Motorcycle Enthusiasts

Sometimes the tracks that don't host international races throw up some brilliant racing. This is from Cadwell Park in the UK, and demonstrates the appeal quite nicely

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Mitch

 

A mate of mine was on the first session of a trackday there with me and thought, "I wonder what happens if I take the mountain a gear lower?"

The answer is you flip your bike so it lands upside down before sliding down the track, still upside down, whilst you slide along behind it on your **** watching the expensive damage in slow motion horror.

Then you look at the newly created bike-pancake hybrid in the paddock and try and persuade yourself it's fixable, whilst Mitch stands next to you, gently but regularly interjecting, "No mate, it's stuffed*"

Then you get me to phone Mrs Mitch and get her to hire a van, (on a Saturday morning), to drive from Nottingham to Cadwell (in the Bank Holiday traffic heading for Skeggy), to collect the remains of your bike.

Amazing how a simple question can lead to such a convoluted answer

Mitch

*other words may have been used.

 

Unlike his bike, which became distinctly second hand

I love Cadwell, me; terrifying!

Mitch

 

*fear*

Mitch

 

Macau GP.

It's like bike racing, but even mentaler

Mitch

 

I read a quote from (appropriately enough) McGuniess recently who said, "There's no better feeling than the slow-down lap, and then you can enjoy a couple of days of brutal drinking." I'm intrigued by the idea of brutal drinking

Mitch

 

You know how martial artists like to think they have good balance and fine motor skills? Hmm...

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Mitch

 

It can't be easy balancing a bike, in snow on a knife edge mountain ridge!

Especially given the size of cojones he must have to even attempt it

http://fragg.me/video/motocross-mountain-crest

Mitch

 

The testing has started for the new season of MotoGP, and there's lots to talk about. The new Ducati? Can Rossi ride it to a podium? Can anyone get anywhere near Stoner? Can Lorenzo come back strong from last seasons defeat and injury?

And yet, without being morbid and entirely to celebrate the spirit of MotoGP, I want to start it off with this



Racing is life, everything else is just waiting.

Mitch

 

I know naff all about off-roading, me. I've done a bit but was pretty bad at it.

Tomorrow I borrow a mate's RXV450 for the summer. a 450cc v-twin that I'm pretty sure is evil wrapped in alloy and aggression.

I expect to make many posts on MAP from the scenery of Nottinghamshire where the spiteful thing will have chucked me on a regular basis.

I will, of course, post pictures for your amusement

Mitch

 

I just rode it. Oh my word.

Mitch