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landed in rain:mad: hotel = superb (walking distance to track). day 1 =damp morning then hot afternoon with good pace. day 2 hot,few gravel bound guys. day 3 very hot again,lots of track time spread around.day 4 had instruction from antonio maeso(3 time spanish r1 champ) had some top laps with him under his advice via radio communication. adrian coates & steve plater were other riders on hand . had the best time ever & still buzzin now. met some great friends along the way too. :D

What a fantastic photo !

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Excellent mate.......its the photo i wanted from when we were there! (tospott photographer!)

I take it you stayed at the hotel next to the track.........your thoughts on location, food accomodation etc?

yeah the track is brill!!! well done.......

we stayed at a top hotel-hotel la cueva park- was 5-10 mins stroll from curcuit. very nice,food was as good as it looked. had a couple of trips into jerez town.the whole trip from start to finish was top draw. focused events are good but room to improve with certain aspects. ie-track side food was a little bland(sandwiches),however water was on hand, hotel breakfast was superb.beer was fine:bouncy:

top photos there pedro, that first one was amazing, would look great enlarged and framed on the lounge wall !!!

do you mind me asking how much it all cost as im trying to blag a trip to jerez for my 30th next year. u2u me if you like.

was there any access to any other food that the free sandwichesm, i do like my food !!! :D:D

Jammy fecka

That looks and sounds like it was one to remember, hope you have told Jon all about it after his wet adventures of late in Spain ;)

Really must try one of these foreign jollies in the future but theres other fish to fry before then ;)

RE food, didnt you ask the hotel to prepare you a packed lunch to take with you?
Most Spanish hotels do it if you ask?

You didnt mention tyre wear or anything, would be interested, as would others, on how long a set of tyres lasted?

Was talking to Complog, tyre guy, at Mallory Park track day on 25th April about the Almeria trip he was going on this week/weekend with Hottrax and he was advising peeps to be taking SC2 front and SC3 rear as the track was so hot and abrasive they would kill an SC1 front and SC2 rear in no time at all.
Was dong himself out of tyre sales but he is a decent guy who wants peeps to get there moneys worth out of a tyre.

When you on track next Pete?

Still remember the day you collected the 749R from Cobb and Jagger, certainly different now though ;)

tyre wear would be interesting and also if there was a tyre changing facility available

did you need to know much spanish or can you get by with plain old english

daft questions maybe but it will help my decision on whether to go or not

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:

english is the lingo everywhere,use finger for how many beers to get in:eureka: