Honda RS250R GP Bike at Calabogie trackday

Chasing Brian Henderson (you see him here and there on a mid-70s TZ-chassis with a 600cc Yamaha thumper motor in it). I'm on my 1997 RS250R and he still has to wait for me! pls excuse the editing, just chopped up some video to upload. Check out Brian's TZ days at http://web.mac.com/rg500delta/iWeb/tz750-racers/Welcome.html

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• RS250
• Grand
• Prix
• trackday
• onbike
• calabogie
• racetrack

[Marc329]

at :34 is where I lost the front and flipped . Great track though.

[rg500delta]

@Marc329 Well at least it was a slow corner! Did you come out OK?

[mohocond]

rg500delta, your riding is cool, turns and stretches are pretty good. but some turns went wide. Everyone makes mistakes. And you could pass the other riders going wide on turns, but i didn't see you take one. Your lines and stretches gave me some tips before i ride my first 1997 RS250R. I will hit the track this december with it. By the way my age is 15+ and one expertise here sold me the bike that i only fit for right weight. Thanks for the tips and nice video.

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[rg500delta]

it takes me a long time to learn a new track, I'm just not very good at that. This was my first time at Calabogie. I wish it were closer, it's a REALLY fun place and great for a nimble bike. The 250 can go almost anyplace on the track- you are not married to the "one line"  - It was a trackday, so I tried to be very polite with passing. Watching my video is probably not a good place to look for riding tips!! LoL

[karolissickb0y]

I'm looking and thinking on how are dangerous all that walls near the track... If you crash you hit them directly, because I think the grass doesn't even slows you down... Trackdays = safety first? Not seems... (sorry for bad english)

[rg500delta]

Hey, you know what, I never noticed them when I was there. They do look kind of close. I was just at Barber Motorsports park and the run-off room there was very generous. If you want to see close barriers, Heartland Park in Topeka really got my attention even when I was on the track. Yikes!

[chappa74]

@rg500delta All the same you're touring mate. It looks like you're lacking reference points and to be honest, there were cones on every corner so no excuses! It does look like a great track though, glad you're enjoying the bike as they don't come any better. :)

[Marc329]

@rg500delta I twisted my foot pretty badly, no break. Was hobbling around for about 3 months. Could've been worse. When the bike and I slid off the track, the bike hit the curbing compressing the suspension and launched it in the air. I remember seeing flashes of it flipping above me as I rolled to a stop. The bike landed close to me but missed. Wrecked the bike pretty well but rebuilt it. TL1000R's are tanks.

[rg500delta]

it's a track bike- see "video responses" above for a few pix of it- if I weren't such a fat ass (I am 200 lbs) the 600s would not blow me off so badly down the straight. For accel it's generally faster than the racebike sv650s, but slower than the R6s and gsxrs.

[ROOKERYRACES]

Is this a pukka RS 250 track bike or a road going RS250R ??