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Originally Posted by Spiderman
Hell no. I dont go on a trackday to show off to anyone. Last trackday, i got overtaken by pretty much everybdy in my group, the inters, including the girls.
Seriously Kellyjo, its a great chance to safely push yourself and your bike to the limits that you feel safe to go to.
Trackdays are not a race but a safe enviroment to get familair with your bike. Dont listen to the heros who go to get rid of their chicken strips or fools like me who spend the whole day attempting the elusive knee down. Its for you to enjoy at your own pace. The safety comes from the fact that if you do drop it then at least you dont have a bus/truck/van/coming the other way to squish you.
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Well said spiderman, it's *not* a race, there are no prises for being fastest and certainly none for not warming your tyres up, binning it at the old hairpin on the out lap and breaking your collarbone[1]...<ahem> Well unless you count morphine and a trip to Louth hospital to be a prise!
But seriously, *ALWAYS* go at *your* pace, do not be dragged in to going faster than you are happy with, ride normally and you'll be fine. No one cares if you are the fastest or for that matter the slowest, there will *always* be someone faster than you and likely people slower than you too[2].
Druid
[1] Helpfull hint: Louth barmaids aren't interested unless you have metalwork.
[2] Well unless you are Rossi or Clarkson