Hi all,
After some advice please, I recently completed a Track day at Phillip Island GP circuit, the day went well and lots of fun was had by all, had a great time dicing with fully faired bikes, found the SD1290
Could hold its own , and was amazing in every regard until the part when it "fell over"
Coming thru what is known as the Hayshed, and into Lukey heights which is a left handed over a rise, I tipped it in to the corner, rolled on the gas at the apex , and all of a sudden I was sliding on my back and a shower of sparks passing over my visor, I then hit the grass, three barrel rolls and then I finally stopped, it took a few minutes to realise what had happened, I found my bike 10 metres away from me lying on its side, so I picked it up. Hit the start button and headed back to the pits,( bike was stuck in 3rd gear due to bent shifter).
Once back in the Pits we checked the bike over, paint off the left side of swing arm, radiator shroud scratched up,
Ripped grip, bent clutch lever, that was it, so we bent everything back into shape as best as we could and went out
In the next session.
I have been trying to work out why this happened,as always with a "off" there was no warning, I took the corner as I always have many times before, although I was carrying a little more speed as I had just passed another rider.
The key difference may be is that I noticed when on track I had the bike set in super motard mode, this was a error on my part as I was late getting to the line for the start of the session and was fumbling through the modes and selected the wrong one, could this have caused the traction control to not be activated, I have asked many people and have got two different answers, some have told me that traction control does not turn off in super motard mode, and others say it does, ( which would explain the accident), can some one please clarify, Thanks.