the bb trackday thread.
Discussion
graeme4130 said:
George29 said:
Do you do the costal or international? I’m booked on the ones at the end of August, haven’t ridden Anglesey since I had a massive accident there 2 years back so it seemed quite a relaxed way to get back into riding it
We did the full international circuit. It's a lot of fun, and with two days there, it being a long bloody way from home, and it being near 30deg both days, it felt a bit like a mini Euro trip 
The Whitham days are good, and this was super relaxed. We had a few star riders there, although in reality, we barely saw them unless you went and asked for their help.
Fast group was made up of only 14 or so riders, and 4 of them were myself, two of my mates and the PH'er formally known as LoonR1, so we had a good bunch.
I'd say that unless you're going with faster friends, you'll be disappointed if you're looking for someone to have some fun with as the fast group pace (excluding us, obviously
) was more akin to a mid inters pace at any other track day.The riders Whitham employs are a super experienced bunch - Ste Brogan, Adam Jenkinson, Dean Harrison, Jenny Tinmouth and Lee Johnstone
Well worth the money for just two days of empty track
ked and I'm struggling riding a road bike. graeme4130 said:
moanthebairns said:
I really enjoyed the JW days I did there, they were fantastic and worth the extra money. I was contemplating doing some of these recently but my backs fked and I'm struggling riding a road bike.
Bummer Alex, what you done to your back ?ked and I'm struggling riding a road bike. king move. My riding has just went to s
t more so cause I cannot bend over the tank and I'm tense as fk. Best summer ever and I've done fk allgraeme4130 said:
On a slightly different note, my 11yr old son has just stepped up from Mini Moto racing onto a Metrakit GP50. We've only had it a few weeks, and although he's picked it up really quickly, he managed to smash it to bits yesterday at Kinsham Raceway
In typical racer style, he has every excuse under the sun as to why it happened and none of them include it being his fault
Bloody kids eh
Haha!In typical racer style, he has every excuse under the sun as to why it happened and none of them include it being his fault
Bloody kids eh
ive just bought a stomp 160 pitbike with supermoto wheels off ebay to race in the BMBCC, looks like a lot of fun and cheaper than big bike racing....
Will get a race report on after my first weekend.
graeme4130 said:
We did the full international circuit. It's a lot of fun, and with two days there, it being a long bloody way from home, and it being near 30deg both days, it felt a bit like a mini Euro trip
The Whitham days are good, and this was super relaxed. We had a few star riders there, although in reality, we barely saw them unless you went and asked for their help.
Fast group was made up of only 14 or so riders, and 4 of them were myself, two of my mates and the PH'er formally known as LoonR1, so we had a good bunch.
I'd say that unless you're going with faster friends, you'll be disappointed if you're looking for someone to have some fun with as the fast group pace (excluding us, obviously) was more akin to a mid inters pace at any other track day.
The riders Whitham employs are a super experienced bunch - Ste Brogan, Adam Jenkinson, Dean Harrison, Jenny Tinmouth and Lee Johnstone
Well worth the money for just two days of empty track
Sounds good, definitely worth the money for clear track. There were about 60 people per group at Donington yesterday and it was a nightmare trying to get a clear lap inThe Whitham days are good, and this was super relaxed. We had a few star riders there, although in reality, we barely saw them unless you went and asked for their help.
Fast group was made up of only 14 or so riders, and 4 of them were myself, two of my mates and the PH'er formally known as LoonR1, so we had a good bunch.
I'd say that unless you're going with faster friends, you'll be disappointed if you're looking for someone to have some fun with as the fast group pace (excluding us, obviously
) was more akin to a mid inters pace at any other track day.The riders Whitham employs are a super experienced bunch - Ste Brogan, Adam Jenkinson, Dean Harrison, Jenny Tinmouth and Lee Johnstone
Well worth the money for just two days of empty track
Just booked onto Donington and Cadwell, 28th/29th august!
First time for Dony but done 2 days back to back at Cadwell before, gone for lower group for both.
May have a CB500 by the time I go but if not ill be on my CBR600RR or both!
Hope the summer weather hasn't disappeared by the time these come round..
First time for Dony but done 2 days back to back at Cadwell before, gone for lower group for both.
May have a CB500 by the time I go but if not ill be on my CBR600RR or both!
Hope the summer weather hasn't disappeared by the time these come round..
cookie42 said:
Birky_41 said:
I had a dozen mates there, meant to be a few red flags but amazing weather and days going by what they said. I sold my ticket and didn't go in the end
One of my lot Highsided and broke his elbow (cbr 1000)
Was that a blue one on the sunday ? Think it was in the morning One of my lot Highsided and broke his elbow (cbr 1000)
DanGPR said:
Booked Snetterton 300 on 13th August with a few mates, probably stay in the slow group depending how slow that is.
This attitude really confuses me. You should book the right group for yourself and be prepared to stay in that all day. Group sizes are limited so on a sold out day there’s no huranrtee that you can move up or down moanthebairns said:
jock mcsporran said:
For the Knockhill regulars, how early do you need to get there to get a garage normally?
When you doing it? Night or during the day or weekday or weekend. I'll be the only bugger to be able to andwer thisbGavia said:
This attitude really confuses me. You should book the right group for yourself and be prepared to stay in that all day. Group sizes are limited so on a sold out day there’s no huranrtee that you can move up or down
It's my second ever track day , on a bike I'm hiring.At the first one I did at Silverstone there were some abysmal riders that probably shouldn't be on the road let alone the track, they were left unchecked all day to ruin everyone elses day.
If that's the case again I'd probably try and take my chances in inters, I think I'd prefer to be one of the quicker guys in Novice unless the closing speeds are dangerous.
jock mcsporran said:
moanthebairns said:
jock mcsporran said:
For the Knockhill regulars, how early do you need to get there to get a garage normally?
When you doing it? Night or during the day or weekday or weekend. I'll be the only bugger to be able to andwer thisbGassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff