Track day at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

[reenmachine]

I did my very first track day last Friday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA! It was insanely fun and I'm hooked for sure. I was running 2:05s by the end of the day and from YouTube videos it looks like the fast Ninja 300 guys are running 1:55 so I have a ways to go but I figure that's not bad for my first time ever. The leathers were rentals and the size that fit just happened to be color coordinated . Can't wait till next time!

Thanks to CaliPhotography.com for the action shots.

 

[Treachery]

Big ups! What did you learn about the bike that you need to address (and or) what do you plan to work on technique-wise for the next trackday?

 

[reenmachine]

Big ups! What did you learn about the bike that you need to address (and or) what do you plan to work on technique-wise for the next trackday?

Oh man, where do I start? I used to race cars in the SCCA, and the right answer to "where do I spend my money to go faster?" was always a resounding SEAT TIME and that's true here too. I cut over 10s off my lap times over the course of the day and I can see ways to shave time off of every single corner with practice. The event was put on by Fastrack Riders, and being my first time, I had to enroll in the Rider Development School. It was absolutely invaluable -- three riders to an instructor and very individualized instruction.

That being said, tires would help a lot as I was getting squirrelly on the OEM Rosso IIs, but smoothing out my inputs would help that too. I'm positive I would benefit from a suspension upgrade as well. My bike is completely stock, performance-wise, except for the HealTech quick shifter, which worked awesome on the track.

 

[tecknojoe]

"where do I spend my money to go faster?" was always a resounding SEAT TIME

accurate

If I were to buy only one part, it would be a new shock

welcome to the dark side

 

[Treachery]

Nice leathers, BTW.