The Nurburgring - been round?

[beemer]

Have you tried the Nurburgring?
Went last year with 3 other bikes. totally awsome, and scared the crap out of me. Timed myself at 15mins. Only went round twice, cos I was gettin too confident. Had to keep an eye on my mirrors cos the fast cars come up quick, gotta keep over to the right hand side of the road, and watch for the carousel its an almost 360 corner! and its banked with rough concrete at the bottom of the banking. If you have not done it, it's a must!
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[Whosthedaddy]

Looks a monster of a track when on Top Gear.

No too bad in a car I imagine, but on a bike
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[NSR Mick]

Oh yes!!!

The Ring made me not want to ride fast on normal roads anymore. It has to be on everyones list of things to do before they die, I'm going again next year.

Heres me having done an SP1 and about to take a ZX6.

https://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/micklivesey/DSC_0214.jpg
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[TOM M]

Its something id love to do
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[niff5855]

is that the public road or the gp track??

I know of a trip going in the summer, but apparently they wont let you on with a loud can????

And its long isnt it? surely you dont get a chance to learn the track at all??

I'mm deffo up for some trackdays this year though
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[Rookie]

[beemer]

It is 13 miles long. It is a public toll road.
they will turn away loud cans, there are officials checking down the exhaust at the entrance gates. I saw a few bikes get told to turn round and leave the road. As for a practice.. every round is a practice.. you go as fast, or as slow as you wish..just keep to the right hand side of the road. It did/does seem daunting at first but you just go your own pace.
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[senna_f4]

[senna_f4]

The way to lap the ring;
https://www.afm.at/mpegs/nurburgring.mpg
A video of Helmut Dähne, Nordschleife motorcycle record holder 1983 on a stock RC30

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[EuropeanNC30R...]

They can stop you going on with a can, pretty rare though from what I can make out. While I was there my bike and plenty of others had race cans and nothing was made of it.

[NSR Mick]

I didnt have any bother with the noisy pipe, you just need to make sure you take it easy when within earshot of the start finish.
If going with a race can I would take a dbkiller of some description just in case as its a long way to go just to not be let on.
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

[NSR Mick]

[EuropeanNC30R...]

What did you think of the first set of corners? I always found them pretty tricky as my tyres were never warmed up properly. I wanted to properly crank it over but my brain was saying no.

[NSR Mick]

I nearly ended up on the gp track on my 1st couple of laps.
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[rodsco]

I did the ring last year and agree that this is something that everyone should do if the chance arises.

Going back this year for another lap (or two )
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[McGee]

How much does it cost ?
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[ajhutch]

i went around the ring last summer.
was unreal fun!
managed a 10min lap with a pillion on my 7R. she was loving it lol

would love to head back across this year but doubt i'll have the time
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[rodsco]

its approx £10 a lap
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[rodsco]

BTW, a good site for ring info is:

https://www.nurburgring.org.uk/

[Dark]

Its on my list of things to do, i've learnt the circuit on my PC, just need to put the knowledge to good use
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[fastyan]

last minute bank hoilday decision... i'm heading over there with three others this afternoon so can't wait

[Dark]

Bloody hell!! thats one hell of a last minute decision, good on yer mate!
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[fastyan]

yeah... we've been wanting to go for months... just actually never committed to a date - then decided what the hell... lol

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