Guest philgale Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I don't need to proove owt, he'll be on a 1000 Saying that though, it will probably break down so I'll soon catch him trust me...1000cc means piss all at cadwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 SHHHHH I need an excuse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakeatron Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 SHHHHH I need an excuse! I need one too, urm the sun was in my eyes........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 bump....anyone else fancy taking to the track this year.or anyone wanna come and camp and watch then have a bbq and few beers in the evening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumilio Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I'm planning on coming to this - need to sign up and pay... will yell when I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I'm planning on coming to this - need to sign up and pay... will yell when I do! Nice one I had a suspicion you might after yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Not sure if I can actually afford this now... Its gonna cost me what a couple of hundred quid to get a towbar fitted to my new car, couple of hundred to get my track bike fixed (if not more), couple of hundred for the track days themselves, 40 quid to rent a trailer, 40 - 50 quid for petrol, and probably a bit more for various other things.... so thats roughly £700 and I just dont have £700 at the moment lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 What's actually up with the bike mate? Bet you can fix it pretty cheap...How about offering to buy Blake a few beers if he swings by your way in his van as your not far from cadwell anyway...saves the tow bar etc costscout eBay for cheap fairings...actually my mate had a set of r6 fairings I'll give him a bell and find out what he wants for them imvtrying to get him to do the double too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Ahh Chris mate, would be a bummer if you didn't make it.Can't offer any help but you just need to call in as many favours as you can. Have you tried salvaging the broken fairings i.e. gaffa tape them up or something? lolWorst case could you just make it for one day?If blake was a true biker he would swing by and pick you up as you only live down the road from Cadders No pressure though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 lol come on guys be fair on blake, I wouldn't just expect someone I've never met to do that for me and he probably wouldn't have room in the van anyway. Also, even without the cost of the tow bar and trailer its still more than I can afford at the moment. I'll have to see what state my bank balance is in at the end of June, as I'm going to try and sell a few things on ebay that I never use (like my Wii for example) but I'm not sure if I'll get that much money from that. Not sure if there will be any places left by that time though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakeatron Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Can get 4 bikes in the van and am only taking 2 so no probs picking you up, might cost you a bacon sandwich though Do you have to get it fully fixed? Just get it running and ride it 'fightered'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Do you have to get it fully fixed? Just get it running and ride it 'fightered'? Thats true, I've seen a couple of people do that, will just be a little windier thats all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Thanks for the kind offer blake, I'll see if I can afford the repairs and actual booking of the days and let you know as soon as I can if I'll be taking you up on it As for repairing the bike - it still starts and from first glance it looks like its only the fairing that is damaged but I think the bars may not be quite straight, so I'm not sure what else might be damaged / bent. Guess I'll have to take it to a garage and ask them if they can take a good look at it and give me an idea of how much it will cost to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Bugger mate...book the evening one and use that as a test to see if everything is sweetit's not a lot the evening one and will be cheaper than having a garage look at itI'll text my mate to see if he has those fairings anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Bugger mate...book the evening one and use that as a test to see if everything is sweet lol I'm not finding out if anything is broken on it by riding it round a track! I'll take it to a garage to see what think needs doing to it for it to be 'track worthy' and from there I can decide if I can afford it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 if it stops and goes its not big issue, you can find little niggly things out on the day if you just use the sessions to work on the bike not set lap records...honestly i know loads of people that do that...me included on mikes bike after he crashed it i took it out for a session at anglesey to see if it was all sweet...like i say as long as it goes and stops which you can find out in your back garden then you got nothing to worry about. not as if your gonna go into the first corner and find no brakes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakeatron Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Yep I crashed the aprillia just before lunch at oulton, stripped it down over lunch and got half a bucket of gravel out of it.Rode it around the carpark and then did the first 3 laps quite slowly in the next session, then as it was only squeaky and pulling slightly to the left i went balls out again Now I have stripped it down properly the bars were slightly bent (re-straightened by attaching to forklift and wall...) the dash frame was bent (big hammer and lump of wood) and the squeak was actualy a whistle from the exhaust (big hammer again)Fairings have been fibreglassed and self tapped into place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris128 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 haha nice blake, sounds like your bike gets a hard time of it Looking at my bank balance at the mo it doesnt look like there's any way I'm going to be able to do these days... I've got the days off work already though so I'll be sure to pop down and see how you are all getting on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragdoll Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Awwww bollox, wish i had a trackbike now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Just do it on your road bike... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Bugger Chris, thats a real shame! Hopefully see you at some point over the two days, just make sure you bring the bacon rolls Getting really excited about this now!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 So so sorry to have to do this guys, but I've got to take the same road as Chris. I binned my bike at Brands yesterday evening so I won't be able to afford to do the trackdays as all spare money is going on repairing the bike.However, I've got the days off so I'll still come up for a day (or maybe both) and be a pit bitch and also take a few snaps of you guys.Don't know what I'll do with the bike yet i.e. track it or get it back to road trim. The way I'm feeling right now I'm starting to debate if trackdays are such a good idea, but maybe that will change after I've seen you guys take on Cadwell.Here's some picshttp://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/Netmeister87/R6%20Crash/IMAG0073.jpghttp://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/Netmeister87/R6%20Crash/IMAG0072.jpghttp://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/Netmeister87/R6%20Crash/IMAG0071.jpghttp://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/Netmeister87/R6%20Crash/IMAG0070.jpghttp://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/Netmeister87/R6%20Crash/IMAG0069.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 f**king hell mate....track days are deff not the way to go on your road bike...give it a wash and i bet its all fine but plastic, get some race fairings on it and enjoy it, or flog it as a track bike, they fetch good money as that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netmeister Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 f**king hell mate....track days are deff not the way to go on your road bike... A lesson learned a little too late The bike isn't actually that bad. Frame, forks, bars, wheels etc all look fine, it's just the plastics that are wrecked.One worrying thing is it doesn't start, and I can't hear the injection system start up when I put the ignition on, but it could just be a plug come undone somewhere.Got next week off so might strip it and see whats what, could be tough with a wrist in plaster though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 get some race fairings off ebay and get it sorted, will have it up and running cheaply in no time at all...then just save up for a new road bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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