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Nick and Pheonix I'm going to ride behind you two then, that way nobody will see the target that has been painting on my back.

Seriously Steve does make some good points. For two day meets it is worth renting a van if you havent got one they are much better for transporting bike and gear and also handy for sleeping in, blow up matresses/airbeds are ideal for sleeping on and a cheap gazzibo comes in handy but will need something to weight it down especially in the Brands paddock, at Castle Combe and Cadwell you can usually peg them down.

Trye Warmers and Genny they're nice to have but not necessary and if you can't ride without them you are going to be in trouble if you ever race at the island.
In the 2002 Adrian started 89th in the Proddy 1000 race and sat out on Glencrutchry Road for over 20 minutes waiting for his starting slot. As we didn't use tyre warmers he new he was on cold tyres and set off accordingly, and dispite the amount of R1s, GSXR1000s and later Blades in the race he still finished 29th on Weeksy's old 1998 Blade with DJ the only one to pass him on the course.

as for how serious to get about it that is up to each individual, I have never chucked loads of money at my racing, I have never had a top spec bike, my best results came on my TL1000S road bike that I raced in Streetstocks and Sound of Thunder, racing it on a Sunday and riding it to work on the Monday, best finish was 3rd place in SoT at Darley Moor with North Glos and 6th overall in the championship.
Since then its been more about enjoying the meetings as I found trying that bit harder and fighting for every point was taking the fun out of my racing and to progress futher would have cost me a lot more money than I was prepared to spend especially at my age, 44 a week tomorrow.