mav your not wrong mate
once youve got a taste for it its hard not to go back

Is the bike lap record still held by an RC30? or am I years behind? Was it 7 minutes 40 something seconds? I know some road cars a few years ago were doing sub 8 minute laps? Skylines and Porshes etc. Was there a Caterham that beat them all? I know I have an old video somehere of Jackie stewart doing a lap in a F1 car sometime in the 1970s and it was unbelievable.

Theres a few of us driving down to Monaco for the grand prix in May and as I am in charge of sorting the route out I have thought about including the ring without telling anyone. The lads I am going with wont even know what country there in most of the time so it should be a nice surprise for them. Unfortunatly its looking more likely we will be going in the cars as my bike mates cannot make it this year and I dont really fancy chasing round on the bike with 2 nutters in 911s.

Every year I say I'm gonna do it and never do.

Looks scary (in a good way!)

martin i'm in monaco with 20 bikes first week in may!
then i'm in germany 2nd week in may! if u wanna hook up u 2 u me!///////////////////mav

I love the 'Ring. It is heavenly but I have only done it in a car. Planning to do a public day on the bike this year though. Can't wait. IIRC the car lap record has just been broken in a Carrera GT; 6:42 rings a bell. A lot of *semi* road legal Radicals rack around in under 7 mins! Best I have done is a short 9, it's one of the few places (Spa included) where I feel myself holding my breathe in some of the sections. Truely awesome and should be something you do before you die :)

You need to get your web site sorted Mav, that must put people off booking with you.

...not JUST before hopefully

The fearsome reputation of the Ring is not really that deserved. It is more dnagerous than Cadwell, Oulton or other places and does lose 30 bikers a year but most incidents do tend to be in the "danger zone" 50-100 laps completed where you think you know it and then concentrate at less than 110%.

It is also pre-dominantly a road-based surface and many seem to forget that it is not super grippy and super smooth.

"does lose 30 bikers a year"

Oh good, not TOO dangerous then

And it gets about half a million visitors a year on there !!!!!!!:smug:

A lot bloody safer than riding through LONDON at 5 oclock on a friday night !:lol: