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Track day

#1 Post by paddyz1 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:59 am

I was thinking that we should have a forum track day but the way the weather is i am thinking bollocks to that.

What are your thoughts.

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#2 Post by D-Rider » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:34 pm

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#3 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:47 pm

hanna wants to know if she has to provide her own bollocks for a track day or can she use some one else's?


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...


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#4 Post by paddyz1 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:16 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:hanna wants to know if she has to provide her own bollocks for a track day or can she use some one else's?
I have the perfect answer to that but you will consider it fightin' talk. So i best refrain. :smt002

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Re: Track day

#5 Post by blinkey501 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:14 pm

paddyz1 wrote:I was thinking that we should have a forum track day but the way the weather is i am thinking bollocks to that.

What are your thoughts.
Why not :smt112
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#6 Post by PH1969 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:49 pm

What track?
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#7 Post by flatlander » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:26 pm

paddyz1 wrote:
Aladinsaneuk wrote:hanna wants to know if she has to provide her own bollocks for a track day or can she use some one else's?
I have the perfect answer to that but you will consider it fightin' talk. So i best refrain. :smt002
So you weren't going to say she has Petes in a jar :smt017 :smt002
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#8 Post by D-Rider » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:09 pm

flatlander wrote:
paddyz1 wrote:
Aladinsaneuk wrote:hanna wants to know if she has to provide her own bollocks for a track day or can she use some one else's?
I have the perfect answer to that but you will consider it fightin' talk. So i best refrain. :smt002
So you weren't going to say she has Petes in a jar :smt017 :smt002
Pete talks enough bollox for the both of them
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#9 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:36 am

lol


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...


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#10 Post by old git » Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:12 pm

depending on where & when would like to give it a go as a group.
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#11 Post by ReggieGasket » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:05 pm

I'll come :smt004

I've done Silverstone, Anglesea and Cadwell on the Falco. Falco not great at fast changes of direction or where front end feel is needed. Still great on track though. Best at Silverstone or Donnington I would say, but Cadwell also good. There's a Bike magazine track day at Brands in september - there's real nice atmosphere at these. Brands Indie is quite tight, but only one quick change of direction, so I think the Falco would work OK there.

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#12 Post by mangocrazy » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:24 pm

I'd be up for somewhere like Cadwell, Donnie or Oulton. Silverstone would be OK, but a bit of a trek. Cadwell's probably my favorite - it's a real 3-D puzzle. I used to really like Oulton as well, until they totally fucked up Knickerbrook. How to ruin a great old circuit.

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#13 Post by ReggieGasket » Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:41 am

Yes Cadwell is ace. Even good in a car believe it or not. The Falco would work well there although the mountain could cause a scare :smt101

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#14 Post by furygan man » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:06 am

I'll do it after Sept...if it's a slow track, weathers usually more stable too in Oct. Did Bedford Aerodrome (track taster) last Oct in the sun!!

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#15 Post by flatlander » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:54 am

if you did oulton you may be able to camp out at our place its not far from there
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