Post by bobh on Apr 25, 2013 20:06:24 GMT
Don't ask me how, but I won a half-day course at the Stalker's race school at Mallory. That was this morning. This evening my brain is still trying to get to grips with how you can lean a bike so far over and still not fall off!
Anyway, the fact is that even if I had paid for it, it would have been a fantastic experience. Everything is provided - kit (if you haven't got your own) and the bike, a Kawasaki ZX6-R, which is an amazing machine that pulls in any gear and leans like a leany thing. Which means you can even arrive by car, if you so choose (I did).
The instructors are all current racers and will really show you how to lean off, though it's a bit disconcerting the first time they back it into the hairpin a few yards in front of you!
Jamie Whittam is the "lecturer" in between track sessions, which means that you get it from the horse's (somewhat expletive-ridden, Yorkie-accented) mouth. Brilliant.
Like, OMG, wow!
Anyway, the fact is that even if I had paid for it, it would have been a fantastic experience. Everything is provided - kit (if you haven't got your own) and the bike, a Kawasaki ZX6-R, which is an amazing machine that pulls in any gear and leans like a leany thing. Which means you can even arrive by car, if you so choose (I did).
The instructors are all current racers and will really show you how to lean off, though it's a bit disconcerting the first time they back it into the hairpin a few yards in front of you!
Jamie Whittam is the "lecturer" in between track sessions, which means that you get it from the horse's (somewhat expletive-ridden, Yorkie-accented) mouth. Brilliant.
Like, OMG, wow!
