Ron Haslam Race School.

[paiste]

Has anyone ever been to this?
I have just got back and it was f***ing brilliant!!
I somehow managed to get an instructer to myself, he really taught me a lot about body position, hanging off cornering speed etc.
My bike was a CBR600rr and it felt bloody quick and light compared to the SV.http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj163/paiste75/Race%20school/chicane.jpgThis was from my 1st go round and my positioning is what's known in the trade as sh!t.
On my last session Ron and Leon were testing superbikes made me appreciate just how fast they ride. I thought I was going quite fast until they went past.:p
Got to save up for the next one now :-({|=.

[Lou M]

Looks good, I need to book onto this, must do for next years summer holidays or Mr Lou may stop talking to me!! Who was your tutor?

[paiste]

It seems that I can't post pictures correctly.
Sorry.:confused:

[fastdruid]

Looks good, I need to book onto this, must do for next years summer holidays or Mr Lou may stop talking to me!! Who was your tutor?

When I went and did it mine was Mark Davies - http://www.markdaviesracing.co.uk/

I'm tempted to go back and do the 'advanced' course.

Druid

[ThEGr33k]

I want to do this. Glad you liked it! Ill have to have a crack for sure.

Out of interest what was the dmg (cost)?

Cheers.

[paiste]

Looks good, I need to book onto this, must do for next years summer holidays or Mr Lou may stop talking to me!! Who was your tutor?

Chris Parry was his name, although he introduced himself as Gromit.
Real nice bloke.

The Advanced or "elite" course is on Fireblades they went round at a different time to the 600's.

[paiste]

I want to do this. Glad you liked it! Ill have to have a crack for sure.

Out of interest what was the dmg (cost)?

Cheers.

The premier course was £269. Sounds expensive but well worth every penny!
Didn't cost me anything though, was an anniversary present from my wife:D

[ThEGr33k]

Lucky git :p

Cool ill deffo get it sorted :D

[fastdruid]

Chris Parry was his name, although he introduced himself as Gromit.
Real nice bloke.

The Advanced or "elite" course is on Fireblades they went round at a different time to the 600's.

IIRC you can still do it on the 600's.

Druid

[KeithCRM]

Did it last Wednesday with my 15 yr old son, he did 125's and I did 600's.

Fantastic day! Although my son managed to fall off at the melbourne loop which cut his session short but at least he still had the car park stuff still to do.

My instructor was ex BSB Rider Keiran Clarke, nice bloke, good instructor. Got 1 to 1 instruction in 2nd & 3rd session as we lost my partner but he got picked up another instructor. they do try to even things out if your partners running at a different pace.

It's not cheap but will def go again next year

Picks are copied from on site phot man Keith Martin.

[paiste]

Did it last Wednesday with my 15 yr old son, he did 125's and I did 600's.

Fantastic day! Although my son managed to fall off at the melbourne loop which cut his session short but at least he still had the car park stuff still to do.

My instructor was ex BSB Rider Keiran Clarke, nice bloke, good instructor. Got 1 to 1 instruction in 2nd & 3rd session as we lost my partner but he got picked up another instructor. they do try to even things out if your partners running at a different pace.

It's not cheap but will def go again next year

Picks are copied from on site phot man Keith Martin.
Good photos
Out of interest. How long did the photo's take to arrive? I ordered the set of 5 as well.

[Foxy]

Pics look great :cool:, sounds like you had an awesome time and not too pricey either...

...might consider it myself once I have a bit more practice under my belt of normal every day riding :), once I get my bike back ;)

[KeithCRM]

Good photos
Out of interest. How long did the photo's take to arrive? I ordered the set of 5 as well.

Photo's arrived really quickly, rode on Wed, pictures arrived Friday. Well worth the £20

[KeithCRM]

Pics look great :cool:, sounds like you had an awesome time and not too pricey either...

...might consider it myself once I have a bit more practice under my belt of normal every day riding :), once I get my bike back ;)


Yep! it's a good day out, professionally done with good facilities (bacon butties, etc available). It can be a bit intimidating, all the bikes are out there together including the fireblades. I've been riding over 25 years but I was dead nervous until we got out on the bikes.


Got buzzed down the straight...... accelerating on the stop, an instructor comes flying past......... on the back wheel LOL

[carsounds_dan]

bacon butties!
where, how and i want mine now.....
I've been looking at doing something similar to be honest, i've always fancied some track time and think it would be a good way to get into trackdays, knowing that when you turn up to roll with the rest of the public you're not gunna get in EVERYBODIES way

[amnesia]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/amnesia_stokerockscene/Picture6.jpg

Oi Paiste!

Who said you could ride my bike? :D Smegging outrageous! Some people just take liberties.


I did the premier class a couple of weeks ago.


I was awesome...fast in every corner, fantastic lines. Rossi would have been hard pressed to keep pace.



=; ...yeah right....I was terrible!


It was like I had an alergy to the green apex cones. Having never been on a track before (and being a bit of a jessie) it was quite intimidating. Lots to think about mixed with a large dose of trying too hard.

I left feeling really disheartened with it all, having missed my performance expectations by a country mile.

However, the next day I started to realise what I had learnt, what is important when trying to be fast and smooth around a track and more importantly - how cool it actually was. I am definately going to go back next year and try it again - this time with nothing to worry about.

The photos arrived two days after the course, and show just how much I wasn't hanging off, even though at the time I felt like I was hanging off like a monkey!

[Blue_SV650S]

The photos arrived two days after the course, and show just how much I wasn't hanging off, even though at the time I felt like I was hanging off like a monkey!

Photos are excellent for just that, people can learn/improve so much by simply seeing pictures of themselves in action to put some measure/reference on what they were feeling ...

[amnesia]

Photos are excellent for just that, people can learn/improve so much by simply seeing pictures of themselves in action to put some measure/reference on what they were feeling ...


My thoughts exactly. It has nothing to do with ego or how sexy your butt looks in your leathers...until you look like a 'proper' racer with you knee slider leaving huge trials of magnessium sparks! :D :smt026

[fastdruid]

Photos are excellent for just that, people can learn/improve so much by simply seeing pictures of themselves in action to put some measure/reference on what they were feeling ...

Same with video, getting someone to video you round a corner is good as it allows you to see what you're doing.

OTOH as my wife found out you might see just how close you were to getting your knee down for the first time and be really annoyed you didn't!!

Druid

[fastdruid]

My thoughts exactly. It has nothing to do with ego or how sexy your butt looks in your leathers...until you look like a 'proper' racer with you knee slider leaving huge trials of magnessium sparks! :D :smt026

Not unless you ride in WSB and I think you'll find that's titanium and toe sliders!

Magnessium sliders would be rather dangerous!

Druid

[amnesia]

You don't get sparks off titanium do you?


I thought that Bayliss used magnessium toe sliders to get his sparks

[Blue_SV650S]

Not unless you ride in WSB and I think you'll find that's titanium and toe sliders!

Magnessium sliders would be rather dangerous!

Druid

My toe sliders are magnesium (alloy) ;)

{gogle-fu} ... here you go! 8)

http://www.cmcbikes.com/shop/images/1441fedb9ef45141f28.jpg

[fastdruid]

Eeek! Rather you than me.

Troy Bayliss wears Ti toe sliders though.

Druid

[Dangerous Dave]

I thought that Bayliss used magnessium toe sliders to get his sparks
He uses Titanium.