It's late and I'm tired, but the Sunday morning session at the indoor kart track in Fegersheim (67) went well, 6 X 15mn sessions. Had a couple sessions trading off with my friend's bike until the rear tire went flat (not my fault, buddy had an issue previous weekend too). No worries we just jumped onto someone else's bike (YCF 125).
First session was kind of a panic for me, completely different from riding a sport bike at an outdoor track. Slowly got over the initial panic by the 2e session "just focus turning properly, you know how to do this......". Then I had to learn how to shift without a clutch as the replacement bike didnt have one, but that made for some fun tail-out action on corner entry
. The last 3 sessions went really well, I was one of the quickest in the beginner group. Have to work on passing though, not so easy indoors ! Overall a great experience, wish I lived in that région though........
It is surprising how deep you can lean those things. Sure, it's foot out for each corner but between the jumpy instant power and tight track you really had to direct the bike. But it's rather forgiving; front or rear wheel slides easily correctable. Caught it a few times myself, no crashes
c'est génial, je kiffe
Afterwards we went to Andlau as the local motorcycle clubs and various other concessionaires had a small exposition. Really a social hour for the local motards, but well attended and some neat démos and bikes on display (too busy chatting for a ton of pics).
Legs are killing me today though