mattyb

Nice, it's about 4 hours from here. Only ridden it once so far, can't wait to get back though, great track. Double header in early September that's looking tempting! Prepare wallet for a beating, worth every penny though IMO

I think #1 is what we have now so would go with that. Agree with cruz if you don't take the piss and are fairly observant then you can make good progress. Unfortunately I think we need 70 limits in this country, there are just too many cretins on the road. Most around here can barely negotiate a roundabout so letting people like that on autobahn style roads would be asking for trouble.

Furniture polish is apparently good for it. Mine have started squeeking too lately, must get around to trying that out. It's also supposed to be good for keeping water off the visor.

Yea that was crazy, don't know how he kept on it after that

I used to do that, nice bit of fishtailing. Trick is in blipping the throttle as you change down, takes a bit of practice but well worth it. Will stop the back locking up but still give you nice engine braking.

I tend to approach in 1st gear, bike is a bit unsettled at low revs in 2nd plus being in 1st means I have power to pull away if traffic starts moving. Also get nice engine braking ('tis a 600). I wouldn't coast up to the junction with clutch held as the bike is more stable with drive on the back wheel, the same applies to the car but you're not balancing on it at the time so get away with it

This site looks pretty handy for finding new routes

Use dark one, unfortunately Caberg helmets don't fit me. Have used it early in the morning while still dark & it was fine. Don't ride much at night, would probably take clear visor with tinted pinlock.

I've got narrow feet too and ended up with Sidi, fitted nicely. Then trashed them doing some inadvertent offroading, the shop I brought them at posted them back to Sidi who repaired them for free including re-stitching the slider mounts, impressed.

Is it on council TV or Sky only?

Doesn't that get a bit cold? Only wear mine on track, hood jeans & textiles rest of the time.

I got some leather soap, mostly for horse riders gear, makes the leather kit look like new. You'd definitely notice it on the white bits. It's not really necessary though. Ran my non biking leather jacket through it and it made it look brand new again.

Got some nice looking kit there fella, bit of extra motivation to help through the direct access eh!

As well as keeping you warm it keeps alien transmissions at bay.

I waited about 6 weeks after DAS then went on first one. I wouldn't say I was a particularly skilled or confident rider, but I don't think another 6 months road riding would have made any difference. Day on track helped hugely though. If you can ride on the road then you can ride on a track in novice group IMO. Avoid open-pitlane days but any with a novice group will be ok. Great book that someone (maybe you phil) recommended was trackdays for virgins, well worth picking up.