Superb Motorland Aragon Trackday | Day 1 Getting to grips with this awesome track | Part 1 of 4

[@ChasingTenths]

Here are the chapters of this video for an easier viewing experience, promise you won't skip ;) 00:00 Cinematic Intro 00:30 worded intro & plan 02:30 UK to Spain funny Cinematic 04:32 Why 3 Parts to trackday vlogs 06:29 Our Garage and Bikes 07:55 Painfully Slow Session 1 onboard 11:18 Our Garage and Bikes and issues 13:53 Session 2 Bike issue and Onboard 17:31 Session 3 what tyres, what brakes and onboard 21:34 Last session explained Important info 23:50 Last session Onboard only 28:29 Summary 29:22 Outro

[@BikramSinghRaiDhillon]

Love your video dude , Always great work well done 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much for commenting

[@BenVarley74]

Man flu’d up so sat here all night catching up on your vids. Epic mate, great to see and always cheers me up to see your face 😃

[@ChasingTenths]

Mate, I got a really bad flu since Christmas, barely managed to edit that Still in bed with it Hopefully I can get part 2 out in 48 hours Thanks for the lonely words You are the man

[@BenVarley74]

@@ChasingTenths Rubbish isn’t it. Good to speak to you earlier mate, thanks.

[@ChasingTenths]

@@BenVarley74 no worries mate

[@AK-yz4ut]

Great to see that your lines improved with the help in the last session shown. It shows that not everything has to be done alone. Just ask around, get some info from other riders and watch the lines other riders do. And if you're lucky someone is willing to lead a few laps. I have seen you Assen footage and there is room to improve (as always 😁). If you want to return to Assen and have a more positive experience, let me know. I'll can suggest a few track day organisations without rude organizers.

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much , I never ever have any ego, attitude or shyness in asking for help, lately I have been slow and my lines are all over the place , but this Aragon Circuit eventually on Day 3 will break the mould and bring my confidence back.. My friend really helped me and he will help me again on Day 2 and Day 3, especially on Day 3 when my bike will have full power and no issues

[@AK-yz4ut]

@@ChasingTenths Neither did I ;-) I started riding track days when I was 46 years old. And after getting my racing licence I started to compete in club races and was promoted last year after being 2nd in the championship of the starters group. I learned a lot the first 2 years and I am not shy to ask for advice or help. I doing so I will also help fellow riders, its part of the race community.

[@ChasingTenths]

@@AK-yz4ut wow, that’s absolutely epic , you moved up the ranks quick , well done .. absolutely impressive that .. I am always asking for help Whether it’s mental or on track Mental Plays just a big role which you will see in part 2

[@sjoel1990]

i love your videos, keep up the good work

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much :).. much much appreciated

[@gavra123]

We like the way you do your track video is great Keep it the same way...really nothing to be changed

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much , I will keep it the same way , part 2,3 and 4 will be exactly the same way

[@Gixerlee]

just found your videos, they are a good watch. Aragon is probably my faveourite track, Andalucia in October for 4 days should be awesome

[@ChasingTenths]

@@Gixerlee thank you mate, I just a happy go lucky guy who is trying to maintain a video diary of all the endurance racing and trackdays I do , trying to keep the entertainment value and some knowledge here and there Thanks for the watch I love Aragon too

[@kennypaterson9980]

Heading to Aragon early March, this is really helpful… cheers and keep them coming ✊

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much , then you would really find part 2 and part 3 very handy as I go through the layout and pick up the pace big time Thanks for watching and appreciating

[@stefanmarshall9632]

Great video Keep it going

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much for the appreciation

[@richardrazack3301]

Congrats on all your achievements, long may it continue. All the way from NY👍

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you , that’s very kind of you Respect from U.K. to you

[@hypermotardking]

aahhh this is bringing back the Euro track day memories.. great video 🤛🏼

[@ChasingTenths]

Cheers mate, deleted a lot of footage to make it under 30 mins A lot more fun footage to come in part 2 and 3

[@LowsideLew]

With a Spanish trip coming up that got me right in the mood! Loved it

[@ChasingTenths]

Glad it was helpful , part 2 and 3 will be massively performance orientated and some fun footage too from the lads with us

[@LowsideLew]

@@ChasingTenths looking forward to it. I've already got a list of stuff for me to work on in Almeria. I'll see if you can add anything 👍

[@ChasingTenths]

@@LowsideLew no problem at all :)

[@conradicalized]

How did your bike get from England to the track? Sorry if you said & I missed it!

[@ChasingTenths]

No No , you didn't miss anything, I will actually explain that in part 2 properly out tomorrow , but the trackday companies in uk have an amazing system of taking the bikes in a truck with all our gear and tires and tools through the channel tunnel and into Europe , absolutely piece of cake , really good service .. we have amazing logistical companies here who collaborate with track day firms

[@conradicalized]

@@ChasingTenths wow. That sounds phenomenal. Looking forward to part 2 :)

[@ChasingTenths]

@@conradicalized editing that as I type this comment ;)

[@jaykay1168]

Will be good to see the bit about the Aprillia factory bike. Is that in depth too or just part of the vid?

[@ChasingTenths]

I will do that in part 3 I think because I filmed his bike on day 3 I hope I don’t forget lol I’ll write it down now

[@6arethevan5]

Another quality vid Abhi thanks for sharing as always 🙂🏍️👍🏻....and happy 20th anniversary mate!!! 🙂👍🏻👍🏻

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much Gareth , 20 years in U.K. feels special I remember 2003 October It feels like yesterday when I came Good times U.K. has given me everything I have today

[@zosiasamosia4048]

Great video as always 👏👏👏👏

[@ChasingTenths]

Thanks for commenting… it’s all about Team Gazu Pizdo 🙈🙈

[@sp00ky1969]

Have you tried the Czech Republic? Brno and Most are great circuits. It’s interesting seeing your vlogs about these tracks. I’d love to get to them some time but it’s a huge drive to get there…

[@ChasingTenths]

You know what only an hour ago I was talking to my mate about Brno and yesterday I was watching some Most onboards lol So yes definitely they are on the cards 100 percent We are lucky in U.K. the trackday companies are amazing They take everything in a truck to these destinations We just turn up with a bag of clothes lol

[@sp00ky1969]

@@ChasingTenths It looks like a great way to do it. I’m in Prague most of the time and my bikes live there, so I’m a one-hour drive from Most and just under two hours from Brno. Getting the bike transported to circuits further away isn’t something I’ve seen available from here but certainly it can be done from Germany. I’ve booked with NoLimits for Brno in 2024 - I’ve not been to one of their events before. Brno is a great circuit - plenty of room and a lovely flow to the circuit. It’s an easy track to learn as well. In a recent MCN video Casey Stoner picked it as a favourite. New owners are bringing new investment so hopefully it will get MotoGP back at some point. Most is great fun - quite technical and you never get a moment to relax. Have a great new year and I’ll look forward to the next videos - particularly welcome while I’m counting down the days to sunny days and hot tarmac. 👍

[@ChasingTenths]

@@sp00ky1969 that’s brilliant , so glad Casey liked it too , the layout seems epic I did a trackday recently to Assen TT in Holland and we took our own bikes but it’s so much easier with no limits or redline or focused events or race shift or slick Trackdays , we have so many companies here , U.K. people are crazy about Trackdays When you do your nollmits event You will meet a lot of U.K. guys You never know I might be there too lol Nothing planned yet at all But you never know I once filmed for the German endurance championship team and they have one round at Most , and I nearly did that in 2020 with them but covid spoilt the plans

[@MrDeepseadweller]

I’m a new subscriber. I truly love the production quality - you clearly put a lot of work into it. I will definitely watch all 3 parts. You mentioned at the start that you had a problem with your clutch cable tension, which was fixed with duct tape. I’m not a mechanic, but surely an incorrectly tensioned clutch cable would explain your lack of top speed as well as the deactivation of the quickshifter (it disengages when it detects the clutch is pulled in). It appears you were just doing clutchless shifting by blipping the throttle while applying pressure on the shift lever, and a slipping clutch is certainly going to rob you of top-line speed (and power).

[@ChasingTenths]

Heyyy thanks for subscribing and much appreciate your words … that clutch cable tension was minor, the duct tape was just precautionary, the lads sorted it out but we just wanted to make sure all be ok … The top speed issue was totally unrelated It was due to an exhaust servo valve closing after 11,000 revs I’ll explain everything in part 3 It will make a lot of sense :)

[@MrDeepseadweller]

@@ChasingTenths Thx for your reply. That makes sense. I’m glad you got it sorted out!

[@ChasingTenths]

@@MrDeepseadweller no problem , but I ruined the part 3 for you a bit there 🙈🙈🤪

[@nm4397]

Awesome onboard camera angle. Where do you have the camera mounted, on your helmet or the bike itself?

[@ChasingTenths]

The U.K. trackday companies do not allow camera to be mounted anywhere on the rider 🙈… I mount it on the stem yoke of the bike using a ram mount , I will attach a link on another comment for you here which shows all different camera angles I use but you can skip to this one in that video .. thank you for the kind words :)

[@ChasingTenths]

@nmw15 here is the link , feel free to skip to the front mount section of the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gafYZJdom52jmqcsi=eEvVJlkDTQGyQ4D3

[@nm4397]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ChasingTenths]

@@nm4397 most welcome :)

[@Hondmad]

Great video mate, not to sound rude by don’t know how you got into the fastest group with that lap time, last time I was there I done a 1.55 and there was still guys quicker than me. Jonny rea was out testing on a non factory Kawasaki and was doing 1:48s.

[@ChasingTenths]

It all depends on the type of riders on that particular event So the fastest rider we had that event was going 1 min 57 So I am not sure about novice group Buy cut off to move out of intermediate was 2 min 16 To fast 1 Fast 2 group was 2 min 10 or below.. I asked this question to them at Andalusia 3 weeks later And they said it’s all on the type of rider skill on a particular track event .. if you did a 1 min 55 .. you are flying my friend Hats off to you Absolutely epic that My best was 2 min 8 But then I had bike issue for 2 full days Buy I’d probably still do a 2 min 5 max even without the issue

[@Hondmad]

@@ChasingTenths yes a 2:08 is very acceptable! I spend quite alot of time at this track so makes it a lot easier to be fast! Well not fast compared to wsbk level riders🤣

[@ChasingTenths]

@@Hondmad aaahh ok, It was my first time there and for 2 days I had major issues with only 148 mph maximum straight line speed and no quick shifter But I want to go back there I am sure I have a 2 min 5 in me

[@Hondmad]

@@ChasingTenths yeap definitely will gain a good 2/3 seconds alone on the straight with an extra 30-40 mph, your gearing must be way to short everywhere on the track, I bet you’ve a 2.01 in you!

[@ChasingTenths]

@@Hondmad thanks for the kind words , gearing definitely needs sorting but I had bigger problems on day 1 and 2 with lack of power , the bike was making 151 bhp rather than normal 175 bhp (we found out later ).. on day 3 I had full power and then I was scratching my head thinking I should have got a 42 rear sprocket rather than 43 🙈🙈

[@martinholmes9262]

I like these videos especially the build up shows the other side of things maybe more people like the build up stuff as there are loads of actually td stuff just a thought

[@martinholmes9262]

Also on this maybe a lot more stuff about the hotels the nightlife drive to the track etc I know tmf does this and has good success

[@ChasingTenths]

@@martinholmes9262 I truly understand what you mean I try to portray everything Unfortunately in this track event and the one after this in Spain too I didn’t record much track side footage as I was really wanting to make this extremely performance orientated and you will be pleasantly surprised how that goes in the two parts coming .. cheers for the constructive comments as always they are taken onboard

[@MogV4sp]

Great video, great track and can't wait to go back.. Jerez in May, are you booking? 😁

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you mate very much , honestly I did 3 euros within 2 months and I am absolutely skint lol So it’s going to be a cheaper track Probably almiera in Spain

[@arle479]

Nice Video

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much

[@richbonesjones4729]

Great vid mate That must of been proper frustrating with the loss in power 😢

[@ChasingTenths]

Cheers mate, it’s ok It gave me a taste of what 750 cc riders felt lol The only thing my revs were dead at 11,500 lol

[@lonpfrb]

​@@ChasingTenthsHi Abhi I hope John gave you the all clear on the engine situation. Good to see you getting through the last corner in 3rd. As you hinted, there's a surprising amount of Motorsport history in that area, more than Montmelo (Barcelona) which has F1 and MotoGP races. I found the locals very helpful and competent engineers..

[@ChasingTenths]

@@lonpfrb engine is now singing, problem was with the exhaust valve .. when you watch part 3 in 5 days You will see what a difference it makes

[@AlbertoBaranano]

Awesome video. Your improvement is remarkable. BTW did my “tutorial” help? Waiting next episodes

[@ChasingTenths]

I watched your tutorials in the hotel , night before day 2 started Very helpful Working on day 2 edit now Should be out on Saturday night :) Cause Sunday night everyone will be drunk lol New Year’s Eve

[@AlbertoBaranano]

@@ChasingTenthsgreat !!! I hope we can ride together next season Take care and have a nice year start

[@ChasingTenths]

@@AlbertoBaranano I think now a lot of Trackdays will be organised at navara especially cause the first round of British Superbikes is there and it’s owned by British company now who owns most of the British tracks except Silverstone

[@AlbertoBaranano]

@@ChasingTenths yeah , and I´ve heard new owners are fixing the tarmac at turns 5 and 6, which were quite dumpy. I hope to see you there in 24'

[@ChasingTenths]

@@AlbertoBaranano the new owners are Rich and have motorsport background , it’s Jonathan Palmer ex F1 driver , father of Jolyon Palmer Renault F1 driver , they recently fully tarmac’s completely Donington park and Snetterton track , I think eventually they will fully tarmac navara if need be

[@MarkSawbridge]

Hey Abhi how are you another great video I’m still waiting to do a euro day. I had similar issue this year at donington my quick shift stoped working completely I’ve still not figured it out yet I’m at donington again on 2nd march great video again looking forward to part two and three 👍🏻

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much mate , Euro will totally transform you as a rider Going 3 or 4 days on track with coaching and decent tires really really helps Hope your bike gets sorted soon Thanks for the appreciation

[@lonpfrb]

​@@ChasingTenthsSince upshift in 4th 5th and 6th don't really need a quick shift I'm curious what the problem root cause was?

[@ChasingTenths]

@@lonpfrb yes that’s why it wasn’t affecting my riding much cause I was easily upshifting my manually closing the throttle but the confusion was the lack of power , revs and top speed …the problem which we found on the morning of day 3 was the exhaust valve which has now been free’d from the servo motor was shutting the exhaust at anything more than 11,500 revs or full throttle , the lock wire which kept that valve open had come loose so we put a new wire and tripled the lock wire and it’s now singing nicely

[@MarkSawbridge]

@@ChasingTenths ❤️

[@DevRSVR]

Accasato brake gear is amazing. I have it on my Triumph 675r and it blows my mind everytime I'm on track. Great channel and series Abi, (hope I spelled your name right?) Just subscribed.one question, why was your top speed so badly affected?

[@ChasingTenths]

I absolutely agree with you mate , those brakes are phenomenal.. thanks for following and appreciating .. you spelt the name right :) Love the triumph 675r it’s my favourite supersport :)

[@bd204]

Great track day video, have you considered changing bike to a s1000rr or a panigale? New track bike build would be good content

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you very much Nearly did a new track bike build on a Ducati v4R my mate bought 2 weeks ago But he’s like 3 hours from me And it’s really tough to vlog during work and stuff But I will do a video once he’s done I might do a restoration of an old Yamaha R7 which a mate of mine owns .. Never ever considered any other bike , Aprilia all the way, best track bike , really easy to handle When it’s on song , it really gives the over 200 bhp bikes hard time It shines in corners and braking

[@lonpfrb]

​@@ChasingTenths#beAracer !

[@rymek1]

Good video Abhi👌waiting for "behind the scene" part😅

[@ChasingTenths]

Hahaha Thank you , I am actually editing that right now

[@zxgopher]

Looks a bit crammed in the garages

[@ChasingTenths]

To be honest , the polish lads wanted all their bikes together, there was a lot of room in other garages and the rear of our garage too only the front seemed cramped , in part 2 I will showcase other garages and you ‘ll notice a difference :)

[@Adrian-le5jh]

👍

[@ChasingTenths]

cheers

[@jaykay1168]

Great intro actually. I skipped it the 1st time.

[@ChasingTenths]

No worries mate , skipping has become second nature these days for even me We are fed way too much short form content through our devices I really hope there’s a space for long form content 5 years from now

[@r1flyguy]

Sad you have to keep explaining to people its your first time at a track thus its a learning journey!!! Awesome videos as ever though and seeing progression is what its all about.

[@ChasingTenths]

Thank you mate, It’s good to explain people it’s first time cause then it builds a theme to the series of following videos .. cause loads of people go there first time and they can see how even they can progress from a slow time to something decent .. I try to give these series of episodes a bit of a story line .. thank you for the appreciation and watching

[@rahulghai4532]

🫶 Abhi. I wish we had this kind of culture back here in India.

[@ChasingTenths]

Culture and camaraderie to help other riders grow and play a part in each other’s success is so important here .. my mate TC helps me again in day 3 too Just editing the footage for day 2 now Plenty of laptime to catch Really excited about this Pace is back

[@ChasingTenths]

And thank you my friend for appreciating