Manfeild free day = poo > sewer

[R6_kid:Me]

i agree with white trash, although of recent i have been in the 'fast' group and exempt from such rules, i did use to find that bikers with more straight line speed would 'block' the inside line, either by intent or inexperience which stopped people with more skill in the corners getting a clean pass.

How do you define passing on the inside though? This may sound stupid, but it can leading in to the corner, before the apex, at the apex or on the exit... i will generally try and get my pass sorted out before the apex, but if the guy is just going to try and nail me on the straights with his 1000cc grunt then i'll try and make a point so that it doesnt become a problem if he does manage to pass me on the straight...

of course the other more 'sensible' option is to back off and let them get ahead again, but then you lose out on your tracktime because some numpty might get upset with you 'scaring them' by passing up the inside.

For the slow group things may be different, i liked the way the manfield day was run when i attended last year, of course i was in jeans and a cordura jacket so was stuck in the slow group (plus i was slow anyway...) and didnt have any problems passing on the inside or being passed on the inside.

[SlowHand]

nah you dont! does this look like a girls bike??

not once did it get called one thats for sure!

I dunno, yellows a lil girly.

(and dang those are some clean wheels!)

Red's much fasterer and manly.

[Trudes]

As I don't have an ego and get passed by other bikes all the time, I don't have a problem with being passed, as long as it's done safely, the same consideration I try to give those that I pass. I will hang back and wait until I think it's safe to pass, even if it means I have to sit for a few minutes.

My main concern was for the blatant disregard of the rule clearly stated at the beginning of the day.
From then on I had to think twice on every corner, was someone going to come flying round on the inside where I was thinking of riding to improve my lines and learn, which is why I was there.

Next time I think I'll leave at least one of my mirrors on.

[boomer]

gareth, theres quite a lot of satisfaction had from doing someone (especially the fuckers that twist on the power. you know who you are ya bastard thousand riders, ) on teh outside,

Me, Aff & Dover got shitty with the new zx10r rider but i was proud of myself after i followed him for a lap and finally did him on the outside of a sweeper ... gotta love THAt shit bro, even a slow cunt like me!

[R6_kid:Me]

I don't have a problem with being passed, as long as it's done safely, the same consideration I try to give those that I pass.

agreed

I will hang back and wait until I think it's safe to pass, even if it means I have to sit for a few minutes.

im impatient

My main concern was for the blatant disregard of the rule clearly stated at the beginning of the day.

Rules are rules, they should be inforced otherwise there is no point in having them in the first place.

Next time I think I'll leave at least one of my mirrors on.

dont bother, it'll only slow you down.


Good to see you out and giving it a good go!

[Clivoris]

OK, for arguments sake, let's chuck the jandal on the other foot.

You're in a trackday group (it doesn't matter the pace) and you're catching somone going slower than you (but not by much). Do you A: Pass them where you believe to be a safe spot so you can get on with doing your thing or B: Follow them around at their pace in a procession?

I aggree, homos that burgle the slower groups so they can "prove" something need to be spoken to and shifted or asked to leave, but even within a slower paced group, there's going to be a difference in speed. Someone's going to get passed.

Gotta be "A" WT, and the burglers definitely need to be spoken to. The only problem I've seen is when the dickhead who wants to be a hero on his new GSXR1000 cuts through the slow group, grabs too much brake, loses the front end and leaves someone with lifelong head injuries (this really happened). I guess he would have done this even if there was a rule about not passing on the inside (which there wasn't). But I can't help thinking that this rule is at least an attempt to educate people about the appropriate attitude for the slow group. In the end I agree. Inside or outside, who gives a flying fuck as long as it's safe.

[Trudes]

Thanks R6 Kid, I can't wait till next time! At least then I'll have a better understanding of what to expect too.

[Korea]

I got passed by an older woman, and on the inside no less!

She was on a mobility scooter,
I was on foot.

Maniac~!

[NhuanH]

OK, for arguments sake, let's chuck the jandal on the other foot.

You should ensure jandals are on both feet. Otherwise more chance of being slapped upside the head by the one you don't have on.

[Karma]

I dunno, yellows a lil girly.

Red's much fasterer and manly.

And yet... you seem to be riding it?

gareth, theres quite a lot of satisfaction had from doing someone (especially the fuckers that twist on the power. you know who you are ya bastard thousand riders, ) on teh outside,

Sorry

[Fatjim]

Then, somone said "No passing on the inside for the slow group", Ohhhh-kaaaay, I can see the logic but NOW, at the GSXR only day (which by the way was the most stunning trackday I've ever attended), we are told.

"NO PASSING ON THE INSIDE" Full Stop.

What?

That sucks mate, but thats what you get with a bunch of Gixer riders. I'd have been happy with that rule for all gixer riders in all classes.

Funny, the only twat I saw, was the twat on a cbr who overtook me on the inside on the sighting laps ffs, and ran wide right onto my line, from behind. What a prise twat. Did I mention he/she was a twat?

[Karma]

Funny, the only twat I saw, was the twat on a cbr who overtook me on the inside on the sighting laps ffs, and ran wide right onto my line, from behind. What a prise twat. Did I mention he/she was a twat?

I'm sensing some hostility between you two, I think the best way to sort this would be with a pool full of jelly. That'd be good for a laugh.

[mikey]

what are you on about you stupid old slow cunt whose been over the hill, far away and back again and then back over the hill, jimmy
you couldnt pass someone up the inside if they ran off the track.

you got passed by jesus on his donkey 2007 years ago........

[Beemer]

If there were any passing manouvres going on that people were concerned about, did ANY OF YOU bother to tell the organisers? They have a hard enough job keeping track of all of you during the day without standing on every corner watching to make sure people obey the rules.

I've been a member of this club since 1999 and EVERYONE gets told the rules at the riders' briefing. If complaints ARE passed on to the organisers, they ARE acted on and anyone they deem to be riding in an unsafe manner is asked to leave - and trust me, it DOES happen.

I find it hard to believe that you were actually passed in an unsafe manner on the inside during the slow laps, in fact I am more of the opinion that you were slow going into a corner and someone got there before you. Would you rather they ran up your arse? I've been out in the slow laps myself and I have been passed on both the left and the right. You may have been in the wrong position - too far to the left or right for a particular corner - and someone who was riding a bit faster than you had to alter their position to ride through that corner. There is no rule against overtaking in any of the laps - you are just not allowed to overtake the leader.

If you believe you have a valid complaint, pass it on to the club president. But I would refrain from making smart comments about the guy who crashed as he happens to be one of our members. And thanks for alerting us that you are riding a CBR 600 without a valid licence, I'll be watching out for you around Levin, as will - no doubt - all the cops who read this forum!

[Crasherfromwayback]

OK, for arguments sake, let's chuck the jandal on the other foot.

You're in a trackday group (it doesn't matter the pace) and you're catching somone going slower than you (but not by much). Do you A: Pass them where you believe to be a safe spot so you can get on with doing your thing or B: Follow them around at their pace in a procession?

I aggree, homos that burgle the slower groups so they can "prove" something need to be spoken to and shifted or asked to leave, but even within a slower paced group, there's going to be a difference in speed. Someone's going to get passed.

For a cabbage you have a reasonable point or two mate!

I wanna know though.....if you're 'allowed' to pass in any particular group.....why they think 'up the inside' is any more dangerous than 'round the outside'?...yeah I know if some desperado locks the front they may well take you out with their sliding bike......BUT......if the same person goes outside of you....then carves you up cutting your fucking headlights off on his/her way to the apex leaving you nowhere to go other than straight into them.....what have you acheived....? Oh I know.....you've now made the innocent party the naughty 'up the inside' person!

Great.