chris128

Is that from thumping the ground so hard with your fist after you came off? quality bit of video lol just a shame its going to cost you a fair bit of cash

+ That is why I'm not doing it on my road bike How did you crash Netty? Take it you weren't injured or anything? You seem to have done very similar damage to what I did to my bike at Brands lol hope you can get it all sorted out without it costing too much

haha nice blake, sounds like your bike gets a hard time of it Looking at my bank balance at the mo it doesnt look like there's any way I'm going to be able to do these days... I've got the days off work already though so I'll be sure to pop down and see how you are all getting on

lol I'm not finding out if anything is broken on it by riding it round a track! I'll take it to a garage to see what think needs doing to it for it to be 'track worthy' and from there I can decide if I can afford it

Thanks for the kind offer blake, I'll see if I can afford the repairs and actual booking of the days and let you know as soon as I can if I'll be taking you up on it As for repairing the bike - it still starts and from first glance it looks like its only the fairing that is damaged but I think the bars may not be quite straight, so I'm not sure what else might be damaged / bent. Guess I'll have to take it to a garage and ask them if they can take a good look at it and give me an idea of how much it will cost to fix.

lol come on guys be fair on blake, I wouldn't just expect someone I've never met to do that for me and he probably wouldn't have room in the van anyway. Also, even without the cost of the tow bar and trailer its still more than I can afford at the moment. I'll have to see what state my bank balance is in at the end of June, as I'm going to try and sell a few things on ebay that I never use (like my Wii for example) but I'm not sure if I'll get that much money from that. Not sure if there will be any places left by that time though...

Not sure if I can actually afford this now... Its gonna cost me what a couple of hundred quid to get a towbar fitted to my new car, couple of hundred to get my track bike fixed (if not more), couple of hundred for the track days themselves, 40 quid to rent a trailer, 40 - 50 quid for petrol, and probably a bit more for various other things.... so thats roughly £700 and I just dont have £700 at the moment lol

Havent watched the moto gp one yet but yeah moto 2 was mayhem haha what was it 41 riders started and only 30 finished the race? Good to watch though

OK fair enough so yeah, back on topic - I still havent booked this

haha thats quality Copo, unfortunately pretty much every panel of my fairing is knackered though think I'll have to get some new fairings on it once I've been paid at the end of June, as I'm not going to be able to afford much until then what with buying a new car last week. This seems like as good an excuse as any for some picture whoring of the new car http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/chriswright128/IMAG0276.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/chriswright128/Ibiza1.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/chriswright128/Ibiza4.jpg

You really think "I havent got round to doing it yet" is going to be a good enough excuse if the police catch you? Oh and like everyone else has told you - despite what you think, you are not insured. I was under 21 when I passed my test and I got mine restricted, then once I was 21 had to go through the hassle and cost of taking the test again so that I could get it unrestricted, so it annoys me that you think you dont have to bother.

haha yeah unfortunately I was the idiot that crashed at Paddock Hill bend. Glad to hear you had a good time though I did still enjoy the day despite the crash. Shame me and Dan (netmeister) didnt know you were going to be there beforehand as we could have met up. Let us know how level 2 goes when you do that

haha dont worry you'll be fine

No I was gutted I didnt take the GoPro cos I thought nothing interesting would happen! Wish I had got it on film... but oh well. Oh and yeah I think I need a new helmet, my leathers need a clean now but they dont seem to be damaged. Just tried starting the bike and all started ok but the starter button stays pressed even when you let go now, which is annoying as I just had it replaced to fix that exact same problem! Louth Bikes say they have got some full fairings in stock for my bike for a couple of hundred quid so will have to see if I can afford that next month. Not sure if I'm going to be able to do any track days before the TMBF one in July now though with the extra expense of repairing the bike and getting a new lid.

Yeah I think I did get away with not too much damage to either myself or the bike - bit bruised and achy this morning but I'm sure I'll be fine in a couple of days. The bike looks like it just needs the front and rear fairing replacing but I havent had chance to have a good look yet to see if there is any other more serious damage. I got a few spare bits of fairing with the bike when I bought it so going to go have a look and see if I've got the right bits (but knowing my luck I wont have) and yeah I kept thinking I'm glad it wasnt on a public road as it would have been a lot more painful!