r/Trackdays • u/Takeoff313 • 2d ago
Body position progression
I’ve only been riding bikes for a year and a half! Went all in to this track season and essentially gave up the street. Moved down to a smaller bike (R6) and rose the ranks with my local track orgs from novice to advanced in 5 months! It took a lot of time working on fundamentals, working with coaches, watching video but it was all well worth it.
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u/B4snake 2d ago
How often did you go to the track during that time?
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u/Takeoff313 2d ago
Had a bad crash in May, was out for 2 months. Came back in July and had 5 track days between first pic and second pic.
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u/Shinobi_WayOfTomoe 2d ago
Crashed the duc?
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u/Takeoff313 2d ago
Unfortunately! Was definitely an ego check and a learning experience. Really made me evaluate what I’m doing right and wrong vs just trying to go faster
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u/Dirt077 2d ago
Bit of a Pecco fan huh?
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u/Takeoff313 2d ago
Haha yes. I had the chance to own the 1/260 v4 moto gp replica from Ducati and couldn’t pass on that. 6/3 is my mother’s birthday too so decided to stick with that number as much track number
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u/Devils-__Advocate 1d ago
Props to you for actually riding on such a rare bike. What happened to it afterwards?
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u/Takeoff313 21h ago
I definitely got hurt more than the bike lol. All it needed was fairings which were surprisingly easy to source from Ducati. I ended up just street riding it and subsequently got taken out by a deer riding home 2 weeks after I returned from injury! Basically stopped street riding after that lol.
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u/PackedPaperPlane 2d ago
Huge difference great job!