No Fellas

Saturday was the first ever Ladies Only Track Day, and with 52 participants and another 4 female coaches, it was the largest turnout of women on a track in Western Australia.

There were three groups, two groups of new riders (Groups 1A and 1B) and a smaller group of advanced riders (Group 2). I was in group 2, but it was my first time on the R1 at Wanneroo, so I was going pretty slowly at first.

I also had the new Continental tyres on which was good because I could finally give them a workout and actually see how good they were. I must say I was very impressed with them as they heated up quickly, had excellent grip and didn't wear too much after a full day at the track. The suspension setup was also pretty good and I didn't have any "moments" where I thought the bike was going to get away from me.

Having a track day with only girls meant that there were no "racer boys" and all the girls rode to their skill levels. I was pleasantly surprised that a few of the girls in the advanced group were super quick! I was lucky enough to excell during the day and was going very well in the second last session, lapping all but 3 girls in a group of about 15.

Thanks to Sandra for organising the day, to the Trakdayz crew for being patient and offering excellent advice and support, and to the girls in my group - it was a pleasure riding with you all!

There were a few people taking photos, namely Dugy and Stuart who both did an excellent job making all the girls look really fast. Photos from Dugy have a watermark for now until he gets around to sending the photos out to me.

*best blackboard voice* HURRY UP!

The Trakdayz crew were pretty keen to scope out talent and were on the hunt to recruit future racer girls. To make the transition easier, they offered a 150cc 4 stroke race bike for a few laps during lunch time. Unfortunately, all of us forgot as we were much too busy eating. Luckily I persuaded one of the guys to let me on during my own session (went on last) and I ended up doing about 8 or so laps on the awesome little 13HP banger! I even managed to overtake a 600cc Ducati around the basin as this thing had crazy corner speed and I guess I was mental enough to take it for a spin. It was almost like my 400, but much, much thinner.

The 150cc race bike. Go Maya Go!*makes racebike noises* Brem-bem-em-em-em-brem-bem-bem...