My ride helmet is SNELL, but my backup is on DOT. I am pretty sure they only require DOT but SNELL is preferred I am sure just like a back/chest protector preferred for anything above Novice.
I haven't put a lap timer on my bike in several years. It's like putting a parachute on the back.... I always think I am hauling ass and disappointed when I look at it:jester:
I have one I just purchased but only so I can tell whether I am improving at all from session to session or day to day. I doubt I will be the fastest guy but sometimes it is nice to know where I am compared to the pros it just humbles me some more.
I have never seen that allowed on Friday's. Sometimes they can arrange a walk Sat night. Barber is pretty tight on that. There have been people that have jumped the fence and did it anyway. They were sorry as they were escorted off the property.
that's what you do on the out lap. take it easy!!!! check things out. additionally, the condition of the track will change over the course of a day. for example, sometimes water will weep up as the temp rises.
Ditto. I'll be there Sunday and I'm always looking for a better line. Getting some pointers on the never-ending right hander (T14?) by pit-out would be awesome.
I would also enjoy a track walk. I have completed one at VIR, RA, Jennings, and Tally. I understand random people jumping a fence as not cool, but an organized, say two groups with a leader so we can take notes would be awesome. The RA one was probably the best one I attended. Very often the leader would walk down and "look back" and explain how different it really looks. i.e "more uphill than you think so stay on the gas, or you will lose speed", or "as we noted that turn has some off camber near the edge, as we look back it is much more apparent" etc. I took my clip board and I think had 5 pages of hand written notes. It was fantastic.
Barber doesn't do track WALKS. If they allow us to do it, it will be a tram ride with stops at turns and some areas to inspect them. It's just the way they do it.
I've actually walked it Mike on an organized walk about 3 years ago, but it took 2 hours Your warm up laps are designed to warm up your tires and have a chance to spot anything on the surface (since they are managed warm up laps, led by an instuctor to show new riders the line) also keeps the speed down early. Usually it's May or June (when the sun stays up longer) that Trevor organizes a trackwalk/ride. I had the fortune to do one with Jason DiSalvo going thru every turn and talking about how to get thru it - was very interesting. The difference between riding it and walking it is amazing.
We did a complete track walk at Barbers last year and my friend enjoyed it so much that he now will be doing his first track day at Barbers with STT this summer. I think it was last September for the walk. He said the $5 he spent to watch and then got the opportunity to walk the track was the best $5 he has ever spent.