Nurburgring
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DrAlf said:The ring's not a race track, it's a toll road
Yeah..............but write-offs of some very expensive tackle and deaths still happen there...........
Statistically it is probably a very dangerous Toll road !!
Howie
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Check with your insurers , but I think the answer is they will not cover you.
Still going later this year though
Still going later this year though
JohnnyBoxer said:
They do on the M25 too but it doesn’t stop me using it. If I thought I was going to crash every time I took the bike out, I’d give up biking. Ride the ring like a knob and you will crash, ride it carefully, keep an eye in your mirrors all the time and you’ll be fine.
Just do it and enjoy it.
No pipe and slippers required.
The point I was making (and, perhaps, JohnnyB too) is that when I ride or drive on a racetrack, the mindset changes. Competitiveness and the red mist take over. Caution and values of self-preservation get thrown away. This is about the adrenalin-rush. It's great!
It's great until it goes wrong. And it goes wrong far more often on the track than it does on the road because cars, bikes, buses(!) etc are being driven far closer to the edge of their (or their driver's) performance envelope.
Don't get me wrong, lots of people do it and enjoy it. I enjoy it too, but with someone else's motor, please!
Greg
It's great until it goes wrong. And it goes wrong far more often on the track than it does on the road because cars, bikes, buses(!) etc are being driven far closer to the edge of their (or their driver's) performance envelope.
Don't get me wrong, lots of people do it and enjoy it. I enjoy it too, but with someone else's motor, please!
Greg
CoolCarbon
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First time I rode it back in 1990, it was a wet weekday morning....
No one else out there and a good way to see what it's all about whilst not being under presure from other drivers/riders....
It has to be ridden at least the once....
Been back several times.....good fun for sure! Go for it 'Will'
CC
No one else out there and a good way to see what it's all about whilst not being under presure from other drivers/riders....
It has to be ridden at least the once....
Been back several times.....good fun for sure! Go for it 'Will'
CC
JerryP
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After reading this thread I took a dig around and found this to help you learn the circuit!
Sauber - Nurburgring
Nurburgring in under 6 minutes. (GT4 - Playstation 2 - release date March 05)
Pretty realistic!
Let me know if the link dies and I'll put the file up for FTP somewhere.
Sauber - Nurburgring
Nurburgring in under 6 minutes. (GT4 - Playstation 2 - release date March 05)
Pretty realistic!
Let me know if the link dies and I'll put the file up for FTP somewhere.
Time I bought a console!!!
DrAlf said:The ring's not a race track, it's a toll road
My insurance covers me for travelling to the Isle of Man for the TT & that's a racetrack/public road issue......Similarly, it also has no speed limit & isn't even within the EC as IOM never joined. I can't see why your insurers can specify that you can travel on certain roads & be insured, but not on others.
Shooter
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A couple of things, now coaches and trucks are not on the track at the same time any more. Only cars and bikes. I did two laps in the summer, took it easy, only had one near miss with an M5 coming real close.
I got some strange looks for some reason!
Here is me just coming off the first lap. No great speed, 14 minutes for the first lap and got down to 12 on the second. But the bike now wears a Nurburgring sticker cos it was there, regardless of how slow I was!
I think the track is only 20km's long which is 12.472 miles so I was quite happy with 12 minutes for my lumbering cruiser.
I got some strange looks for some reason!
Here is me just coming off the first lap. No great speed, 14 minutes for the first lap and got down to 12 on the second. But the bike now wears a Nurburgring sticker cos it was there, regardless of how slow I was!
I think the track is only 20km's long which is 12.472 miles so I was quite happy with 12 minutes for my lumbering cruiser.
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Shooter
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No, it was very blue, I had checked that there was nothing behind me and was hard over to the left of the track to get a good line for a right hander that then drops away rapidly down into a left turn. caught the blue in my mirror approaching rapidly.
Put right indicator on so he could see I'd seen him but I was concerned he may try and get past me on the right as I was still quite close to the left.
Anyway, he did what he was suppossed to do, which is pass on the left, but pass was a bit of a close one, probably about 3-4 inches from the saddlebag!
Put right indicator on so he could see I'd seen him but I was concerned he may try and get past me on the right as I was still quite close to the left.
Anyway, he did what he was suppossed to do, which is pass on the left, but pass was a bit of a close one, probably about 3-4 inches from the saddlebag!
Steve
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Paul Young said:
Couldn't get that link to work. Try this one....
http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/com/_co...pecial/bmw_k1200s_757min_mediaplayer_high.zip
(RIP) Geriatric Germ
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(RIP) Geriatric Germ
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CoolCarbon
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Should have told them you had a couple of classic racers behind the curtains.....
CC
CC
You can download a great map of the region here:
http://www.uem-online.com/em/index-map.php?nr=mr10vor
and a map of the ring here:
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/map.html
http://www.uem-online.com/em/index-map.php?nr=mr10vor
and a map of the ring here:
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/map.html
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