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Track days

I passed my test 14 years ago. I've ridden all sorts of things, but up until a year ago had never done a track day. I took the plunge at Pembray in Sept 2009 on a VFR, managed two sessions and have never been so terrified in my life. I rode it there from Cardiff, with a tank- bag full of spanners and a banana for energy, as if that would help! I stopped after two sessions because a bloke I had met fell off and broke his collar bone, so I ended up taking his Mrs to Carmathen hospital to pick him up. Come 2010 I decided to have another go and in the spirit of things, bought a Blade, a 2002 RR2, fitted a towbar to the car and rented a trailer.


Have you got any idea how fast a Fireblade will really go or how far it will really lean? No, me neither! I got technically better, learnt a lot about my nerves and my bike, got faster, better, more confident......but never got rid of the terror. 5 more days in 2010 and I decided to call it a day while I was still in one bit. Statistically it was nearly my time to come off, hurt myself and trash the bike, neither of which I wanted to do. So I stopped.


For good fun, well organised Pembray track days visit:   http://www.philbevantrackdays.com/












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