16/06/08 - The TVSF Track Day Experience

I have a few but they are very simliar to Nicks no won't post em..

Good pics though Nick

Link to pictures...
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...=1#post1540756

Nice pics!

It was a great day out and although my bikes a bit battered it was a good learning experience much better done on a track then a road. Good to see you all. Especially the ones I hadn't met before. Its always better to have actually meet the peeps you speak to on forums. I'll try and get out on a few more rides with you lot before the summer has passed and even maybe a make the journey to the Shire one Tuesday.

Did anyone else notice the fast and the inters got one more go more than us? I know our last go was 20 minutes long, but think it was bit cheeky...

Originally Posted by Dan_UK

Did anyone else notice the fast and the inters got one more go more than us? I know our last go was 20 minutes long, but think it was bit cheeky...

Yup I did. I'm quite sure they used the novices to make up lost time to ensure the other groups got the full 7 sessions. More than a cheek when you consider we had already lost a whole session.

I didn't notice but now you mention it. I wasn't very impressed by the way they ran it to be honest. One session less, one ended after a red flag on the first lap and the instructor farting about on the sighting laps. They also seemed to red flag every off which wasn't needed.

That said it was a blinding day!


Trip to Warwick afterwards was good and as well as luggage for the Trumpet I got a brake light thrown in for free and a cup of tea.

Think it was about 3:50pm when we started our 20 minute session.

So really it would of been fairer to give before novice groups there full 15 minutes, take us to 4:20pm. Then give all 4 groups a 10 minute session.

Originally Posted by Dan_UK

Think it was about 3:50pm when we started our 20 minute session.

So really it would of been fairer to give before novice groups there full 15 minutes, take us to 4:20pm. Then give all 4 groups a 10 minute session.

Agreed.. Some things could have been done better. Why did they red flag each session when someone left the track? Surely it should have been a yellow. If the rider is ok and the bike is in the litter or on the grass then they could wait till the session is over and then retrieve the bike. Fair enough, if the rider is hurt then stop the session and get the ambulance out.

Originally Posted by StreetHawk

Agreed.. Some things could have been done better. Why did they red flag each session when someone left the track? Surely it should have been a yellow. If the rider is ok and the bike is in the litter or on the grass then they could wait till the session is over and then retrieve the bike. Fair enough, if the rider is hurt then stop the session and get the ambulance out.

They tend to make a judgement on a case by case basis, if a bikes gone off into the litter, then another bike could come off at the same place and cause a worse accident than needed. They'll really only leave a rider out there if they're in a totally safe place.

The official pics are up..

http://www.trackdaydigitalimages.com...6-06-2008.html