The "official" Knockhill track day thread 2014

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Prof Prolapse said:

"All evenings are from 5.30pm to 8pm (including briefing) with the exception of September, which is 4.30pm to 7pm."

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

ok cool

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Glad I bought wets

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moanthebairns said:

leighz said:

that'll be me

3 places left if anyone wants to get in quick.....

what you riding/binning?

I think I must have cursed you!

cracking night, glorious weather, that said it wasn't without incident

leighz binned it and had to get a lift home

prolapse was politely told to put a bib on you're way to fking slow

and I now cant walk as ive fked my knee

im back next Monday, anyone fancy it

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have you got the bike back yet

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leighz said:

yeah - was very lucky - martin from ducati sorted me out with a lift for me and the bike - one of the vans had space and a very kind driver! Big thanks to them.

bits on order.....but not from suzuki - £452.80 for an end can.....ha ha.

Is the end can fked?

honestly, its binned now, depends how attached to it you are but to get that back on the road would be my priority.

use it until you can afford a second bike and keep that as a track slag

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Prof Prolapse said:

Glad it worked out in terms of getting home Leigh.

I'll sell you my bike for crack... It's awfully moreish.

ITS NEVER BEEN THRASHED!

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LEIGHZ

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

you can get photos of your day out see this topic for the link

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Prof Prolapse said:

You're not baiting me you wee gobste.

Price of doing your chain just doubled.

you're the YAZZA of the North

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hmmmm, id quite like to join you guys but I fear that I might get told to do one.

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v60marko said:

I just rebooked for the 26th May, I'm pretty sure it's going to pish it down. If it looks dry on the day I'll still do it though, providing they have spaces left. fking wk Scottish weather.

so you pulled out of Wednesday because it might rain? wtf man just get out there its only water.....today was meant to pish down and it was great. it was damp to start but dried up in no time

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v60marko said:

moanthebairns said:

so you pulled out of Wednesday because it might rain? wtf man just get out there its only water.....today was meant to pish down and it was great. it was damp to start but dried up in no time

Almost certainly will. Every forecast I looked at said rain or heavy rain. I'm all up for doing wet days but not on supercorsa's, I see little point in paying £100 to tip toe round a track for a few hours. Wets on wheels are next on my list.

was it cancelled tonight? I seen how wet it was and thought "hmmmm, ill fling my wets on and see if I can get an empty track maybe they will let me on" phoned up but couldn't get a hold of anyone then checked the site and it was taken off and there twitter feed had a foggy track with a sorry.

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gwm said:

Doing the morning session on the 10th. Will be my first trackday, and have the lofty ambition of riding it to the track and back as well!

best not tell you about the last guy from here who rode a gsxr 750 there for his first track day

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gwm said:

moanthebairns said:

gwm said:

Doing the morning session on the 10th. Will be my first trackday, and have the lofty ambition of riding it to the track and back as well!

best not tell you about the last guy from here who rode a gsxr 750 there for his first track day

He became a straight line hero and lived in infamy ever since?

no he was quite quick in the corners and binned it within 20 minutes.

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v60marko said:

moanthebairns said:

v60marko said:

moanthebairns said:

so you pulled out of Wednesday because it might rain? wtf man just get out there its only water.....today was meant to pish down and it was great. it was damp to start but dried up in no time

Almost certainly will. Every forecast I looked at said rain or heavy rain. I'm all up for doing wet days but not on supercorsa's, I see little point in paying £100 to tip toe round a track for a few hours. Wets on wheels are next on my list.

was it cancelled tonight? I seen how wet it was and thought "hmmmm, ill fling my wets on and see if I can get an empty track maybe they will let me on" phoned up but couldn't get a hold of anyone then checked the site and it was taken off and there twitter feed had a foggy track with a sorry.

Yeah man. It was cancelled.

weather I assume, rained off?

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good stuff, I forgot you had one coming up.

was it the whole day or just the morning, well done for still going out. Many would cancel or not bother going out when It rains up there.

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Looks wet, not great for your first time. pirelli angel tyres? how did you find them on the track in the wet?

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gwm said:

moanthebairns said:

Looks wet, not great for your first time. pirelli angel tyres? how did you find them on the track in the wet?

Y'know having now been out on the road in the dry, I think doing some track time in the wet has made me more confident how far I can lean and much smoother overall.

They are indeed. When I bought the bike they'd only just been put on. They were ok on track, but their profile is very square, meaning that they weren't very progressive when leaning over. I had Pirelli Diablos on my last bike and they were much better in the wet, even though they were a more sporty tyre. I think the Angels have been made quite hard for endurance reasons, meaning they never feel very grippy.

I'm up again on Sunday the 1st, id planned on going today but it was £190 for the day and I didn't think knockhill is worth that.

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gwm said:

moanthebairns said:

I'm up again on Sunday the 1st, id planned on going today but it was £190 for the day and I didn't think knockhill is worth that.

1st of June?

I agree about the £190, fair enough you "could" go out all day but for me that's a worse deal than planned sessions.

Bmw day on the Sunday, 3 groups 20 minutes sessions £129 or something, I got it for £100

Have to agree, I'm intermediate maybe bottom end of advance group and going out with racers and people who have been riding there for years becomes tiresome on such a small track.

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http://www.metcheck.com/UK/dayforecast.asp?day=3&a...

you doing the intro night on Thursday v60 marko

looks wet, not having much luck

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oooooooh sun's coming out just in time for your day.

I'll try to make it up tonight to say hi.