A very learned gentleman said to me in a north of the border accent, “don’t do anything that will frighten the bike.” He is a master of understatement. All useful stuff on a nervous track day!
Great video and talk through Taylor , someone has been practising their 1/1000th ,2/1000th before the corners lol you made good ground , none of them wanted to play lol
On a Fire blade with an instructor, braking for the Foggy S's the rear of the bike was up and front suspension very compressed and unstable. I found it difficult to change down gear without locking the rear tyre and get positioned on bike to negotiate the "s's" The instructor said stay in third gear (145mph) then when going for the brakes drop down to second immediately. I said your joking surely, the bike was on rev limiter and you want me drop it down a gear, i said the vales would be pinging up through the tank. No he said, the back wheel would bite and grip the whole bike would squat down on the suspension equally and not pivot on front. the bike will become very stable. Ok, i did exactly what he told me, and he was 100% correct the bike was a completely different animal. very stable and easier to control. I was gobsmacked!! The most thrilling & satisfying experience in my life!
Please keep making videos this winter. Some of us really need them. As a caregiver for my 80 and 90 yo parents I got nobody to talk motorcycle stuff with except for an hour on Sundays at our meet spot on the mountain. Thanks man! (And don't feel too sorry for me because I do have year round riding here 😉).
Fascinating how cool, calm and collected you are are around there. Clearly you've got a young life of skills and talents there. Never say never, but there's a lot of us who'd love to see you out there again racing in anger on a winning bike.
Just a fantastic track and great to see from a top riders view! I ran onto that at craners to wave a Scottish flag at your dad in 96 at WSBK meet ! Happy days 😂👍
Awesome video huge help thankyou TM ! Got my very first race & a track day coming up in a few weeks on an SV650 Mini-twin with BEMSEE so a huge help thankyou for sharing your huge wealth of experience!
Hi Taylor. I used to instruct there on Ferrari track days and race my old Ferrari there, so it's great to see it from your perspective, as a bike racer. Such a super circuit but I've never done it on a bike. You're quicker than we were😂😂😂. Merry Christmas to you and the family and Happy New Year🍻🍻
Well that looked easy...... I'll have to give it a go one day. Really liking these insights to the different tracks. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
@@tmac77 if you do read this the way you have spoke about the gears the breaking pionts the hole vid was bang on you did not rush and was done better than any 1 else who talks you threw 1 ov there laps b4 you start your new job plz stick with these on all uk tracks really price less keep on keeping on lad
I actually did a day at Ron Haslam's race school at Donington with you once, on the 600's (Premier I think it was called). Next time I went back on the 1000cc bikes (Elite). Started my day with 2:15, ended with 1:56 after three 15 minute sessions, put my knee down multiple times without even trying and scraped footpegs quite a bit (was probably leaning too much :D). Would love to go back to see if I can get better but having watched some onboards, specifically from Hicky I realised that I'll never be even close to guys who have been doing it since they were kids no matter how much I learn but still, being 20-ish seconds off their times I'm personally quite happy :)
Well that is a rare sight....... Donnington in the Sunshine!!!!! Great video Taylor.... I have spent hours and hours in the pits trying to stay warm while testing and racing with Bowman F3.... My Friend Peter Cox had the F3 lap record there for years...... It looked like you enjoy this track?? Have a great Christmas..... :-)))
7:16....haha, yes I learnt that the hard way last week and ended up grass tracking down the hill for 200 metres, missing out the old hairpin and rejoining just before Starkys! Kept it upright though, bike intact, just needed to clean out the crotch in my leathers!! 😂
hello. Taylor, excellent stuff👍🏻 Hope you have one for Brands Indy and GP. Christian Iddon did one few years back which was a real gem. One from you would be absolutely awesome Sir👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Loving the content it's great to get that understanding as to what's going on in the mind of a racer, especially considering this isn't a race weekend too. I'd be interested to hear what some of the common issues you (and other pro riders too) see on trackdays in each of the experaince levels that hold back peoples lap times, and tangentially to that what you find the biggest differences are between some experienced track day riders and professional racers?
Awesome vid mate cheers for sharing as always, and is it just me that looooves Craner curves 🤤🤤🤤.......am a looooooong way off that pace though 😂😂😂 still awesome to watch 🏍️😁👍
Good video, long enough to engage with but not be repetative. MORE Mad Mark PLEASE,maybe show some of his maintance tips,DIY,gardening,training, maybe ride outs with him, my sons and i enjoyed the last vids I rewatch often.
Another fantastic video . How do you take the hump on back straight after coming out of coppice , I struggle with the bike as I go over the hump , front wheel lift's and sometimes I feel like I could loose control . I'v not been riding to long so my experience is limited . Some say short shift as you hit it or tip back brake , what's your opinion . Cheers buddy and keep it up I'm loving the videos .
If you watch races from there you'll see everyone 'scrubs' it. I.e you turn over the top of it and it helps keep the wheel down. I also touch the rear brake slightly.
If I enter redgate in second gear on a 1000cc bike and up to 4th into hollywood and back down to 2nd before commit to old hairpin, do you see this reving is too high and risk of losing grip too easy? Edit: listen to your engine sound again and again, I actually think you are down from 5th to 2nd @3:08 just before the green paint prior enter into redgate then down from 4th to 2nd into old hairpin @3:27? I think we actually agrees in gearing here or have i missed something?
I must be up to 6th gear in that case cause I definitely always do craner in 4th and old hairpin in third. Every bike, rider and gearing will be different though that's just what works for me 😎
Looks so easy with these smooth cameras and you piloting the beast! , is there any thing that you specifically enjoy, or find difficult at donnington? Also when your braking down the inside or on a diffferent line can you really feel how much less grip there is off line, how do you judge it? Do you keep the bike more upright or brake more gently? Any setup ideas, when you arrive at donnington is there a go to setup or is this kind of detail not able to be spoken too much if it’s confidential between teams?
Thank you! There's no easy answer to any of those questions unfortunately. Judging grip takes years of practice I guess and set up varies so much from bike to bike and rider to rider there's also no straight forward answer.
@@tmac77 fair enough, I just want to know all the details haha Really want to ride a lot next year on track so all these sensations or even things that you may consider obvious are worth chatting about cos I'm sure someone will learn from it Gearing I always find interesting when your short shifting People often don't realising that racing is as much about making it as easy as possible to go as fast as you can Like when you were talking about the first curves holding it in 4th Less work, more consistency etc..
@@tmac77 No worries, many of our community members are asking whether we can provide ‘Pro level’ data analysis for popular tracks in the Uk and the rest of the world. Let us know if you’d like to participate for the 2022 season. UA-cam video with telemetry overlays increases user engagement, and you get to monetise your data. Have a fab Xmas and NY - Team G
A very learned gentleman said to me in a north of the border accent, “don’t do anything that will frighten the bike.” He is a master of understatement. All useful stuff on a nervous track day!
Great video and talk through Taylor , someone has been practising their 1/1000th ,2/1000th before the corners lol you made good ground , none of them wanted to play lol
🤣🤣
On a Fire blade with an instructor, braking for the Foggy S's the rear of the bike was up and front suspension very compressed and unstable. I found it difficult to change down gear without locking the rear tyre and get positioned on bike to negotiate the "s's" The instructor said stay in third gear (145mph) then when going for the brakes drop down to second immediately. I said your joking surely, the bike was on rev limiter and you want me drop it down a gear, i said the vales would be pinging up through the tank. No he said, the back wheel would bite and grip the whole bike would squat down on the suspension equally and not pivot on front. the bike will become very stable. Ok, i did exactly what he told me, and he was 100% correct the bike was a completely different animal. very stable and easier to control. I was gobsmacked!! The most thrilling & satisfying experience in my life!
Please keep making videos this winter. Some of us really need them. As a caregiver for my 80 and 90 yo parents I got nobody to talk motorcycle stuff with except for an hour on Sundays at our meet spot on the mountain. Thanks man! (And don't feel too sorry for me because I do have year round riding here 😉).
I won't stop don't worry 😁
One of my favourite tracks to watch ever since the days of Ron Haslam in the transatlantic series
More of these track guides you can do the better, invaluable information! Hope there’s more of these to come 🤞
the mind games was hilarious 😂
Donington looks like alot of fun. Of course you make it look easy. I am sure it didn't hurt learning from the master of Red Gate. Your dad!
Absolutely!
Some of those lean angles down the Crâner Curves 👌🔥
😁😁
Very interesting! The mind games with the competition was funny! 😂👍🍻
🤣🤣
Love all this wee nuggets Taylor. Awesome stuff pal 🍻🏴👏🏻
Another great vid TM, one thing that would really help would be some telemetry to see what gear and speed you are running through these corners
Great video to watch while the snow is on the ground outside. I pressed "Like" before playback started. 🙂
Thanks 😊
Fascinating how cool, calm and collected you are are around there. Clearly you've got a young life of skills and talents there. Never say never, but there's a lot of us who'd love to see you out there again racing in anger on a winning bike.
Excellent, thank you. Donington this Friday for my first time. No Limits lower group on the RR so slower but having fun!
Good ref to learn lines and gears, thanks for sharing
Great footage and absolutely amazing insight, Tay! 🤩
Just a fantastic track and great to see from a top riders view! I ran onto that at craners to wave a Scottish flag at your dad in 96 at WSBK meet ! Happy days 😂👍
Awesome 😎
Thanks Taylor, really enjoyed that - great insights 👍🏻
Great insight, Silverstone next please T-Mac
Brilliant video Taylor.
Awesome video huge help thankyou TM ! Got my very first race & a track day coming up in a few weeks on an SV650 Mini-twin with BEMSEE so a huge help thankyou for sharing your huge wealth of experience!
Lovely, thanks very much for the clear info about where you are in the gears. Roll on the trackday season.
yeah loving your vids Taylor
These videos are awesome Taylor. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks 😁
This is my 2nd track to take my nc35 to for a track day ( Mallory already done). It's on my bucket list and after that its Cadwell park.
Hi Taylor. I used to instruct there on Ferrari track days and race my old Ferrari there, so it's great to see it from your perspective, as a bike racer. Such a super circuit but I've never done it on a bike. You're quicker than we were😂😂😂. Merry Christmas to you and the family and Happy New Year🍻🍻
This is not fair; you are making it look so easy, we are being set-up for a disappointment when we go and have a try ourselves!
Brilliant enjoyed that .
Although I’m worlds away in pace, its good to see I’m doing all the right things.
Loving the content 👍🏻
Brilliant, thank you Taylor. Looking forward very much to the next in this series. Have a brilliant Christmas.
good ol' mind games haha!
I'll make sure to save this video for the day I get to ride around this awesome track
cheers
😂 definitely it's so much fun!
Soo much knowledge
Well that looked easy...... I'll have to give it a go one day.
Really liking these insights to the different tracks. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
No probs 😁
Yeah keep these coming! Great idea and really cool!
Thanks 😊
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and all your family...always look to watch your vlogs
Merry Christmas to you too 😁
Another good one.
Another excellent video thanks, good luck and all the best for next season, merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all.
Thanks Roy! You too 😁
Awesome bud 👍🏻
Priceless info this
Thanks mate!
@@tmac77 most welcome, hopefully catch you at Silverstone masterclass just like last year . if it happens during MotoGP summer break for you .tc
Yay onboards
who knows how many accidents you will prevent by doing these well done a must watch for people starting out
I hope so! 😁
@@tmac77 if you do read this the way you have spoke about the gears the breaking pionts the hole vid was bang on you did not rush and was done better than any 1 else who talks you threw 1 ov there laps b4 you start your new job plz stick with these on all uk tracks really price less keep on keeping on lad
Merry Xmas to you and the family mate, wishing you massive success with the new work in the new year.
Thanks Dave, you too!
I actually did a day at Ron Haslam's race school at Donington with you once, on the 600's (Premier I think it was called). Next time I went back on the 1000cc bikes (Elite). Started my day with 2:15, ended with 1:56 after three 15 minute sessions, put my knee down multiple times without even trying and scraped footpegs quite a bit (was probably leaning too much :D). Would love to go back to see if I can get better but having watched some onboards, specifically from Hicky I realised that I'll never be even close to guys who have been doing it since they were kids no matter how much I learn but still, being 20-ish seconds off their times I'm personally quite happy :)
Thanks, looks easy, ha! did you see, I think it was Mir using the shoulder cam?
Sick video
Nice one fella
Mate you need to do some more track tech talk with T Mac 👌👌👌
Nice one Taylor. Thanks 👍
No probs 😁
Brilliant.
Redgate it looks like you’re braking to the apex then hard on the gas to Hollywood.
Great vid … again. You make that look so easy. Tip in at copice is soooo difficult to master
It's never easy!
Niceeeee
Good quality t shirts to 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks Dan!
Lovin it !!!!!!
Well that is a rare sight....... Donnington in the Sunshine!!!!! Great video Taylor.... I have spent hours and hours in the pits trying to stay warm while testing and racing with Bowman F3.... My Friend Peter Cox had the F3 lap record there for years...... It looked like you enjoy this track?? Have a great Christmas..... :-)))
I love donington! I have the lap record there in superstock so I guess it is my favourite too 😁
7:16....haha, yes I learnt that the hard way last week and ended up grass tracking down the hill for 200 metres, missing out the old hairpin and rejoining just before Starkys! Kept it upright though, bike intact, just needed to clean out the crotch in my leathers!! 😂
Thanks
hello. Taylor, excellent stuff👍🏻 Hope you have one for Brands Indy and GP. Christian Iddon did one few years back which was a real gem. One from you would be absolutely awesome Sir👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Loving the content it's great to get that understanding as to what's going on in the mind of a racer, especially considering this isn't a race weekend too.
I'd be interested to hear what some of the common issues you (and other pro riders too) see on trackdays in each of the experaince levels that hold back peoples lap times, and tangentially to that what you find the biggest differences are between some experienced track day riders and professional racers?
Awesome vid mate cheers for sharing as always, and is it just me that looooves Craner curves 🤤🤤🤤.......am a looooooong way off that pace though 😂😂😂 still awesome to watch 🏍️😁👍
😁
Good video, long enough to engage with but not be repetative. MORE Mad Mark PLEASE,maybe show some of his maintance tips,DIY,gardening,training, maybe ride outs with him, my sons and i enjoyed the last vids I rewatch often.
He's on his way hang tight
Hi taylor great video!
Do you have an idea what gearing you use at donington on that bike?
Many thanks lee
Spot on video 👍
Thanks Andy 😁
@Taylor Mackenzie ever thought of track tuition in your spare time . I think a lot of people would benefit from it very talented
Wishing you all a good Christmas
Thanks you too!
Great vid, Cadwell park please 🙏
I'll try and find some footage I don't think I actually have any at the moment.
@@tmac77 ok mate keep the good content coming 👍🏻
Awesome
Quick shifter looks brutal, dampers alright?
Legend!! 🤙✌️
😎
Great video taylor. What kind of times did you set in that session
I don't know I'm afraid, I eventually broke the lap record later in the year which was a 1:07.2 I think
Another fantastic video . How do you take the hump on back straight after coming out of coppice , I struggle with the bike as I go over the hump , front wheel lift's and sometimes I feel like I could loose control . I'v not been riding to long so my experience is limited . Some say short shift as you hit it or tip back brake , what's your opinion . Cheers buddy and keep it up I'm loving the videos .
If you watch races from there you'll see everyone 'scrubs' it. I.e you turn over the top of it and it helps keep the wheel down. I also touch the rear brake slightly.
@@tmac77 thanks very much I really appreciate that . Keep up the great work pal. 😉.
Brands indy next, ready for my first ever race in march? Please?? 🏁😂
I don't think I actually have any from brands at the moment!
What gearing did you run for donington TMac
If I enter redgate in second gear on a 1000cc bike and up to 4th into hollywood and back down to 2nd before commit to old hairpin, do you see this reving is too high and risk of losing grip too easy?
Edit: listen to your engine sound again and again, I actually think you are down from 5th to 2nd @3:08 just before the green paint prior enter into redgate then down from 4th to 2nd into old hairpin @3:27? I think we actually agrees in gearing here or have i missed something?
I must be up to 6th gear in that case cause I definitely always do craner in 4th and old hairpin in third. Every bike, rider and gearing will be different though that's just what works for me 😎
Looks so easy with these smooth cameras and you piloting the beast!
, is there any thing that you specifically enjoy, or find difficult at donnington?
Also when your braking down the inside or on a diffferent line can you really feel how much less grip there is off line, how do you judge it? Do you keep the bike more upright or brake more gently?
Any setup ideas, when you arrive at donnington is there a go to setup or is this kind of detail not able to be spoken too much if it’s confidential between teams?
Thank you! There's no easy answer to any of those questions unfortunately. Judging grip takes years of practice I guess and set up varies so much from bike to bike and rider to rider there's also no straight forward answer.
@@tmac77 fair enough, I just want to know all the details haha
Really want to ride a lot next year on track so all these sensations or even things that you may consider obvious are worth chatting about cos I'm sure someone will learn from it
Gearing I always find interesting when your short shifting
People often don't realising that racing is as much about making it as easy as possible to go as fast as you can
Like when you were talking about the first curves holding it in 4th
Less work, more consistency etc..
Wicked vid T, loving these,quick question, how hard are you braking when you brake , intial grab strong or feed it in ?
There's too much to explain on a comment I'll try and do a full video on it at some point 😁
@@tmac77 👌 perfect , look forward to it, keep up the good work merry x mas
Cadwell next ?
Very nice content. But please turnoff the go pro stabilisation. It takes out the speed from the onboard and also looks un natural over stabilisated.
Did you use a GoPro HERO to record the on track footage? If so, did you enable the GPS?
I didn't I'm afraid!
@@tmac77 No worries, many of our community members are asking whether we can provide ‘Pro level’ data analysis for popular tracks in the Uk and the rest of the world. Let us know if you’d like to participate for the 2022 season. UA-cam video with telemetry overlays increases user engagement, and you get to monetise your data. Have a fab Xmas and NY - Team G
Would you ever think about doing one to one coaching?
I won't have time next year I'm afraid but one day yes!
@@tmac77 I’ll be keep my eye for that think you’d be great one to one coach 💙👊🏼
Mega ✊🏻💥💨
Loved that Taylor, great insight - love to see more of these. And sorry I think I may of hit the dislike button by mistake 🤦🏻
Don't worry 😅
I'd still be snail slow 🤣👍
😂😁
I'm too fat to get my knee down 😭
I'm not even *allowed* in your country; why am I studying this?