Almost done the deal.

Nothing a couple of bottles of tippex wouldn't sort out.

 

<dances with glee>

 

It can cost a lot less than that though. The expense comes when you
start buying:

A van
An expensive bike
Tyre warmers
Generator for warmers
Awning
Tyre changing kit
Compressor
Tools
Toolbox
Lots of tyres
etc
etc
--
Daz
CBR900RRY - Pleasure
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
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you can shut it too.

 

Boot polish would be easier. And the right colour, of course...

plus you'd get to buff up your leathers while riding.

 

Tippex? Pah! Black Hammerite, that's what you want. Might offer a little
crash protection, too.

 

There ya go darsers. I'll buy my own bike and we'll share the costs of the
rest. Brilliant.

 

I've nowhere to put a van.

I've just bought 2 cheap ones.

are these really that expensive?

cheap, surely.

hmm - I'd really been of the "buy several sets of spare wheels"
opinion.

already got a fair few of these, though I do need a big box to put
them all in.

sure.

 

If there's two or three of you doing each meeting, then renting a van
makes more sense.

Tyre warmers are a little under 200 quid new. I'm not convinced you
need them when you're starting out; my experience with "short" club
races is that you spend so long in the holding area waiting for your
start that there's not much point; Daz knows a lot more about this
tho.

You definitely need spare wheels with wets on. I think Daz was
referring to the need to change (worn out) dry tyres, either at the
meeting or between meetings. Dunno about Derby Phoenix, but plenty of
club meetings have a tyre support van who will change tyres for a
fiver.

 

that's my take on it too. I already have one four-wheeled vehicle that
sits outside my house for most of the week unused.

I didn't think we'd need them anyway - initially at least, I won't be
expecting to win races, and so am happy enough to warm them on the
first lap.

yeah, and I was thinking about having enough spare wheels that this
wouldn't be necessary - I'm quite happy to pay someone to change
tyres.

the last track day I did had this facility too.

 

darsy

Can't one make some oneself fairly easily?

 

You always get a warm up lap before the start anyway.

 

so it's decided - tyre warmers are for girls.

 

Knit a tyre cosy kind of thing?

 

That'd be one way - another would be to use the Icelandic
auto-inflation approach - pour some petrol into the tyre and set a
match to it. Two birds/one stone.

 

It's a fair point and one that many argue over. They do help prevent
cold tear though even if you are sitting in the holding area for a
while. Heat in the rim is what you're after.

You're right I was. DP had a fallout with Holbeach so he stopped
coming to the meetings. They organised for a 150 year old bloke to
turn up with his soap, bead breaker and levers. If you wanted your
tyres changed in less than five hours you were knackered. I got fed
up of it all sp brought my own kit. You can also get the tyres a lot
cheaper than at the track. I reckon another few sets of tyres and the
changing kit will have paid for itself.

National Tyres turned up at Croft and wanted £20 to change a set.

--
Daz
CBR900RRY - Pleasure
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | BOTAFOT#115
http://www.highsideuk.com

 

Porl

Sort of. Can't be too difficult to get some flexible heating
elements and a regulator from Maplins.

 

****. That.

 

The devil's in the detail. If you want some that are robust, tested,
got neat features like drawstings & velcro to attach, LEDs, etc then
it would certainly be more work than I could be bothered with.

 

works for me.

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