New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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Any one planning on attending the traditional mallory pie and mash track day on January 2nd? £39 for the day with gues what for lunch, from No Limits tack days. I missed last year, but i'm tempted for this year. not sure what their response is to snow. I know that carry on running in the wet (cue the frantic swapping of wheels!) but i don't know about snow. I mean, you could easily keep the circuit & paddock well salted, but for those who don't have heated grips (don't see why i should have cold hands) the cold might be more of an issue.

So, any one game for a ZXRoc meet at mallory that day? Lets face it, you'll never get a track day cheaper!
I do 700 miles a week in all weathers including snow, that's roughly 35,000 miles a year, and some weekend warrior biker has the nerve to get out of his Audi at work to tell me to I was riding far too fast in the wet (over taking at 50... fast eh?).
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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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I amy pop up for the ride, if I do i'll be in the car and watching, I doubt whether my trackdays will start untill about mid March :smt009

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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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don't be a wos. chuck on as many layers as you can fit under and over your race leathers, fit some heated grips, and come out an play! that said i haven't even booked yet... and my grips flattened my battery when combined with high wattage bulbs oops!
I do 700 miles a week in all weathers including snow, that's roughly 35,000 miles a year, and some weekend warrior biker has the nerve to get out of his Audi at work to tell me to I was riding far too fast in the wet (over taking at 50... fast eh?).
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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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gavinfdavies wrote:don't be a wos. chuck on as many layers as you can fit under and over your race leathers, fit some heated grips, and come out an play! that said i haven't even booked yet... and my grips flattened my battery when combined with high wattage bulbs oops!
Wuss, yep thats me :smt003 , anyway, zxr750 in bits in the garage, havn,t raod the 400 since I bought it plus its fecking cold vsad

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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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i did a one hour run the other day on the gpz... i was warm enough, but i had on...
1) vest
2)shirt
3)jumper
4) thermal liner
5) main textile jacket (with own waterproof membrane)
6) hoodie!

could walk withough looking like a cowboy getting ready to go for his guns...
I do 700 miles a week in all weathers including snow, that's roughly 35,000 miles a year, and some weekend warrior biker has the nerve to get out of his Audi at work to tell me to I was riding far too fast in the wet (over taking at 50... fast eh?).
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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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BRILLIANT DAY! got home yesterday well and truly nackered, but in a good way. weather wasn't too cold, track almost completely dry, and plenty of time on it. No limits guys were great, as was my trusty zxr. me and a mate on an old zx6r showed the posers on the prepped track bikes what road bike with our salt, muck, and luggage racks can do! :pmsl The zxr guzzled fuel when on track, but i did spend most of the time at over 10k rpm, and even managed a steady 100ish around gerards! And my chicken line is no more! :excited

wish there has been some more of us there (i didn't spot anyone i knew), would have been a laugh.
I do 700 miles a week in all weathers including snow, that's roughly 35,000 miles a year, and some weekend warrior biker has the nerve to get out of his Audi at work to tell me to I was riding far too fast in the wet (over taking at 50... fast eh?).
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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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gavinfdavies wrote:BRILLIANT DAY! got home yesterday well and truly nackered, but in a good way. weather wasn't too cold, track almost completely dry, and plenty of time on it. No limits guys were great, as was my trusty zxr. me and a mate on an old zx6r showed the posers on the prepped track bikes what road bike with our salt, muck, and luggage racks can do! :pmsl The zxr guzzled fuel when on track, but i did spend most of the time at over 10k rpm, and even managed a steady 100ish around gerards! And my chicken line is no more! :excited

wish there has been some more of us there (i didn't spot anyone i knew), would have been a laugh.
Your fecking mad :smt009

I was cold working in my garage with the heaters on

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Re: New year tack day at mallory (pie and mash!)

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hehe, that was the official stance of the no limits staff too! was a good day though, dry, not freezing cold, good way to blow the cobwebs out. I had longjohns under my race leathers, and two jumpers over the top! The heated grips helped loads.
I do 700 miles a week in all weathers including snow, that's roughly 35,000 miles a year, and some weekend warrior biker has the nerve to get out of his Audi at work to tell me to I was riding far too fast in the wet (over taking at 50... fast eh?).
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