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From: antonye on 28 Jul 2010 18:13 Russell wrote: > > <snip> Crikey! There's a name I've not heard for a while. It must be a good 20 years since you gave me a lift to the NEC one year... -- Antony
From: Ace on 29 Jul 2010 03:01 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:21:17 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: <Cadwell track day> >I badly want to do it on the 400 Four. Sounds like fun. If I were ever going to get back onto two wheels, it'd probably be on such a bike, for such an event. Although my heart says I really want another XT500, my back says it wouldn't be able to cope with it.
From: darsy on 29 Jul 2010 06:40 Ace wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:21:17 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > <Cadwell track day> > > >I badly want to do it on the 400 Four. > > Sounds like fun. If I were ever going to get back onto two wheels, > it'd probably be on such a bike, for such an event. Although my heart > says I really want another XT500, my back says it wouldn't be able to > cope with it. A 400 Four, and even worse, an XT500 would be hopelessly slow and boring around Cadwell. -- d.
From: Ace on 29 Jul 2010 06:50 On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:40:32 -0700 (PDT), darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Ace wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:21:17 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk >> (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >> >> <Cadwell track day> >> >> >I badly want to do it on the 400 Four. >> >> Sounds like fun. If I were ever going to get back onto two wheels, >> it'd probably be on such a bike, for such an event. Although my heart >> says I really want another XT500, my back says it wouldn't be able to >> cope with it. > >A 400 Four, and even worse, an XT500 would be hopelessly slow and >boring around Cadwell. Well yeah. And safe. As it happens I did ride an XT500 0round there, back in about 1978 when I was marshalling for a Derby Phoenix club meeting. Great fun, and at the time it didn't seem slow at all.
From: darsy on 29 Jul 2010 06:58
On Jul 29, 11:50 am, Ace <b.rog...(a)ifrance.com> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:40:32 -0700 (PDT), darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >A 400 Four, and even worse, an XT500 would be hopelessly slow and > >boring around Cadwell. > > Well yeah. And safe. well, sort of - I've done Cadwell twice (once on a CBR929 and once on a ZX-7R) and several of the accidents I saw were caused by slow(er) bikes being rammed by faster idiots on corners. "Safe" is relative". The time I did it on my 'blade, there was a bloke on a 600cc supermoto - people were pissing all around him on the main straight and also getting in his way on the tighter corners - it didn't look like much fun for him. > As it happens I did ride an XT500 0round there, back in about 1978 > when I was marshalling for a Derby Phoenix club meeting. Great fun, > and at the time it didn't seem slow at all. if all the bikes were of a similar speed, then sure, but I'd still say Cadwell has too long a main straight for even a biggish single. If I had to pick a track for singles, it'd have to be Lyddon Hill. -- d. |