1. We are ALL there to enjoy ourselves.
2. Your DRIVING LICENCE !!!! both parts guys.. or you'll be having issues getting out on track
3. 1 piece or 2 piece ZIP TOGETHER leathers.
4. Helmet, boots and gloves
5. Money for fuel
6. If you are a newbie, ask here and now for someone to buddy with. Someone who knows where you should be and when.
7. RELAX.... It's a trackday, not club racing.
8. Check your bike over. Make sure everything is secure and not about to fall off and take someone out.
9. IT's YOUR responsibility to overtake someone. You can pass on the inside.. HOWEVER passing someone when they are about to turn in, is quite simply ridiculous. Overtake when SAFE... PReferalbly on the power if possible... or even on the brakes... but NOT right on the apex as someone else is taking the line.
10. Breathe.... Seriously... people hold their breath when in a corner... concentrate on breathing in and out in a corner.
11. Water.... LOTS of it... You will sweat and you will dehydrate
12. Tyre pressures. Your tyres will work harder than usual. Drop the pressures to apprx 30 to 32 PSI front and rear.
13. Tyre pressures. PUt them BACK at the end of the day !!!!!
14. Wiggle your fingers on the straights... i know it sounds daft, but it ensures you're not gripping the bars too tightly and actually relaxing on the bike.
15. YOU WILL MAKE IT.... IF you think you're going in too hot, DO NOT grab hold of the brake when you're tipping in... If it's dry (and safe) sit it up and go straight on into the grass.... use only your REAR brake... and no sudden turns of the bars.... BUT... your limit is WAY before the bikes in general... put the bike in the corener... You'll be amazed it will go round but 9 out of 10 times, it will go round effortlessly.
16. It's not a RACE... THere's no such thing as a laptime and there's bugger all prizes being given out for 'beating' someone else.
17. If you are in traffic... Slow down.... Just get on the striaght, check and move to one side and go 80% (OFF THE RACING LINE).... PEople can pass you safely and you will get a bit of clear trackk.
18. As above.... Pull off into the pits... the time you take getting in and back out,you'll lose the traffic you were in.
19. It's not a fight... If you can't get past someone.... don't do a hard manouver... just ease off fractionally and let them pull away by 5-6 seconds... Do not get frustrated (it's not a race)
20. THe Woodland secrion may be damp... It takes a bit of time to dry out overnight as it's under the trees.
21. YOU DO NOT have to go faster than you do on the road. Just ride at a pace you're comfortable with.
22. Anyone overtakes mywife too close and i'll stab you in the head with a rusty spanner
23. ASK FOR HELP. BE it before the briefing, or when you think you need assistance on track from an instructor, or even "how do i take my mirrors off" Just see someone who looks like they know what they're doing and ask for help.
24. THe organisers have done this lots of times... IF you feel you're in the wrong group... talk to them.. they're not monsters.
25. Slay 2 Virgins to Ra the Sun god by Weds evening. We need sunshine.
PLease feel free to add to this list.
2. Your DRIVING LICENCE !!!! both parts guys.. or you'll be having issues getting out on track
3. 1 piece or 2 piece ZIP TOGETHER leathers.
4. Helmet, boots and gloves
5. Money for fuel
6. If you are a newbie, ask here and now for someone to buddy with. Someone who knows where you should be and when.
7. RELAX.... It's a trackday, not club racing.
8. Check your bike over. Make sure everything is secure and not about to fall off and take someone out.
9. IT's YOUR responsibility to overtake someone. You can pass on the inside.. HOWEVER passing someone when they are about to turn in, is quite simply ridiculous. Overtake when SAFE... PReferalbly on the power if possible... or even on the brakes... but NOT right on the apex as someone else is taking the line.
10. Breathe.... Seriously... people hold their breath when in a corner... concentrate on breathing in and out in a corner.
11. Water.... LOTS of it... You will sweat and you will dehydrate
12. Tyre pressures. Your tyres will work harder than usual. Drop the pressures to apprx 30 to 32 PSI front and rear.
13. Tyre pressures. PUt them BACK at the end of the day !!!!!
14. Wiggle your fingers on the straights... i know it sounds daft, but it ensures you're not gripping the bars too tightly and actually relaxing on the bike.
15. YOU WILL MAKE IT.... IF you think you're going in too hot, DO NOT grab hold of the brake when you're tipping in... If it's dry (and safe) sit it up and go straight on into the grass.... use only your REAR brake... and no sudden turns of the bars.... BUT... your limit is WAY before the bikes in general... put the bike in the corener... You'll be amazed it will go round but 9 out of 10 times, it will go round effortlessly.
16. It's not a RACE... THere's no such thing as a laptime and there's bugger all prizes being given out for 'beating' someone else.
17. If you are in traffic... Slow down.... Just get on the striaght, check and move to one side and go 80% (OFF THE RACING LINE).... PEople can pass you safely and you will get a bit of clear trackk.
18. As above.... Pull off into the pits... the time you take getting in and back out,you'll lose the traffic you were in.
19. It's not a fight... If you can't get past someone.... don't do a hard manouver... just ease off fractionally and let them pull away by 5-6 seconds... Do not get frustrated (it's not a race)
20. THe Woodland secrion may be damp... It takes a bit of time to dry out overnight as it's under the trees.
21. YOU DO NOT have to go faster than you do on the road. Just ride at a pace you're comfortable with.
22. Anyone overtakes mywife too close and i'll stab you in the head with a rusty spanner
23. ASK FOR HELP. BE it before the briefing, or when you think you need assistance on track from an instructor, or even "how do i take my mirrors off" Just see someone who looks like they know what they're doing and ask for help.
24. THe organisers have done this lots of times... IF you feel you're in the wrong group... talk to them.. they're not monsters.
25. Slay 2 Virgins to Ra the Sun god by Weds evening. We need sunshine.
PLease feel free to add to this list.