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Hi. new here 2day! back on 2 wheels after 8 years away and have bought myelf a 636 ninja on a 2006. done about 350 miles in the last month but after so many years off a bike and in a car have got the "fear" abit when it comes to knee down and carryin corner speed!! does anyone no of anywhere they do track days/advanced training in the s/west? i am located in Cornwall!!! cheers

Hi there, my boyfriend (who rides a fireblade is always saying the same thing) As far as i know there arent any trackdays anywhere near to Cornwall and i dont believe there is really any training centres that offer that kind of thing. He always says Calafornia superbike school is the one to go for, but its £300 and at Silverstone!
If you are interested in talking hanging off with him, he's really into all that and would probably love to chat!

I did a novice day at mallory this year with focused events,because i hadn't done a td for a year and was on a new bike,and i would deffo recomend it.There were loads of instructers,i had one for 2 sessions,and and the rest of the day he kept checking i was ok.
Mallory was a good track to learn on, bit of everything,but not to technical.
Give it a go

how far is mallory park?? thats the trouble with Cornwall its stunning place with some nice roads be we be miles from anywhere!! yeah falocn tell him to get in touch!!

After 8 years away and only doing 350 miles,i wouldn't be worrying about getting your knee down. There ain't many that do it on the road,mainly because you just don't need to. You're still going to be rusty and need to get a good few more miles under your belt until start feeling at ease with yourself and your machine.
You'd probably be better off looking at your throttle control,braking,road positioning and your limit points and that should get you going through the bends a lot quicker and make you feel more confident. It amazes me the amount of people who have crap road positioning on a bike and hug kerbs on lefthanders and are out on the white line on right handers.
Could be worth get your bike set up properly for your weight aswell. Think theres some people on her who could point you in the right direction.

what kind of training are you looking for matey ? Are you looking to be a better road rider or a knee down hooligan like the rest of us haha

we can offer you advanced road riding training through the training school that will give you a DIAmond advanced riding qualification and maybe insurance discounts ? DIAmond is the only professional advanced qualification you can get and is different to a IAM/ROSPA qualification

cheers for the tips scorcher!! think your right it will take time to come back but i used to be so confident..if anything over confident (hence why my last bike..rs250 ended up in a hedge lol) so maybe its for the best i now got the fear..just need that extra bit of confidene in the bike limits but like you said will come with time!!

as for training its gotta be hooligan style all they way lol could u mail me some info and prices!
Cheers all

Now you've aged a bit aswell, you've probably lost some of the bottle you had when you were 22. Theres a few things I wouldn't do now that I would of done (and did do) when i was young'un.

Hello there mate, definately have a chat with Deej about extra training ;)

If you fancy it come along to the Cornwall ride out on Sunday, from my experience I'v found that just riding with others of similar ability ( or greater than me usually he he he) really helps build confidence, I had a bit of a break from bikes for a while and when i came back i was rusty as all f""k, but being out with the guys off here for a few rides etc. really brought a lot back. So far its only me and tangoman so we can temper the pace to suit no worries.

Same goes for Falcon and your boyfriend, come along if you fancy it No pressure to ride above your ability, just go your own pace and we will wait and re group at sensible places on route if anyone gets left behind.

Thankyou very kindly badger, i havent got any ability as such so no worries there! the boyfriends pretty good but rides a little more gently with me on the back!
Unfortunately i predict a hangover on Sunday so may not make it this time, but i will be hoping to catch up with you all soon.

all sound words from all !! im an old git playing silly b****rs all the time,have to say ive wiped out my chicken strips without the need to put my knee down !! may b coss i dont have legs just short hairy stumps keeping my butt close to the ground i ride with some younger hooonin nutters who r knee down arse off having a play,keep up no prob with my butt still on the seat and my body parts away from the road just ride to enjoy not scare the cr*p out of yourself, you will find it quickly changes from bimbling to hooning all by itself mate in 9k miles this year i have only arse off knee down once and that was a case of oh f**k two quick, sharper than i thought,this is gonna hurt dont want to do it again scared the bejezus outa me,yup im old

hahaha!! top advice!! would love to of gone out wknd but big saturday+sunday= bed all day yesterday! 2 day hangovers another joy of getting old! away to Turkey for 2wksk so no doubt we will have blistering sun while im away and cold n wet when im back then winter will be here..great!! hopefully get a good few miles in b4 it gets to shitty!! are there any rides in about 3 weeks anywhere???