track school

warby221 · Post by **warby221** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:58 pm

Well SWMBO she who must be obeyed

has given me to go-ahead for a track school day for my birthday this year â€œthink sheâ€™s upped my life insurance again or sum met â€œ

so im looking for recommendations off any one whoâ€™s done one hopefully near the north west but im willing to travel for the right one remember im a safe rider â€read slow and safe old buggerâ€ been riding 20 odd years without a spill on the move. So im looking for a school with patient instructors were getting you going fasts concerned

So like I said any recommendations you have would be welcome also any pitfalls to look out for to IE fall of the bike and itâ€™ll cost you X amount
thanks all in advance

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:50 am

Fancy doing the Ron Haslam School at Donington?

A couple of mate and i have said we will do it this year....

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:00 am

Zakalwe wrote:Fancy doing the Ron Haslam School at Donington?

A couple of mate and i have said we will do it this year....

Done the Ron track school a couple of years back. Great day, not the cheapest, but when I parted company with the bike, I was glad I had paid the extra and used thier bike!!!!!

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:51 pm

Fireman on a Storm wrote:
Done the Ron track school a couple of years back. Great day, not the cheapest, but when I parted company with the bike, I was glad I had paid the extra and used thier bike!!!!!

Yeah...its not the cheapest, but the attraction of ragging someone else's bike rather than my own is understandable.

I intend to do the RH school, and then a couple of trackdays on my own bike.

warby221 · Post by **warby221** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:49 pm

im really looking to tidy up my cornering all my fav roads are in south Lakeland just out from my home town on the a590 a particular fav is the barrow to ulverston coast road also some of the a591 up by foxfeild

have you noticed that the roads round here seem to have grate diverts mid corner that through you off course and straight at on coming traffic and itâ€™s a bugger to find a quiet road thereâ€™s just to much traffic around

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:13 am

I love the A590/591 (tis a pity that I am crap at riding it tho!

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Traffic, yup. Grates, yup. Riding in the lakes? Caravans and Ethel and Enid out for a drive (35MPH everywhere) yup. Hence the idea of a track day or two!

clack · Post by **clack** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:02 pm

I got a day at the Mick Boddice school at Darley Moor for a present a couple of years back. It was very good, used their R6 (I'm assuming they use whatever they get a deal on). More biased towards improving road skills by employing training on the track there is none the less plenty of time for chasing the instructor around.

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:05 pm

If you have the money the California superbike school comes very highly recommended.
http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/

Only Rockingham and Silverstone though I think, a good friend has done part one and says it has vastly improved his riding on roads and track.