thanks guys,the trip was £699,this was for bike transportyou have to get the bike to the depo or pay extra ,my flight,transfers from airport-hotel-track,4 days track time.we ran three 20 mins groups then open pit in afters with a limit of 35 bikes out at one time.on average i would guess 20 were out at any time. the hotel package was of bed & breakfast. someone from motofreight was making up the sandwiches at the track for around 1-2 euros,crisps,fruit & water were also sold.free tea of coffee. TYRES= i had a new set of mitch power race,front was a soft compound & rear was a medium/soft.( you are allowed to take a set with you & a bag for leathers etc,a tool box.paddock stands with the bike transport). my rear lasted 3 days,got pulled in the cue on my last day by kev healey.said the profile was gone & be ok but go steady so with this gremlin in my mind i swapped it for a soft rear.the front was ok.had instruction from maeso on last day (90 euro) worth every cent! great lines,when to power,why they use the lines in detail via drawing on a chalk board. then while under instruction my front moved like never before around the rights that finish the curcuit,it *hit the life out of me. i asked antonios advice on the tyre,he said it was melting on the side,over -heating.& said to do 3-4 laps only as it could go.i had about 2 hours tracktime left with no front tyre but another rear:flame:. so i took it steady untill my bike gave my gearbox selecting problems,false neutrals changing down,this happened a few times but did it changing up. lucky for me in our pits was the owner of ducati dublin,he knew what the problem & how to fix,some pin adjustment,a job for a dealer. he was on the same bike as me 749r with 700 miles no less when the head gasket had gone, to be fair the bike had a hard like,5 times down the road & looked like it had been in a combat zone! a tyre change chappie is on hand all 4 days,he has tyres for sale,in the main super corsa,& a tena was handed over for my loose rear wheel. maeso advised me to use as hard tyre as i could for jerez & not to quick turn,he said he had a set of top mitchelin tyres once & lapped 2 seconds faster than his fasted time (1m.51.) one the whole all tyres worked on jerez.just one rider fell off due to him not changing his front (day3),he knew it required a change but didnt for unknown reasons. kev healey stopped the track & gave us a chat on about looking after out tyres,each other etc. good advice untill HE went into the litter in front of me on a r1 (last turn):lol::lol::lol::lol: | 