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That'll be the problem then :roll: put some proper sticky tyres on it :twisted: as said before i ride every day rain shine typhoon or snow.. i need the best of both worlds with my tyres.. have had sticky mofos on previous bikes and its great till your in the wet.. or you slow down from flat chat. I...

I had a mille for about 6 months before I got my track bike. It's an absolutely amazing bike, but IMO for me it's waaayyy too race orientated for the road. I'm sure many people could buy it and be fine, but I was doing stupid speeds. :cry: It's a brilliant bike aside of the crap sidestand, non exist...

Aaa, the Firestorm's easy, try something like a mille or my H/cup bike with the rear jacked up.

It's all about getting the butt off AND getting your upper body off to match(which most people don't do).

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone.

The race bike is a hornet 6, it is hilarious stuffing proper sportsbikes on trackdays.

I'm hoping to enter the Hornet Cup in 2009.

iggy1966 wrote:Welcome Big_Ham

Where abouts in the "up north" are you from?

I'm about 30 miles "up north" from London.

No, I'm not from t'up north, but the title makes a change from the usual hi, I'm new. Anyway, I'm on the insurance of my dad's Firestorm now, I used to have my own road bike, but ditched it for a strictly track only bike. Then decided I missed road riding too much and my dad doesn't use the bike tha...