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Want to test your bike to the limit?

Mazz — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:17:40 GMT

http://www.trackdays.co.uk/motorcycle.htm

this website is useful for finding tracks, dates and prices near you. Plus it gives you advice for those first timers like me

Trackdays for 2008

XXXPOWER — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:48:50 GMT

Date Circuit Day Places Price

12/01/2008 Oulton Park Saturday 9 £49

12/01/2008 Brands Hatch Indy - GUARANTEED 3 GROUPS Saturday 8 £85

26/01/2008 Oulton Park Saturday 18 £59

02/02/2008 Cadwell Park Saturday 21 £55

02/02/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 24 £55

09/02/2008 Oulton Park - Open Pit Lane - Please note no First Timers on this one please Saturday 8 £99

09/02/2008 Pembrey Saturday 25 £69

10/02/2008 Brands Hatch Indy - Open Pit Lane - Please note no First Timers on this one please Sunday 6 £135

16/02/2008 Donington Park GP (98db, 4 groups) Saturday 37 £75

16/02/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 39 £55

23/02/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Saturday 35 £99

23/02/2008 Cadwell Park Saturday 39 £65

24/02/2008 Snetterton Sunday 29 £55

24/02/2008 Silverstone National (4 Groups) Sunday 40 £62

01/03/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Saturday 38 £109

01/03/2008 Cadwell Park Saturday 39 £75

02/03/2008 Snetterton Sunday 40 £tbc

02/03/2008 Silverstone GP Sunday 40 £tbc

02/03/2008 Cadwell Park - Open Pit Lane - Please note no First Timers on this one please Sunday 13 £115

08/03/2008 Oulton Park Saturday 40 £tbc

08/03/2008 Pembrey Saturday 39 £79

08/03/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

09/03/2008 Pembrey Sunday 39 £79

09/03/2008 Anglesey Sunday 40 £tbc

13/03/2008 Mallory Park Thursday 40 £tbc

15/03/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Saturday 40 £tbc

18/03/2008 Donington Park GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

21/03/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

28/03/2008 Anglesey Friday 40 £tbc

01/04/2008 Donington Park GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

03/04/2008 Snetterton Thursday 40 £tbc

04/04/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

05/04/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

05/04/2008 Pembrey Saturday 40 £99

06/04/2008 Pembrey Sunday 39 £99

07/04/2008 Silverstone GP Monday 40 £tbc

09/04/2008 Oulton Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

15/04/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Tuesday 40 £tbc

15/04/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Tuesday 40 £tbc

17/04/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

19/04/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

23/04/2008 Oulton Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

24/04/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Thursday 40 £tbc

24/04/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Thursday 40 £tbc

24/04/2008 Mallory Park Thursday 40 £tbc

24/04/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

29/04/2008 Silverstone GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

01/05/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

01/05/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

02/05/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

02/05/2008 Snetterton Friday 40 £tbc

03/05/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

05/05/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

05/05/2008 Croft Monday 40 £tbc

07/05/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Wednesday 40 £tbc

07/05/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Wednesday 40 £tbc

07/05/2008 Oulton Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

08/05/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

08/05/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

11/05/2008 Silverstone National (4 Groups) Sunday 40 £tbc

14/05/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Wednesday 40 £tbc

14/05/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Wednesday 40 £tbc

15/05/2008 Snetterton Thursday 40 £tbc

15/05/2008 Silverstone GP Thursday 40 £tbc

15/05/2008 Mallory Park Thursday 40 £tbc

16/05/2008 Donington Park GP (98db, 4 groups) Friday 40 £tbc

19/05/2008 Silverstone GP Monday 40 £tbc

22/05/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

22/05/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

24/05/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

26/05/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Monday 40 £tbc

26/05/2008 Cadwell Park Monday 40 £tbc

29/05/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

29/05/2008 Snetterton Thursday 40 £tbc

29/05/2008 Donington Park GP Thursday 40 £tbc

1/06/2008 T.T mad sunday

03/06/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

04/06/2008 Snetterton Wednesday 40 £tbc

04/06/2008 Snetterton (Eve) Wednesday 40 £tbc

05/06/2008 Mallory Park Thursday 40 £tbc

05/06/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Thursday 40 £tbc

05/06/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Thursday 40 £tbc

09/06/2008 Donington Park GP (98db, 4 groups) Monday 40 £tbc

11/06/2008 Brands Hatch GP Wednesday 40 £tbc

11/06/2008 Cadwell Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

12/06/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

13/06/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

14/06/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

16/06/2008 Silverstone GP Monday 40 £tbc

18/06/2008 Oulton Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

19/06/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Thursday 40 £tbc

19/06/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Thursday 40 £tbc

19/06/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

19/06/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

23/06/2008 Anglesey Monday 40 £tbc

25/06/2008 Cadwell Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

26/06/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

26/06/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

30/06/2008 Donington Park GP Evening (98db) Monday 40 £tbc

30/06/2008 Donington Park GP (98db, 4 groups) Monday 40 £tbc

02/07/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Wednesday 40 £tbc

02/07/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Wednesday 40 £tbc

03/07/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

03/07/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

04/07/2008 Donington Park GP Friday 40 £tbc

04/07/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

07/07/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Monday 40 £tbc

09/07/2008 Oulton Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

10/07/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

10/07/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

14/07/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

14/07/2008 Snetterton (Eve) Monday 40 £tbc

15/07/2008 Mallory Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

15/07/2008 Silverstone GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

16/07/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Wednesday 40 £tbc

16/07/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Wednesday 40 £tbc

17/07/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

17/07/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

21/07/2008 Cadwell Park Monday 40 £tbc

22/07/2008 Cadwell Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

26/07/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

28/07/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

28/07/2008 Snetterton (Eve) Monday 40 £tbc

29/07/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

30/07/2008 Silverstone GP Wednesday 40 £tbc

31/07/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

31/07/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

01/08/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

04/08/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

06/08/2008 Brands Hatch GP Wednesday 40 £tbc

06/08/2008 Oulton Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

07/08/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Thursday 40 £tbc

07/08/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Thursday 40 £tbc

07/08/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

07/08/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

08/08/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

09/08/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

11/08/2008 Donington Park GP (98db, 4 groups) Monday 40 £tbc

11/08/2008 Donington Park GP Evening (98db) Monday 40 £tbc

11/08/2008 Silverstone GP Monday 40 £tbc

11/08/2008 Croft Monday 40 £tbc

12/08/2008 Cadwell Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

12/08/2008 Donington Park GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

13/08/2008 Cadwell Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

14/08/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Thursday 40 £tbc

14/08/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Thursday 40 £tbc

18/08/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Monday 40 £tbc

18/08/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Monday 40 £tbc

18/08/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

18/08/2008 Snetterton (Eve) Monday 40 £tbc

19/08/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

20/08/2008 Cadwell Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

21/08/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

22/08/2008 Anglesey Friday 40 £tbc

25/08/2008 Silverstone GP Monday 40 £tbc

26/08/2008 Donington Park GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

29/08/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

30/08/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

03/09/2008 Cadwell Park Wednesday 40 £tbc

03/09/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Wednesday 40 £tbc

04/09/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

08/09/2008 Silverstone GP Monday 40 £tbc

08/09/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

09/09/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

09/09/2008 Mallory Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

10/09/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Wednesday 40 £tbc

10/09/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Eve (102db) Wednesday 40 £tbc

11/09/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

11/09/2008 Cadwell Park (Eve) Thursday 40 £tbc

15/09/2008 Donington Park GP (98db, 4 groups) Monday 40 £tbc

16/09/2008 Mallory Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

18/09/2008 Snetterton Thursday 40 £tbc

23/09/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

23/09/2008 Silverstone GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

25/09/2008 Brands Hatch GP Thursday 40 £tbc

25/09/2008 Cadwell Park Thursday 40 £tbc

26/09/2008 Cadwell Park Friday 40 £tbc

26/09/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

29/09/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Monday 40 £tbc

30/09/2008 Donington Park GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

30/09/2008 Donington Park GP Evening (98db) Tuesday 40 £tbc

03/10/2008 Anglesey Friday 40 £tbc

03/10/2008 Mallory Park Friday 40 £tbc

06/10/2008 Snetterton Monday 40 £tbc

07/10/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

08/10/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Wednesday 40 £tbc

09/10/2008 Silverstone GP Thursday 40 £tbc

14/10/2008 Mallory Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

17/10/2008 Cadwell Park Friday 40 £tbc

20/10/2008 Brands Hatch Indy Monday 40 £tbc

21/10/2008 Oulton Park Tuesday 40 £tbc

25/10/2008 Cadwell Park Saturday 40 £tbc

25/10/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

26/10/2008 Snetterton Sunday 40 £tbc

02/11/2008 Anglesey Sunday 40 £tbc

04/11/2008 Donington Park GP Tuesday 40 £tbc

08/11/2008 Pembrey Saturday 40 £tbc

08/11/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

08/11/2008 Silverstone National (4 Groups) Saturday 40 £tbc

09/11/2008 Pembrey Sunday 40 £tbc

16/11/2008 Silverstone National (4 Groups) Sunday 40 £tbc

16/11/2008 Mallory Park Sunday 40 £tbc

01/12/2008 Donington Park GP Monday 40 £tbc

06/12/2008 Mallory Park (98db) Saturday 40 £tbc

Trackday/vs MotoGP

RACECAMP — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:36:17 GMT

You want to watch the First official Motogp test in januar? then take out your own bike at the Sepang Circuit for 5 days ?

Full package, Plane, shipping from UK, hotel, meals, etc

Go to www.racecamp.no for contact

UKBike.com are looking for blog writers!

tom@ukbike.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:07:52 GMT

Hi everyone, I'm Tom from the UKBike.com team.

We are looking to launch our new blog soon, which will highlight the latest bike reviews, news and video items, information on UK bike events, and updates from UKBike.com.

Our blog is also a platform for quality writing. We're looking for bike riders who can regularly turn their stories, thoughts, bike reviews, and most of all their passion for motorbikes into words.

UKBike.com is the UK's leading motorbike reviews site - in August alone we had 90,000 individual visitors. Today there are 4,401 bike reviews in our archive, and we'd really like to bring the qualities of these reviews to our new blog.

If you're interested in writing for UKBike.com, then please drop me an e-mail at tom@ukbike.com or leave a private message through this site. Look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers

Tom @ UKBike.com

Trackdays - What a great way to find out what you and your bike can do

roadhoover — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:46:53 GMT

The UKBike Free trackday has now closed, but so you either know what you missed, or maybe to entice you to have a go. Here's a small (but perfectly formed) editorial piece recently penned by respected bike journalist Harriet Ridley.

" I’ve been a foreign track day addict for years. In fact, when I started UK club racing last year, I panicked as I only knew the continental circuits! Foreign events are completely different to UK track days where everyone’s too focused on their tyre warmers for small talk. They’re like the best ever holiday.

Spanish circuits spend their lives basking under the sun. Almeria for instance is Europe’s driest circuit, nestled deep in Spain’s Spaghetti Western south. So you’re almost guaranteed great riding weather throughout Blighty’s bleakest months. It’s a thrilling circuit too, where manufacturers and British superbike teams flock for winter testing.

Track Sense organises three days on track – usually from Friday to Sunday – there or at the GP circuit Jerez, letting you take your time to learn your way round and improve your riding gradually. It’s the perfect way for novices to get their first taste of track riding, and ideal for track day regulars to progress. The days are split in three groups: novice, intermediate and fast, rotating at 20-minute intervals. Whatever your bike and ability, there’s a group for you. And there are far fewer riders on track than on the crammed UK days.

Former TT and British Superbike champion Ian Simpson, and international road race champion Ian Cobby are on hand throughout for instruction, while top mechanic Andy works his socks off changing tyres and fixing mechanical gripes. Track Sense brings tyres that you can buy at bargain prices. Cans of petrol are also provided at cost.

The holiday atmosphere is exhilarating, yet chilled. Everyone enjoys a beer or ten down the bar in the evening. Of course, the more beers are downed, the greater the stories of slides, knee-downs and top speeds become, until everyone’s a Valentino Rossi in the making!

The camaraderie is unique. I’ve met my greatest friends on these events. Some people (ahem) become so hooked they do every event in the calendar. Some even leave their bike all year round at Track Sense’s Surrey workshop for Andy to clean, service and carry out upgrades, ready for the next event.

Logistics are straightforward. The weekend before the event I drop off bike and kit for Track Sense to transport in crates stored in trucks. A few days later, I fly cheaply to Almeria or Jerez airport where I pick up my hire car and head for the plush four-star hotel. Here the fun begins with socialising over a cold one.

There’s so much track time you could take a morning off to lounge by the sea or pool with your other half and kids – whole families come along for the ride! And still you’d get all the track time you could wish for. By early afternoon of the final day, many have already retired to the hotel bar. Only the die-hard enthusiasts continue to chase the smooth ribbon of Tarmac on the near-empty, sun-kissed Spanish circuit.

Win a Trackday

roadhoover — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:20:55 GMT

Just in case anybody missed the advertising on the main part of the site.

Sports bike fans, UKBike has teamed up with Tracksense, to give away a free trackday in Southern Spain at the Almeria Circuit in October.

It's three days on track, four star hotel, free hire car, free bike freight from UK and back again.

All it will cost is the flight - Easy jet (about £50) whatever fuel you use there and your beer and scran at the hotel.

All you have to do to enter is write UKBike a review of your bike and add a few pics. Any style you like, any length, funny, serious, informative etc, the choice is yours. Submit via the main part of the site and you'll get auto enetered.

The prize is worth £700 and the winner can take a mate (also worth £700), if you're not fortunate enough to win, there are five runner up prizes, off a free off road day vouchers in the UK worth £200 apiece or you can cash them in against any scheduled track day that Tracksense is running.

Surely it's gotta be worth ten minutes or so of your time writing a review for this fantastic opportunity of winter sunshine and high speed thrills, don't be put off by the fact that you've never done a trackday before, Tracksense welcome novices and have instructors to coach you including Ian Cobby.

C'mon you lot don't be shy.

Injured Rider

roadhoover — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:53:00 GMT

I read today that a trackday organized by well known company Hottrax experienced a severe rider injury on one of their recent track days. Naturally the track was closed whilst the severely injured rider was treated and the incident dealt with by the inevitable call to the various authorities.

It shocked me to learn that some fellow riders on the day complained at the curtailment of the day and were making loud noises about getting a refund on their fee.

Somebody, a fellow rider, even a 'brother' if you like could have been fatally injured and all they were worried about was their £150 quid or whatever. I also read that the organizer instead of expressing concern but still pocketing the money actually gave the days earnings to the local air ambulance charity.

We all know trackdays can be dangerous and that the organizers cannot be responsible for incidents that happen on track and we all sign the relevant doc's to this effect where it generally states no monies will be refunded.

What's the betting someone takes legal advice about getting their dosh back despite the circumstances. Some people!!!!!!

Bikefest

sg_bth — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:01:27 GMT

It's not quite a rackday or rally but..is anyone going to that new Bikefest show at Donny park on may 26th? It looks like it might be interesting and seems to have a more hands on ethic to it - it looks like you can get track time and try out bikes and get training at the show as well as it having all the usual jumble of stands etc. Maybe it will be a change from the normal format, and for a tenner it's appealing. Has anyone heard about this?