As below....but hey I'm IN!!!!!


Arguments against;

1) Its expensive.................not if you stay upright - £2k per annum????

2) It is nerve-wracking.......That IS the best thing about it and WHY you do it....only racers knoe the feeling!

3) It can be very painful if you fall off. - So can anything, sports, falling over..RSI...

4) Its even more expensive if you fall off!!! - OK...

5) It is very time consuming - OK - but it's good though!

6) It is "all consuming" - let it go!!! - it's not MotoGP.(FUN)

7) The missus doesn't want me to do it....aaaahhhh!!! - Who's does?


Arguments for;

1) errrr? FUN?...No, not exactly....exciting...YYEEAAaaa - As above!
2) It is definitely a cool thing to do - Oh yes, others stare in wonder!
3) 1/2 of me really wants to. - Go with it, the other half is boring!



It beats doing the garden!

all elase except point 7 in your list is tosh....but then I aint doin it because of point 7!!

Get out there, as for the missus just persudae her to do it as well ;) ;)

You SO OBVIOUSLY havn't met the Bexter !!! She is about as likely to swing her leg over a DD bike as she is over me after ten pints :lol: Aswell as that, she is a formidable woman with an IRON WILL (aren't they all...joke....JOKE !!!)

Andy #99

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Tell her you'll divorce her if she doesn't let you race.

That should do the trick :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Do you get a refund if you return the wife within 12 months?

Do come back my friend :)

In you Tw@!!!

when i raced a 996 in velencia i high side the bike coming out of the second corner (and landed on my head). i have never felt so sick in my life id saved for nearly a year to go there and all i did was through it down the road. but when i look back on it now all i can remmber was the 5laps i did just before that. id never felt so alive in my life i was just going faster and faster leaning the bike so far over my leg was being brushed againt the bike. it was like i was flying. and now iv got the chance to do it again with you guys i know it stinks when you come off but what you get out of the rest of the time

racings the only legal drug left

Come on Andy, wouldn't be the same without you :cool:

Right, time for the voice of reason.... :lol:

Telling someone to go racing is like telling someone to stick their nose on the end of a rolled up note, there's a very good chance they'll be fine, but there's a slim risk it'll all go t!ts up and you'll have to live with that recommendation for the rest of your life. Having been though roughly what you have over the last few months I can fully appreciate the bloody inconvenience of being in one-hand-land for extended periods of time, and understand a tiny bit of what it would mean to spend the rest of your life like that.

I'm also about to get married, the missus (and family) know that I have no off button, and are dead set against the whole idea, but........ ....what would summer be without it? How would I validate riding on the road instead when it's almost as dangerous? How would I feel in 20 years time knowing I only gave it one shot on an underpowered bike? What happens when you run through a race lap in your mind and your heart no longer races and the adrenaline doesn't force you to sit up in bed?

I made my decision while I was still sliding along on my arse. I know I won't come back riding as hard, I have an evening with Geoff to thank for that. But I'll still out-brake the guys I did last year, and I'll do my best to make some smoother lines make up for the bravery that's going to be in short supply this season. I'm not going to scoop the championship, but I'll have a fecking great time battling for top 10 spots (hopefully) without doing myself too much injury. Come out and play, just remember there's an off switch. :D

Ali