Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Ward
OK..it might corner well, but the 430 driver being lapped was probably my age....and the Westfield doesn't even have a windscreen. 
Windscreens are really useful.
Even really small ones.
While riding my (then youthful) Honda 750 during a hot Perth afternoon, I flipped up the face visor on my helmet for some cooler air.
A microsecond later I had a face-full of monster moth (timing is everything  )
Nearly dropped the bike!
Didn't taste too good either. |
My westie does have a windscreen, but that caterham has considerably more HP than I've got. But I sure recognise the handling, and getting hard on the power much much earlier than anything else can. You can see that the Ferrari never really gets a chance to stretch its legs on that track though. It would be a very different story at the Nurburgring.
I once forgot to put the visor down while heading out for a club superbike race up at Wanerroo. A bee hit my sunglasses at about 200km/h. Smashed lens, black eye, and a change of underwear required...