Been there. Get fairly quick, took it seriously, every time I rode I wanted to either learn something or go faster. Didn’t have fun on a Trackday for years. Did a couple on the multi, tried my best to remove ego (multi makes it easier - you can’t carry huge speed and lean angle) and with mates who do trackdays rather than race and it was fun! I’m waaaay down on pace I was. So much so I go inters now. But I aim to have a laugh not go fast.
‘Scuse me, I’ve seen you ride your Multistrada and lacking pace is not something that I would have said was that evident Andy
Human nature to want to be better surely? The potential money pit of chasing ever faster times does need to be controlled. Ultimately it is about fun AND stretching oneself. I’m lucky that the bunch I go with seem to have the balance about right.
It’s also about going over the limit. Have a few crashes that put you in hospital and things like brakes back to bar end of the straight have a different outcome than before.
ditto here, was quick(ish) 20 years ago, did a season of racing, took it all too seriously, sold my race/track bike and walked away when I met my wife to be after a couple of nasty crashes. Came back to it a couple of years ago and love every minute, I ride with a great bunch but most take it way more seriously than I do, Im not the slowest or quickest in the group but ride well within my limits
Brakes back to the bar is not fun. End of. Taking to the run off because you have out braked yourself is.
I ride well within my limits on track, more so than on the road, nowadays. Not that I have done a trackday for over 3 years now… but I did buy a 1299 to do some!
At Almeria mid 40’s is fekin rapid for TD geezers like me. I can run in the high 40’s without any ‘oooh yer fukka’ moments. I keep getting the ‘big boys’ wanting to drag me round mid 40’s which is nice. But every fucker in the big boys club have stories of destroyed bikes and broken bones. It’s a story club I aim to steer clear of. Myself and my bike are faaar too priddy for somersaults and stories of medical centres.