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Ray
13-Jun-2005, 14:24
Anyone Else up for a day out at Croft on the 1st July.

Booked with No limits in the sloooo group. DSC members should get 10% off if their calculator isn't bust.

Ray
Gizmo
13-Jun-2005, 15:01
Originally posted by Ray
Anyone Else up for a day out at Croft on the 1st July.

Booked with No limits in the sloooo group. DSC members should get 10% off if their calculator isn't bust.

Ray

ooh, I might be up for that, probably slow group as its my first track day on 999
Guido
13-Jun-2005, 19:14
hmmmmmmmmmm :eureka:

Cue online banking to check my finances.........
Gizmo
13-Jun-2005, 19:16
Originally posted by Guido
hmmmmmmmmmm :eureka:

Cue online banking to check my finances.........

mine says i cant do it but hey, mr visa is always nice to me
Old Yella
16-Jun-2005, 13:53
Originally posted by Guido
hmmmmmmmmmm :eureka:

Cue online banking to check my finances.........

I will be there so long as I dont come off again on the 20th June up there.

Kingy, Rocket and a bunch of others from the Throttlemonkey site have booked on with No Limits for the 1st.

Be good to stay upright for once! :burn:
rocket
23-Jun-2005, 12:53
i will be camping up there thursday night all being well with a couple of monkeys all being well
Ray
24-Jun-2005, 23:53
OY,

Did you see a very tatty looking red R1 in the inters on the 20th? Thats a mate of mine who I help out putting his bike back together from time to time. He keeps offering me a go on it in exchange for a go on the 998!!

See you there on the 1st. Maybe on the Trusty CBR6, maybe not.

Off to Cadwell on the 18th for some pre TA practise.

Ray
Old Yella
26-Jun-2005, 09:59
Yeah Ray

Think I know the old guy.

Did he have an off on the 10th June?

Got some nice spenders on it but bodyworks a little used ;)

See you up there Ray.
WeeJohnyB
30-Jun-2005, 13:06
That's it, the bike is in the van and we're ready for the expidition to the frozen plains of Yorkshire. Being a Jocko, I'm well used to the trek from London to Edinburgh, so Croft's a breeze, should be up in time for a few beers and some local hospitality. I'm really looking forward to doing a new track, never been before. I checked out the MCN circuit guide, not an easy one by the looks of it, lots of areas where you can go off line, off track and it's bumpy, grrr!

See you guys up there, hope the weather holds.

WeeJohnyB
Old Yella
30-Jun-2005, 13:33
See you there WJB.

Hope the weather holds, its sunny up here now!
Ray
30-Jun-2005, 14:32
Look out for the rice burner with the DSC sticker on its tail :(

Martin M is booked in as well.


Ray
Iconic944ss
30-Jun-2005, 18:58
Nice one Guys - I might just have to have a drive over.

I'm booked in with 100% Bikes for the 12th but it looks like there are only 'fast' places left already and I am going to have to go and play in the novice group....should be fun.

Play safe

Frank
Ray
01-Jul-2005, 23:49
Half a dozen Ducatis at Croft today basking in the sunshine. Even OY was looking Stylish:o Looks like he's had some tuition:lol:

If anyone finds a Ducati Corse drinks bottle on the A168 its mine!

Ray.

[Edited on 1-7-2005 by Ray]
Old Yella
01-Jul-2005, 23:59
Watched your lines Ray to help me round ;)

Still nowhere near last years lap times on the 996 but the 748 seems to improve every outing.

Getting used to the difference in power output and hopefully will improve next time out.

Shame to see Turbopacs go home early again.

Weather was great and a great craic was had by all.

Dont forget the night out you were thinking of Ray, York is my playgroud ;)
WeeJohnyB
02-Jul-2005, 18:28
Well, cracking day at sunny Croft. Met up with a few old faces and a few new ones.

The track is excellent, I really loved it and glad No Limits have it on the calendar now, (back there later in the year on 22 Sept, £99 less DSC 10% discount).

There are a couple of points where there is little run off and the famous bumps play havoc with the suspension, but there are some awesome bends round the back. The No Limits instructors had not been there before, so we arranged to go out at 9.00am before the track opens officially at 9.30, so we had a few laps to check if it went left or right at the end of the straight, before I had to lead the fast group out. I decided to be brave and stay out after the first two siting laps and not chicken out an come in. Glad I did though. I was passed pretty much immediately by a guy who raced on the KRC event at Snet the other day with the DD boys, then about half a lap before another two went past like I was standing still, so I tucked in behind them and stayed there for half a lap maybe before I decided I was trusting them too much and that they were clearly better riders than me, but after that, nobody else came past and I stayed out for about another 4 laps before coming in to get ready to lead the inters out. Just as I looked around to make sure it was clear to come into the pits, I couldn't help but notice there were about 10 bikes lining up behind me....oops. It took me until about lunchtime before I started to get the turn in and braking points and I had a great afternoon. Still a long way to go to get up to pace there though, it's a really a demanding track, but worth the journey. I would rather have Croft on my doorstep than Brands, Snet or Rocky that's for sure.

WeeJohnyB

[Edited on 2-7-2005 by WeeJohnyB]
Iconic944ss
03-Jul-2005, 18:20
Interesting comments WJB....I've only ever found the bump after the chicane to be a problem but there again I know I'm not going fast enough anyway for it to matter that much.

Glad you enjoyed yourself though, for a small local track I think Croft is excellent - I just wish it was a bit longer !!!

Cheers - Frank