Reigning Superbike World Champion Troy Corser talks about his on track antics at Monza and his all new custom motorbike…..
Hi guys, how’s it going?
Monza was a good weekend, two podiums so I can’t complain about scoring good solid points. During the first race we experienced a few problems with the front brakes, they were inconsistent. Sometimes they were a long way out and other times they came right into my hand. I nearly went off the track a few times when they came right in. I really had to be a bit cautious and brake a bit earlier to allow for if the brake wasn’t there for me, so to finish third I was reasonably happy considering I was struggling on the brakes and Monza is all about braking. The guys found the problem and between the races they fixed it and it was perfect for the second race, everything else was perfect on the bike. I’m a bit disappointed that we had the problem with the brake set up at first as I feel I could have run with Troy (Bayliss) in the first one, but with the problem I had it wasn’t possible, we’d have risked a crash.
The big crash on the first corner made the track treacherous for the following lap and I nearly crashed. When you are the first rider and you arrive somewhere where they’ve got the oil flag out you are really unsure if it is just a bit of dirt or if it is oil or what there is. So I braked and went in a little bit cautious, just before I hit it I had actually seen that there was dirt, grass and rocks right across the track. Fortunately I had just enough time to let go of the front brake, if I’d held onto the front brake for sure I would have crashed. I was very close to crashing, I think Troy almost crashed behind me as well and then after that I was a little bit cautious in there the next lap. Like I said it wasn’t going to happen because of the front brake, but they cleaned it up for the second race and it was fine.
