BP meet / Nurburgring peeps PART 2!!

Originally Posted by G

Nice to me you matt and the other two guys you brought, who I dont think are on the forum

Cheers, good to meet you too, Steve and his Dad aren't on the forum, haven't spoken to him since Saturday but I assume they had a good time going down to Matlock. I think Steve felt a little out of his comfort zone chasing two SS600's on his GS500F!

Originally Posted by G

Was a scorching day, couldnt have asked for better weather really.

Agreed, it was spot on! I was pretty sweaty by the time I got home!

Originally Posted by G

Figured out that when my knee is down I still have about .5mm to the edge of the tyre as I have consistent molten lines, so i can lean off a little less now if I want to completely ilimenate my strips of chicken lol

Haha! On the second loop I noticed you grinding your knee away a few times. I didn't get the knee down on Sat, I think I was going in to corners about 5mph slower than you, being a new road and all and I was pretty close but not quite there . I have to lean quite a bit to get my knee down cos my leathers are quite tight and I don't have very long legs! Out of interest, what group do you ride in when you do trackdays? The pace on Sat was certainly hot enough for me!

Cheers,
Matt

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Originally Posted by cartwrim

Cheers, good to meet you too, Steve and his Dad aren't on the forum, haven't spoken to him since Saturday but I assume they had a good time going down to Matlock. I think Steve felt a little out of his comfort zone chasing two SS600's on his GS500F!

I felt that I didnt want to go to quick and put anyone off or cause an accident with people trying to keep up. Its one of those things when riding in a group you dont know, it hard judging how comfortable other riders are.

Originally Posted by cartwrim

Agreed, it was spot on! I was pretty sweaty by the time I got home!

I had to peel my damn leathers off thought I was stuck in them lol

Originally Posted by cartwrim

Haha! On the second loop I noticed you grinding your knee away a few times. I didn't get the knee down on Sat, I think I was going in to corners about 5mph slower than you, being a new road and all and I was pretty close but not quite there . I have to lean quite a bit to get my knee down cos my leathers are quite tight and I don't have very long legs! Out of interest, what group do you ride in when you do trackdays? The pace on Sat was certainly hot enough for me!

Cheers,
Matt

I always go into Novices at the moment, and sometimes felt really held up on the sv in corners as I was always stuck behind people, would always pass people coming out of corners then get overtaken again before the next corner by the same IL4's that couldnt do corners but blasted by on the straights.

But then other times I feel the slowest in Novices and everyman and his dog has a dedicated track weapon, sometimes it feels like they are only in Novice because every other group was full which I think is out of order. Depends on the the company organising the day.

I havnt done a day on the CBR yet but feel much quicker on it, so will do a couple more days in the Novice group then think about trying intermediate.

Should arrange to get one done at somepoint, Mallory and Donington arnt far from you if you fancy it? I'm skint trackday wise until I get back from Holiday on the 7th September if you fancy one in September?

Originally Posted by G

Should arrange to get one done at somepoint, Mallory and Donington arnt far from you if you fancy it? I'm skint trackday wise until I get back from Holiday on the 7th September if you fancy one in September?

I would love to do one . I almost booked myself to go to Rockingham a couple of weeks ago with gixxerjunkies but I didn't go in the end cos I was a bit worried about if I binned it and then had nothing to go to Germany on! But once that trips out of the way I would definitely like to do one - September sounds good, gives me a bit of time to put some money away for it. Mallory or Donington would be good for me.

IIRC they are starting the revamp at Donny later in the year - not sure when though

Originally Posted by G

I'm skint trackday wise until I get back from Holiday on the 7th September if you fancy one in September?

too skint to come to the ring?

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Originally Posted by cartwrim

I would love to do one . I almost booked myself to go to Rockingham a couple of weeks ago with gixxerjunkies but I didn't go in the end cos I was a bit worried about if I binned it and then had nothing to go to Germany on! But once that trips out of the way I would definitely like to do one - September sounds good, gives me a bit of time to put some money away for it. Mallory or Donington would be good for me.

IIRC they are starting the revamp at Donny later in the year - not sure when though

I have never been to rockingham and quite fancy the national circuit so thats an option as well if you were considering it.

There is alot of speculation about the change at donington, the track will be one of the last bits to be upgraded though, apparently starting with the general facilities first.

Originally Posted by hovis

too skint to come to the ring?

Sadly I'm definately to skint for that at the moment. I have a holiday at the end of august and spending money to find.....then apparently its my girlfriends birthday at some point this month I wish I could.......if its arranged again next year then I would like too.

this is the forth year its happened, so i would think there will be one next year........... a few of my mates wanted to come this year, but there was not enough room and a lack of funds

Originally Posted by G

....if its arranged again next year then I would like too.

I've got a feeling it might be