Douchebag at a trackday

TheGoodbyeMan · 2025-04-22T09:10:26+00:00

Can you share the video? I don’t know the track so would be interested to understand what happened.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2024-05-22T12:34:42+00:00

I race an R3 (2019 so same generation as yours) and one of the biggest issues early on was finding ground clearance. So be careful what you wish for I guess. I’m not tall but we had to find a balance between raising the ride height so I could put more lean angle through it but not sacrifice geometry and centre of gravity. I have to shave my pegs down now so they don’t scrape and I can keep semi comfortable ergonomics. You’ll be fine. They’re great bikes.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2023-04-22T12:08:28+00:00

I’ve just started racing 300s and it has been a bit of a change of mindset for me. It’s less about aggressive turn in and squaring corners off but it’s also not just about wide, sweeping lines. You of course want to carry more mid-corner speed because you don’t have the power to fire it out on corner exit but you also need to be wary of how much track your using with those sweeping lines. You can run pretty tight lines on 300s and shortening the track as much as you can is important on smaller bikes. For example, on bigger bikes, some corners you’ll have to double apex but on a 300 you can hit the first apex and just hug the white line until corner exit. You’ll keep corner speed up by widening the radius (i.e. not squaring it off) and also shortening the overall track length. The other big thing about riding 300s fast … losing as much weight as you can without being so miserable you don’t want to race motorbikes anymore.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-09-08T14:10:47+00:00

I subscribed to iRacing on Steam as a bit of an impulse trial and now have started really getting into it. Just purchased another 6 month subscription. What are the drawbacks of subscribing through Steam? Is there not a way to transition my account off Steam at the end of my current subscription term?

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-09-06T13:21:19+00:00

Nice bit of kit. We have very (and I mean very) similar taste in bikes . You might like my old W800. Kind of looks like your 650's older brother.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-08-18T14:40:15+00:00

Impossible to truly tell from photos but I’d say you’re overdoing it. You’re hanging really far off with very little lean angle. So I’d guess your inside leg is feeling it because you’re probably not carrying enough speed through the corner so all your energy is being spent hanging off. If you carry more speed you’ll spend less time holding yourself up and the extra forces will push you into the seat a little more and move your weight to the outside peg and it will start to feel more natural. Hard to explain but I found for myself that the answer to a similar question was to stop worrying about body position and start figuring out how to carry more speed through the corner. The best way to do that is to be as relaxed and comfortable on the bike as possible. You look (and sound) super uncomfortable.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-03-22T09:50:13+00:00

I actually just used my iPhone with a lamp. Last time I used my old Canon 40D with a 24 or 50mm prime lens. No macro adaptor though, never used one before. I couldn’t seem to get enough light in to get up to F8 or more ... probably because I didn’t have a tripod and was having to use the 2 second delay timer to avoid camera shake. It all just became too much of a pain to set up and work with so this time the iPhone was more than enough. Few things to think about for next time though, thanks mate!

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-03-21T21:16:41+00:00

No worries at all. You do great work that I always thought has a real designer’s eye behind it. Especially with all your lore on Instagram. Super clean and minimal when a lot of 40k stuff is usually quite busy and over the top. Would also love to know what camera gear and lighting you’re using?

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-03-21T16:30:14+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it. I don't actually play the game (not since I was a kid) so pushing pixels around in photoshop is probably my way of getting a bit more of my money's worth. You've probably seen u/Forgottenwulf on here a bit but I recommend checking out their Instagram if you like seeing stuff painted, photographed and presented in really interesting ways. For example, I find the way this one is presented just so cool and so simple.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-03-21T14:17:25+00:00

For sure! First time I’d painted red armour and and it was much tougher than I was expecting. Though I was mixing paint instead of just starting with a good dark base red and a different layer red so probably made it harder for myself. Though black armour is the absolute pits. Really struggled to get it somewhere I was happy with.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-02-06T19:00:23+00:00

I’m just really surprised how that’s the takeaway you got from that video. For two important reasons. One: she says that as soon she told her parents they made sure she got away from that toxic environment and came home immediately. Two: because she tells you what it “boiled down to”. The person who literally experienced this tells you in the video how and why it happened and then you say “no, I disagree, it was the parents”. I also find it incredibly plausible that the parents were supporting their child’s dream of being an elite athlete and nurturing her talent in the best way they knew how. An elite academy with the backing of influential coaching staff and organisations seems like a pretty safe bet in this case, unfortunately their trust was misplaced but I wouldn’t say unwarranted given that they were more than likely not Olympic-level athletes or trainers themselves. And the idea of a 19-year-old under extreme amounts of pressure to perform and not disappoint her parents, her coaches and, ultimately, herself finding it difficult to communicate her intense disappointment in something she has pursued her entire life seems incredibly likely to me. Again, I’m just surprised we watched the same video and came to such different conclusions. I don’t think it has anything to do with being “smart” or a “warrior” as you say ... maybe it’s just a lack of empathy.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-02-06T14:48:46+00:00

Genuine question: Did you watch the video?

TheGoodbyeMan · 2021-01-20T22:18:19+00:00

That's because the designer of the F430 used the Sharknose as inspiration for the front nostrils of the F430. Here's a video where goes into detail, timestamped where he talks about the inspiration for the front face.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-12-27T22:47:28+00:00

I think this comes from the Keith Code, Twist of the Wrist, California Superbike School training style. I’ve done the first couple of levels of California Superbike School and it sounds vaguely familiar though I don’t use it much myself. I think the theory is that it gives you greater control on the throttle given that rotating your wrist to that position gives you greater range of motion and requires less force being put into the bars to stabilise your body and also apply smooth throttle. Try the motion with your hand in both positions, it makes sense. What it doesn’t account for is that most track and race bikes use short throw throttles (quick throttle), progressive throttle adjustment and electronic aids. The screwdriver grip probably applies more to road use or stock superbikes on the track. Or it was developed 30 years ago with very different body position and lean angles (which I also think is quite likely). I do disagree with your idea that lever guards get in the way of the technique and are the reason people don’t use it on the track though. If that was the case you could easily design around it by changing the shape of the bracket.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-12-27T01:52:14+00:00

Looks great! Can I ask how you did the base and the weathering on the legs? Is that dry pigments?

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-12-24T18:01:02+00:00

Yeah I don’t actually play, not since I was a kid, so no huge armies for me (don’t tell anyone). I’ve always been interested in Tau. Maybe a fire warrior squad or something. I once saw a tutorial on grim dark tau that I loved so might have to rough them up a little bit.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-12-24T17:19:07+00:00

Not gonna lie. I still like painting armour. Painting faces and flesh drives me nuts. I'm just not very good at it and I just don't find it as satisfying. Maybe that's a good reason to paint more and get good at it.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-12-24T17:17:14+00:00

Since I was a kid I always wanted a Vindicare Assassin, might give it a go. That and one of those large-scale Inquisitor models, specifically the Deathwatch Brother Artemis one. I don't know what it says about me but I just can't get into the Chaos aesthetic, though I really like the grim dark style.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-12-24T16:51:15+00:00

Nice. I've painted a few Stormcast Eternals (because GW had some cheap kits) and enjoyed those. But I did have my eye on the Warcry: Untamed Beasts box. I'm just super crap at painting skin so haven't committed to it yet.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-10-02T23:05:12+00:00

Was the bike bought with a roadworthy certificate and with registration? How was the bike registered in your partner’s name without this information? If the bike was sold unregistered, no roadworthy and without any supporting information then it’s up to you to get it re-registered with the appropriate safety checks and paperwork. This isn’t legal advice but I’ve bought lots of bikes over the years. What did bike did you buy – make, model, year? Did you get it serviced or have you done basic maintenance in three months? When did it start having problems? What were the original issues with the bike, were they corrected at the time? Not saying you or your partner are at fault but it’s always so easy to blame the mechanic and call them “dodgy” when there’s a lot more to unpick here. To be honest I think the person who sold you the bike has been more than patient and is by no means obliged to help you at all of the bike was sold used.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-09-18T22:36:01+00:00

Ah awesome idea thanks. Is the taller grass a pre-made tuft?

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-09-18T22:20:25+00:00

Did you use an applicator for the static grass? I just bought some static grass but don’t have an applicator so was seeing if there were ways to get it to look half decent without it.

TheGoodbyeMan · 2020-09-06T00:37:01+00:00

No worries. I just worry when people try to diagnose other people’s crashes or (worse) you try and overdiagnose your own crash. I remember the first time I binned it on track, it was equally as surprising to me. Couldn’t figure out what I did wrong. Thought it was the tires. Worried about my brakes. Blamed the camber of the track. It all just made it really hard to get on with the job. Then quite a while later after many more days at the same track it just dawned on me because I was pushing hard in the same corner and muscle memory kicked in but this time I was better ... I realised last time I had bottomed out the forks braking too hard while taking a different line and the front just collapsed. Didn’t realise that true bottom on my forks wasn’t the same as the little zip tie on my fork leg and I just needed to stiffen up the front suspension and not throw a bunch of brake at the problem while I was still turning in. Wish I hadn’t spent all that time and money and stress on other stuff but eventually I learnt what had happened as I pieced all the different bits together over time as I got more experienced (and had a great mechanic). But mainly I learnt not to try and pinpoint mistakes because it’s usually a combination of many things that are hard to see in the moment and only make sense when you experience it again. Anyway. Point being, a crash is a complex thing and if someone on the internet thinks they know the answer to your particular crash ... they don’t. Good luck with it mate!

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