Somewhere to play....
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Somewhere to play....
Hi guys! Think I'm in the right section. I'm after any ideas on where I can take my bikes to somehere quiet preferably free to have a play and get used to them.
I'm in Solihull westmids and I realise track is the best place but I'm after somewhere to go just to get used to bike.
Anybody with ideas please help.
George
I'm in Solihull westmids and I realise track is the best place but I'm after somewhere to go just to get used to bike.
Anybody with ideas please help.
George
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Re: Somewhere to play....
I live in bournville and do an hour loop over to redditch to play on the islands then past ragley hall on an amazing road then via the back of Stratford back via redditch again and home.If you catch redditch at the right time the islands are deserted and very quiet,i learnt how to get my knee down by messing about there.
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Re: Somewhere to play....
it sounds like your only option is a track day then,sometimes they have very cheap testing days at curborough sprint courseCrazypainter wrote:These bikes aren't taxed and moted. Pure track toys.
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Re: Somewhere to play....
Solihull and around the M42 has a decent number of unmarked police cars on patrol so you would have to trailer them or take them in a van.
I can't think of anywhere free where you can go.
It might be worth getting your ACU licence. A few circuits including Mallory do test days which can be cheaper than track days.
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I can't think of anywhere free where you can go.
It might be worth getting your ACU licence. A few circuits including Mallory do test days which can be cheaper than track days.
http://www.acu.org.uk/organiser/license-forms.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Somewhere to play....
Sounds like you need to find a local farm or similar that has a hard private road, finding one one will be difficult but getting permission may prove impossible. Failing that the track is the only answer I can see.
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Re: Somewhere to play....
Shall we all just chip in and buy some land and build our own track? solves all the problems lol
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Re: Somewhere to play....
you can hire curborough for about £500 per day ,dead cheap if you get a few of you goingCavetroll87 wrote:Shall we all just chip in and buy some land and build our own track? solves all the problems lol
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Re: Somewhere to play....
its been extended now so you can do a whole loop,its still dodgy with no run off !Kwacky wrote:Could you imagine us lot on a Figure of 8 course?
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Re: Somewhere to play....
I suspect that would be just the start of your problems in realityCavetroll87 wrote:Shall we all just chip in and buy some land and build our own track? solves all the problems lol

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Re: Somewhere to play....
Yeah fair comment lol
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