Oulton 27th / 28th Feb
Discussion
moanthebairns said:
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 f
king 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.
shut up, I did say how awesome it was yesterday. king 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. f
k going to Knockhill every month like every other up here. And everyone was impressed, actually that's too strong a word, they didn't think my fairings were as bad as it could have been considering I done them in the woods. Or they were just being nice.
Fleegle said:
Alex - I would be a bit concerned about sharing a track with a junkie
They are on prescription for my shoulder. I'd say it'd be far, far, far worse sharing a track with people who have had a session or two the night before after a euro day than a guy who has built up a decent tolerance to these after being on them for a year and a half, they are effectively like capol for me now.Fleegle said:
Why didn't you leave earlier and book into a B&B? Or even hire a van and have a blow up bed in the back.
It's got to be better than going into a new track feeling jaded??
I had the football till 10. Renting a hotel wasn't an option because I was going to arrive so late.It's got to be better than going into a new track feeling jaded??
Its one of those things that you don't know what its gonna be like till you try it. Mckeen said after driving to croft and back in one day, leaving at 4 he wouldn't do it again. I now know what he means.
SAS Tom said:
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.
How do you upload it onto youtube?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.
I picked a video of mines to upload and its taking 200 minutes
moanthebairns said:
Fleegle said:
Why didn't you leave earlier and book into a B&B? Or even hire a van and have a blow up bed in the back.
It's got to be better than going into a new track feeling jaded??
I had the football till 10. Renting a hotel wasn't an option because I was going to arrive so late.It's got to be better than going into a new track feeling jaded??
Its one of those things that you don't know what its gonna be like till you try it. Mckeen said after driving to croft and back in one day, leaving at 4 he wouldn't do it again. I now know what he means.
I remember doing Cadwell on my Laverda one Monday. Travelled down to my parents in Grimsby early on the Saturday morning, went out and had a weekend on the razz and set off early Monday to get to Cadwell, only 15 miles so no big deal.
I went over the bars on the 2nd session but managed to complete the day, then set off for London. It pissed it down halfway distance and I got through the door completely knackered about 10. By this point my legs had started turning black from my off and I had been working out the cost of the damage, which hurt more than my legs
A week later 2 speeding tickets dropped on the doormat
moanthebairns said:
I had the football till 10. Renting a hotel wasn't an option because I was going to arrive so late.
Its one of those things that you don't know what its gonna be like till you try it. Mckeen said after driving to croft and back in one day, leaving at 4 he wouldn't do it again. I now know what he means.
Only because of you whining in my ear. Its one of those things that you don't know what its gonna be like till you try it. Mckeen said after driving to croft and back in one day, leaving at 4 he wouldn't do it again. I now know what he means.
And also, re packing the van at 4am wasn't ideal
Jazoli said:
He was, where's the clip of you and that Ducati going either side of me through cascades Tom? found the others of you passing me, at least twice 
That was the session I forgot to put the camera on! I've found it on your video though, I'm impressed that it nearly looks like I know what I'm doing. It actually looks like it went better than I had planned.http://youtu.be/kXZXEhNV_kk
Look to the right hand side just after 3:10.
SAS Tom said:
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!
Ah yes, my mistake.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
That's why I'm looking forward to getting out on track, I still have lots to pick up from road riding, but would feel more confident pushing the bike on track.
moanthebairns said:
How can yous upload videos so quick. I have 50 meg broadband and it's taken hours.
Not a clue, I'm just about competent enough to click upload on YouTube then leave it to do it's job. Whether it's quick or not is down to forces I can't control.It was properly s
t this morning though and I had to redo one of the videos about 8 times. For whatever reason I can't watch the videos on my pc because doesn't play properly, I have to upload them if I want to watch them.moanthebairns 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.
Good write up and glad you enjoyed it. Also glad your bike survived the journey home, it was probably a lot safer the way we tied it down compared to the way it arrived. Remember to use those photos to show you how to do it next time and cut some of the fabric off those ratchet straps if you don't need it. 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, f
k 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 f
k 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 f
king 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 f
ked 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.
clen666 said:
Does anyone have photos of how it arrived?
No, but the best description would be that the bike was attacked by a group of first year schoolkids armed with lots of silly string. There must've been 50 metres of fabric and at least 8 ratchets traps tied to every conceivable point, yet the bike still moved about on its own.
http://youtu.be/cVjyEc1qsyA
it worked, think its my 3rd or 4th session it took 5 hours. fk doing anymore.
it worked, think its my 3rd or 4th session it took 5 hours. f
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