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Bendy
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PostPosted: 23:24 - 13 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
90 mins away and all you need is to whip your mirrors off... just ride! It means you can go on the morning, and not worry about any traffic jams on the way. Smile

But otherwise... optional handlebar strappy thing @ £10 and 4 ratchet straps. Job's a goodun.

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BLOFLY 636
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PostPosted: 06:07 - 15 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
when strapping the front end down nice and tight is there any chance of doing the forks any harm? I am a bit worried now my bike feels a bit weird after riding it at the track then transporting it 200km home on a trailor and then a small road ride today but it's probably just trackday after effects on me hopefully Confused
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Zoffo
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PostPosted: 12:20 - 15 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Check these out
www.bikelug.co.uk

They fold up so you can put them in the boot of your car.
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jay12329
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PostPosted: 13:43 - 15 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
90mins isnt that bad, i ride to all my track days. Silverstone, snetterton and croft are all around 100miles away. All you need to do it take off/tape mirrors. I also tape up lights and number plate.
Prep takes about 5mins and most of that is finding where i put my tape!
Which cadwell date were you thinking about?
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Silver
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PostPosted: 22:02 - 15 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
jay12329 wrote:
90mins isnt that bad, i ride to all my track days. Silverstone, snetterton and croft are all around 100miles away. All you need to do it take off/tape mirrors. I also tape up lights and number plate.
Prep takes about 5mins and most of that is finding where i put my tape!


That's all well and good, and exactly what I've done for all my days thus far, but what happens if you bin the bike significantly enough so that it's unrideable?

When I was at Silverstone last October a bloke on a R6 ripped his engine casing off and he'd ridden down from Carlise! He had no way of getting back.
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Mr C
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PostPosted: 00:44 - 16 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
BLOFLY 636 wrote:
when strapping the front end down nice and tight is there any chance of doing the forks any harm? I am a bit worried now my bike feels a bit weird after riding it at the track then transporting it 200km home on a trailor and then a small road ride today but it's probably just trackday after effects on me hopefully Confused


nah

I race at 200mph with mine strapped down Wink
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Bendy
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PostPosted: 11:44 - 16 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Silver wrote:
what happens if you bin the bike significantly enough so that it's unrideable?


Same thing that happens if you do it on the road - you call your recovery company and get them to take it home for you.

Drag the wreck outside the gates of the circuit if need be and claim "trackday? what trackday? I was just riding past and lost it" Angelic
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Adam_P
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PostPosted: 12:34 - 16 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bendy wrote:


Drag the wreck outside the gates of the circuit if need be and claim "trackday? what trackday? I was just riding past and lost it" Angelic



Funny, a guy in a brand spanking new 911 once did that at Cadwell. Realised his insurance would cover it and got the recovery people in the circuit to cart it outside the gates and dump it in a ditch.

Job done. Laughing
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Silver
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PostPosted: 21:04 - 16 Mar 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Adam_P wrote:
Funny, a guy in a brand spanking new 911 once did that at Cadwell. Realised his insurance would cover it and got the recovery people in the circuit to cart it outside the gates and dump it in a ditch.

Job done. Laughing


Yeah, I've "heard" of insurance companies at track days watching vehicles though. Then you get done for fraud! Shocked Probably scare-mongering by the insurance companies though.
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