Or any normal human being.
Not even the likes of the Australian racing
legends Kevin Magee and Chris Vermuelen who
I shared the track with at the world launch of
the 2017 GSX-R1000R could get around that
quick. They were all lapping in the high 30s.
Me? I was lapping just under two minutes, which
I feel is a perfectly acceptable time for chunky,
middle-aged men with no aspirations to ever
have sponsors’ logos sewn onto their leathers.
Let’s understand that Phillip Island is a ‘proper’
racetrack. It’s the only ‘proper’ racetrack in
Australia. It’s wide, it’s beautiful and it’s fast.
Proper fast. Seriously nail-your-balls-to-
the-wall, eat-the-seat-with-your-pooer, look-
there’s-Jesus! fast. And just so you’ll have an
idea about what happens if you ever find
yourself riding out of pit-lane and onto one of
the fastest racetracks on earth, it’s this…
KIWI RIDER 59