Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > A lap of the nurburgring !

[nathanhu]

mav your not wrong mate
once youve got a taste for it its hard not to go back

[MARTIN H]

Is the bike lap record still held by an RC30? or am I years behind? Was it 7 minutes 40 something seconds? I know some road cars a few years ago were doing sub 8 minute laps? Skylines and Porshes etc. Was there a Caterham that beat them all? I know I have an old video somehere of Jackie stewart doing a lap in a F1 car sometime in the 1970s and it was unbelievable.

Theres a few of us driving down to Monaco for the grand prix in May and as I am in charge of sorting the route out I have thought about including the ring without telling anyone. The lads I am going with wont even know what country there in most of the time so it should be a nice surprise for them. Unfortunatly its looking more likely we will be going in the cars as my bike mates cannot make it this year and I dont really fancy chasing round on the bike with 2 nutters in 911s.

Every year I say I'm gonna do it and never do.

Looks scary (in a good way!)

[madmav]

martin i'm in monaco with 20 bikes first week in may!
then i'm in germany 2nd week in may! if u wanna hook up u 2 u me!///////////////////mav

[Martin Dower]

I love the 'Ring. It is heavenly but I have only done it in a car. Planning to do a public day on the bike this year though. Can't wait. IIRC the car lap record has just been broken in a Carrera GT; 6:42 rings a bell. A lot of *semi* road legal Radicals rack around in under 7 mins! Best I have done is a short 9, it's one of the few places (Spa included) where I feel myself holding my breathe in some of the sections. Truely awesome and should be something you do before you die

[rockhopper]

You need to get your web site sorted Mav, that must put people off booking with you.

[bradders]

Originally posted by Martin Dower
should be something you do before you die

...not JUST before hopefully

[Martin Dower]

The fearsome reputation of the Ring is not really that deserved. It is more dnagerous than Cadwell, Oulton or other places and does lose 30 bikers a year but most incidents do tend to be in the "danger zone" 50-100 laps completed where you think you know it and then concentrate at less than 110%.

It is also pre-dominantly a road-based surface and many seem to forget that it is not super grippy and super smooth.

[beancounter]

"does lose 30 bikers a year"

Oh good, not TOO dangerous then

[madmav]

And it gets about half a million visitors a year on there !!!!!!!

[madmav]

A lot bloody safer than riding through LONDON at 5 oclock on a friday night !