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Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11

Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11

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Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 08 February 2011 10:53AM
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Location:
Brands Hatch 
Start:
28/03/2011 15:00 
End:
28/03/2011 23:00 
Anyone fancy Brands Hatch at the end of March?

Me and Flow booked up so far.

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 08 February 2011 11:08AM
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whats the damage? im off shift that day. you'll have to be nice as ive never done a track day, but got my ran haslam race school booked for may Big Smile
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 08 February 2011 11:13AM
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115 quid, get it booked Hazza. Only 8 places left.

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
D650 Rob 08 February 2011 11:21AM
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Could be up for this.

Out of interest, my plan is to lat my mate have a bit of a go on track days as he has helped me get my bike sorted.

If we are both using the same bike, would we have to pay 2 entrance fees? Is it per bike, or per rider?
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 08 February 2011 11:22AM
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oh dear ummm, i literally just paid my for my race school this morning, dunno if i can fish that out again so soon! is there a closing date? and also isnt there a noise restriction at brans? my bikes pretty load Worried
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 08 February 2011 11:57AM
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Hazza
oh dear ummm, i literally just paid my for my race school this morning, dunno if i can fish that out again so soon! is there a closing date? and also isnt there a noise restriction at brans? my bikes pretty load Worried

Sell something!

My bike has never failed a noise test there and it's straight through with no cat or baffles. Plus I've never set any of the track sensors off.

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 08 February 2011 11:59AM
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D650 Rob
Could be up for this.

Out of interest, my plan is to lat my mate have a bit of a go on track days as he has helped me get my bike sorted.

If we are both using the same bike, would we have to pay 2 entrance fees? Is it per bike, or per rider?

Nah it's per rider and they give you an arm band, plus they check it on every grid. You could however go in the Inters and get your mate to go in the novice group.

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Tim 08 February 2011 02:14PM
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Potentially keen - although I have floated the potential for Cadwell Park on the Sunday before then (through No Limits). Will wait and see what interest there is in that one.
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 10 February 2011 04:26PM
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im gonna wait till nearer the end of feb to see my money situation and hopefully there will be some places as i really want to go!!
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
TripleJimmy 10 February 2011 10:00PM
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Brands is my local 'Big' track Lydden is the closet to me (about 10mins away). Would Brands be a good track for a first ever track day? Lydden is smaller would that be better for a newbe?
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Kwacky 10 February 2011 10:11PM
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I don't think the track matters for your first, it's about the company. Go on your own and run the risk of having a crap day. Go with some mates or folks off a forum and you'll enjoy the day more.

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 12 February 2011 09:00AM
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TripleJimmy
Brands is my local 'Big' track Lydden is the closet to me (about 10mins away). Would Brands be a good track for a first ever track day? Lydden is smaller would that be better for a newbe?

Hey jim, I go to brans quite alot to watch racing and in my head I know the track better then any others and would rather go somewhere I have an idea of the track then not. I been round brans in an artic lorry as the pace truck for the truck racing a few years ago and it was awesome and would love to do it on a bike Wink
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
fkkr1s 13 February 2011 07:46AM
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I did my first ever track day on my brand new 675 at Brands..hammered down with rain, new bike, never been on a track before. Once your on the track then the learning begins IMO, I studied the layout, watched a few vids, as well as the years watching racing in general. It was when I was on it things are very different.
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
hubington 13 February 2011 11:23PM
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I've done a single session at brands as part of their taster package and I was really quite nervous, oddly one of the people in my group was a girl who was in my CBT group. I was quite nervous and was worried I was going to do something stupid and bin the bike which I'd only had for a month at this stage, this wasn't helped by the first corner which as you enter it feels like a sheer drop but as the session was coming to an end I was starting to get into it.

The safety briefing was good though so everyone went out knowing what was expected of them & they are a pro track so safety is taken seriously, not saying that Lydden would be lax but at Brands if something did happen they would definitely know how to handle it.

Edit: also I was told on the weekend that the whole track at Brands has been resurfaced recently



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 13/02/2011 11:34PM by hubington.
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Critch 15 February 2011 12:48PM
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Ok, so I'm feeling a little '~C~R~A~Z~Y~' today and despite still owning two knackered Honda Hornets, I've just booked me a place on this and didn't choose to hire a bike from them Smile

No excuse not to get out in the garage and fix-up one of the bikes now!

PS. 2 spaces remaining as of 12:45pm 15th February.

Hazza - go get a space! It'll be an awesome day Smile I love Brands, it was my first
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 15 February 2011 01:28PM
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hmm need to check my fundings first! 10 days till pay day.....
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Critch 15 February 2011 05:36PM
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PS. 2 spaces remaining as of 12:45pm 15th February.

Actually only 1 space now as some crazy Italian has gone and plonked himself in the beginners group

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 15 February 2011 07:29PM
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PS. 2 spaces remaining as of 12:45pm 15th February.

Actually only 1 space now as some crazy Italian has gone and plonked himself in the beginners group

Oh cack, monkey and a machine gun come to mind!

Monty™© MCMLXXII
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 16 February 2011 11:57AM
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oh well guess im out Crying
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 16 February 2011 12:25PM
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Hazza, just checked and there's still 7 places left.

Dan did you book the inters?

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
TripleJimmy 16 February 2011 02:28PM
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I just gave them a call, she said they had around 9 spaces for the beginers group.....If its your first trackday then they give you 5% off as well.

I get paid again at the end of the month, think i am going to go for it if they still have spaces.
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 16 February 2011 05:09PM
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oo well let us know james as i will need to go in the beginners class too as never been on track
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Critch 17 February 2011 08:10AM
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That's weird, I could have sworn it told me the spaces left before I'd chosen my group. So I assumed it was total spaces left for the day. Ok my fail, sorry people!

Great news that there's still room for more slappers to go!!

Monty: yeah i booked inters, which could be a mistake as I haven't ridden for 6 months!

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Critch 24 February 2011 05:28PM
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Ok, so this morning I bit the bullet and after realising that my 1999 hornet just isn't gonna cut it even if it's ready on time, I phoned up and booked a track-prepared 2010 Yamaha R6 for the day WOOOOOOOOP WOOOOOOOOP!!!!!

I shifted my booking from inters back to novices though because I'm gonna turn up having never ridden the bike and won't know it at all, so I'm going to be a bit slower than usual. They said I can move up to inters later in the day once I've got used to the bike if I wanted to, so that's good!

JT (aka The Tonkin that all Triumphs dislike) - who some of you know from d600.org, has also booked a spot on the day and has bagged a place in the novices with me on a hired Ninja ZX-6R! Ooooooohhhh yeeeeeaahhhhhhh!!!


So at the moment, of the people I know to be going:

Novice:
Tonk/JT: Hired 2010 Ninja ZX-6R
Muppet/Luca: 2004 Suzuki GSXR 600
Critch/Daniel: Hired 2010 Yamaha R6

Inters:
Monty/Rob: Daytona 650
Flow/Andrew: Street Triple R

Anyone else from Tankslap going?

Hazza - 10 days til payday expires tomorrow by my reckoning - are you in? £115 for the day and if it's your first track day I read somewhere you get 5% off.


Dance BRING IT ON!!! Dance

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 24/02/2011 05:32PM by Critch.
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Hazza 26 February 2011 02:31PM
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whats the phone number dude? i'll book up as ive been paid and got all my OT pay from December finally grr!!

i know james (triplejimmy) is thinking about doing a novice on the 23rd as we can get a discount for being members of 675.cc and comes to about £95 but im on shift that day Sad Smile so i guess ill have to slug it with you's lot lol Smile


hazza
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Tim 27 February 2011 01:06AM
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Have got Silverstone GP this coming Wednesday. If all goes well and I can afford a new set of tyres within the month, don't be surprised to see my try to book myself onto this one ;op
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Critch 27 February 2011 09:05AM
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Awesome!! It's gonna be a tankslap invasion!

Hazza - focused events is on 0845 026 72 72. Get it sorted!! You can do it online as well. Www.focusedevents.com

See you there Smile

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Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Monty 28 February 2011 07:26AM
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Nice one guys (and girl), can't bloody wait.....

Monty™© MCMLXXII
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Tim 07 March 2011 10:07PM
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Booked it, packed it, fooked off...!

Novice:
Tonk/JT: Hired 2010 Ninja ZX-6R
Muppet/Luca: 2004 Suzuki GSXR 600
Critch/Daniel: Hired 2010 Yamaha R6
Tim: 2006 KTM 950 Supermoto

Inters:
Monty/Rob: Daytona 650
Flow/Andrew: Street Triple R

Will see how I get on with novices. Might move up if the times/traffic warrant it. Have done the Indy circuit before and it is short so it might come back relatively and quickly.

I'll be bringing tools and other bits and pieces in the pickup. Let me know if there's anything people will find particularly useful.
Re: Trackday - Brands Hatch Indy - 28/03/11
Critch 10 March 2011 06:16PM
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Tim - great news!

I'd love it if you could bring a couple of tyre warmers along - perhaps blonde and around 6 foot tall?!! That'd be ace Smile


Harriet - have you booked yet??

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