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15-08-09, 05:40 PM

Find a track near you and do it as soon as you can. You'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. Some circuits offer evening sessions if you want to try it without the big financial outlay. If you want to, treat it as a day on some brilliantly surfaced roads, with everyone going in the same direction on bikes, so no cars buses and the like, and some lovely helpful people there to wave flags at you if the road gets a bit slippery. This means that if you want to (and you probably won't) you can ride at the pace you normally do on the road and just use it as a chance to practice a variety of corners

Ride at your own pace, don't worry how you look, and all track days that I know of offer instruction on the day. Novice track sessions and track days are just that: they are for novices. This includes you even if you've only just passed your test the day before and get your new bike what you have never ridden delivered to the track!

Alternatively there are a few people offering circuit based training, such as... erm... Circuit Based Training and the California Superbike School. They tend to be pricier though. There's also the Ron Haslam Race School, but having done it I'd say do a few track days first, then decide if you want to do something that focused on going quick, coz it's £300 or so.

Hope that helps.

15-08-09, 05:40 PM	#9
Bear Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Novice track sessions Find a track near you and do it as soon as you can. You'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. Some circuits offer evening sessions if you want to try it without the big financial outlay. If you want to, treat it as a day on some brilliantly surfaced roads, with everyone going in the same direction on bikes, so no cars buses and the like, and some lovely helpful people there to wave flags at you if the road gets a bit slippery. This means that if you want to (and you probably won't) you can ride at the pace you normally do on the road and just use it as a chance to practice a variety of corners Ride at your own pace, don't worry how you look, and all track days that I know of offer instruction on the day. Novice track sessions and track days are just that: they are for novices. This includes you even if you've only just passed your test the day before and get your new bike what you have never ridden delivered to the track! Alternatively there are a few people offering circuit based training, such as... erm... Circuit Based Training and the California Superbike School. They tend to be pricier though. There's also the Ron Haslam Race School, but having done it I'd say do a few track days first, then decide if you want to do something that focused on going quick, coz it's £300 or so. Hope that helps.