Epic Italy trip to Mugello and Imola!

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Just returned from ten days in Italy with two days at Imola and three at Mugello and a summer holiday in the middle. Both tracks were the best we have been two, amazing places.

Imola - Me on the bike in front being chased by an S1000RR.
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Mugello - Getting a tow from an S1000RR!
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I did a lot of sparring with the BMW S1000RR on this trip and it confirmed my thoughts from owning both the BMW and the Panigale 1199R. The BMW pulls away on the staights due to very strong midrange, but also due to incorrect gearing on the R, I could have done with having the longer stock 1199S gearing at both tracks. I could consistently gain back the time on the braking and going through technical sections where the Panigale lightness really shows. The BMW has the same calipers as the Pani but the different in performance is night and day.
 
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Nice ! Looks like you had his measure around Imola . I did Mugello this time last year , on a rental Suzuki 600 though . Been to Imola but not on track . I need to get multiple days on Mugello , that's an awesome track. I have 4 days this week at Phillip Island, practice , 2 race days and a ride day with a mate , cant wait . You'll have to bucket list P.I. next !
 
Philip Island is right up there on my list of bucket list tracks, I'd love to do it :)

I had the slight advantage at Imola as I was better on the brakes than the guy on the BMW. He'd been to Mugello before so it took me a while to get up to speed there as it's all very fast sweeping corners and the massive straight, a bit like Philip Island I guess?
 
I want to do Mugello next year with the DRE. How was driving to the track? Easy to find?
 
You really have that R working through the corners, you just need to get it "handling" better down the straights. Thanks for the videos!
 
gramps said:
I want to do Mugello next year with the DRE. How was driving to the track? Easy to find?
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If you look at Google it has the track in the wrong place so you have to select the track entrance to get correct directions. It's otherwise easy to find and well sign posted.
 
centeroff said:
You really have that R working through the corners, you just need to get it "handling" better down the straights. Thanks for the videos!
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One thing I should have tried is the older 1199 swingarm setting as the newer 1299 setting accounts for a bit more wheel spin and pumping from poor surfaces. I reckon the higher setting might have had better drive. I think my steering is also slightly out of line as I had already corrected it the week before.
 
royal said:
Philip Island is right up there on my list of bucket list tracks, I'd love to do it :)

I had the slight advantage at Imola as I was better on the brakes than the guy on the BMW. He'd been to Mugello before so it took me a while to get up to speed there as it's all very fast sweeping corners and the massive straight, a bit like Philip Island I guess?
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Mugello, PI, COTA, Laguna Seca and now Imola are on my bucket list. I used to hate Motegi but it has been growing on me! Brno looks like a hoot and I definitely miss Estoril. This list keeps on growing!
 
I wanted to put up some photos but I keep getting really restrictive size and dimension limits and have given up on life. I'm sure I used to be able to put up standard size photos? :confused:
 
The Avidmoto said:
Mugello, PI, COTA, Laguna Seca and now Imola are on my bucket list. I used to hate Motegi but it has been growing on me! Brno looks like a hoot and I definitely miss Estoril. This list keeps on growing!
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Suzuka - there's another one for your list as well :D
 
Hard to even imagine how fast the :46's and :47's are that the GP guys do....
 
Thats exactly what I was thinking. A friend of mine does world superstock speeds and is ten seconds quicker than me at most tracks and that is something to behold. He will ride in front of me one handed and with his head turned around watching me ride behind him haha, very humbling!
 
Man, this is amazing to see. I am going to be in Monza next week for work and I'm finished late on the 3rd. I wanted to stay a couple of days and do the DRE at Mugello that week but I can't make it work that I stay any longer. Your video is really showing me the magnitude of that mistake. It looks like an absolutely epic time at an insane track.
 
Yes they are amazing. Very 'Ducati' if that makes sense! Many of the Spanish or Portuguese tracks are comparable in terms of layout but the Italian tracks have that something extra that makes them incredibly special.

At Imola its quite surreal seeing peoples houses around the track edges and Mugello is just your perfect fantasy track in every way!
 
royal said:
Mugello is just your perfect fantasy track in every way!
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I heard there was a pool within the facility at Misano... You don't want to get into details about my fantasy track "in every way":D

Cool riding! I want to be your friend:D
 
I was browsing YouTube the other day and your mugello video popped up on my recommended list. I watched it and thought, ' I hate this guy even though I never met him'. Whilst I haven't met you, I find out it's you! Defo my ultimate track.

What was you max lean angle at imola? It looked pretty insane. 55?

As for speed differential, I bumped into a mate at cadwell one day last year and he told me the time he was humbled. He is in the mid to top of the fast group on a gsxr 600. A d rather handy. As he entered coppice. One of the McKenzie brothers on a WD40 bike rode round the outside of him and buggered off. By the time he got near the exit of Charlie's two mckenzie was not far of cresting the hill on the park straight! He was overtaken by him many a time. Always left plenty of room. But the lines he was taking to do he said he'd of binned it if he tried to do it. Just on a different planet was his words!
 

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