Sunday April 17th Silverstone £95
 

Just booked this one as it's another weekend one, so no money lost with taking a day off.

Silverstone National

Focused events

Anyone else?

yup

Booked it a week ago.....myself and domski are in......both on desmo due bikes...another chance to fettle them in............


Phil

tempted, very tempted

What will you do if it rains? I find it very difficult to commit to a date in advance with the weather the way it is. This would be 10 mile up the road for me, but.............am i wrong?

I'm the same Andy...nowadays, unless its the middle of a serious sunny spell, I wait as close as poss to the day before booking.

I'll do the same with this one toooooo:D

[Edited on 5-3-2005 by Harv748]

me too - did 4 td last year and rained off completey 2, with 1/2 day and 1 complete day, not great vfm!

roll on summer - its gonna be a scortchaaaaa!

Bradders, you could borrow my wets for this TD. Just in case :)

I can't do this TD as the inlaws are moving house that weekend (just around the corner :( )

BTW, unlike when you borrowed Rattlers, mine are on rims with discs...

theres an offer...

ERR....ride in the rain.?...thats what we will do.?......IT is only water...LOL.......

Phil

Dont do rain, well not on my own bike! I dont see any pleasure in a) riding in the wet, b) getting my bike covered in shyte.

" for sale 999R never seen rain, very low mileage, one careful lady owner "....

:devil:

PMSL :lol:

If only i could be like you track gods............sorry for having a bit of pride in my hard earnt!

Ah Dibble, perhaps you could use your expertise and sell it for me? Ok sir, we'll advertise it and............... oh thatll be 4% then please. :lol:TFFA

no mate, more a case of using our toys in the way they were intended to be used .... thats all ....

and sometimes no % in the world is enough to have to deal with some clients .... :lol:

Fil2 wasnt it you that sat in a van with me at T/A 1 Mallory, and didnt want to get your bike out...........so you used Weeksys?

and Dibble,i understand when it rains the slip road can be just that................ :P

i think this says it all mate ......

Why the 3 stars? Is it something to do with McDonalds........

Rockingham t/a 3..when it rained and rained......

(Obviously if this offends the photographer i would remove it)

[Edited on 6-3-2005 by andyb]

it drizzled at TA3, I was there ... it rained at TA1 ... and Brands where that pic was taken .... and the attached one ...

and the three stars .. one for each of Italys Football World Cup wins ......

You have to admit, particularly at Rockingham on the 'smooth' surface, the enjoyment is curtailed by the rain, and i openly admit, its an awful lot of money to drop on to the tarmac.

i agree .. i threw it down the road in the third session trying to keep up with Skidlids .... it was only after returning to the pits that i realised he had his wets on ..... :(

Probably not your best angle?

probably is ...........

;)

:P:roll: dont you just hate that.

I think i might perspire to the dizzy lows...........

Right more track days! Ive got Tuesday booked off, ive got a van sorted, ive got the ramp, F/events have spaces at Donny................

I havnt even mentioned at T/a3 you were using the other arfs vfr...........:o

I have one of those in the melting pot, thatll hopefully come off at a snippet of a price for a track bike.

andy

i agree to a degree and don't like booking events if it might rain, but with the weather these days even mid summer you can't be certain anyway.

One of the things we do is try to book the cheaper ones out of 'summer' so its not such a big hit if it does rain. Its pretty hard on week days as Freak loses money as well as paying out for track day and van hire etc.

Problem is these days more and more people are doing track days and for weekend ones they book up quickly so you need to book early if you are keen.

£95 is a bargain for silverstone (even if it is only the national) we did CSS there last year and hope to use this day on the same circuit to remind us of what we learnt.

I agree totally...........weekend at silverstone for 95 quid is worth the risk. ..summer is no guarantee of dry track days either.

Phil

Like Lily has said for me, and I suspect others on here, in the week I lose at least a days pay, then pay for the track day, the van hire, tyres, fuel, food, those kind of sundry items.

In the week it works out at a loss of around £700 per track day.... so £95 in comparison is a bargain, I'll take the risk.

Weekends, and certain tracks book up months in advance, if you want to ride them you have to book them early, and there's no predicting the weather at any time of year in this country.

[Edited on 7-3-2005 by jpmercer]

what group have you guys booked in..?


Phil

Inters.... got to get used to the new bike(s), only be our 2nd time out, I could still be running mine in too :sniff:

yeah.....myself and dom are out in inters also,on the desmo due race bikes..another chance to fettle the bike in.

i look foward to seeing the 999R..................as it goes past...

:biaggi:


Phil

at 6000rpm... it should make it past but not definite... :lol:

thats my top speed......i peak at 108 10k revs..........53bhp dont amount to much....ho hum......................

be fun im looking forward to it i loooove silverstone.

Phil

:o £700 - £40 for van hire + £95 track day = :o ;):lol:

[Edited on 7-3-2005 by andyb]