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Really pleased i bought the thing.. How about you, did you buy the new R6?

Nah - It would be an unreasonable buy for me. I'm actually thinking of buying a used 2012-2016 R6 with low mileage... That would be a good upgrade while still being reasonable financially I'd throw brake lines, tyres, a sprocket and bodywork on it and I'm good to go.

Will probably do that at the end of this season. So one more year on my 2003 I guess!!! That was a good buy, can't complain. I don't want to do 2 more seasons on it though, I feel like our love story is almost over? It will hurt me to sell it, but maybe I can sell it to my brother and that way it stays close to daddy

What did you think of your new bike Bob?

Damn! The only thing i need is a bike lol do you know any who have some spare bike to rent cheap for a trackday?

I've never seen any track bike rental in France on regular trackdays - the only time I've seen that is when I went to a 2 day course at De Radigues Riding School. They had S1000RR for rental back then.

Paris, France.

If anyone wants to go ride at a racetrack together, send me a PM

Sure! Do you provide a bike too? I promise to be gentle with it

Count me in

I know it's a joke but just to make it clear for others : no, I do not provide a bike
I will provide snacks, water and a bit of extra fuel though

Paris, France.

If anyone wants to go ride at a racetrack together, send me a PM

It's a big upgrade for sure but honestly the 2017 is not that new compared to the previous model. The main changes are new suspension, new fairing, quick shifter and the electronics. The frame, swingarm and engine are basically the same.

I don't know if I'll get a 2017 or if I should get a 2012 one or something for a more reasonable price...

Nice bike BobR6!

I remember riding a 2008+ R6 once at Folembray back in 2010, it was a really good bike, more powerfull than my '03 you're going to like it.
I'm going to ride one more season with my 2003 R6 I think and IF I can find a used 2017 R6 for a "reasonable" price at the end of 2017 I'll try to buy one. I've had my R6 for too long now

Also if i brake with some lean angle the bike should want to sit up and stop me from turning.

I'm suprised you're saying that considering we ride almost the same bike in real life. When I trail brake into the corners with my R6 it does want to "sit up" a little bit but I apply pressure on my inside arm and the lean angle doesn't change - it's pretty much the same in the game... Also when you brake hard and lean, your rake angle is actually smaller so it helps the bike turn. Maybe we have different setups though.

Went riding on tuesday on my R6, I'm happy I was able to ride about a full second faster than before I need to get my elbow out maybe it would touch the kerb (and possibly cause a crash )

I crashed at the hairpin so can't give you much advice there - nice video by the way! Love the 3 cylinder sound. Also, you're in 4th for the left, aren't you?

Good riders go about 10/20 km/h faster in the uphill section compared to the downhill part

But really congrats on your progression it's like any sport, the more you practice, the better you get!

Your gearing is stock then?
With one tooth shorter gearing I used to be flat out in 4th in that turn - it is a turn, anyone at a minute or under can put their knee on the ground there (be careful though cause your knee will be on the grass )
The last few times I went there a friend running 54sec on a 600 told me to shift to 5th before the left and it was better, because in fourth you're at a really high RPM (almost rev limiter).

With your gearing I say shift to 4th right before the left turn.

For the chicane entrance I was always in 3rd (the chicane does come up surprisingly fast) and then back to 2nd for hairpin. Then 3rd out of the hairpin, rev limiter before the downhill chicane, then 4th, 5th, and back to 2nd.

At the braking point before the chicane the max I had on my dash speed was about 232 km/h but the reading is false because of the gearing - real speed about 210/215 = a good 130 mph. The guys that are faster than me go even faster there, I think that's one of the key spots. I got stuck on 1'02 for a while and my instructor told me it's easy to gain time at the uphill left and the chicane.

Nice one  good track? Never been..

Crashed in the wet last week so no pics from me 

Hey Bob,

Folembray was the track where I learned to ride so I'm familiar with the place - haven't been there in 3 or 4 years though (wonder what my time would be now).

The track itself is short and simple like matty said, I liked the place, it has a few fast turns and what I like most is the atmosphere around the track, it's pretty quiet when no bike is running (it's more or less surrounded by a forest).

Matty, going from 1'10 to 1'04 is a good progression! If you want to gain more time, the part where you can make a big difference is the entire "uphill" part - so make sure you exit the right/left before the straight really nicely, then before the fast uphill left, try to shift before you make the turn - you can accelerate some more after that turn, and in the chicane after that, try to accelerate before the hairpin

There's plenty of grip so don't worry about it too much

no valves

Your message is spot on except for this part. The factory YZR500 for example used YPVS exhaust valves a lot. First they were mecanically driven, but on the later YZR500 (1986 and after) the valves were electronically driven by the CDI and the bikes actually started having small batteries next to the dashboard for the valves!
The YPVS was a noticeable improvement to exit slow corners (1st gear, mid RPM). For the rest of the powerband, not so much (basically open all the time), but hey, even if you get the smallest advantage, it's worth it at this level.