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[EXJ10R]

track or road for your kicks?. reason being is that roadriding has lost it's appeal now, find that track time is more of a benefit to getting the most out of the beast. two track days a month seems better than four weekends on the road a month.

[zxyogi]

I enjoy both and deffo will not give up road riding!! 

[EXJ10R]

best times this year when i've been out on the road is with you and Glenn and Pete etc, but don't get to do that often, so maybe just a weekend  now and then with you guys and the rest on track

[zxyogi]

At the mo i use my 10 daily but am looking out for a motor to take all the shitty weather!
But will still be using my 10 on a very regular basis.Jay what you said is reasonable,you should get out with us more often Bud!
 

[iceman]

best times this year when i've been out on the road is with you and Glenn and Pete etc, but don't get to do that often, so maybe just a weekend  now and then with you guys and the rest on track

Thanks buddy.      Yep,good times but as you say,not often enough,but that is cos we work etc..... I`d love to race or do lots of  trackdays etc but just haven`t  got the money. Lucky if I can do 3 trackdays a year,so most of my play time is with you guys,and I love it!!!  

[EXJ10R]

Ahh.......BHP all round guys

[GRNINJA]

I am still un decided on this matter..... if I become poor and can't have 2 bikes then I choose track no road no track  see undecided 

[EXJ10R]

Alright Mr Jonny 2Bikes..ahem... Mr Jonny 2 Beasts  good for you though dude. Might have to sell my arse to buy some track body work so can chop and change.

[zxyogi]

Or get a cheap trackie!!

[rotax81]

love it on track......  sort of love it on road

just got me another 636 for the track n all 

[slapknacker]

undecided.

do most of my riding on road and do enjoy it.
do enjoy it on track aswell.

i do think that if i ever get my track bike i will prob drop the
road riding and do 2 trackdays a month.

but by the time that happens i will be up to 60 years old.

but then again being a trackday pensioner eh.
thats a thought

[peterpan]

how big is the ego? track is far safer if it's hard to ride smart on the road. If you  like to impress, knee down, wheelies, screaming round town then head for the track.I'm seeing from both ends, had to go racing in my younger days before I did serious damage, now I can scream around in relative safety; you won't lose your skills in later years,  but you'll get to ride with whats between your ears, not whats between your legs.  Get on the circuits and screw the pants off the thing and have a ball.

[pat]

I am still un decided on this matter..... if I become poor and can't have 2 bikes then I choose track no road no track  see undecided 

Well if you have the road bike at least you can still go on track, doesn't work the other way around (well not legally anyway !), plus you need a road bike to do the 'Ring & TT courses.

Personally whilst tracks are fun, ultimately there's what ? a dozen tracks in the UK ? So that's probably a total of around 100 corners, whereas there's a gazillion & 43 ones out on the roads, so why restrict yourself to such a small subset of what's available when you can have it all ?   

I can understand people giving up road riding to go racing, but just to do trackdays ? 

I really like riding on the road, I even enjoy filtering, it's a whole different mental challenge, me against the cagers & knowing it depends on me correctly reading their intentions - (especially their unintentional intentions !) before they've even decided, makes it a great mental challenge, whilst the knowledge that misreading them is likely to be painful gives it that certain edge.

[zxyogi]

  100%

[GRNINJA]

I am still un decided on this matter..... if I become poor and can't have 2 bikes then I choose track no road no track  see undecided 

Well if you have the road bike at least you can still go on track, doesn't work the other way around (well not legally anyway !), plus you need a road bike to do the 'Ring & TT courses.

Personally whilst tracks are fun, ultimately there's what ? a dozen tracks in the UK ? So that's probably a total of around 100 corners, whereas there's a gazillion & 43 ones out on the roads, so why restrict yourself to such a small subset of what's available when you can have it all ?   

I can understand people giving up road riding to go racing, but just to do trackdays ? 

I really like riding on the road, I even enjoy filtering, it's a whole different mental challenge, me against the cagers & knowing it depends on me correctly reading their intentions - (especially their unintentional intentions !) before they've even decided, makes it a great mental challenge, whilst the knowledge that misreading them is likely to be painful gives it that certain edge.

but you miss understand why I want to do just trackdays..   

1 way traffic that is all bikes with safety restrictions.... you can really push it on track and get a great feeling pushing it to the limit I do on the track on the road is just plain stupid..... road doesn't satisfy me like track does....

All I think of on the road is curb,bush,fence,car,lamp post,copper etc etc etc its losing its appeal cause I have had a very close mate recently have a very close call.... I don't want that to be me

broken legs and arms 5 broken ribs punctured lung internal bleeding just to name but a few injuries.... they say he won't be able to use one of his hangs again....