To put a pisser on things, I got the exit of Barn wrong at a Cadwell park trackday yesterday and now concussed.
To be fair, Barn is probably the scariest corner I can think of – I had an almost-highside on a Firestorm there which still makes me shudder when I think about it. Half off the bike, with feet bounced out of the pegs and my tackle splayed on the tank…..I thought I was definitely off and probably about to get seriously injured.
Slightly damp summer conditions plus whatever comes out of the trees that overhang the corner made the grip levels exiting Barn totally variable. Later on the same trackday a guy got killed about 300m down the track (just by the start-finish line), which was the final straw for me. I’ve not been on a bike trackday since, and if I were to go back to them I’d avoid Cadwell – I’m not good enough and the consequences of crashing are much higher than at most other circuits.
Oh, and the front parking sensors on my car just started playing up, to bring this back on topic.