neversaydie Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Did an evening track session at Donington Wednesday 9th, nice and ry, first since last Sept. Rusty riding at first, disturbed the gravel a little, but smoother in the later sessions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 I was thinking of booking an evening next month. What were the groups like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Two groups, novice/inter and inter/advanced. Seemed to work fine, because it was evening, I got the impression more riders rode there than van/trailered. I was in novice/inters, there were some very fast lads in it too, and a couple of instances of dodgy over/undertakes, but all in all just about right for me. Inters/fast tended to be litre plus/track type bikes. Only one red flag in our group, and the marshalls had the black flag out to a couple of riders early on. Plenty of room in the paddock too. One group on, one group off, so only 20 minutes between the sessions, four sessions each group, first group on at 5.30. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcr Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 the only time ive leaned a bike over that far is when we've parted company on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 5 hours ago, neversaydie said: Two groups, novice/inter and inter/advanced. Seemed to work fine, because it was evening, I got the impression more riders rode there than van/trailered. I was in novice/inters, there were some very fast lads in it too, and a couple of instances of dodgy over/undertakes, but all in all just about right for me. Inters/fast tended to be litre plus/track type bikes. Only one red flag in our group, and the marshalls had the black flag out to a couple of riders early on. Plenty of room in the paddock too. One group on, one group off, so only 20 minutes between the sessions, four sessions each group, first group on at 5.30. Sounds good. I've heard a lot of track days this year were like moto3 and seen some quite bad accidents so I was a bit worried about the mixed groups. I reckon I'll get an evening booked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 Did you book one? I've not been able to log in on here for several weeks but all appears to be working again now. I take the point about sessions being red flagged, I've noticed there are more of them than when I first started trackdays, and I put it down to more riders having lap timers fitted onto the dash/bars than ever before. I reckon they ride around with one eye on the timer, trying to gain every available nano second at the expense of safety/courtesy. There's plenty of examples on Youtube of dodgy over/undertakes at corners. If I see a bunch gathering in front of me, I'll let them get further in front rather than take risks. Its my only bike. I was up there again in August and then again Sept 8th, that's it now for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 No I didn't book an evening session. Did donington in July and went to blyton Park for an exclusive triumph day in August which was awesome. Joined by Brandon Paasch from triumphs British supersport team as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 July? I was there on the twelfth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Sorry it was actually the 17th May I was at donington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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