Still trying to gather what went wrong exactly, or maybe it was a mix of issues, including myself. Came out of hot pit and was going for the pass on the three bikes in front of me who were tip-toeing, otherwise I would have been stuck behind them for a while without a safe pass. When I went for the throttle the rear tire just gave out.
Ended up with a fractured finger/ripped tendon, bruised hip, and a mild concussion. My brother took the warmers off the bike and then I remembered I wanted to make a small clip-on adjustment. So the bike sat in the pits for about 2 minutes without warmers before I set out. I'm thinking my incompetence to not realize that caused the crash and the tires had cooled down. However, the rest of the session was cancelled and apparently there was a clean up team checking out the track. So I'm not sure if there was any debris or an oil slick they were cleaning up.
Was running Power Cups, B compound, about three trackdays on them - outside sips were almost gone entirely but still had grip when warm. Live and learn, always good to double check everything before you go out on track.
I'm also going to check my tire warmer later to see if it maybe burned up. They're DMP digital warmers and my brother said he possibly recalls a low reading before taking them off (around 150 deg on the digital readout). So who knows. Now enjoy the short video and pics...
Ended up with a fractured finger/ripped tendon, bruised hip, and a mild concussion. My brother took the warmers off the bike and then I remembered I wanted to make a small clip-on adjustment. So the bike sat in the pits for about 2 minutes without warmers before I set out. I'm thinking my incompetence to not realize that caused the crash and the tires had cooled down. However, the rest of the session was cancelled and apparently there was a clean up team checking out the track. So I'm not sure if there was any debris or an oil slick they were cleaning up.
Was running Power Cups, B compound, about three trackdays on them - outside sips were almost gone entirely but still had grip when warm. Live and learn, always good to double check everything before you go out on track.
I'm also going to check my tire warmer later to see if it maybe burned up. They're DMP digital warmers and my brother said he possibly recalls a low reading before taking them off (around 150 deg on the digital readout). So who knows. Now enjoy the short video and pics...