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Cadwell 28th Nov £65
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:48 pm
by Matty21
Il be there if anyone else can make it. Il be on the CB500 race bike. cant wait to try it out.
"Im a welder therefore i dont feel cold"

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:24 pm
by kwackman12
Dont forget to take your snow chains Matty

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:55 pm
by Matty21
haha i will do, i was thinking wooden blocks though so if i do get a dry line they will wear down back to my rubber

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:40 pm
by Luders
I'm done with track days for the year bud, but take some photos for us.
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:56 pm
by Matty21
Will do Matey, really looking forward to it. Thundersport500 next year

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:57 pm
by Matty21
Anyone fancy a winter ride?

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:19 pm
by Luders
I have to be honest, I really wouldn't have fancied going round any circuit at this time of year in these conditions, especially Cadwell!
How did you get on?
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:44 am
by Matty21
Got cancelled buddy
So i decided to use the credit not for jan/february!
Fingers crossed its better! Too far away for a shake down test but oh well haha.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:09 pm
by Luders
I expect to be out toward the end of Feb early March to blow the Christmas cobwebs away!
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:10 pm
by garye345
Booking Mallory for 2nd of jan,£39 bargain.
Hope the weathers a bit better than now,but if not

willy warmer and long johntastic!
I'll be the one dressed like a black michelin man!

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:47 pm
by dave32
Remember booking a donnington trackday a couple of years ago for january,weather was great(for that time of year),until a couple of days before when it started to snow!
Drove up from plymouth in the middle of the night in a rented iveco turbo daily that had a sticking throttle and 0 damping on the shocks(hit a bump on the m5 and it didnt stop pogoing for quite some time,Kept us amused!),got near donny about 4 am parked in layby for a couple of hrs kip not easy with 3 in the front,ended up getting in the back but was too cold.
Started snowing at dawn,didnt settle but was bloody freezing wind.
Had so many layers on that couldnt move about on the bike ended up riding round old skool style (i.e pre 70's!).
The northern guys were mental,warming bikes up at 8 am and walking round in short sleeves like it was spring!think i had a balaclava on.
The moral of the story,dont book for that time of year,i know its cheap but they wont be booked up so if the weather looks okayish just turn up and pay,wish i hadnt booked as i felt obliged to go,but looking back was pretty crazy.
Might be ok if you sleep in a nice warm bed the night before,dont recommend the van.
Dave
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:26 pm
by garye345
dave32 wrote:Remember booking a donnington trackday a couple of years ago for january,weather was great(for that time of year),until a couple of days before when it started to snow!
Drove up from plymouth in the middle of the night in a rented iveco turbo daily that had a sticking throttle and 0 damping on the shocks(hit a bump on the m5 and it didnt stop pogoing for quite some time,Kept us amused!),got near donny about 4 am parked in layby for a couple of hrs kip not easy with 3 in the front,ended up getting in the back but was too cold.
Started snowing at dawn,didnt settle but was bloody freezing wind.
Had so many layers on that couldnt move about on the bike ended up riding round old skool style (i.e pre 70's!).
The northern guys were mental,warming bikes up at 8 am and walking round in short sleeves like it was spring!think i had a balaclava on.
The moral of the story,dont book for that time of year,i know its cheap but they wont be booked up so if the weather looks okayish just turn up and pay,wish i hadnt booked as i felt obliged to go,but looking back was pretty crazy.
Might be ok if you sleep in a nice warm bed the night before,dont recommend the van.
Dave
Will be in a nice warm bed the night before Dave.
Weather should'nt be too much of a problem,gonna do it on me trailie

before i put the big knobblies on.
Cannot wait to get it on a track,and it'll give me something to look forward to,rather than this load a $*^£ we call chrismas

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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:13 pm
by Charles
garye345 wrote:
Hope the weathers a bit better than now,but if not

willy warmer and long johntastic!
I'll be the one dressed like a black michelin man!

Don't forget to post some nice pics afterwards

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:53 am
by Matty21
Gary why do you do this to me

, i may just have to book into that trackday

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:34 pm
by Luders
I think you're all nuts!
