Oulton 27th / 28th Feb

[Yazza54]

Don't worry about it.

I think a few of us still had fun, just with the few freak/ridiculous accidents that occurred it kind of took the fun away and make it all feel a bit too serious, I hope no one was put off by that

[Tim85]

I can't wait for croft. Itl be my first outing on my track bike so steady away. Jazolis experiences kinda fill me with dread though. I think I might go over everything over and over again and hopefully no crazy weather/bike mishaps.
Glad everyone is ok though and nothing too serious happened.

How did moanybearns get on. Was this his first time south of the border? And everything was crazy

[clen666]

Biker's Nemesis said:

You will be OK at Croft if you take advice from me and put into practice what I say.

In all seriousness, any advice you could give would be great.

Edited by clen666 on Saturday 28th February 22:06

[theshrew]

Pretty annoyed I couldn't come today ive been looking forward to it but I seem to have grown the mother of all abscess in my mouth just didn't feel upto going out.

Glad to hear you all had a good time / are ok even with a few incidents.

[clen666]

The issue with the brakes has reminded me about a question I have:

My bike is currently on stands and the wheels don't spin freely as the brake pads are dragging on the discs.
Is this an issue that needs resolved or should it rectify itself after a run out?

[George29]

LoonR1 said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

ooo ya fker that made me jump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl6V09J3Qxg

I've seen that a few times now and I have two comments

1. As a positive, it didn't set on Fire

2. What the fk was the guy in front doing? One minute he's trying to run off the track at Hissy's. The next he's obsessively hugging the left hand white line.

I was thinking the same about the guy in front too. Very odd line into Knickerbrook.

At least it happened on a sighting lap, could have been a lot worse going up there on full chat. Not a place I'd like to come off.

[clen666]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Have you fitted different brake levers or pads recently. If not then don't worry because all brakes drag a little on bikes when the wheels are off the floor.

Nope, haven't touched 'em.

It will need a service soon so will get it looked over anyway. Just wanted to check it wasn't a massive issue beforehand.

[jasesapphy]

clen666 said:

The issue with the brakes has reminded me about a question I have:

My bike is currently on stands and the wheels don't spin freely as the brake pads are dragging on the discs.
Is this an issue that needs resolved or should it rectify itself after a run out?

Have you had the wheels off at all, friend managed to miss putting a space back in rear wheel and caused same issues

[moanthebairns]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Tim85 said:

How did moanybearns get on. Was this his first time south of the border? And everything was crazy

Oh yeah, I forgot about that fka.

The Miranda of PH.

That's my joke.

I'm just in, I'll post more and some videos and pics later as I've been aw ake for over 40 hours. Driven 600 miles in one day the most hellish gales and pissing rain I have ever seen, my shoulders locked, I've eaten that much co-codamol and acupan that I won't st for a week, my car is a tip and I'm utterly fked but that was simply the best day I have had riding a bike and I'd do it all again.

The first two sessions were a bit meh and I was glad I could only get a space in novice as I hadn't a clue where they circuit went. But once I remembered it i loved every second of it.

It's just an utterly awesome circuit. I can't believe how good the whole of it is. The elevation changes. The mixture of fast and slow corners. The feeling you get coming up a blind hill and it going light as you have it pinned whilst still trying to corner laughing in your helmet. I fking loved it. Utterly brilliant. Honestly just fking amazing. It was fking great. Even though I was still learning it i had the most fun I've had on track and wasn't going that quicK.

I'll be back. 100 percent. Loved it. Honestly it was that good. fk going to Knockhill every month like every other up here.

I'm going to bed with some painkillers And A box of twinkies.

[clen666]

No I haven't done anything with either wheels or callipers. The fact that the front and rear are the same made me think it was normal (or that both had a problem!).

I hadn't noticed it when riding, it was only because I've recently put it on paddock stands that I noticed.

[moanthebairns]

Oh and my trailer manged it up it 60-70 mph winds so thanks loon

[LoonR1]

moanthebairns said:

That's my joke.

I'm just in, I'll post more and some videos and pics later as I've been aw ake for over 40 hours. Driven 600 miles in one day the most hellish gales and pissing rain I have ever seen, my shoulders locked, I've eaten that much co-codamol and acupan that I won't st for a week, my car is a tip and I'm utterly fked but that was simply the best day I have had riding a bike and I'd do it all again.

The first two sessions were a bit meh and I was glad I could only get a space in novice as I hadn't a clue where they circuit went. But once I remembered it i loved every second of it.

It's just an utterly awesome circuit. I can't believe how good the whole of it is. The elevation changes. The mixture of fast and slow corners. The feeling you get coming up a blind hill and it going light as you have it pinned whilst still trying to corner laughing in your helmet. I fking loved it. Utterly brilliant. Honestly just fking amazing. It was fking great. Even though I was still learning it i had the most fun I've had on track and wasn't going that quicK.

I'll be back. 100 percent. Loved it. Honestly it was that good. fk going to Knockhill every month like every other up here.

I'm going to bed with some painkillers And A box of twinkies.

Glad to see you're still buzzing. You had a smile as wide as the Firth of Forth after the second session for the rest of the day.

I hope the bike was safe on the trailer after we tied it on for you.

[mckeann]

OP is on my to do list this year. Done it loads in a car, but never on a bike.

[SAS Tom]

http://youtu.be/kXZXEhNV_kk

That was my last session of the day. I'm now 7 seconds a lap quicker than I was on my first track day and feel more comfortable now than I did then.

Theres a few more videos on my YouTube channel as well if anyone is interested.

[clen666]

Going well Tom.

I know you said this is your second track day, but how long have you been riding on the road?

[SAS Tom]

That was my 4th day, my 2nd was last week. I've been riding on the road for 6 years now but honestly I'd say I've learnt loads more in the past 2 weeks than I have for a while now. I sort of got to a level on the road and didn't really progress for a while.

Oh and glad to see you got home ok MTB. It was pretty mental what you did!

Edited by SAS Tom on Sunday 1st March 14:42

[Fleegle]

4th trackday?? You're going bloody well mate.

Mckeann was on his third set of fairings by then

[LoonR1]

Fleegle said:

4th trackday?? You're going bloody well mate.

Mckeann was on his third set of fairings by then

[mckeann]

Jealousy is such an ugly trait Tony

[moanthebairns]

SAS Tom]Oh and glad to see you got home ok MTB. It was pretty mental what you did! [footnote]Edited by SAS Tom on Sunday 1st March 14:42[/footnote said:

Yes, it was rather stupid.

I left Falkirk last night at around 10:30pm thinking id get there for 2 and grab a 5 hour kip in the car, so id be bright and fresh for the day.

I started to get tired on the way down, so finished off a few red bulls. Big mistake.

I got there at 3am, and got let into the park. Took my painkillers and sleeping tablets, this is normally enough to send me to sleep within minutes. Nut, its no happening, fk you red bull. I started off in the front seat.



Then I moved to the back.

I'll be honest, it wasn't too uncomfortable, once I crawled into the fetal position and stuck my foot in the door compartment bin thing. It beats a weekend in the cells, at least there isn't a screw coming around every 45 minutes to make sure you're not dead. What oulton park does have though, is a security guard. A security guard who drives around the site when he's bored. The sound of the diesel engine wasn't a problem, it was the flashing orange beacon he had on top of the motor. I'm trying to sleep and every twenty minutes my car turns into a rave. At 6 I'm thinking, I really need a sleep that's 24 hours ive been up so take some more painkillers hoping that will do it. Nope, then 30 minutes later people started arriving making a hell of a racket. Why the fk do they start so early, I mean they get there, unload, then sit for a fking hour waiting!

anyway, I met loon, jazoli, Yazza etc and we got a awesome pit garage all to ourselves. Which was fking awesome.





it was utterly mobbed.



It was a bit iffy in the morning, wee bit drizzle, that horrible way where it doesn't want to make up its mind.
I spent the first few sessions trying to remember what way the track went as I hadn't watched videos of it and trying to wake myself up. Strange feeling having not ridden a bike in 5 months to going out on a track day, I was wobbling around like I was doing a cbt when getting noise tested, mind you that might have been due to the co-codamol.



One thing I was surprised at was just how many elevation changes there are. Some sections look flat on the tele with the bikes.

Once id learned which way the track went I loved it, it became a pain being stuck in novice as you never got a clear lap, and some peoples lines were scary, but it was still loads of fun.

I tried to get a kip at lunch but every ten minutes the tannoy guy would come on "would you please remove you're children for the pit wall" and other annoying messages would disturb me, or some tit revving his engine.

It started to rain at the end so I missed my last two session as I couldn't be arsed putting wets on then loading up myself.

The drive home was a nightmare, getting out was fine, but once I got to the lake district and sw Scotland the wind was howling at 60-70 mph, and the rain was lashing down. I could hardly see at times and I was utterly fked after almost 40 hours awake and a track day, it became grim with 5 hours of the trailer getting blown about.


eh, its really hard to capture wind and rain whilst driving on a motorway. But you get the idea.

But it was a good day and great to meet everyone. Everyone was really friendly and nice, even Loon, which was a surprise as he comes across as a bit brute on here, but he's as hard as the Sudoku in the Sun in the flesh, and really helpful and friendly. First time after a winter lay off ive went and done a track day. It sure gets you in the mood quicker than poodling around the streets or the odd 15 minute ride.

Oulton is great though, I loved it to bits, the facility, track and location is all great.