booked myself into donington and Brands !

Koen 104db, his mate 101db

 

This is what you call a garage!

 

Guys, Got some time off this afternoon, I'll pop down on the 999 and say hello. lapman

 

That all looks a bit professional for me, I normally ride up and all I've got is a pressure gauge, cold drink and a sandwich. Bikes look top banana !!!. AC

 

Thanks I'll pop down in an hour and see if they will test mine. I'll pop in and say hello if you guy's don't mind. AC

 

If you see a bloke turning up on a lardy Zx7R, that will be me

 

Popped down to check my pani for noise, tested at 107db with standard cans, the guys there had all passed with termi's and db killers. Koen's bike is awesome in the flesh, best looking pani I have seen. abmatt2002's 848 looks the dogs bollox in bayliss rep colors too. Anyway it was good to put some faces to names on the forum, hope everyone got home safely. AC

 

You're not the only one. A guy turned up for the evening session with slip-ons fitted with baffles on his 1199 and failed at 107 too.

personally I think if you'd been there in the morning you'd have passed.

 

I am fu@ked. 20 mins with Neil hodgson achieved what Steve parish couldn't in a day. Best £30 I've spent. I've now learnt to relax a bit and started to move round the bike properly, improved my corner speed and generally feel happier.:biggrin:

A very good day, helped by the company of course.

 

Very enjoyable afternoon at Brands, good to meet some more forum members and our Belgie friends Koen and Luca on their Pani's.
Cheers, Keith.

 

So...how did the Pani cope with Paddock hill and clearways??

Matt...what did Hodgy do that was so good?

 

Yep, a brilliant day! Nice to meet a few new forum people too, and to echo what has been said, to see two awesome 1199's and Matts 848 Bayliss in the garage was great!

I took loads of pictures, but here's a couple. Sorry for the quality, they're from my phone.

 

Koen- I'm guessing that you guys must have applied a little shall we say strategic rev lowering when tester (noise Nazi) wasn't looking ? as I can't see how your bikes could pass with termi's , when my bog standard tractor failed. Any how spoke to ducati uk and they are looking into it as thought the static noise issue had been sorted with the tracks. spoke to msv as well and they said they knew that the pani could test slightly loud, but if it didn't trip the drive by meters it should be fine,. Anyway all you guy's were looking good out there, and the garage looked way to organised and professional ! I normally just rock up kick the tyres and I'm set. AC

 

Where did the tester have the mic? Easy to get false readings from the ground, as they normally have two people; 1 watching your revs, 1 with the mic

 

Good to meet you guys down there today. Matt, thats for the fairing lower, first part of many for my little rebuild. For those who I didnt get to say hi too, i'll make it up next time :smile:

 

didn't actually see as I was too busy trying to keep revs steady ( a little under 5000). AC

 

^^ I would say its more likely to do with the time of day, any atmospheric changes and increased background noise as the track was in use.

bradders- he spoke to me, not down to me and did a bit of explanation, demonstration, imitation, practice. Not 'this is what you need to do' then walk away. Parish is a tool.

 

The pleasure was all ours! It really was a great day, and thank Luka for his very kind invitation! I'm looking forward to seeing some decent photos