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Originally posted by chr|s sedition
so it's finally dawned on me that track day would be like riding through some nice backroads, on good pavement, with no cages, and no police.
that sounds like heavan. I also imagine that it's really, really addicitve.
Anyway, I know nothing about track days, how to sign-up for them, what I need to do to my bike, etc...can anyone direct me to a good newbie primer for how to get my feet wet with this whole thing? R7? HeSoDrunk? Nazo? Oreo? Kham? I know a number of you are track junkies...
thanks in advance,
-chr|s sedition |
Well first if you want a smooth track with good pavement, you'll have to wait until the next NESR VIR trackday
Tony puts on a great trackday and that's probably your best bet as a newbie track rider. The bike prep like he has listed on the site is pretty simple. You'd be surprised at how many people ride there bikes to a trackday, prep them quick and are ready to go in 15-20 minutes. If at all possible, i would try to avoid riding there and back though, it's a long day and you'll be extremely tired at the end, not to mention "if" you end up having a bike get-off that could leave you stranded
Take a ride up on the next race weekend and have a look around, it may give you a better idea to see how people ride/race on the track. One of the few nice things about Loudon is the spectator viewing, you can see the action up close in a lot of the turns. The only bad thing about that is you'll probably want to start racing....