as much as i like going out on my own (stop where i like go where i like) i enjoy going out with better riders not to much better mind :smile: i am my own worst critique and like to be pushed. i should find time and a cheep bike for track days.
That's the thing for me....if I did a track day.... 1. I crash whatever I took - im sure of it, and that would be the end of it. 2. If I didn't id eat a set of tyres....can only just about afford decent tyres now! 3. If I went the track bike route - that would invite a whole other set of costs...trailer/van all the stuff to go with it....not got the money for that.... 4. With a family id get out once maybe twice a year....maybe even if that... Sunday cost me 40 quid in total and I was out for the whole day and got some really good riding in. Now I know that accidents do happen but I think that can be lessened by a whole host of things.... 1. Being a biker for the last 25 odd years makes you read the road ahead a whole lot more (I think all of us can agree on that) 2. Slowing up for junctions. 3. in this case knowing the route (he did and it helped - ie speed cameras) 4. Being a responsible adult in and around built up areas....ie not riding like a twat in towns and villages, doing the speed limit or below and keeping the bike quiet/least amount of throttle possible...and TBH its a nice rest from coming in from open countryside. I think I would eventually get to a track bike scenario but when my kids have grown up and aren't so dependant...
got this place near by. my nephew and his mates rented it for six months. they do rally. i had the opportunity to take a bike down. a. to busy but making progress on that count. and b. i really cant afford to drop this bike. Secret Scotland - RAF Machrihanish
When you mention wales, a top place to visit is the ponderosa cafe (The Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen LL20 8DR). Don't eat anything from ace-cafe they use the cheapest quality food going. Even a cuppa tea is shite
It sounds like im going to regret going to the ace - but I have to go just the once to see what its like - although the weather is starting to turn...in fact....why the fuck do they do things like this?...like hold bike shows in November for example....
I disagreed because it's not guaranteed you will drop your bike!! Do you crash every time you go out?! I bet you rode faster with far more risk the last time you went out... If you don't want to do it, that's fine. Just don't kid yourselves it's for any reason other than you don't want to
i do but i dont. :smile:. not enough to wreck my bike anyhoo. coming of is never far from my mind when i am out i can only imagine it would be more likely if i wasn't worrying about whats round the next corner. i can still remember what i was like when i didn't worry about these things. and me knee still hurts from back then and that was on smaller bikes. i know i know. big pussy. :smile:
for me its cost and time more than anything else.....cost because I could possibly waste the cost of a bike, racing in one year and time because when I do get time to myself its few and far between (literally a few hours or an afternoon once every 4 - 6 months.... I think next year ill do some sort of schooling type thing but rent the bike....id love a go on a panigale - which is what I think css use..! No youre right - I don't crash everytime I go out...quite true but then the surroundings aren't the same and the dynamic is different....im more likely to go for it on a race track than I am on the road....on sunday I was riding within my limits....I was round the top of my limits but within...I felt comfortable and didn't feel like I was taking any chances. I think if I were on a track that would go out of the window... On sunday I didn't feel like I had to "get in front of the lad in front of me" - I was happy to stay behind and find my own flow, as it were, and just enjoy my own bike at my own speed.
Nothing pussy about it Just I hear the same quite a bit and (other than one occassion when a bike dumped its oil in front of a mate) it never happens ime. It's a shame to deprive yourself of something you want to do based on a fear with minimal risk
No - I don't think I would...I would feel instantly under pressure I think....I prefer to ride on my own if possible (but sunday with the two of us was really good). As I say I think id like the tuition route to get me better on the road...the zed needs a rear shock before I do anything remotely brave on that...its pretty rubbish!
Sounds like an ARD, On sunday I didn't feel like I had to "get in front of the lad in front of me" - I was happyto stay behind and find my own flow, as it were, and justenjoy my own bike at my own speed.
