Nurburgring
 

I'm sure this has been discussed before many a time, but did anyone watch Clarkson driving round the ring on Sunday on the 'best of Top Gear' programme?

Am I right in thinking cars and bikes taking what appeared to be quite different racing lines would be an extremely dangerous place to be on a bike?

It seemed huge, overcrowded with cars, and not an appealing prospect in the slightest.

I know people who have done it love it. Am I just being cowardly? :o:o

I know people who have done it love it. Am I just being cowardly? :o:o [/quote]



no not at all Ruth!! but it's like everything else it needs to be ridden with some "BIG" respect;)

and the ones who do a video run of it and then try and ride it usualy come back without their bike!!!!!
or the bike comes back without them;)

Mav,

Are there every bike only sessions / days or is it always mixed ?

Rob

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Worst time is when you dont know where the track goes.

Once you learn the place you enjoy the experience even more.

If not your thing , dont do it.

Been there loads of times , cars & bikes. But prefer the car around the ring.

Doogalman

Hi Rob well in truth we could Hire it for a "Closed" Track day for a club meeting say !
but very expensive;)

and without being pushy thats why it pays to come on an organised trip ! as we know when is a good time to ride it and when it's not!

There is a lot of myths about the ring.

but likewise ,there is a lot people dont know when they go there, "There is an amount of ettiquete"

I have been there a lot ! but in reality i'm probably quicker down a" B" road in WALES;)

BUT the Trips i do are about Bikes, Bikers, and having a great time !

The F1 Track is the one to Ride "DER Nurburgring" AWSOME!!!!!;)

[Edited on 25-1-2005 by madmav]

You could always do a Mottorad course. These are (3 day) bikes only course run mainly by the Germans for Germans, but they have 1 or 2 English instructors for the Brits.

I haven't done one, but my mate has and basically you get taught sections of the track at a time.

They are 'very' (800Euro's +) expensive but you get to stay in the Dorint Hotel at the Ring and ride the F1 GP track (10 laps I think)

If you are interested drop Neil Leigh an email info@aeaventures.com - he runs a B&B over the hill from Spa in belgium and is a top bloke and is one of the Mottorad instructors (I'm staying with him when I do SPA this May
:-) )

Cheers Glenn

cant agree more with u ! as i have done it in the past !

and he is a top bloke!

Dorint get ya credit cards out !;):lol:

A truly fantastic experience and should be tried at least once. As for learning the track ? no chance unless you live there 147 bends and most of look the same as Mav said Big Respect. Cars Bikes Vans anything you like you pays your money and takes your turn. The whole place has it own buzz well worth a trip I shall be going again this year if I can.:roll::roll::roll:

you aint wrong ;)
hope you can hook up with me :D

Went last year . Has to be done again.
Awesome.

Clint.

Used to regularly "do" the ring as a rally stage when I lived in Germany, never done it on a bike, and never in daylight either!!!

Must put it on my "to do before I die" list. :sing:

WOW YETI i would love to do it in the dark!!!!!!
scary........................:lol::lol::lol::lol:

It was! The old BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) used to slot in with local german rally clubs and do various rallies with them.

The group that ran the ring was always a very popular event. We used to run it one way at the start of the event, then in reverse at the end, usually just as dawn was breaking.

Sadly by that time you were usually so knackered, or the car was, that you just limped round. That said it still scared me witless!

[Edited on 25-1-2005 by yeti]

been there twice, prefer the surrounding roads, really nice. There is a bend on the Nurburg which has the caracell (sp) concerete banking which you drop into, get it right and massive grin, get it wrong and armco barrier it is. saw a couple of crashes there on bikes and one car. If you cause an accident and the ring is closed you pay for lost time, that can be very very expensive. Will be going back this year, oh yes, the bitberger is awesome, a very nice beer.

Hmmmm, the Ring-got to go there again soon, awesome place. Don't know about Clarksons 147 corners-most people reckon the ring is 73 I seem to remember-Mav??
The one corner I REALLY remember is Adenau Forest-lots of people get that one wrong and end up grass tracking-Mav can tell you all about that one.
Think I will have to get my 'ring handbook down and have a little read........

John

Dead right monty (JOHN)

lots of myths about the place if i remember 13.6 milles 76 bends!

and one fast lady called (sabine) in the ring Taxi

i went in it with her WOW the lady can drive ;););)

the next time i saw her i was on a 98 R1 flat out thro Phlugplatz ! and she came by me round the outside
Waving with one hand whilst broadside in a 4 wheel drift :lol::lol:

bloody awsome:D

i do get a bit sick of reading about all the bullshit about the RING
I'ts a great place to go and it's a must do BIKE or car!!

safety is the key Good Briefings work just like you give MONTY on a track day!!!

If you think you will learn the ring in a day you will be sadly mistaken:)

i've been doing trips out there for 6 yrs now i ride the ring every time and i still cant put all the bends together !!!!!
just come along guys and enjoy the buzz!

The BEER THE ATMOSPHERE and the fact that cockem bends The 258 mayhen to badmunsterifel etc etc are some of the best biking roads in the world!

hope to see you out there this year John ;) ........mav

Now you're talking mav, the Cochem bends and the surrounding roads are awesome. However the Ring is a must do thing but very intimidating - at least you know where the interesting bits are by the number of spectators. I've been a couple of times and will go back again, probably not this year.