Why do track day virgins stay that way?

[saltydog]

It just seems the mates that have never been to one just will never get there. "na fuck that", or "na its just not my scene" but yet will do insane speeds and corners on the road. If anything I'm sure a track day makes us more aware of all the added dangers while on the road....but "na fuck that" is always the answer. Do they need more ball or are they afraid of being 'owned'?
Oh well, more spaces for me.

[rapid van cleef]

i see your in whakatane! you heading to any trackdays coming up? I dont ride a lot on the roads, but do like to get out for an hour or two when the weathers good. i much prefer riding on the track( not that im all that, far from it) do you go to taupo/ moto tt days?

[SMOKEU]

People are too scared they're going to get pwned.

[TIBLE_90]

could also be that they see a trackday as being lots of trouble. ie they look at the costs involved, then actually having to go to a trackday and meet all the requirements (leather suit or zip together etc) and weigh that against just being able to get on their bike and zip off. . However, I do agree that if people want to race around on the roads they should go to a trackday instead.

[onearmedbandit]

Because they are scared of being slower than they thought.
Because they can't get insurance for their bike on the track.
Because they can't get the day off work for track days.
Because they enjoying riding to a destination rather than round and round and round the same corners.
Because they don't have the appropriate gear.
Because they enjoy going for short blasts rather than spending all day out at the track.
Because they don't want to stand around for 3/4 of the day waiting to ride.
Because they....well whatever.

I love going out to the track, prefer to go out on practice days though as you get more track time, but equally so love riding on the road. I can however understand that there are some out there that the track holds no interest for them for whatever reason.

[unstuck]

What he said.

[Corse1]

I think no matter how much people are told how good track days are for improving riding skills and actually finding out the limits of your skill in a safer environment than the road there is still the apprehension associated with actually being on a race track amongst other riders. Even seasoned track day riders feel this but they know once you are out there that the feeling goes pretty quickly and total enjoyment follows soon after. you just have to get the first one under your belt. Money and gear aside that is.
I also think that track day novices can be "owned" very easily by fast group riders going out in the slower groups to get more track time which I think should be policed by the organisers a lot better.

It doesn't help when you go to a track day (couple of weeks ago) for the afternoon and see about 5 crashes and someone airlifted to hospital with a smashed pelvis

Also if a track day is not full you can usually pay half and get the afternoon in Ive been trying to get a couple of mates to get out on the track for a few years now and its a wasted effort. Aint never going to happen.

On insurance, I can get track day cover by just notifying the insurer. My excess goes from $500 to $2000 as the only change for the day. Pretty happy with that.

[HenryDorsetCase]

It just seems the mates that have never been to one just will never get there. "na fuck that", or "na its just not my scene" but yet will do insane speeds and corners on the road. If anything I'm sure a track day makes us more aware of all the added dangers while on the road....but "na fuck that" is always the answer. Do they need more ball or are they afraid of being 'owned'?
Oh well, more spaces for me.

I've never understood that either. Maybe a lot of them dont have proper gear for the track? (i.e. leathers) some might be worried about insurance? Before I did my first one I was a bit worried about being the slowest and holding everyone up. Now I have done a few I AM the slowest and DO hold everyone up, but whatever. they need to practise their passing anyway.

The biggest lesson I learnt from a trackday was "If you ride your streetbike there, its best not to deck it because then you have to ride a bent bike home"

I did the Hamptons one at Ruapuna yesterday (it was great: not many people, laid back, friendly atmos, Aaron Slight and Ryan Hampton in attendance) and a lot of the people in the less experienced groups were in Cordura on touring bikes and sport touring bikes.

the problem is, once you've done one or several, going hard on the road is an unattractive proposition.

[george formby]

I work six days a week, I'm skint & the nearest track is far, far away. Having said that, given the chance I would happily set the slowest lap ever & be happy as Larry for the opportunity to ride with nothing coming in the opposite direction.

I'm as slow as a wet weekend on the road anyway, so nothing to prove.

[ellipsis]

....different strokes for different blokes....I have friends who couldn't give a stuff about the sport, yet know they could probably outride a lot of club-riders...and racers who wont even contemplate going near a street race...think we're crazy....yet piss all over you on a track....thems the ways peoples is...

[roogazza]

....different strokes for different blokes....I have friends who couldn't give a stuff about the sport, yet know they could outride a lot of club-riders.....
.thems the ways peoples is...

ain't that the troof.

[AllanB]

1. I'm usually so tired by the weekend that I can't be stuffed sliding over on the seat and hanging off for corners. So road riding is just fine I can stay planed and buzz up on a coffee for the return trip. Do they serve decent coffee at track days?

2. I'm pretty anal about by bike and I'd get upset if I actually ground off a hero knob on a footpeg ........

3. If I started doing track days I might actually enjoy them and have to justify even more $ being diverted from the family towards my motorcycling ....

[SVboy]

1. I'm usually so tired by the weekend that I can't be stuffed sliding over on the seat and hanging off for corners. So road riding is just fine I can stay planed and buzz up on a coffee for the return trip. Do they serve decent coffee at track days?

2. I'm pretty anal about by bike and I'd get upset if I actually ground off a hero knob on a footpeg ........

3. If I started doing track days I might actually enjoy them and have to justify even more $ being diverted from the family towards my motorcycling ....

Number three!!!!

[Premature Accelerato]

I'm totally addicted to trackdays now, should have started 30 years ago. Got my brother in to it and now we have brought an old gixxer to thrash around. Doesnt matter if we bin it, second hand parts are reasonably cheap. It has improved my riding skills and has taken away the idiotic urge to behave like a cretin on the road.

[Genie]

I can't speak for those fella's you know that cant' be arsed but me, I'm still virginal due to the fact that duct taping my children and leaving them home alone for a couple of days is illegal and I have to feed them so my money is spent.

Now, should some lovely like to build me a nice track within an hour of my driveway I'd be doing a trackday at least four times a year. From feedback of some track day junkies the experience is amazing. The skills one learns are life saving....one day