Single most important mod for first trackday

[yorkie_chris]

It is kinda daft as just by not chamfering the base of the bung it could be made so much better.

Motosliders are about £20 cheaper too...

The old style R&G's are fine, but they don't sell them any more, so its Motosliders, or if you can get them I had GSK Moto sliders and they worked rather well.

i had dropped my bike 2 or 3 times and the r abd g done there job...im just saying in an actual crash they were ruined...i can only go by my own experience....im not nocking them per se!!!

[Biker Biggles]

Bear in mind it will be cold so sticky tyres will not work.Road rubber designed for cooler temps will be better.If you are a lightweight you probably dont need stiffer springs either,so how about a fork oil change and maybe an upgrade to slightly thicker oil for more damping?Otherwise just make sure everything is in good order and working as it should.Take a tyre pressure guage with you and make adjustments there to suit the conditions.

Most important thing is to make sure there's a mate available who has a car and a trailer just in case ( speaking from experience )

[fastdruid]

Fresh tyres and making sure everything is as it should be.

Really wouldn't worry about anything else for your first trackday although you may want to get crash bungs.

Druid

[northwind]

Definately crash bungs. And not R&Gs, I could forgive them not being very good if they weren't also too expensive Motosliders or GSG Moko.

Forks etc is only really worth doing if you're a big 'un or the bike's getting on a bit. Might be worth doing, but mainly I'd just say get what you have working as well as it can and leave it at that.

[yorkie_chris]

People forget fork oil is a service item.

[jambo]

Food & water in a backpack in the pits.

Make sure you keep hydrated and eat regularly so you don't get too worn out. if they bike's fine on the road it'll be ok on the track

Hi there guys, my first post on this forum but im in a similar position. Planning on a track day maybe next month. The brakes on my sv are rather rubbish but then they still overwhelm the suspension anyways so im not too concerned, having come off more modern kit its just a matter of adapting. Ill be bunging a brembo radial master cylinder on as i have one lying around in the garage, wont bother with stainless lines as ive never had a problem with sponginess... i prefer it personally. Plan on changing the fork oil this weekend as the dampings all but gone but the previous owner never changed it so im expecting it to be more like water when it comes out. Only other mod is im going to bung in some spacers to up the front preload - im a svelte 18 stone so it needs it! but i cant be bothered with going to b&q to get some pvc pipe so ive bodged some spacers out of coke bottles and caps... oh yeah... free stuff (pics to follow)