Glee on the Track

[Moorsie]

It was proper damp, but fun nonetheless..

[Mitch]

Probably more control without the panniers on!, It looks wet under wheel. Brave man risking the panniers in the event of a drop. Looks like good fun.

[Oop North John]

Brave man risking the panniers in the event of a drop. Looks like good fun.

Probably cheaper to damage them rather than the bikes plastics in the event of a not too serious off. I call my pannier racks my rear crash bars  

[Moorsie]

I was asked to keep the panniers on as the shoot had to demonstrate a Sportsbike, Commuter and a Tourer.  I took the corners VERY carefully, but was OK opening up on the straights.  

What I should have done was remove the luggage and do a lap to see how much difference the air-braking effect was making, but it was so wet, I just couldn't be arsed.

I can report however, that with full luggage on, keeping the revs mainly above 5000 rpm and red lining on the straights, I still managed 49mpg!!

[Mitch]

Great photo.
Luggage does sadly affect the handling.  My bike loaded as per my avatar with approx 25kg of luggage in total (west Wales trip ) would pick the front wheel up slightly when powering out of tight corners.  Ace fun.

[Moorsie]

my luggage was empty, save for my GoPro kit in the topbox, left all my crap in the hotel room.

I have to be honest, I really didn't notice the luggage on the bike, it didn't seem to make any difference to the handling.

[jabmotorsport]

Mine was heavy in Wales too

[03guyjam]

Are they the givi fog lights? They look tidy!

[Moorsie]

yes, they are S310's - they do suit the bike I think

[tomor]

What is just under your left eye? Doesn't look like part of the helmet?

[Moorsie]

It's a new bike heads up display my mate has developed, we were having a testing day whilst he was having a promotional video filmed.