Nurburgring 21st-22nd April 'Anlassen'

[Birky_41]

Im going with about 8 other riders... Anyone else planning on heading down there?

I'll get a few pictures of my mini weekend adventure. Should be quite an experience going round the ring with 10s of thousands also riding round

[Biker's Nemesis]

Don't forget the videos again to keep the moaning pussies happy.

[Birky_41]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Don't forget the videos again to keep the moaning pussies happy.

I'll be sure not to put any time up though hey

Will be very much a more scenic ride so I'll try get shot more pictures this time round

[Birky_41]

And so it begins...



I got frisked...



And my fat brother went for the German look. I just went, well, as me

[redback911]

lol... top pics.

[r1flyguy1]

Gimp fannypack

[hebegb]

r1flyguy1 said:

Gimp fannypack

Corrected:
Gimp.
Fannypack.

[cmaguire]

[quote=Birky_41

And my fat brother went for the German look. I just went, well, as me


[/quote]

Your brother? Do me a favour, your boyfriend more like.

And since when has Elton John been doing trackdays anyway?

[Birky_41]

I just forget how good these roads out here are. Once you get the first hour of motorway done which is painful it becomes amazing for hours upon hours



I have loads of pictures but I drunk so I'll just put the group for now

I had to keep dropping the pressures but it was great fun. Following nurburgring biker blog on the first lap watching his honda africa pull an 8.30 and weave about was quite an interesting watch... His rear tyre was f**ked

Gonna enjoy a bbq and update this properly tomorrow

[CaptainSlow]

Birky_41 said:

I just forget how good these roads out here are. Once you get the first hour of motorway done which is painful it becomes amazing for hours upon hours

Which route did you take?

[Birky_41]

CaptainSlow said:

Which route did you take?

Can't remember all the road names I'm afraid. We basically did the first tank of fuel on the motorway as we left then after filling out avoid motorways on the nav and it takes us through the twisties. We did the same on the way back but as opposite as we came back via calais so the last hour did motorway

[Birky_41]

These were approx the routes

[CaptainSlow]

ok thanks appreciate that

[Dakkon]

Have fun, it is such a great track

[Birky_41]

Dakkon said:

Have fun, it is such a great track

Was amazing but as always there's so much to see and do that we just ran out of time. I did 2 laps in the evening and 2 laps both following my brother in the morning as it was his first time and he's quite tentative on a bike

He found it quite daunting first lap but then loved it so much he did another 3

Also had the old boy of the group just about to turn 60, never done a track day and he did a lap just to say he'd done it

Did just short of 900 miles in 48 hours

[spareparts]

Weather and conditions were pretty much perfect throughout. Pure sun, 25-28C in April in the Eifel!

Brought 2 friends who had never been before and did some fun laps on the old horse. Scalped an R1 and GSXR which was good fun, but the GS is limited on the Ring by it's short gearing (vmax is only about 125-130mph). You hit the modest vmax long before the crest at Schwedencreuz for example and are effectively coasting along instead of gaining more ground as you would on a sportsbike. Anyway, 2 pics from a great weekend - sadly blighted by the crash of a few bikers on the actual Anlassen parade lap which resulted in the death of one of them. The Ring takes no prisoners if you get it wrong.

[Andy XRV]

With a few thousand bikes out crashing on the parade lap takes some doing Looks like it's as popular as ever and I'm please you're all back safely.

[podman]

Great pics and write up...sad to hear of the loss of life but like the TT, you kinda get used to that kinda news and accept its part and parcel of it.

[doogalman]

Birky, you forgot your book!

[doogalman]

Birky, you forgot your book!