# I Had A Trackday Crash - Motorcycle - Video Inside

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 16, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-had-a-trackday-crash-motorcycle-video-inside/267859 "2013-10-16T12:31:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![HiSpeed48](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hispeed48/32/6688_2.png) [@HiSpeed48](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HiSpeed48)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-had-a-trackday-crash-motorcycle-video-inside/267859/5 "2013-10-16T18:33:44Z")

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Thanks guys

> [@Start practicing "duck and cover"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/start-practicing-duck-and-cover/53560/56):
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> Dude, sorry to hear about the off. The main thing is you are relatively ok.
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> Personally I don’t see anything particular wrong with on the crash vid, other than your apex is a little early and at that point you are not travelling particularly fast nor too leaned over.
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> I’ve ridden on that same track in 60 degree weather on a bigger bike at same Q2’s. While It could be cold tires, dirt or even both; It was certainly a weird place to crash tough. If you KNOW your suspension is well set-up, you can most likely rule out suspension issue; Otherwise an aggressive set of SAG numbers and too much compression damping can certainly amplify the effects when the tires are not up to temp yet.
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> One thing that was repeatedly pound to our heads, at least with TTD is, must go easy on 1st of 2nd lap; Most guys including the instructors don’t even bother with warmers on trackdays but I can see it helps with heat cycling of the tire.
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> P.S. what SAG number are you running btw.

Thanks Rocket. Yeah my lines were all messed up the whole day. I was warming up to my old trackday pace and was trying to learn the track at the same time, so every session I was going faster and having to change my reference points. In that right-left combo where I crashed I turned-in a little too soon for the right hander and that put me too far to the left side for the left hander, so my apex was way too early and I ended up being leaned over for longer than usual. That was definitely a mistake. Thanks for pointing that out.

My stock front springs are really soft, so I had the front preload maxed out. It was about 35mm of sag, maybe more. Rear spring was much stiffer, I think I had around 32mm of rear sag. I wrote all my suspension settings down and then lost them lol. For the rest of the settings I used the recommended settings from [SportRider.com](http://SportRider.com), and they were pretty decent.

I want the warmers mainly just as a precaution for days when it’s cool outside. Also I might get a second set of wheels and mount some race rubber. I’ve got the trackday-addiction again lol

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