Donny Tue 26th Apr
 

A few of us are going next week, Redruth and Mort

Anyone else to share a garage

CU there
Mort

Me, me, me.....I'll be there, Monty will also be there with the Wee Beastie.....full GP, full noise and the fool Monty:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I'll obviously be in the No Limits garage at the end, but come and see us for a cuppa and a chat - bring biccies please:P

What groups are you going in, Monty is in Fast, although not sure he knows that yet:lol:

Bring it on.

WeeJohnyB

You in the garage???

You've got the CBR now, no need to strip and rebuild the brakes over and over surely WJB?

ah, such times are a distant memory JPM:mad: That was not a good day out, bit like your day at Oulton with the 999.

WeeJohnyB

Now now.... that's all in the past! :P

Touché

Er Mort, you going to fly over first thing in the morning and then jet it back late in the day:D Or have you blagged some time off to come home.:)

No...hes back late Friday early Saturday I think for a wee break.
With a bit of luck he'll be at Nelly's on saturday buying the sausage butties :P

Right I'll be there, Im starving (and like to hear about bloo)

Andy

Hmmm, Donington with a few mates to play with-sounds good to me.

John

Loz is meeting up with me and we'll be arriving first thing in the morning so we'll come and find you, Paul and Monty.

I've had a chat with No Limits and demoted myself to Novice for this one so I'll give the Novice talk if you like WJB, I know it by heart! :(

My riding last Sunday was definitely nervous and arm, shoulder and ribs not right yet. Went out for an hour last night and was still not back on form. I think it's partly a feeling of vulnuerability that I didn't have before. And some lack of confidence in the bike.

So this track day will be to re-build confidence, get lots of tuition from WJB and Dave Lawes, hopefully, and get the bike set up right. Mike the Mechanic is gonna be there and has offered to work on the suspension set up during the day for me. Overall, really looking forward to it. See you there guys.

:):)

So how did everyone get on then?

It was a good morning, at least. Rode up from Hemel, about 90 miles, on the M1 and arrived in time to sign on at about 7.40 am. PaulMort was there with his very well presented Bloo Duke but wasn't feeling great so didn't ride much. Mark, No Limits, was an absolute star and didn't charge him for the day. Hats off to Mark and his loyalty to regular customers.

Graeme and wife Jane with mini Graeme in the most tricked up push chair I've ever seen met me, Loz and Paul in the garage Paul had comandeered and, as the track dried out, the morning went better and better. I had a session with Dave Lawes. De-brief to the effect that all still fine, riding position fine, braking/throttle/gears fine just lost some confidence so slower. I'll get it back though, or die trying!

:sing::sing::sing:


Unfortunately, after lunch, spitting rain became slightly heavier, and shortly thereafter a complete downpour. Some die hards, such as Mike the Mechanic, who had kindly sorted my front forks before I went out on track, carried on riding but Paul had retired after lunch and, with the help of his son Chris got his bike back onto his very natty trailer and set off home. From 4.30 it was open pit lane but we'd had enough by 4, got bikes back to road status and did the 90 miles back to mine in the filthiest weather.

On the upside, the rain has cleaned my boots for me so all the mud has gone and my new Held waterproofs were completely satisfactory. :sing::sing:

Paul didnt look good when i saw him last saturday. Hope its just the lariam he's taking.

Glad everyone survived the day though.

Thought you were at Cadwell this weekend Ruth?