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[DAVE HARRIS]

I was discussing the series last night in the pub (diet bl**dy coke) with some friends and realised that although my ego still thinks its 25 years old and my brain thinks its 4 years old my body will be 48 yhis year. This started me thinking wether the entrants are mainly deluded old gits like me or young guns full of sp*nk and no fear at all, and how much experience the entants have.

So I am 48 this year and although I have been doing track days since 1998 I have never raced and I have lost my feel for speed in the last 2 years resulting in me riding within a very safe comfort zone. My primary reason to do desmodue was chris, michael and neill persuading me that I really did want to race! and the need to drag myself out of my safe mindset (although the first turn on the first lap in the first race at cadwell should sort that out!).

dave

[TP]

Fishing for a competitive advantage Dave?

Well, I'm 29. I'll be 30 in late October. I've never raced before and my first track day was in September last year and since then I've done one more track day and the CSS level 1 and 2. I know you've done all the levels, holding some experience back?

As I sit here typing this my New Era membership pack just rolled up

[ali]

32.9 yrs old.
6 track days.
No racing.
About 11 yrs actual riding (out of 18 since I got my license)
91kgs (including the huge bowl of apple crumble from yesterday!)
31" inside leg
5 GCSEs

And I never feel like I'm going to be any good at all until I'm on a track, then I feel fine. Not like I'm going to win or anything silly, but confident, competant and remembering that it's supposed to be fun!!

Cheers,

Ali

[TP]

Oh I forgot, I'm currently back up to 94kg's after not running this week ...

I'll be under 90 before race 1 though ...

[skidlids]

I will be 45 later this year and up until 1998 had never been on a race track, I have done 9 trackdays, NO CSS or ESS, but I have raced every Year since 1998 although that probably only equates to as much tracktime as some people do in a year doing trackdays.
Last year I did 3 race meetings, Pembrey in March along with WJB/Monty only did 3 races which was a total of 24 laps so about 3/4 a hour or so, Thruxton race one was Red flagged on lap 4 and they ran out of time to run my 2nd race so about 7 minutes of racing and 10 mins of practice. Silverstone I did two complete races plus one practice so just over half hour of tracktime.
Put my best effort into 2002 where I pushed outside my comfort zone sometimes pushing to far (Ouch) since then I have settled back into my comfort zone as I have concentrated on doing the TT with my mate Adrian.

I just want to race don't matter much where I finish as I know that at the end of each year I have learnt something that makes me a better rider.

Current weight 79Kgs
Fitness level about 5% so room for improvement there.

[Edited on 26-2-2005 by skidlids]

[dickieducati]

still in my 20s............20,17 to be precise

probably about a dozen trackdays, middle of inters, bottom of fast.

CSS to level 4, no race experience.

83 kg

tall, good looking, scorpio.

[TP]

And Dickie is full of .....

[NBs996]

32.25 years old
8 track days
no race experience other than pit crew
16 years road riding
60kg - read it tony, 60kg :P

I don't think I'll be all that quick in a road race, altho I'm hoping for top ten finish to the season. I'm at my best on a supermoto, where I've even been approached after a s/m trackday and offered a ride after shaming one of the local championship contenders! So I'll be trying to ride the monnie supermoto style.

Like Dave, I'm stuck in that comfort zone on trackdays, but I know that'll get left behind before Cadwell. In fact I've got to get rid of that mindset at the pre-season shakedown test at the end of march!

should be a fun year on track I thinks.

NickB#34

[TP]

Originally posted by NBs996
60kg - read it tony, 60kg :P

60 .... last time I weighed that much I was 12 years old!!

Originally posted by tp-996

Well, I'm 29. I'll be 30 in late October.

ha ha ha h ah .. thats like Chilli being 40 every year .....

how old are you really Tony ????? this isnt the place for your "celebrity age" ...