Cartagena Day One

Great first day of testing here at Cartagena – Sunny, 23deg’s and a dry track – we couldn’t have asked for better.

Any race bike always feels fast after a long layoff and this year is no different – it takes a bit of time to get your brain up to speed and judging speed and distance on a superbike takes a type of focus you don’t get in the gym.

Needless to say it’s fantastic to be back on a race bike after six months – I got back into it fairly quickly and we started to work on our test plan – starting with riding position.
It was a case of going backwards to go forwards – initially it didn’t feel too good and it pushed the front too hard but we changed the balance and I was able to get the time back down plus we know it certainly has the potential to go faster.

I’m only around a second off my fastest lap around here and considering we’ve been using old/part worn tyre today I’m happy with how it’s going.

The day flew by – now fed & watered time for some kip [& hopefully dreams of warm race tracks!]

Buenas Noches

TT#21