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I popped my cherry at Rockingham. Great fun.
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The rock. It's a short lap so you do the same corners more times. Also, the speed is slower so less intimidating if you are used to road riding.
It's probably a good idea to go with friends who are more experienced. Most people are very friendly though so you can usually just introduce yourself and people will look after you. Also, if there are instructors there, use them! They are great. Just take it steady! |
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If you're willing to travel and make a weekend of it (or a couple of days during the week), then Anglesey is the place to go. The facilities are pretty basic at the moment but the circuit is stunning.
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Llandow is the only other one I can think of that could be good - less than a mile long and all of about four corners (ok, so maybe not four, they lob a couple more in to make it interesting). One of those v.easy to learn, bit trickier to master courses. But it's miles away from Luton so the Rock is definitely the place.
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make sure it's a proper novice day for your first one - i went on one where it was split novice/pro, except the pro group was full so all the pro's just went in the novice group = I was literally the only novice on track, they were all ripping past me through the bends with knees down & a ducati nearly had me off. If it had been a proper novice group I reckon I'd have been in the middle because I'm not exactly slow... these guys were all on dedicated track bikes too. The ******s really spoiled it for me and I reckon it could have put me off if I was more easily intimidated.
Oh and it was at cadwell with massive elevations & the mountain - prolly not the best first track day for me.
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Yeah, Cadwell's not the eeasiest for your first TD, some interesting cambers, narrow, mountains, damp under the trees etc. But it's an awesome place once you get into it.
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