doing first track day 27 june

[ozzy r6]

as title says doing my first track day on the brands gp circuit anyone got any advice for me
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[TheDonUK]

beat everyone else, they say its not a race but it really is a race...
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[h00dwink]

Just enjoy yourself and go at your own pace mate, they're fucking amazing fun
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[MarJay]

Are you riding to the trackday or going in a van?
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[Frost]

Remember, yellow flag means there has been an accident and you should speed up to ensure you're as far away as possible when the police get there. Double waved yellows means everybody has to slow down to let you passed. Red flag means it's the final lap, last one to the finish line is a big girls blouse.
Apart from that it's just basically mario kart.

[MarJay]

Stop trolling the guy!

Read this OP:

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=57514
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[ozzy r6]

hi all i think were going up by car and hiring a bike thanks for reply

so coming last not good then lol try not to do that then
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[P.addy]

[Paxovasa]

[Frost]

That ron haslam race school is apparently alright. It's expensive and you don't get much track time but you get to use their bikes and you get some actual instruction and feedback. Might be worth considering it before your first track day as it least if you fuck up it's not your bike, and if you likely to fuck up they'll point it out to you. I've also known a few people buy all the gear all set to start doing track days or racing, do their first time and decide they don't like it!

[Slacker24seve...]

If you do take your own bike, take a van
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[ozzy r6]

well the story is that my girlfriend walked out on me after six years so the money i was saving to buy her a engagment ring is now going on a track day, i have been around before but never on a bike,

i'm doing the track day with no limits costing a £169 gp circuit and hiring the bike from pete which no limits put me on too £190 plus he said £30 for fuel.
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[mistergixer]

[Pete247]

Pete is a great bloke, I binned one of his R6 trackbikes up at Cadwell in 2007. He refused to take the excess for crashing the bike until I got out of hospital a month later and regularly phoned to see how I was doing on my recovery.

His bikes are well set up and bloody rapid.

My advice for your first bike trackday is do not underestimate how tired you are getting, you will be buzzing with adrenalin which will fool you. Probs a good idea to call it a day after the second to last session if you think you are tired.

Take bananas and nuts to snack on and lots of water to drink and have a blindingly good day!

[Old Git Racing]

[MarJay]

There is a lot of nonsense in this thread. Yet again. Its great how people with not much experience of trackdays like to answer these things.

Hiring a bike is the best option if you're worried about your own bike IMO. It has full support, the bike doesn't need to have the tyre pressures altered, or the mirrors removed, or stickier tyres put on or anything. The people hiring the bike will normally set up the suspension for you too.

A Trackday is NOT a race, and they are not in any way interchangeable. A race team will NOT hire you a bike. A track day organiser generally can arrange for bike hire.

The Ron Haslam race school is more of an 'experience' day and isn't a track day. I personally don't believe its worth doing a race school until you've done two or three trackdays. How do you know what you need to improve upon until you've ridden on track? The Ron Haslam school is widely considered to be inferior to other race schools such as the California Superbike School. They generally just tell everyone they are great at the end of the day. CSS is a more methodical approach but will be dull unless you've done a few trackdays in the past.

OP: Here's some genuine advice. Go, enjoy the day. Don't feel you have to ride faster than you are comfortable with. Thats all you need to know really. Most of the advice I'd normally give a newbie would be to do with bike prep, but being you're hiring that is irrelevant. You've got a lot less stress than most people do on their first day as you don't have to worry too much about the bike, or getting home if you crash or anything like that. Just go along, stay relaxed and most of all have fun!
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[ozzy r6]