are they??

I tried to get Gilles and have been told they dont do them for the '05 tuono????

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Correct, Gilles do not make them for the 03 - 05 model.:thumbdown
but they are Gilles.:thumbup

They are 04 on RSVR adjusters, but you need to "adjust" the rear swinging arm to accept them.

If you can be bothered? :dunno

The ones I have were clearance stock - they have stopped making the red or blue for Apes, and as such were a bargain. To fit them you need to grind/file etc the channel in the swing arms straight. The casting or welding causes them to be slightly out of true, by around 1mm. there are also redundant bosses at the front of the channel that needs a bit of fettling to allow the adjusters to fit properly.

It's a bit of a Winter project, but they are sooooo much easier to adjust and align your rear wheel than the stock system, which is a bit of a ******* to put it mildly.



In this picture the retainers (stop them falling off when the wheel is out) have been removed, you can see where the arm needed a bit of grinding.

Oh - it WAS a Galfer rear disc - my rear brake was ever so slightly over adjusted when I went out at the beginning of the year (warm up the oil to do a filter/oil change), must have started to bind once things warmed up, all that was left when I got home were the stubs, and a lot of cast iron all over the rear Oz. :rolleyes

oohh.............."grind the swingarm" !!!!!

that would have to take a bit of thinking about!!!

Nice pics. Lookin' good out there.