Brno - No Limits Trip - Well that was fun ...
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Hi all
Thought I'd do a little write up of my trip last week .....
Flew into Prague on the Sunday, got to Brno late afternoon, signed on, no drama ..... the bikes had all arrived safely and we had proof from NL ...
Roll on Monday morning and NL have kindly reserved my lot the two garages closest the tea urn and the tyre man ... right result ..... although bikes were as far away from the garages as they could be lol .... so ying and yang ...
Monday was great fun, we had an ex senior CSS coach come out with us for the trip as he is a mate and launching his own coaching company www.hpc.bike so I spent the day with him, working on all sorts from sight lines, reference points, body position, throttle control etc etc was a very fruitful day as found myself quicker and smoother and carried that into days 2 and 3.
Monday saw a few bikes die, including the first causalty in our garage, an R1 that decided to lunch its rear wheel bearings and spindle .. we did try and fix it and the old school tools came out ....
There were a number of other bikes that got thrown at the scenery on day one including an R6 that ran the rest of the trip 'streetfightered' and a Panigale that was truly mullered .....
The next two days saw some great riding, good fun and usual shenanigans and banter in the various bars and restaurants of Brno, not forgetting the awesome ice cream sundae shop .......
Also end of day three one of my mates was on the 5pm flight out of Brno so he left me the keys to his 1299S so I played on that for teh afternoon, ridiculous weapon, built by JHP as a race bike, race shift, quickshifter up and down the box, traction and wheelie control ... was ballistic compared to my 14 year old 999R, and looked pretty too ....
All told a fantastic trip, had a laugh singing in the bar with McKean, was great to meet Moto Traxport and generally see a few of the now familiar NL faces .....
Only downer was the twunt on the rental CBR6 that tried to T Bone me the last afternoon whilst I was on a mates 899, absolute cock jockey, feedback was provided .....
I think I have put on about a stone in wings, ribs, ice cream and beer .....
If you've not done one of these trips I'd strongly recommend it .....
Dibs
Thought I'd do a little write up of my trip last week .....
Flew into Prague on the Sunday, got to Brno late afternoon, signed on, no drama ..... the bikes had all arrived safely and we had proof from NL ...
Roll on Monday morning and NL have kindly reserved my lot the two garages closest the tea urn and the tyre man ... right result ..... although bikes were as far away from the garages as they could be lol .... so ying and yang ...
Monday was great fun, we had an ex senior CSS coach come out with us for the trip as he is a mate and launching his own coaching company www.hpc.bike so I spent the day with him, working on all sorts from sight lines, reference points, body position, throttle control etc etc was a very fruitful day as found myself quicker and smoother and carried that into days 2 and 3.
Monday saw a few bikes die, including the first causalty in our garage, an R1 that decided to lunch its rear wheel bearings and spindle .. we did try and fix it and the old school tools came out ....
There were a number of other bikes that got thrown at the scenery on day one including an R6 that ran the rest of the trip 'streetfightered' and a Panigale that was truly mullered .....
The next two days saw some great riding, good fun and usual shenanigans and banter in the various bars and restaurants of Brno, not forgetting the awesome ice cream sundae shop .......
Also end of day three one of my mates was on the 5pm flight out of Brno so he left me the keys to his 1299S so I played on that for teh afternoon, ridiculous weapon, built by JHP as a race bike, race shift, quickshifter up and down the box, traction and wheelie control ... was ballistic compared to my 14 year old 999R, and looked pretty too ....
All told a fantastic trip, had a laugh singing in the bar with McKean, was great to meet Moto Traxport and generally see a few of the now familiar NL faces .....
Only downer was the twunt on the rental CBR6 that tried to T Bone me the last afternoon whilst I was on a mates 899, absolute cock jockey, feedback was provided .....
I think I have put on about a stone in wings, ribs, ice cream and beer .....
If you've not done one of these trips I'd strongly recommend it .....
Dibs
More photos here, on and off track, its an FB link but you don't need an FB account ...
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Sounds like you had a fantastic time too.
I saw the R1 trying to be fixed, I walked past heading to the loo and someone was knocking s
t out of it with a claw hammer, he didn't look best pleased, then when coming back past the grinder was in action!! Shame he never got it fixed, mate of mine had similar luck with his R6, started by losing the front sprocket nut, managed to get one from the local Yamaha dealer, got it all fixed then the next lap out he had engine problems that ended his trip on his bike.
Apparently the two guys that had the fast off into turn 1, were both alright with only minor injuries. The same couldn't be said for their bikes though.
I saw the R1 trying to be fixed, I walked past heading to the loo and someone was knocking s
t out of it with a claw hammer, he didn't look best pleased, then when coming back past the grinder was in action!! Shame he never got it fixed, mate of mine had similar luck with his R6, started by losing the front sprocket nut, managed to get one from the local Yamaha dealer, got it all fixed then the next lap out he had engine problems that ended his trip on his bike.Apparently the two guys that had the fast off into turn 1, were both alright with only minor injuries. The same couldn't be said for their bikes though.
MrGman said:
Sounds like you had a fantastic time too.
I saw the R1 trying to be fixed, I walked past heading to the loo and someone was knocking st out of it with a claw hammer, he didn't look best pleased, then when coming back past the grinder was in action!! Shame he never got it fixed, mate of mine had similar luck with his R6, started by losing the front sprocket nut, managed to get one from the local Yamaha dealer, got it all fixed then the next lap out he had engine problems that ended his trip on his bike.
Apparently the two guys that had the fast off into turn 1, were both alright with only minor injuries. The same couldn't be said for their bikes though.
Glad you had a good trip ...I saw the R1 trying to be fixed, I walked past heading to the loo and someone was knocking s
t out of it with a claw hammer, he didn't look best pleased, then when coming back past the grinder was in action!! Shame he never got it fixed, mate of mine had similar luck with his R6, started by losing the front sprocket nut, managed to get one from the local Yamaha dealer, got it all fixed then the next lap out he had engine problems that ended his trip on his bike.Apparently the two guys that had the fast off into turn 1, were both alright with only minor injuries. The same couldn't be said for their bikes though.
Our R1 rider wasn't too disappointed, he spent most the trip riding another friends Aprilia RSV4R, one of the advantages of having 20 people out is there is always a bike to ride ....
Had a chat with one of the 2 S1000RR riders at Sundays pick up, he was fine and trying to work out what was salvagable, it didn't look any better in Swindon and took four people to drag it into the back of a van !!!
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