Was back at Phillip Island on Thursday. Slowly cranking up the pace to a reasonable level. Now hitting ~1:51 lap-times.
Here's an action pic, taken in about the exact same location as the one above. Even just looking at me then, and now, I can see why my lap times are coming down quickly.
Gotta break into the sub-1:50's, and then I'll be a happy boy. Was booked into the medium-fast group on Thursday, and was passing everyone. Only guy who got past me was the track-day organiser who's an ex-racer and even he reckoned I wasn't that easy to get past. He certainly wasn't pulling away from me with any great speed once he did get past. He typically laps in the 1:46-47's on tuned up-specced 600cc bikes. If I ever get this street-trim R1 down to 1:44-45's, I'll know that I'm starting to get decent at this gig.
Time to book myself into the fastest track grouping and start picking up some ideas and lines from the guys who are going quicker than I.