Cadwell Trackday 2008

Taz immediately starts planning his attack on his wife's objections.....

Is that part of the track picked out in red because that's the part of the track the day is on?

I,m a defo ,and maybe a few more aswell.

Is it the full track???

Is it open to first timers, I would love to have a go if im home see if i can loose the chicken strips once and for all

bladaz wrote:Is it open to first timers, I would love to have a go if im home see if i can loose the chicken strips once and for all

yup its open to one and all

Tazfiend wrote:Taz immediately starts planning his attack on his wife's objections.....

Is that part of the track picked out in red because that's the part of the track the day is on?

I just took the pic from their site, I presume its going to be the full track on the day, I'll double check.

Bike dont normally go on the short track because the hair pin would be to tight (highside city).
Plus you turn off before the mountain, whats the point of going to cadwell without that.
Its a great track Taz, you will love it.

That's why I was asking, I have been wanting to try Cadwell and the Mountain since I first went on track at Knockhill, it just looks a really fun track.

Do we need to pay at time of booking? (Probably I imagine).

Tazfiend wrote:That's why I was asking, I have been wanting to try Cadwell and the Mountain since I first went on track at Knockhill, it just looks a really fun track.

Do we need to pay at time of booking? (Probably I imagine).

Just make sure the bike don't hit you in the face mate, just joking the mountain does take some working out.

I hope to make it to cadwell again just waiting on something

More stickers

Blade_Hog wrote:Just make sure the bike don't hit you in the face mate, just joking the mountain does take some working out.

Thanks for that!

Looks like I can probably do this, is there anywhere that's cheap to stay that people have used before?

Camp out mate, if your in a van.
A load of us did for the one last year.

I'm brave (or foolish) and tight. I'll be riding there and back.

Well I'm booked, in Intermediate which is making me a bit nervous as I don't know the track at all.

Anyone got good suggestions of places to stay... or space in a van from Scotland?

Tazfiend wrote:or space in a van from Scotland?

ha ha good een


If I'm doing it and hoping to this year......you can sleep in the awning

I'm less worried about the sleeping, and more worried about getting the bike home if I screw up.

Just checked my rota and im going to be away for that date (GUTTED) all work and no play for me

OK guy's

Who's booked and who has,nt??
Just getting a feel of what,when n how.

Might be worth making this a "Sticky" to drum up support and riders for the day?.

I'm booked. Am I on my own?

Well I'll be there on a '99 (T reg) Repsol Blade and wearing black Crowtree leathers. Say hi if you see me.

Well I may be Billy No Mates, but I had a ball and the weather was fantastic.

Tazfiend wrote:Well I may be Billy No Mates, but I had a ball and the weather was fantastic.

What did you think to the track?

Did you ride down and back then?

I've ended up working off-base in Norwich for the last few weeks so I stayed with a friend in Lincoln on Thursday night and rode up to the track fresh on Friday morning. The whole family came down from Glasgow for lunch time and spent the weekend with me here - just left in fact.

Cadwell is a fantastic track, I love it. It took me quite a while to start getting my lines to the point where I felt confident in where I was placing myself, and it was only really on the last (very short) session where I really felt like I was starting to get on the pace.

When I realised that Intermediate and Advanced were in one group I asked to be moved to Novice, and while I was way faster than the general pace of Novice I'm pretty glad I did. Some of the guys in Inter/Advanced were well on it and I don't think I'd make a good chicane! Having said that by the end of the day I was lapping some of the Novices two or three times in a session.

The corners before the mountain were tighter than they ever look on TV so you do end up going up there in a fairly low gear, no surprise you wheelie! At first I found it hard to keep the throttle open, but I was getting over that by the end of the day.

The weather was fantastic, if cold in the morning, and the track was pretty grippy by mid-morning (couple of moments in the first two sessions).

Now I want to go back knowing the lines and really start working on cracking on round the track. It's a fantastic place.