If you feel as though you might have been having a bad day..

[craigo]

Spare a thought for this dude:



4 corners after I took this shot, something happened (turn 8 @EC)



Resulting in this:



I'm pretty sure the guy was relatively physically OK luckily. But I think his wallet will be sore for a while . More ouch on Flickr.

[brimo]

That'll buff right out.

[mattyvas]

Was that today?
Saw that guy at EC last week too.
It looks like Gianni, well his leathers and Lid though.

That's about $20k's worth of damage....

[loony888]

don't feel too sorry for him, if he can afford a desmosedici he can afford to fix it.


paul.
good to hear he's ok though.

[Monstar_100]

Bugger

[Ita]

Don't buy it if you can't afford to crash it...

Good on him for having a go...

Ita

[goldFiSh]

don't feel too sorry for him, if he can afford a desmosedici he can afford to fix it.


paul.
good to hear he's ok though.

that maybe so, but it's still gotta hurt shelling out the cash...

+1 on being glad he's OK....

[craigo]

It's not really a cash thing, it's more like being responsible for the destruction of a piece of art. 

[Ita]

It's not really a cash thing, it's more like being responsible for the destruction of a piece of art. 

No mate...

It's a bike... Ride it and ride it on the track...  Anything less is sad and not worthy of the machine...

Ita

[craigo]

I'm not saying don't ride it, I'm just saying don't crash the mofo 

[Dockstrada]

Its a pity to see a machine like this in that condition.I feel for the guy..... he was putting on a brave face.Nobody deserves to see there pride and joy in this condition, Wether he can afford to fix it or not

Speaking with him he was aware of the repair cost, my estimate $30 to $40 retail 

I gave him a few options, which i think with less than $15k it will be fixed, not back to mint but reasonable 

The odd are stacked against you when you go to the track .weather its self inflicted or by another riders mistake, your bound to hit the black stuff .

If he spent a little time prepping it for the day ahead it may have resulted in a cheaper crash.

[goldFiSh]

The odd are stacked against you when you go to the track .weather its self inflicted or by another riders mistake, your bound to hit the black stuff .

I'm not sure I agree with that as a global statement.

If you'd qualified it by saying that most people are more likely to push it on the track, and so, take more risks and get closer to the riders or bikes limit (or both if you're an awesome rider), then I'd agree 100%

Not every person doing track days has racing aspirations. Some just want to go faster than they can on the street, but in a safer (and legal) environment. Others may just want to use it to sharpen their skills so when they are on the road in a sticky situation, they are never close to their limit. Others may have racing blood, but also their awareness of their wider responsibilities (to themselves, their families and so on) acts as a throttle governor.

You also have the people who just can't help themselves and go for it no matter what.... and of course, most of us may haver fleeting moments where we can be any or all of those people!

[FIFO]

I'm not sure I agree with that as a global statement.

If you'd qualified it by saying that most people are more likely to push it on the track, and so, take more risks and get closer to the riders or bikes limit (or both if you're an awesome rider), then I'd agree 100%

Not every person doing track days has racing aspirations. Some just want to go faster than they can on the street, but in a safer (and legal) environment. Others may just want to use it to sharpen their skills so when they are on the road in a sticky situation, they are never close to their limit. Others may have racing blood, but also their awareness of their wider responsibilities (to themselves, their families and so on) acts as a throttle governor.

You also have the people who just can't help themselves and go for it no matter what.... and of course, most of us may haver fleeting moments where we can be any or all of those people!

  Some good words of wisdom from Goldie

[mattyvas]

Yeah I'd absolutely agree with those words Nick.
Most people do know how to control themselves yet with the track infront of you the red mist can take over.
Sometimes people also just make mistakes and the results hurt, not only them but machines as well.

As to being able to afford to repair it if you crash it, that's a bit harsh really.
I'd say the way we view all our bikes are our own works of art, as they have us in each of them.
Just because we can afford them doesn't mean we want to or necessarily can afford to fix them "without insurance"

I know that if I had to replace my system I'd struggle to find the coin to replace it.
I guess what I'm saying is just cause the guy has afforded a Desmo doesn't mean he would easily be able to
afford to fix it at his own expense, I don't think there'd be many of us here who could shell out $10k or so to fix
our own bikes.

And sure they are meant to be riden but noone of us like to see them crashed.

My 2c's on it anyways.