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Well, what can I say... AWESOME is the first word I will use! Snetterton was the venue yesterday and having only passed my test 4 months ago I was very nervous about taking to the track on the SV, but being a petrol head and having done a couple of car days in the past I thought, well, why not! First session was just about learning what its like to ride around a circuit, did ok, passed a couple of really slow people (one of whom was on a Hairnet...
![]() ![]() I cant believe how much I have learnt today about riding in general and also about how good the SV really is! It took 6x 20 minutes worth of total abuse all day and I rode it home like nothing had happened! Also I did the whole day on those apparently rubbish Metzeler Z4 tyres and although they have now been off the edge and are a bit boiled, they did not let me down or make me feel uneasy once! So to sum up, more track days are a must! If anyone is thinking of doing one, stop thinking and just do it!! ![]() Excuse the fashion disaster with the leathers, I had to borrow a friends one piece! ![]() Picture is copyright of Focused Events Ltd. ![]()
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Excellent!
My first participative track day* is coming up on 31st Aug at Silverstone! Bricking it and can't wait for it in equal measure! ![]() Now I just need to get around to fitting those R&Gs....... *I attended one earlier in the year at Mallory with my bro-in-law (who was riding) just to see what the crack was. |
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![]() ![]() nice one centurion. when i passed my instructor advised me to do a track day whenever i could and go one in at the end of july. it is indeed an amazing experience. glad yours went well too, the old SV is a mightily underestimated machine by many, tis very nimble. |
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Excellent...
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Skip...Nice one mate.looks like you did so well in your class,that you came first? you still have the winners flag stuck to you!
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Cheers Lol, hope you arent too sad that I have been hooning your old bike round a circuit!
![]() ![]() Yup, the only thing I have done to it since you sold it to me is to fit crash bungs (as yet and hopefully forever untested!!) ![]()
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