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Posted: 13:57 - 23 Sep 2015 Post subject: Birthday Track day booked at Lydden Hill |
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My lovely wife has booked me a track day for my 40th at Lydden Hill. what a lovely wife she is
First time ever on a race track and I'm very excited to be able to push myself and my TZR to see what we can do, hopefully gaining some confidence and skills to take back onto the road (Obviously at a legal speed) ____________________ 1980 Honda H100A, Cafe racer. (SOLD)
1998 Yamaha TZR 125 4HX.
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Nice, many points for your wife buying you that awesome gift.
Have fun pal, hope to see many photos of you being awesome on track ____________________ Current bike - GSX-R1000 k8 |
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Well? How did you enjoy it? ____________________ Current bike - GSX-R1000 k8 |
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My first track day threads need pictures. It's the law! ____________________ Triumph Daytona 675 track bike + girlfriend's Honda Hornet 600
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Neat!
Where there any other 125s out there? ____________________ The purpose of life is to fight maturity. |
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Nice bike, glad you had a good day, I would love to see more 125s on track, in fact, I don't think I have ever seen one... ____________________ Current bike - GSX-R1000 k8 |
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Posted: 18:22 - 06 Nov 2015 Post subject: |
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Surprised you were let on with a 125. At least you enjoyed it When did you pass, assume its a full licence? |
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wow, never knew you could do it off a CBT, learn something new huh!
How did you find the track then? Or trackday riding? I could not imagine hitting a track when I was on L plates.....Fair play to you! ____________________ Current bike - GSX-R1000 k8 |
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I found the track was nice to ride, its a short curcuit only a mile but has a nice straight and some long bends, with a sweet little hairpin at the top end.
First few laps out I followed the tutor to get my lines etc keeping it fairly easy. Then left me to it, offering feedback throughout the day.
Although nothing was officially timed I started off the day at 1.43mins and shaved off 30 seconds through the day. Top speeds felt less than I've had on the road, and sadly didn't manage a knees down. But I'll be back in the summer for more so I'll be working on that
All in all a wicked gift and well worth the £120. ____________________ 1980 Honda H100A, Cafe racer. (SOLD)
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Posted: 23:17 - 06 Nov 2015 Post subject: trackday |
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you lucky barsteward £120 is a steal would love to do it on any bike ____________________ Beer, It's the reason I get up every afternoon
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Posted: 11:12 - 07 Nov 2015 Post subject: |
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Quote: | Looks like you had a good time Ryan, do you want to do more and/or get a track bike? |
I really enjoyed it, probably the best gift her indoors has ever bought me
I will defiantly be doing more, I'd love to get a track bike and go regularly, but money is always an issue, I imagine to really go for it in a professional manner would mean a nice hefty wad over a year. £120 a track day + spares, tyres etc etc. And then paddock equipment, tyre warmers, And no doubt If I bought a track bike I would get something a littler bigger than the TZR, which would mean I'd need a van or trailer for transportation to and fro. The list could be endless ____________________ 1980 Honda H100A, Cafe racer. (SOLD)
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RyanTZR125 wrote: | Quote: | Looks like you had a good time Ryan, do you want to do more and/or get a track bike? |
I really enjoyed it, probably the best gift her indoors has ever bought me
I will defiantly be doing more, I'd love to get a track bike and go regularly, but money is always an issue, I imagine to really go for it in a professional manner would mean a nice hefty wad over a year. £120 a track day + spares, tyres etc etc. And then paddock equipment, tyre warmers, And no doubt If I bought a track bike I would get something a littler bigger than the TZR, which would mean I'd need a van or trailer for transportation to and fro. The list could be endless |
I've done 7 days this year and it's averaged ~£110 per day for the booking fees, 2.5 sets of Supercorsa scrubs at £100 a throw, £40 fuel there in van fuel and £25 for a tank and a half in the Trumpet each time. Then £50 odd for a couple of oil changes and some more for rattle cans and filler when I joined the Craner Club and £110 for some warmers. That's before buying a bike. I don't want to total that lot up, I'm too scared
...and that's with a mate driving his race van and me borrowing it a couple of times to go by myself, rather than trailering the bike or buying my own van.
So yes, it gets expensive. Having said all that, there's a few blokes who can just turn up on their road bikes, on road tyres and run mid fast group pace
Re: bike choice you'll have no problems on a 125 on small tracks. At the RAF Shawbury airfield day I did, an 11 year old on a little Honda Moto4 bike was all over me until the straights and at the likes of Mallory, Pembrey, Llandow and perhaps Cadwell you could just ride round the bigger bikes carrying epic corner speed. A 600, even a shonky old £800 CBR will be a better bet if you get properly into it though. ____________________ Triumph Daytona 675 track bike + girlfriend's Honda Hornet 600
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I am really surprised an L plater is allowed on track. I got refused years ago at Lydden. Did you tell them you only had a CBT? If so, this is quite interesting... |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 8 years, 164 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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