I'll probably go with the new m7s but I did have second thoughts when I read that people were running the T30 on the track without issue.

... most riders are at maybe 70% to 80% of what the bike is capable of with a big safety margin. Plus after a few hours you start to get cocky, we were backing it in on some of the corners. Not something I'm ever likely to try or be capable of on a real bike. It was fun though, don't let me put ...

... an it showed what a joke it was to get that sticker approval (a few years ago at least) whereby they pretty much just wrote in requesting it and were issued with one. THere is also a silver level, but I've never seen it. It maybe has a standard that is an equivalent? Like a US approval that may ...

... and secretly lust after the missus' ZXR 400 as a track bike :x Hey mate, we have a couple of degus among our many other more scaley pets, they were actually bought by my Mrs when I got my cbr6 as a like "well you got a new toy, now I'm getting something" lol

... very respectfully kept things low key...but the news was the worst, and we all felt a terrible loss of one of our racing family. That being so, we were still totally overwhelmed to have so many of our Slapper crew turn up to support us...massive thanks to Spudda and Spudlet James, Nutz, Frankie ...

We've been working on our table plan card today, all our tables are named after metal guitarists and were Gunna have vinyls from the band's on the table nd designing the plan to look like a festival poster, like the look of yours tho, if we hadn't started it today may have stolen that idea

... you can fall out with someones Mrs without even meeting them lol. Have a ride on the Multi Deegee, its by no means a bad bike. In fact if someone were to give one to me I would be overjoyed. Its just I really wanted to like it, but for me the BMW was just the better bike. I was out with some others ...

Fwiw when my trackday mate got hitched all the tables were named after race circuits! Top table was Cadwell btw.

... you're talking about Monty, I was told the same thing by my instructor at Ron Haslams, just the few sessions I did with him pushing me and my legs were quivering like jellies, my quads were shot for days after. However I retained some of what was drilled into me and was faster because of it. I ...

... at is the date stamp as you don't want tyres that have been sitting round. Not a problem if you're buying a newly released tyre. Which qualifier were you trying to get? The Q3 is available in some countries but I couldn't find them when I looked! Fwiw I rate the Michelin pilot power 3! Pretty ...

... to ride though in Sport mode the throttle is very On/Off. It can certainly be hustled down the lanes and is easy to throw about. My only gripes were the big fat tyre makes the bike want to sit up if you take pressure off the bars and the seating position doesn't really suit me. I like my back ...

Cracking write up God'.
You say about the Duke having more top end, but you were also impressed by the GS's bottom end grunt. Do I take it that the GS had more usable bottom end than the Duke.?

... under braking, which takes a bit of getting used to. The brakes don't seem to be doing much so I kept squeezing harder, then realised that they were slowing me rapidly and the back end was going light. The other thing was the feel of the engine when stationary, but this was expected and nothing ...

What were your observations, Jon?

I agree with a lot of what you said St Marks, but I guess there were other factors that came into play rather than just riding off the edge of the tyre. As said above on modern tyres its hard to run off the edge. I didnt and the belly pan was scraping. ...

Spending the day grinning after getting an offer from my first choice uni after an interview earlier this week. Things were looking a bit bleak as my safety net options were unsuccessful but first choice came through. I can only assume I must not have shown enough enthusiasm at the ...

Spending the day grinning after getting an offer from my first choice uni after an interview earlier this week. Things were looking a bit bleak as my safety net options were unsuccessful but first choice came through. I can only assume I must not have shown enough enthusiasm at the ...

Spending the day grinning after getting an offer from my first choice uni after an interview earlier this week. Things were looking a bit bleak as my safety net options were unsuccessful but first choice came through. I can only assume I must not have shown enough enthusiasm at the ...

Spending the day grinning after getting an offer from my first choice uni after an interview earlier this week. Things were looking a bit bleak as my safety net options were unsuccessful but first choice came through. I can only assume I must not have shown enough enthusiasm at the ...

I agree with a lot of what you said St Marks, but I guess there were other factors that came into play rather than just riding off the edge of the tyre. As said above on modern tyres its hard to run off the edge. I didnt and the belly pan was scraping. http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t90/Godzilla_r33/Bikes/Track%20fairings/bellypanscraping_zps676483e5.jpg