Superb video, I have exactly the same bike as you Ricky. It is a roadster, and not to be condescending, it is a roadster, not a sports bike all geared for top end speed for the track. Yet you prove me wrong. Says a lot about the new BMW boxer that it can live with, or even excel, the sport bikes on a track day. One thing that is not much said about the boxer is its braking with the throttle off. Bit concerting at first, but one can leave a bend right to the last second, and even use the engine breaking though a bend. You give this bike due credit.
Thanks Malcolm, the bike reveals more and more of it's true capabilities while still remaining a great real world road bike. I know there is more to come on the track too, the limit will be my riding ability for quite a while yet! Yes the engine braking is pretty strong, but also when you are hard on the brakes, the fact that they are linked means there is rarely any drama or need for the rear brake. For the track I used Dynamic suspension mode and I put the Preload on Max instead of Auto and it handled everything I threw at it. The bike certainly punches above its considerable weight 😆
Nice vid, thank you, the R dash in sport mode is amazing isn't it?... decent lean angles for the big boxer, and some good dicing with 1000 cc bikes,....😁 the 1250 and its pilot were caring riders and respecting slower traffic before overtaking,... great fun you must have had! thank you for sharing! Greetings from Still Bay South Africa.
Thank you for your message Regis! Sorry I missed it and didn't respond sooner. I had a great time at Donington on the big boxer! It may not be the best choice for a track day but the bike handles it well very well! And the dash is very impressive.. I did get up to 47° to the left in a different session 😊 I just wish I could download the telemetry from the bike/app so I can add it to the video but sadly it's not really possible.
What a thrill! Nice riding. I’ve got the RS model and even though it’s not really meant to be on the track I’m looking forward to some Track Days to stretch its legs. Keep up the good work with cameras, editing, and sound recording!
Thank you very much wilkstrom! I'm very sorry for the late reply, I missed your comment. I hope you were able to take your RS out on the track, or if not last year then don't worry, summers coming 😊
Yep absolutely the TC is amazing! It hasn't really held me back yet either; it just looks after me while I get on with the job of twisting the throttle! I'm stunned that it's so sophisticated in this big "old mans" road bike 😁
Bloody hell - brilliant riding mate! My bike wouldn't be able to do anything like that. Well, not with my bum on it anyways.... Love the way the cruise control light was on the whole time 😂
2min is a good time.. there was some traffic but you seem to coast too much instead of being either on throttle or on brakes.. your traction light is going nuts so reduce that a bit.. you can actually brake later and trail brake into the hard braking area’s..
I'm slowly getting better but as you say I do spend too much time coasting. Trail braking is the next big thing... at the moment I can't make myself brake any later even though I know I'm braking too early. It will take a while to make myself believe I can brake later and still make the corner. Thanks for your feedback!
Awesome riding mate and great photography too. Just love the bike as well. I just wouldn’t have big enough whatsits for a track day but you made it look easy. Top riding Rikky 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Stephen! Track days aren't without risk but they are really enjoyable! The sense of achievement from taking a bike around a track is hard to beat 😊 Sign up in the novice group and go and have some fun!
Awesome video, great quality in 2160p too. Loving the PIP. What program you using to do that and add the overlays ? I've just started using RaceChrono which is pretty good but yours is great. Nice to meet you the other day too 👍👍😁
Hello Rich! Yes it was great to meet you too! I hope that you had a great evening at the track. I use a program called Telemetry Overlay, it's good for lap times, GPS positioning and the map overlay. Making it create the graphs at the top of the screen was another matter! I had to split the laps up manually and export the graphs as transparent movie files so I could import them in me video editor (Davinci Resolve). It took ages, but I'm pleased with the results! Maybe Race Chrono could do that bit easier - I'll have to take a look 😊
@@riding_walks_family It certainly does... the more gadgets on your bike the more hassle it is! I'm back up at Donington this Wednesday on a hired R6 😁 How about you?
Good evening to you, I do think that I have touched down the additional cylinder head protectors on both sides of the engine. But I think there is only a small chance of this happening on the track - I think it is very unlikely on the road.
@@lazaroskechagias1780 I have only touched them down a little bit so far... I need to hang off the bike more when going around corners during track days, and this should keep the problem to a minimum 😊
Hi, sorry for the late reply. I use software called Telemetry Overlay, its reads the data that is embedded in the GoPro video and it comes with a choice of different displays for the data. The one thing it's missing for me is the option to compare lap times (i.e. live feedback on whether the current lap is faster or slower than the previous lap) during a session as it's not really a dedicated app for racing/track days but otherwise I really like it goprotelemetryextractor.com/telemetry-overlay-gps-video-sensors
Yes indeed there is... Dynamic Pro doesn't offer any more power or better DTC/ABS modes than Dynamic. Dynamic Pro only offers more mix & match options i.e. you can combine the Dynamic throttle map with Rain traction control if you wanted to. On other models such the S1000R, Dynamic Pro does actually do something extra, for example it disables the integrated wheelie control on the 2nd gen model i used to own.
Cheers! The tyres are Metzeler M9RR - they did great, the front doesn't look like it suffered at all and the rear had a nice wear pattern on it 😁 instagram.com/p/Cc0XCJDN3SV/?
@@MrPmunson123 Honestly the TC is amazing! This bike has the same ECU as some BMW cars believe it or not, check out the amount of TC intervention in blue on the left side of the dash 🤯
Once you're into the one fifty somethings then that's a perfectly respectable time for inters, and it looks like you know what you're aiming for with your lines. Your "cold tyre scare"... was that by any chance the rear spinning up or stepping out when you got on the gas whilst still leaning over? In my humble opinion, you are getting on the throttle too early and too hard mid-corner. Is that orange triangle on the right of the dash the traction control? You're on your way to a highside. The solution is what you say in your comments above. Carry a bit more speed into the corner, ideally so that you roll up to the apex without needing to get back on the gas. Then apply throttle progressively only as you start to pick the bike up. But don't go crazy and carry so much speed into the corner that you loose the front end or (more likely in my experience) bottle it - build it up, little by little. So there you go, some free advice from some random guy on the internet who could know nothing about nothing 🤣.
Thank you internet stranger for your contribution! The cold tyre slide was on my out-lap and was down to getting on the gas with too much lean on cold rubber. The traction control saved that one it was nothing to do with me! I usually take a couple of laps to warm up my tyres but this time I was the second bike out on the track and my stupid brain told me to go a bit faster so I didn't hold up the faster bikes behind me. Lesson learned... until the next time! Yes the orange light on the right is TC and the blue DTC display on the left shows how much TC the ECU is applying... you can see that it's busy for quite a lot of the lap lol. Yes as you say, more speed into the corner will be the next thing to work on, along with body positioning and everything else!
You're welcome. I'm a regular in inters at Donny - come and say hello if you see me. Matt black CBR600rr on a '05 plate. You'll probably find me either in the gravel at Coppice or on my arse at Melbourne 😂
@@jaudicedbrow Cheers I'll keep an eye out for you! I visited the gravel at the Old Hairpin this week on an R6! I was going slowly by time I got there and kept it upright though👍😆
Posted this vid two weeks ago and nobody (not even me) noticed that I put AUGUST in the video title!! Changed it now 🤣🤣
Superb video, I have exactly the same bike as you Ricky. It is a roadster, and not to be condescending, it is a roadster, not a sports bike all geared for top end speed for the track. Yet you prove me wrong. Says a lot about the new BMW boxer that it can live with, or even excel, the sport bikes on a track day. One thing that is not much said about the boxer is its braking with the throttle off. Bit concerting at first, but one can leave a bend right to the last second, and even use the engine breaking though a bend. You give this bike due credit.
Thanks Malcolm, the bike reveals more and more of it's true capabilities while still remaining a great real world road bike. I know there is more to come on the track too, the limit will be my riding ability for quite a while yet!
Yes the engine braking is pretty strong, but also when you are hard on the brakes, the fact that they are linked means there is rarely any drama or need for the rear brake. For the track I used Dynamic suspension mode and I put the Preload on Max instead of Auto and it handled everything I threw at it. The bike certainly punches above its considerable weight 😆
Great riding pal , some tool that 1250R
Nice vid, thank you, the R dash in sport mode is amazing isn't it?... decent lean angles for the big boxer, and some good dicing with 1000 cc bikes,....😁 the 1250 and its pilot were caring riders and respecting slower traffic before overtaking,... great fun you must have had! thank you for sharing! Greetings from Still Bay South Africa.
Thank you for your message Regis! Sorry I missed it and didn't respond sooner. I had a great time at Donington on the big boxer! It may not be the best choice for a track day but the bike handles it well very well! And the dash is very impressive.. I did get up to 47° to the left in a different session 😊 I just wish I could download the telemetry from the bike/app so I can add it to the video but sadly it's not really possible.
Great riding here mate. Your lines are good and consistent, as are your lap times. Very impressive!
Thanks Steve! I can see where there is more time to be made up and I'm going back to Donny at least two more times this year 😊
What a thrill! Nice riding.
I’ve got the RS model and even though it’s not really meant to be on the track I’m looking forward to some Track Days to stretch its legs.
Keep up the good work with cameras, editing, and sound recording!
Thank you very much wilkstrom! I'm very sorry for the late reply, I missed your comment. I hope you were able to take your RS out on the track, or if not last year then don't worry, summers coming 😊
Nice job Rikky! The TC phenomenal! :)
Yep absolutely the TC is amazing! It hasn't really held me back yet either; it just looks after me while I get on with the job of twisting the throttle! I'm stunned that it's so sophisticated in this big "old mans" road bike 😁
Bloody hell - brilliant riding mate! My bike wouldn't be able to do anything like that. Well, not with my bum on it anyways.... Love the way the cruise control light was on the whole time 😂
Thanks John! I did use the heated grips in the first session 😁
Great video. 👍
2min is a good time.. there was some traffic but you seem to coast too much instead of being either on throttle or on brakes.. your traction light is going nuts so reduce that a bit.. you can actually brake later and trail brake into the hard braking area’s..
I'm slowly getting better but as you say I do spend too much time coasting. Trail braking is the next big thing... at the moment I can't make myself brake any later even though I know I'm braking too early. It will take a while to make myself believe I can brake later and still make the corner. Thanks for your feedback!
Awesome riding mate and great photography too. Just love the bike as well. I just wouldn’t have big enough whatsits for a track day but you made it look easy. Top riding Rikky 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Stephen! Track days aren't without risk but they are really enjoyable! The sense of achievement from taking a bike around a track is hard to beat 😊 Sign up in the novice group and go and have some fun!
I dunno mate I think it’s one of those things that scare me but very enjoyable to watch. I’ll leave it to those who can do it 😊😊
@@stephentams8940 Well in that case stay tuned because I have three more track days lined up this year so far! 😁
@@RikkyTang look forward to seeing those then 👍👍👏👏
Good effort fella 👏
Cheers! 👍
Who da man!
I think it may be me 🤣
Awesome video, great quality in 2160p too.
Loving the PIP.
What program you using to do that and add the overlays ?
I've just started using RaceChrono which is pretty good but yours is great.
Nice to meet you the other day too 👍👍😁
Hello Rich! Yes it was great to meet you too! I hope that you had a great evening at the track.
I use a program called Telemetry Overlay, it's good for lap times, GPS positioning and the map overlay. Making it create the graphs at the top of the screen was another matter! I had to split the laps up manually and export the graphs as transparent movie files so I could import them in me video editor (Davinci Resolve). It took ages, but I'm pleased with the results! Maybe Race Chrono could do that bit easier - I'll have to take a look 😊
@@RikkyTang Nice one thanks. Getting finished videos to share always takes longer than people think.
When and where you next on track ?
@@riding_walks_family It certainly does... the more gadgets on your bike the more hassle it is! I'm back up at Donington this Wednesday on a hired R6 😁 How about you?
@@RikkyTang Oulton tomorrow - in the wet so will be taking it easy on wet - enjoy the R6
Hello sir..is there any chance of the headers of the boxer to touch the ground?? Does th boxer puts limits in the ground clearance??
Good evening to you, I do think that I have touched down the additional cylinder head protectors on both sides of the engine. But I think there is only a small chance of this happening on the track - I think it is very unlikely on the road.
@@RikkyTang I did not understood..you touched? Or not??
@@lazaroskechagias1780 Yes I did touch down the cylinder head protectors when riding at a track day.
@@RikkyTang isn’t that dangerous mate??? In how many angles you touch down??
@@lazaroskechagias1780 I have only touched them down a little bit so far... I need to hang off the bike more when going around corners during track days, and this should keep the problem to a minimum 😊
What cam telemetry thing do you use?
Hi, sorry for the late reply. I use software called Telemetry Overlay, its reads the data that is embedded in the GoPro video and it comes with a choice of different displays for the data. The one thing it's missing for me is the option to compare lap times (i.e. live feedback on whether the current lap is faster or slower than the previous lap) during a session as it's not really a dedicated app for racing/track days but otherwise I really like it goprotelemetryextractor.com/telemetry-overlay-gps-video-sensors
Is there any reason why you didn't use Dynamic Pro?
Yes indeed there is... Dynamic Pro doesn't offer any more power or better DTC/ABS modes than Dynamic. Dynamic Pro only offers more mix & match options i.e. you can combine the Dynamic throttle map with Rain traction control if you wanted to. On other models such the S1000R, Dynamic Pro does actually do something extra, for example it disables the integrated wheelie control on the 2nd gen model i used to own.
@@RikkyTang that makes sense thanks for the reply. 😊
Great video Rikky 😎 what tyres were you on and what did they look like at the end? 😬
Cheers! The tyres are Metzeler M9RR - they did great, the front doesn't look like it suffered at all and the rear had a nice wear pattern on it 😁 instagram.com/p/Cc0XCJDN3SV/?
@@RikkyTang saw the T/C light going like a disco !! Respect 👌 😆
@@MrPmunson123 Honestly the TC is amazing! This bike has the same ECU as some BMW cars believe it or not, check out the amount of TC intervention in blue on the left side of the dash 🤯
Enjoyed that, nice overlay stuff, made it more interesting. Nice one.
@@try-that Cheers mate, the overlays made the video ten times longer to make lol but they were worth it!
code brown @15:29 😅 Did well not to hit the gravel
Classic last session close call! 😂
Once you're into the one fifty somethings then that's a perfectly respectable time for inters, and it looks like you know what you're aiming for with your lines. Your "cold tyre scare"... was that by any chance the rear spinning up or stepping out when you got on the gas whilst still leaning over? In my humble opinion, you are getting on the throttle too early and too hard mid-corner. Is that orange triangle on the right of the dash the traction control? You're on your way to a highside. The solution is what you say in your comments above. Carry a bit more speed into the corner, ideally so that you roll up to the apex without needing to get back on the gas. Then apply throttle progressively only as you start to pick the bike up. But don't go crazy and carry so much speed into the corner that you loose the front end or (more likely in my experience) bottle it - build it up, little by little. So there you go, some free advice from some random guy on the internet who could know nothing about nothing 🤣.
Thank you internet stranger for your contribution! The cold tyre slide was on my out-lap and was down to getting on the gas with too much lean on cold rubber. The traction control saved that one it was nothing to do with me! I usually take a couple of laps to warm up my tyres but this time I was the second bike out on the track and my stupid brain told me to go a bit faster so I didn't hold up the faster bikes behind me. Lesson learned... until the next time!
Yes the orange light on the right is TC and the blue DTC display on the left shows how much TC the ECU is applying... you can see that it's busy for quite a lot of the lap lol. Yes as you say, more speed into the corner will be the next thing to work on, along with body positioning and everything else!
You're welcome. I'm a regular in inters at Donny - come and say hello if you see me. Matt black CBR600rr on a '05 plate. You'll probably find me either in the gravel at Coppice or on my arse at Melbourne 😂
@@jaudicedbrow Cheers I'll keep an eye out for you! I visited the gravel at the Old Hairpin this week on an R6! I was going slowly by time I got there and kept it upright though👍😆