My ring trip

[RossDagley]

sunny all week and then rain forecast for the weekend. Oh the joys of 4wd

Wet laps are the by far the best. I have 20+ laps in the rain and I love them the most!

especially when your mate is in a c63

laugh a minute watching him try an hold it together lol

[Ellis]

Plus I'm paralyzed from the waist down so if i came off the bike I couldn't get out the way very quickly. Will be interesting to see how the RS6 does, at least the brakes should be a bit more up to the job than the standard ones.

Wow. I did not expect that, that's for sure. I tip my hat to you fella, certainly not letting it hold you back!

What modifications to the bike and car have you made if you don't mind me asking? Pardon my naivety.

[SuprSi]

No worries , I didn't even think the bike was possible early on, but for riding on track it's really simple, just an electronic gear changer (up/down buttons on handlebars and a big solenoid actuating the gear lever). I get on the bike while it's on the paddock stand, someone supports the bike as it comes off the stand and basically just pull away when ready. As soon as the bike's rolling it's easy to balance, so I do my laps and when i come back in there's a very trusting friend stood waiting to grab the front of the bike, or can just kinda find a wall to stop against if they haven't seen you coming in. I usually do a fair few track days a year on the bike, I wanted to start racing but as I work full time I can't risk injuring myself or I could be out of a job. Edit: forgot to say vecro and bicycle toe-clips on boots/pegs and velcro straps holding knees in place... that's kind of important lol.

The car's easy since it's an auto, just push/pull hand controls. It makes it a bit more challenging to drive smoothly as you're primarily only steering with your left hand and the right hand is pre-occupied with the brake/throttle lever. I'm quite happy with how smooth I've managed to get though, just not as easy. The nice thing is it just unbolts if I ever part with the car, and an able bodied person can drive with the pedals as normal.

[Ellis]

No worries , I didn't even think the bike was possible early on, but for riding on track it's really simple, just an electronic gear changer (up/down buttons on handlebars and a big solenoid actuating the gear lever). I get on the bike while it's on the paddock stand, someone supports the bike as it comes off the stand and basically just pull away when ready. As soon as the bike's rolling it's easy to balance, so I do my laps and when i come back in there's a very trusting friend stood waiting to grab the front of the bike, or can just kinda find a wall to stop against if they haven't seen you coming in. I usually do a fair few track days a year on the bike, I wanted to start racing but as I work full time I can't risk injuring myself or I could be out of a job.

The car's easy since it's an auto, just push/pull hand controls. It makes it a bit more challenging to drive smoothly as you're primarily only steering with your left hand and the right hand is pre-occupied with the brake/throttle lever. I'm quite happy with how smooth I've managed to get though, just not as easy. The nice thing is it just unbolts if I ever part with the car, and an able bodied person can drive with the pedals as normal.

That's awesome. Thanks for the info.

Love hearing stories like this although it does make me feel like a bit of a wimp.

[toyneg]

are you all set for Saturday Si - you have my mobile number dont you?

[SuprSi]

That's awesome. Thanks for the info.

Love hearing stories like this although it does make me feel like a bit of a wimp.

Cheers. Not really, where there's a will there's a way and all, if you were in my shoes you'd be doing the same
Edit: forgot to say vecro and bicycle toe-clips on boots/pegs and velcro straps holding knees in place... that's kind of important lol.

are you all set for Saturday Si - you have my mobile number dont you?

Yep, all set mate, and I've got your number cheers.
I'm leaving roughly the same time as you I think, so I might see you at the eurotunnel before we go over, if not I'll see you sat I might try to get in a sneaky few laps in friday evening if I'm not ruined from the drive over.

[Ellis]

And yet with all that gear you're still cornering with your knee down in your avatar.

[toyneg]

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are you all set for Saturday Si - you have my mobile number dont you?

Yep, all set mate, and I've got your number cheers.
I'm leaving roughly the same time as you I think, so I might see you at the eurotunnel before we go over, if not I'll see you sat I might try to get in a sneaky few laps in friday evening if I'm not ruined from the drive over.

good man, what time is your channel tunnel on Friday? yeah you'll be fine, last time I literally done 4hrs straight from Calais and as i arrived at the Ring I pulled up, bought a ticket and straight on to the track

[SuprSi]

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are you all set for Saturday Si - you have my mobile number dont you?

Yep, all set mate, and I've got your number cheers.
I'm leaving roughly the same time as you I think, so I might see you at the eurotunnel before we go over, if not I'll see you sat I might try to get in a sneaky few laps in friday evening if I'm not ruined from the drive over.

good man, what time is your channel tunnel on Friday? yeah you'll be fine, last time I literally done 4hrs straight from Calais and as i arrived at the Ring I pulled up, bought a ticket and straight on to the track

Nice! lol. That's the way to do it
9:50 departure

haha, thanks Ellis

[SuprSi]

boombastik - Have any of the high res pics been uploaded yet?

[boombastik]

i tagged about 18 pictures all low res via the nurburgring app i need to pay for the hi res ones but i have put hi res HD videos on yout tube on my channel first go at some video editing with cheesey music

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjUOim ... bIQT8otSjA

[toyneg]

i'm 10:20 departure Si, feel free to wait the other side in the petrol station if you want to say hi - you will see it on the left as you exit the channel tunnel

[toyneg]

i'm 10:20 departure Si, feel free to wait the other side in the petrol station if you want to say hi - you will see it on the left as you exit the channel tunnel

actually thinking about it mate, I'll be leaving Southampton area about 6ish - driving up to meet Russ at Cobham services at 7:15, feel free to join me on that, should leave plenty of time for you to catch your train.

[SuprSi]

Not a bad idea but they want me there 45mins before and I don't want to try my luck with traffic (they want to get disabled cars on first so they can help in case of emergency, I think it's to use us as a crumple zone personally ).. I'll wait on the other side for ya

[toyneg]

Not a bad idea but they want me there 45mins before and I don't want to try my luck with traffic (they want to get disabled cars on first so they can help in case of emergency, I think it's to use us as a crumple zone personally ).. I'll wait on the other side for ya

understood mate, see you then