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Ok, not a coward as such but, as I've never done one before, I'm a bit nervous about the whole track thing.
Anyway, there's a 'novice-only' day at Brands on 4th April so have booked meself on to it!

Run through Motorsportvision.co.uk and works out at £149 for the whole day. Will let you know how it went when (if?) I get back...

You'll be fine, I have done 2 on the Falco now, and aslong as you are in the novice group you'll have no problems.

Just ride to your limits, and forget about everyone else around you, they will look after themselves and you look after yourself, tape your lights / indies up, remove your numerplate (if its like a sail like mine), remove your rear view mirrors, and NEVER look at the speedo.

Warm tyres for at least 3 laps, and you'll have a blast, only problem is, it's VERY addictive :)

Mmmm, I'd be interested in that, if I've got the bike sorted by then

Be ggod to se another Falco there.

But be careful of my Pizza delivery top box!

You'll be fine Kenif - relax, enjoy, your pace will pick up and you will not be the slowest. Sounds like a great introduction to the trackday experience. Good luck.

DavShill wrote:You'll be fine Kenif - relax, enjoy, your pace will pick up and you will not be the slowest. Sounds like a great introduction to the trackday experience. Good luck.

Someone has to be the slowest

Someone has to be the slowest

Oh great. No pressure then...

Nah, don't care about the speed, just going for the experience, bit of fun and to see if anyone notices that my leathers are green and have Kawasaki written all over them...

Kenif wrote:Someone has to be the slowest

Oh great. No pressure then...

Nah, don't care about the speed, just going for the experience, bit of fun and to see if anyone notices that my leathers are green and have Kawasaki written all over them...

I've been there and done it, plus of course it was at Silverstone, I just had a nice punt round the track and stuff being lapped, its whether you enjoy it or not that counts .

I know if I manage to be back on a bike again for it, I'll be somewhere at the back, as it takes quite a while to get used to a strange bike

Oh and get some leather the same colour as the Kawasaki words and put 'San' under it

danowat wrote: Just ride to your limits, and forget about everyone else around you, they will look after themselves and you look after yourself, tape your lights / indies up, remove your numerplate (if its like a sail like mine), remove your rear view mirrors, and NEVER look at the speedo.

Warm tyres for at least 3 laps, and you'll have a blast, only problem is, it's VERY addictive :)

I've never done a track day myself either, but this seems like bloody good advice, especially the tyre warming bit, you'd kick yourself if you binned it on cold rubber

F9

Falco9 wrote:I've never done a track day myself either, but this seems like bloody good advice, especially the tyre warming bit, you'd kick yourself if you binned it on cold rubber

F9

Tsk, you'd have been at the front as everyone would want to have a look

I truely believe everyone should do at least one trackday in their life, if not just for the fun of it, for the absoloutly huge confidence boost it gives you in you and your bikes capabilites.

Well I've got the bike sorted out, now all I need to do is pay for it

Cheers Falco9

Just in case anyone else fancies some ritual humiliation

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/track ... uctID=3061

Don't be nervous, I promise to be slower than everyone else!

Hmmm.......that seems BLOODY expensive for what you get, I did a trackday at snetterton last week for £59 and that had FREE one to one tutition if you wanted it

Yeah, but this is the South East. Why miss a perfectly reasonable opportunity to lift someone's wallet when you already have them over the barrel?