There is nothing quite like the feeling you get after a good trackday. All the muscles across the top of your shoulders ache, your legs feel heavy and your eyes and hands feel tired. To paraphrase Worf from Star Trek ' Today was a good day to ride'. I left the house on the ZX7R just after 06:00 this morning questioning my choice of motorcycle and headed up the M1 after having, what is for me anyway, a slight lie in. The weather was a little bit drizzly but that soon cleared and despite the clouds threatening all day, it was the only rain that I encountered. After getting some fuel just before getting to the circuit I pulled into the pit garage ready to start the day. Its always an interesting moment when you first get a glimpse of the riders and machines that you will be sharing the day with and it's probably just me, but at that moment I always feel out of my depth, although I know I'm not. After the mandatory safety briefing we head out on track for the first time and all goes really well. The bike feels good and I have loads of confidence in the tyres as they're giving me lots of feedback from the surface.
Unlike most other trackdays our session times were a little bit all over the place. For the first few sessions there were twenty five minute gaps in place, but as the day progressed that changed. We would do a session and then have to wait nearly an hour for the next two. Then at the end we went back to the twenty five minutes gap and I'm sure this was more to do with the race cars that were also present, but I just found it a little odd. Despite that, I felt that the Silverstone team did a wonderful job on the day and it was well worth the entry fee, which is a little higher that other similar days. I was really pleased with them as they also let me wear my helmet camera so I got some track footage, which I'll look at uploading.
Unlike most other trackdays our session times were a little bit all over the place. For the first few sessions there were twenty five minute gaps in place, but as the day progressed that changed. We would do a session and then have to wait nearly an hour for the next two. Then at the end we went back to the twenty five minutes gap and I'm sure this was more to do with the race cars that were also present, but I just found it a little odd. Despite that, I felt that the Silverstone team did a wonderful job on the day and it was well worth the entry fee, which is a little higher that other similar days. I was really pleased with them as they also let me wear my helmet camera so I got some track footage, which I'll look at uploading.
In the afternoon, the insects arrived, splattering my visor the front of my bike in their DNA. Looking at the front of my bike in the picture above, it looks like it could do with a few sessions with a bottle of clearsil rather than just a good scrub down with some Muc-off.
As always there were some really nice guys down there today. A special hello to Clive and Peter who I hung out with for most of the day. At lunch we had a great little discussion about MotoGP out the back of the garages as the fire alarm was going off inside. I got the chance to say hi to John McAvoy again, meet John Hogan as well as having a laugh on and off track with Jon Urry, which all started because we wear the same leathers.
Silverstone will be upload the photos either tonight or tomorrow, so I'll get some of those up when I get the chance. All in all, a really, really good day. Did I take the wrong bike? Not a chance
As always there were some really nice guys down there today. A special hello to Clive and Peter who I hung out with for most of the day. At lunch we had a great little discussion about MotoGP out the back of the garages as the fire alarm was going off inside. I got the chance to say hi to John McAvoy again, meet John Hogan as well as having a laugh on and off track with Jon Urry, which all started because we wear the same leathers.
Silverstone will be upload the photos either tonight or tomorrow, so I'll get some of those up when I get the chance. All in all, a really, really good day. Did I take the wrong bike? Not a chance
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