The "official" Knockhill track day thread 2014

[moanthebairns]

leighz said:

I'll be there to pop my trackday cherry. Not sure when - probs not warm enough to be fun until april at the earliest.

If there's a consensus on a date then I'll go for that.

Why are the open days twice the price of the 'full' days (novice/inter/fast groups)?

full days consist of 7 or 8 20 minute sections in which you are out on the track in a novice, intermediate or advance group of your choosing

open day your allowed out for the whole day if you wish but your riding with all classes at the same time on the track.

[Prof Prolapse]

I'll do the Open novice night if they put one up. Leighz you should come on that one mate. It's geared to people who have done 3 or less trackdays.

[fatherted]

Any advice for a 1st timer
A mate and I have decided to give track days a go, Knockhill being the track of choice.
I've got most of the gear but I'm not sure about leathers, do you need one piece or will 2 piece suffice.
are there any days for complete novices. I've been riding for a while but never given track days a thought.

thanks

[moanthebairns]

fatherted said:

Any advice for a 1st timer
A mate and I have decided to give track days a go, Knockhill being the track of choice.
I've got most of the gear but I'm not sure about leathers, do you need one piece or will 2 piece suffice.
are there any days for complete novices. I've been riding for a while but never given track days a thought.

thanks

Two piece leathers allowed aslong as they zip around the front

Knockhill run intro track nights as prolapse has said

Just go at your own pace

And Just don’t ride anything you cant afford to bin

you'll be nervous as hell the first few times but dont be there is a lot of cock measuring at track days and very few are actually decent. you wont be the worst as prolapse will be there.

[Dare2Fail]

moanthebairns said:

. you wont be the worst as prolapse will be there.

[moanthebairns]

http://trackdays.knockhill.com/bike-trackdays.php

lots more dates up

intro is up for two dates...

[Davie_GLA]

moanthebairns said:

Two piece leathers allowed aslong as they zip around the front

Knockhill run intro track nights as prolapse has said

Just go at your own pace

And Just don’t ride anything you cant afford to bin

you'll be nervous as hell the first few times but dont be there is a lot of cock measuring at track days and very few are actually decent. you wont be the worst as prolapse will be there.

I think this would be my dilemma. Sure i read somewhere that you can hire bikes at knockhill?

[moanthebairns]

news to me....

[Dare2Fail]

Davie_GLA said:

I think this would be my dilemma. Sure i read somewhere that you can hire bikes at knockhill?

Depends who is running the track day I think. Years ago Focussed Events used to have trackdays at Knockhill (not sure if they still do) and they would let you hire bikes from them.

[leighz]

Prof Prolapse said:

I'll do the Open novice night if they put one up. Leighz you should come on that one mate. It's geared to people who have done 3 or less trackdays.

Sounds good to me.

moanthebairns said:

full days consist of 7 or 8 20 minute sections in which you are out on the track in a novice, intermediate or advance group of your choosing
open day your allowed out for the whole day if you wish but your riding with all classes at the same time on the track.

Think open day will be fun of banzai nutters and I'll just get in the way. So - an evening, half day or 'full' day novice stylee sounds like a goer.

Sat 12th Apr full day
Wed 30th Apr - Intro Night
Sat 10th May - morn
Mon 6th May - Intro Night

Now - whether to book in advance or wait and see what the weathers up to? Don't mind cold but would rather not do 1st one in the wet

[Prof Prolapse]

S'up to you mate. It's not just about the tenner it guarantees a place. I've booked just the one for now (1st June) as It's a good motivator to actually go.

[moanthebairns]

Wets not an issue for me I enjoy the wet...cold, no! sooner go out in pissing rain than in the cold on cold tyres

[moanthebairns]

http://trackdays.knockhill.com/trackday.php

should the end of march be ok i think im going to book up for this one...

however if march is a blizzard and the temperature isnt punching just below 10 degrees ill not bother

any takers?

[leighz]

full day 30th march?

yes - but I probably wouldn't book it until I knew the weather wasn't going to be freezing and 'orrible. April has the lowest rainfall in this part of the world. Oddly.

[moanthebairns]

if your worried about riding in the rain its obviously best not to book until the day and show up.

Saying that Ive booked well in advance, checked the forecast its came back as clear for the whole week, it gets to the day. Ive went to work and the sun has been splitting the sky's. 5pm looms and all of a sudden, thunderstorm.

You really cannot predict the weather at knockhill at all.

if it rains shortly before or during your two hour session your riding in the wet.

if it rains during the whole day session you can do what many do and wait for others to go out and dry the track up (when its a bit windy it drys in an hour easy).

of course it is scotland so i can rain all day.

try not to get too worried about riding in the rain and work yourself up about nothing. I was bricking it the first time I went out in the rain and enjoyed it loads. just stay smooth and stay off the kerbs

[moanthebairns]

http://www.ducatiglasgow.co.uk/latest/knockhill_tr...

These might be worth a consider leighz, i went to one at the end of the year found it a pleasant experience, mostly.

The guys running were really welcome and friendly really made you feel at ease even though I never had a ducati, being a novice I was a bit nervous having only clocked up maybe 2 hours track time.

The carpark was full of trailers with 848’s, 1198’s, 748’s getting wheeled out, I got even more nervous when I was one of just a few that put their hand up as a novice. I thought I was going to get mullered going out on a 15 year old zx6r with super corsas in the pissing wet.

Everyone talking about setups or tracks they had ridden recently etc before in their own wee group.

I felt like going home to be honest.

Soon as you got out though the pace was fine, the novice section was piss slow within a lap id cleared the group and was even passing the guys “advanced” section and im fking pish!!!! No seriously Im fking pish! The guys in the wets did muller me though.

Some never even went out because it was raining, some only did a few laps.

A few did kinda look down on you though I felt, I had came in to setup a few things on the bike that were niggling me and was about to head out, you’d ask if the conditions were better or worse to some that just came in and they kinda blanked you. I don’t know if it was the orange bib stigma or if it was because i showed up on essentially a shed with tax and mot that I was riding home or if I just wasn’t part of the club. It was very un-bike, kinda like the car scene, you were judged on the price of your transport rather than your friendliness and ability.

But a lot were really nice, you’d share a few fags and a laugh. I suspect the BMW day me and prolapsed are going to will be like that.

Be worth booking up for that, good price for a open session

[Prof Prolapse]

I might head the 18th April one.

Has anybody got a van in case I need taken home in pieces?

[moanthebairns]

I was going to ask that too....

[Ritchie335is]

I have an estate, so if you're going to do it, do it properly and we can just sweep up the bits.

[leighz]

moanthebairns said:

http://www.ducatiglasgow.co.uk/latest/knockhill_tr...
These might be worth a consider leighz, i went to one at the end of the year found it a pleasant experience, mostly.

these look like great value - can't do the April 18th sadly

moanthebairns said:

The carpark was full of trailers with 848’s, 1198’s, 748’s getting wheeled out, I got even more nervous when I was one of just a few that put their hand up as a novice. I thought I was going to get mullered going out on a 15 year old zx6r with super corsas in the pissing wet.

Wasn't long ago I was on a G2 zx6r - fantastic bikes.

Sooooo - whaddya reckon - total noob on a BMW open day with all those panzers flying round? I might do the intro night Wed 30 Apr first