CSS was great fun, and learned a fair bit - thanks! I think by the end I was a fair bit faster on most corners than I was at the first track day. Much to my surprise in some ways I got more out of the classrooms & track drills than the actual bike-instructors. In some ways the No-Limits instructors seemed more “free” to give advice, rather than being concerned at stepping into the “next level”.
6ft LondonBiker Lady on Suzuki/Ducati 1098 with White/Blue MHP Van (!?!), I’ll definitely say “hi” Save me a corner in the garage if you can Gosh these track days are addictive!
Have a great time guys. The GP circuit is fantastic. When you do the corner onto the back straight (Surtees from memory) you want to be all the way across to the right of the track and turn as late as you can - REEEEAAAALLLLLYYYY late. That way you get a good line up the hill and don’t run out of track (or highside). Most people turn in too early and they’re so far banked over that they can’t get on the power. I’ve passed many bikes there, just by being able to get hard on the throttle earlier.
Hi Jerry, thanks for the tips! I certainly learned more about late turning at CSS I was almost shocked how fast I was taking that first downhill corner by the end I’ll try and be extra late for Surtees too.
I look forward to seeing the rest of you guys on the track in the near future as well!
It went “okay” thanks. I think one 1 out of 4 videos worked okay. I’m trying to upload to YouTube, but its “too big” at the moment. I’ll put a link up if I can upload it.
The video quality is a bit uneven and “shaky” (slow/cheap scanning I guess) but you can tell what’s happening. Enough that it looks like I was doing 2mins 15secs a lap [must … get … faster!].
Taped to the front of the bike was quite good. I tried on the indicator, but that ended up pointing down at the track, which looked quite surreal to watch.
Well, I’m used to me pulling funny faces in photos, but to have two of us … well Yes, great time thanks
How was the track? Fun? I love that corner up at the top of the circuit - Hawthornes - you can just drop into 5th and take it so quickly. Lovely!
Was there a problem in novices? I just spoke to nolimits about booking Silverstone in Aug and they mentioned a problem with fast riders in novices. Didn’t elaborate.
I can imagine a big speed differential down the straights tho.
That Hawthornes was impressive, though I was still building my confidence so am sure I could do a good bit quicker eventually.
The instructor helped me take Dingle Dell smoother which helped get past some people Awesome feeling taking things wide and chopping off those “blind” corners.
I didn’t sense a huge problem in the Novices, though there were a few very fast ones in the group. I guess I did get a bit aggressively cut-up a couple of times too.
I guess the track was so packed (really full compared to the Indy day recently), that perhaps faster riders were sneaking into the novices, and there wasn’t room to bump them up to other groups.
I think by the end I was a fair bit faster on most corners than I was at the first track day. Much to my surprise in some ways I got more out of the classrooms & track drills than the actual bike-instructors. In some ways the No-Limits instructors seemed more “free” to give advice, rather than being concerned at stepping into the “next level”.
Gosh these track days are addictive!
I was almost shocked how fast I was taking that first downhill corner by the end 
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