KwH
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It sounds like you had fun with Racedays. But now you are a proper racer, in the stylee of a proper race team post-test press-release, how does Team-Grecian2000-Saga-Holidays-Sanatogen-50+-Viagra-Honda  think the test went?
Number of laps each day? Lap times? Crashes? Injuries? Embarrassing itches? Test objectives met? Words for your sponsors?
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"Ride what you like, how you like, as often as you like; but always take responsibilty for your actions." - Anonymous Zen Guru
"Obviously all I'll care about is if it's good for wheelies (i.e. fluffs up my meagre skills), and what free gift they give on the launch." - Anonymous Moto-Journalism Guru
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xxrider
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...and don't forget to blame the tyre manufacturers.
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KennyP
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It sounds like you had fun with Racedays. But now you are a proper racer...
I am not now, have never been and will never be a proper racer, just a journo indulging himself...a bit.
What did I learn? Just because you turn up at a track with a racebike, that doesn't turn you into a racer!
I would have to write a Haylock-length dispatch to answer all the questions and there will be stuff in the mag, with pics.
The most important 'lesson' I learned was that, for me, spending a load of money on bits (suspension, full exhaust, system, wheels, whatever) would be better spent on world-class tuition.
After a day and a half on track I wasn't going any quicker, just trying harder and getting more frustrated. Then I went out in three, three-lap sessions with Ron Haslam, who offered me advice, then let me get on with it. I then went out on my own and recorded my best lap of the three days.
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KwH
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Loc: Carmarthen, Dyfed
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The most important 'lesson' I learned was that, for me, spending a load of money on bits (suspension, full exhaust, system, wheels, whatever) would be better spent on world-class tuition.
Ah, Grasshopper, you show wisdom beyond your years! (And for you, that's a neat trick ).
I reckon that applies to almost all of us, almost all of the time. On road or track.
Why pay £300 for a set of carbon fibre heel plates or a quickshifter in the vain hope that it will help you get to the shops faster, when the same money dropped on a day of quality intensive advanced training will have maybe ten thousand times the beneficial effect?
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Ken Haylock
http://www.cix.co.uk/~kwh
"Ride what you like, how you like, as often as you like; but always take responsibilty for your actions." - Anonymous Zen Guru
"Obviously all I'll care about is if it's good for wheelies (i.e. fluffs up my meagre skills), and what free gift they give on the launch." - Anonymous Moto-Journalism Guru
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chappers
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What did I learn? Just because you turn up at a track with a racebike, that doesn't turn you into a racer!
How very very true.
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The most important 'lesson' I learned was that, for me, spending a load of money on bits (suspension, full exhaust, system, wheels, whatever) would be better spent on world-class tuition.
Now thats a worth while lesson, can we expect to see the great Rocket Ron at future SB trackdays. 
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