tour reports » Folembray Track Day

Just back from my 2nd visit to Folembray, same format as last year (see about 10 posts down!). Going a bit earlier this year meant a much more comfortable ride down in 16-20 degrees rather than the 27-33 of last year.

A fair few of the crowd were familiar from the last trip & it was nice to meet up with the familiar faces. I've had a bit of training at the end of last year which has made a big difference to my riding & this year I felt much more comfortable on track. The training also made me more at ease with what the bike can do & how hard you can turn & brake (not at the same time!!).

The net result was way more laps & almost a complete tank of fuel emptied in around 80-90 miles on track!!

In the afternoon once I was really in the groove my pal on an '02 Fireblade couldn't get past in 3 laps of trying, for some context he was overtaking me at will last year on an air-cooled 1200RT!!

Sanemancured - Big Jim was there again - tell him I'm wearing my braces under a T Shirt next time I see him! 😄

Barely any pics taken, was too busy riding, but what a bike, comfy for almost 800 miles in 4 days, flew round the track & then cruised round the M25 in comfort, absolutely no plans to change it, but when that finally happens it's very hard to see beyond a 1250...IMG-20230522-WA0000.jpeg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

Nice one. My mate Jim tells me that the social life is equally good.

I've switched to using a CBR600RR at Cadwell. I suspect that at the moment I'd be quicker on the RS

The social side is a highlight - and means the on track ettiqutte is very good, no-one wants to be "that twat" sat on their own for the evening beer & grub!

I was offered a go on the blade but stuck with mine. We'll be at Cadwell on 28/7 for the training day with Hopp, looking forward to trying the track & learning a bit more.

Give me a shout on the 28th. I'll be on:

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Roger! see you then.