Had another track day at Brands today, it dried out for two
damp sessions then rained again all afternoon. Now I have a few things to fix, the cheap fork
seals I used seem to be leaking, not much but enough to need replacing, very annoying.
On the 2nd lap of the first session I had one of
the biggest moments on a bike that didn’t end with a crash, I clipped the
inside curb at Surtees (trying to go inside the square of messed up tarmac
there). The bike basically jumped out
under me sideways and landed on the side of the rear wheel, flipped back the
other way, slid for a bit then recovered.
The impact was so big it bent one of my chain adjusters, another thing
that needs fixing.
I’m also a bit worried that this bent my calliper bracket as
one of the bolts started rubbing on the rear disc (it only had about 0.5-1mm clearance
before).
The front brakes also pulses slightly now when i'm gently on the brakes, when i use them hard it'd fine but if i rub them or as I ease off they start pulsing. Maybe it's because I used them so much on the wet wheels first, on the plus side the SBS pads do seem much better than the stock ones I had in there before.
Anyway I still feel completely unprepared to go racing… I've never finished last in a race before, this could well happen an Oulton.
