For New Track Riders

Saw this on You Tube and figured what the hell, it may help someone out there somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prcp8tQWaZQ

Great info, now I really want to take my beast to the track

if anyone has any questions about the basics, tech, prepping yourself and so on feel free to ask. and i'll answer to the best I can. I am a control rider as well as been tracking for 8 years or more..

Great post Gunny! I'm amazed on how many people misconstrue a track day with racing

it is a big difference.. the key to me is its practice/ skills enhancement over gunning for the pot. and honestly for 90% of us going for the pot the prize money + contingency is still barely enough to cover the costs..

track days the focus is on having fun!! any day where you can go home in the same condition as you left. as well as your machine.. is a great track day.. (even a bad day at the track beats a good day at work)

Track days should only be ridden at 80%. No harder. That will leave 20% in reserve for holy-crapedness, oops, “well that was too deep”, “was that brake marker 4 or 5?”, front end slideys, etc.
However after a day of riding that hard your new 80% will be where your old 120% was. But yet you’ll still only be riding at 80%! I’ll give you a second to do that math. What I’m saying is if you chill out and don’t try and ride as hard as you can you’ll learn more and you’ll progress quicker and end up at a level past the hardest you could have ever ridden. Plus you’ll have a lot more fun.


Don’t get suckered into a race. You’ll get passed. It will take a little bit of self control to not think “why just who do they think they are?” It’s not a race. When someone in front of you is holding you up in the turns then motors away on the straight-aways then parks it in the entry to the next turn: its not a race. In situations like this just take a quick cool down pass through hot-pit, lift your visor, take a breath then head back out!

basic checklist to help people out

Motorcycle Track Day Check List

can you tell this is my passion?

Great video/information. Thank you.

Denver Rick said:

Great video/information. Thank you.

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The video did omit to mention changing your footpegs for something that actually grips.....

Gunny Fitz said:

Saw this on You Tube and figured what the hell, it may help someone out there somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prcp8tQWaZQ

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good video thanks.

i also got a checklist, might help. can share pdf as well, better quality.

Stw said:

The video did omit to mention changing your footpegs for something that actually grips.....

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They probably figured it was too obvious to mention. I'm just going to polish my stock ones up before track day. What's more important really, grip, or pretty shinny footpegs?

Denver Rick said:

They probably figured it was too obvious to mention. I'm just going to polish my stock ones up before track day. What's more important really, grip, or pretty shinny footpegs?

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Well,its a Ducati... so obviously shiny pegs wins...

Stw said:

Well,its a Ducati... so obviously shiny pegs wins...

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I'm considering coating them with glossy carbon fiber.

Stw said:

Well,its a Ducati... so obviously shiny pegs wins...

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And thank you. Your needling on the matter has prompted me to order the damn things. Christ, it's a $150 fix INSTALLED and I've lolligaged this long, pathetic. And I ride this thing in the rain all the time. (and its a wonderful experience to get up off the saddle for some bump or RR track to be promptly sat right back down in time for the bump because your foot slipped right off the peg)

I will be fully ready for next spring track day.

Denver Rick said:

I'm considering coating them with glossy carbon fiber.

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Gunny will like that....