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Track day funnies...
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/03/2012 17:39:27
...and tips for the year ahead
If you take a look in my archive you’ll notice I dedicated an earlier blog to the weird and wonderful antics I’ve seen while instructing on track days. Well I’m pleased to say this hasn’t stopped in 2012 as I’ve already had plenty amusing moments
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Track days, I love em!
By Niall Mackenzie on 29/07/2011 10:48:46
I never tire of track days. Well I wouldn’t as I’m out most weeks earning a crust instructing on them, however, there is usually an amusing story at the end of each event. I get great pleasure helping riders (especially if it makes them safer
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Cold Play - Foreign track days
By Harriet Ridley on 20/10/2007 17:26:54
Winter? What winter? Harriet packs up her bike and riding kit and heads for the sunshine
bike in the style of a GP god whose winter is spent refining his skills on sunny foreign racetracks.The number of motorcyclists whose track day season has become winter is er, snowballing. The Mediterranean between September and April more often than
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Track day heaven: What to ride in 2011
By Niall Mackenzie on 12/01/2011 10:07:06
There may be still snow on the ground north of Hadrian’s wall but it’s five degrees in the Midlands so my brain is thinking ‘track days’. Spain may have more active Moto GP circuits than any other nation but when it comes down to tracks per square
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Be a Track Day Instructor
By John Hogan on 21/04/2010 16:57:33
Those that can, do; those that can’t, teach. Except for John Hogan, who just pretends. Can he convince a bunch of track virgins he’s an instructor with the Ron Haslam Race School?
Of the thousands of track laps this magazine’s racked up over the years, I can only lay claim to a few of them. I’m the only person on the team who can count on two hands the amount of times I’ve ridden on track. Don’t get me wrong, I love circuit
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Ducati hosts exclusive Donington track day
By Visordown News on 03/04/2013 10:18:56
Get advice from the pros on getting the most from your Ducati
DUCATI UK has announced it is hosting an exclusive track day for Ducati owners at Donington, and Ducati WSB riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini are confirmed to attend. Taking place on 28 May, at the location of Ducati's first ever World
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Living with a 2001 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Harriet Ridley on 12/09/2003 15:58:33
Harriet's track day R6
to pay off the finance. Not that I didn't have the 'free-bike- (until they take it back)-to-ride-at-all- times-and-feature' option - I turned it down because I knew that when faced with a weekend blast, a trip to the continent or a track day there
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Fact: Castle Combe provides thrills and spills!
By George Chapman on 23/08/2010 14:15:56
Castle Combe race track in Wiltshire rattles my senses during inaugural track day outing.
One of the longest established race curcuits in the UK, Castle Combe, has encouraged novices to take part in their in-house motorcycle track day programme for the past 15 years. Due to very strict noise regulations they allow only 12 riders on track
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Master Overtaking on the Track
By Niall Mackenzie & James Whitham on 22/11/2010 11:50:28
Former top level racers, Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham both supervise their own track days. They know everything about overtaking on track...
The racing overtake"Racing is all about overtaking. And while overtaking on the road is about accelerating, on the track it's more often about braking," says Niall Mackenzie.We've looked at overtaking on the road, with safety top of the agenda
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See Yourself Faster
By John Hogan on 27/05/2010 17:01:11
Your mental attitude is holding you up on track days. There’s another 15 seconds inside you just waiting to get out. With the help of a sports psychologist, we show you how
fast group rider (Urry, former Deputy Editor) to a Brands Hatch track day. Mackenzie tutored them and Martin Poole from Pro Performance sports psychology got inside their heads...Click next to continue
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