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[dickieducati]

Originally posted by andyb

Could be good DD practice...................

im gonna get that at a cold wet brands. no need to go miles for those conditions.

[Old Yella]

Originally posted by dickieducati
im gonna get that at a cold wet brands. no need to go miles for those conditions.

Negative thinking Dickie?

Repeat after me.

Its gunna be sunny, its gunna be sunny, its gunna be sunny.

Whens the brands day then and who with?

If my knee is sorted I am looking for a date late in February at Oulton to start the seasons trackdays off.

[Henners]

I won't tell you again

[andyb]

Pulls the rains in on it!

[dickieducati]

Originally posted by Old Yella

Negative thinking Dickie?

Repeat after me.

Its gunna be sunny, its gunna be sunny, its gunna be sunny.

Whens the brands day then and who with?

If my knee is sorted I am looking for a date late in February at Oulton to start the seasons trackdays off.

doing brands on the 5th and 26th. lookng at march dates too. think i may well do snetterton and brands again. might even chuck an oulton in in march or early april. never been on track there but racing there this year so will need a trackday or two. chuffing long way for me though.

happy to have cold wet trackdays for practice; i am absolutely pants in the wet so it'd be good experience for me.

[dickieducati]

Originally posted by JPM
Dickie why don't you get a choice? like I said up there ^^^ I have a mate who has raced in BSB last year, and races in MRO, New Era etc, if it rains he stays in the garage... you're not forced to go out

no thats true enough, yeah you always have a choice i guess. but i want to go out there and race. and every race could potentially be wet so i would be chucking away alot of time and money. i'll just keep plugging away at it.

i actually didnt want to go out in the second race at donington this year but was persuaded to by, among others,
flanks. they didnt force me to but im glad i did. i made a great pass that was a real plus for me in a really crap weekend to be honest .

[ericthered40]

O yes snow racing on Sunday my favorite


Steve just to let you know, I haven't raced yet or ridden my 620 race bike . I was happy for the season to start at Cadwell but then decided that as a Racer I should use the vote to my advantage. I still don't know which way it will turn out but for me the chance to actually enter a race without the points WILL help my introduction to the grid. It will allow me to practice at Brands and enter my first race at a track I am familiar with unlike Cadwell were I have only ridden one half wet track day on a set of renn sports without wets.

Like I said my first reaction was race anyone anywhere but after long discussions in the pub with my race support group I changed my mind.
So in my case do you think thinking like this will mean I will never fulfill my ambitions as a racer?

What am I do you recon mate Wimp or Racer?

[weeksy2]

Eric... that's why NGRRC and BEMSEE both run ACU school/test days. you get start grids and 'pretend' races, advice on suspension, racing, and scrutineering.

i think a lot of the newbies would benefit from this.

i can't say any more... i'm tried of getting my legs slapped

[fil2]

Originally posted by dickieducati

no thats true enough, yeah you always have a choice i guess. but i want to go out there and race. and every race could potentially be wet so i would be chucking away alot of time and money. i'll just keep plugging away at it.

i actually didnt want to go out in the second race at donington this year but was persuaded to by, among others,
flanks. they didnt force me to but im glad i did. i made a great pass that was a real plus for me in a really crap weekend to be honest .

I think its important to race in the wet...its certainly a leveller and riding in the wet is so different and most of lack any real experience in the wet.............

My opinion has changed about wet days now....i used to hate wet track days now i honestly dont care if its wet ..cos its good practise and you know what they say about practise.

I remember going down craner curves in race 1 and i actually could not see a thing cos of the spray and rain..was a new expereince having to stay on the pace yet unable to really see...LOL.....it was great fun in an fearfull adrenalin kinda way....

Come rain or shine.....

[fil2]

Originally posted by ericthered40
O yes snow racing on Sunday my favorite


Steve just to let you know, I haven't raced yet or ridden my 620 race bike . I was happy for the season to start at Cadwell but then decided that as a Racer I should use the vote to my advantage. I still don't know which way it will turn out but for me the chance to actually enter a race without the points WILL help my introduction to the grid. It will allow me to practice at Brands and enter my first race at a track I am familiar with unlike Cadwell were I have only ridden one half wet track day on a set of renn sports without wets.

Like I said my first reaction was race anyone anywhere but after long discussions in the pub with my race support group I changed my mind.
So in my case do you think thinking like this will mean I will never fulfill my ambitions as a racer?

What am I do you recon mate Wimp or Racer?

Wimp............... .last year the majority of the field were " novices " and racing on a track we never had been on before the " woodland " circuit with the scary hairpin....everyone waited for the inevitable crashes etc etc.....yet did anyone suggest we race it as non-points....did any murmour rise from the ranks of the DD novices..can we race for no points..!!....no..........we just turned up and we raced..sure i can hear the reply now " bully for you lot "...my suggestion is that if it was not a choice you would just turn up and race..

Its a race....and it will be a race ..most will push it as hard at cads for non-points as they would if it was for points....thats the ones that bother turn up..........



[Edited on 31-1-2006 by fil2]