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[chris.p]

I have to agree with the test day, but still hold reservations to its efectivness.

I think you should have novice starter classes, as to many novices turn up & start racing on bikes far to powerful for there capabilities.

Example (from my own experiance)

While having my second race of the 2002 season i was T-boned going imto the bus stop at Mallory ended up with very bad beak of the tib & fib of my right leg, in hospital for five days, major pin & screw operation, off work for three months, still not racing at the mo & on a 10 month waiting list to get the pin out.
The guy who hit me was a novice on his second meetiing on a fully tricked & tuned RVF400 75 bhp(I was on a mildly tuned ZXR doing 56.0 second laps, before Edwinas) when he thought he could go up the inside of me going into the bus stop.

And yes I agree there are some v good novices out there on powerful bikes, but they are in a minority.

Roadstocks or something simalar should be used for novices in there first year.

Chris.