View Full Version : Donington Track Day, the day itself !
Donington saw a huge gixerjunkie turnout bright & early this morning. The weather has been somewhat wet with slight rain this morning although since lunchtime the track has been/is drying out nice.
Everyone seems to be enjoying the day on & off the track, the photo shoot went very well with so so many Suzuki's on the start/finish grid.
The more serious fun is now starting for the last few sessions in the dry.
Sorry its short & sweet, its just other things are beckening.
p.s only a few very small spills & no one injured so hope that stays the same.
hope you enjoy the rest of the day
weather's been lovely here since 10 o clock was wondering how it was with you
Gixer Sapper
28-03-2008, 16:15
Stop it !!!!
I should have been there today but had to cancel a few weeks back
Scott221
28-03-2008, 17:31
Just got back from Donny, the pits are absolutely rammed with junkies! The weather is holding back this afternoon and everyone appears to be having alot of fun!
A pat on the back for the organisers me thinks!
stud69er
28-03-2008, 17:39
cant believe it??? ive been working just up the road from donny (sutton in ashfield) and its p*ssed it down nearly all day!!!! glad the weather was better for them.
FallOff1
28-03-2008, 18:09
Thats not fair , no snow ,sleet, gales force winds :barf: .
But glad you all had a great day.
just got back what a day! junkies galore photoshoot went ace and even had a junkie wedding propasal on the startline in front of us all to the sound of gixer horns! lol loads of pics and vids to follow!
As it turned out the afternoon sessions were dry & so loads of fun. Now we're all packed up & ready for home & I think a good day was had by all.
good day was had by all i think nice to put faces to names
sorry i did not say bye tweek but could not find you
just got back what a day! junkies galore photoshoot went ace and even had a junkie wedding propasal on the startline in front of us all to the sound of gixer horns! lol loads of pics and vids to follow!
So, come on, who's marrying who? Glad the day went well, and safely also.
jonnyd
Scarecrow-K3
28-03-2008, 19:50
Ive just got back and I'm shattered! That was a truely fantastic day even tho' it rained. Can wait for all the photos and vid's
Just got back from donny, what a top day, chucked it down in the morning but still had fun. The last few sessions were dry however. Quite a few off's in the morning, but nobody injured as far as I know.
Top day and a few battle scars to remind me :lol: I think them brembos work a bit too well
Top day and a few battle scars to remind me :lol: I think them brembos work a bit too well
You didn't drop your new pasta burner did you?
Smiler33
28-03-2008, 21:00
Heard you had a little spill Bear - dont think I saw you all day though!!!
What a cracking day! I am absolutely shattered & all I was doing was helping to give out teeshirts & walking up & down saying hi to people!!
ScottyH did everyone proud - :worship:
Lauren keeps talking about having met "Jonny Vegas" :lmao:
Credit where credits due - good to see you GixerGaz & glad you had a great day :)
Oh & to Yozzer & Chris - pay attention when you are in the car on the motorway!!! We passed you on on M1 (crawling about 1 mile an hour) & we were pipping and waving & everything but you didnt see us!!!
Even though i didnt get to ride in the end i would like to say a big congrats to all who organised the day and all who took part in pretty poor weather this morning..Big respect to one and all:worship: :worship:
Hope all who had a spill are ok
Yep it was a good day, I wasnt on track but managed to more put faces to names and catch up with some I have met before.
fluffybiker
28-03-2008, 21:19
Just home here too....am pooooooped! time for bed methings van can get unloaded tomorrow!
Excellent day, the 400 did me proud :D
Nice little tussle today FB :thumbsup:
Just got home now after dropping Redhils off and unloading the bike I had to do it tonight I`M at work for 6 in th morning.
Had a great day thanx to all who sorted it and worked so hard to pull it off, big thanx to everyone who went for making it a grat day too,
Only fella to get his knee down in the morning was the fella who porposed to his bride to be.
Even though it was a wet start, after dinner when it dried out I did my best to get some fast laps in and did a decent job, didn`t get overtaken too much, had a little dog fight a few times with other bikes but all harmless fun on the day.
I `ll look forward to the next `gixxer junkie track day``
Thanx again to everyone.
Bucko.
Fat Tony
28-03-2008, 21:46
Christ I'm aching like a right old bast*rd, could be because I am one :whistle:
Top day guys :worship: Thanks to all those involved in organising and running the day :worship:
trackdayrider
28-03-2008, 21:47
Back home too - bike stuck in the garage time for a celebration beer. before work tomorrow :(
Was a top day out - didn't care about the weather. Just had a blast on the 750 as usual. More to come this year !
I sat out he last (and best) session due to no being bothered to change the wet tyres and they had started to squirm a bit the session before.
But a great day out, Doningtons organisation with signing on was a bit hit n miss afair with the paddock announcements asking for the novice group while the briefing was still taking place. But apart from that they did a decent job of getting the sessions turned around.
Oh and the same announcer asking for everyone to turn up for the fireblade photo shoot !
Good to see some familiar faces and names and meet a few new ones.
Hope everyone got home ok after a pretty trouble free day despite the tricky conditions.
Cheers to everyone who I spoke to or met on the day and to the rest of you for making it an enjoyable and memorable day out. - Quality! :thumbsup:
Oh and special thanks to tweek for the custard creams ! top girl :D
Anyone up for some RC bike racing :D
We had a good day, was nice to met a few more people from the site. Properly wet in the morning which spoiled the fun a little but you have to open the season somewhere. Our bikes were still on the trailer and we were not kitted up as we didnt arrive until close on 7:30am. By the time we had queued to sign on and got out of the briefing late didnt have time to get out for the first session. Not that it mattered much given the state of the track.
As the price was right it was nice to just try the bike after its been stood so long and had stuff changed about. I had never ridden on Donnington before so had no idea which way the track went and couldnt see much in the morning so wobbled about in the wet. We got two pretty dry sessions in the afternoon which made me pleased I kept the Racetecs on rather than swapping to the wets and was just starting to figure out where to be before the end of the day. At least I've met a few more people and I know the bike is good for a more familiar Cadwell in a few weeks.
Thanks again to those who did the organising and got us onto Donnington at a bargain price. Your efforts are truely appreciated.
curvature
28-03-2008, 22:02
Well i must say it was a good day out. Didn't take the bike but drove down with my Dad.
Both had a god day out.
I'm booked in for 15th April with No Limits and can't wait!!!
sounds like it went as ok as it could have with the vile weather
proposal.........im thinking scotty to gemma?
Great day. Big thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially ScottyH and Zuki. Had a really good laugh in the hotel bar the night before and on the day it was great to finally put lots of faces to names. I met some great junkies throughout the day, so hi to you all.
Only fella to get his knee down in the morning was the fella who porposed to his bride to be.
I got my knee down too..............Followed by the rest of me :lol:
fluffybiker
28-03-2008, 22:27
Nice little tussle today FB :thumbsup:
That session was ACE!!!! really enjoyed the cat an mouse thing, never done that before lol
Thanks again all spesh Scotty Zuki etc for making it all happen :worship:
just like to say thanks to all who organised what a great day shame about the weather in the morn glad it brightened up pm and nice to put faces to more junkies again well done everybody :thumbsup:
Fireskull
28-03-2008, 22:33
What an awesome day :D Cant stop smiling even now lol
just got back, had a great day met some differant junkies, was a good day and the night before was quality as well
well after my headache yesterday goin out to the bike findin it not startin. picked a trailer up, tryin to find me cam leads for the bike finally got on the road at 12 last night got to donny just after 1 am got me head down in the car for a while, woke bout 6 30 to see the rain lol, so i thought mm tex jase get him up and the reply was "f**koff i'm stayin in bed it's rainin" lol
but apart from that i had a crackin day out, didnt go out in the mornin was scared of droppin the new colors so had the suspension set up and went out in the dry, and considerin i aint done any trackdays for 7 years i thought it was ace and a rather hard track to get used to in that time but got 3 sessions in so i was pleased.and got a couple of wheelies in there lol
i thought that photo shoot went brill and that geeza who proposed to his good lady was excellent glad to see a lad with the bottle to do it in front of all us and over the tanoy aswell "good luck fella all the best in the future"
the most important thing to say is a very big thanks for the organisers and to all the junkies that made a crackin day
roll on the next junkies trackday
trackdayphotographer
28-03-2008, 23:11
Wow what a day, had to take shelter early on, then felt like getting rid of some laters after lunch!! Been downloading photographs since I got home, working on a few previews now.. stay tuned. ;)
Excellent day, glad everyone had fun and nobody got hurt. :)
Cheers,
Andy
STEALTH52
28-03-2008, 23:27
Yep had a good day, thanks to all that were involved in organising it, they done a good job, first time out on wets today & loved em! Wicked day out....
met some faces as well, Axeman, Tink, Mozzie, pete 247 & got knows how many more...:worship: :worship:
Brilliant day - shattered now... think i;ve been trained as a pit bitch :lol:
Brilliant day - shattered now... think i;ve been trained as a pit bitch :lol:
yes you have took me a while though:whistle:
cheers mate owe u a few beers:worship:
timmorone
28-03-2008, 23:50
just got back what a day! junkies galore photoshoot went ace and even had a junkie wedding propasal on the startline in front of us all to the sound of gixer horns! lol loads of pics and vids to follow!
did she accept ...i was too far back to see ?
did she accept ...i was too far back to see ?
Yep she did.... well it looked like she did :lol: ... no idea who it was though
and Peo... no it didn't and yes you do :p
madmatt1969
28-03-2008, 23:54
great day just got in ...meet some wicked people ,,,great day ............. bed for me up at 4 for work ...pixxe do pics later ..
What a fantastic day it was... on Thursday. Friday was a bit damp!
anyone got the website address for that tyre retailer place or whatever they were, I reckon I'd get more tracktime in the Purple group ;0)
Brilliant day - shattered now... think i;ve been trained as a pit bitch :lol:
lol :worship:
Shilly39
28-03-2008, 23:58
Was a giggle.. sharing a garage with the quietest people:whistle: (Madmatt, Sean:acute:)
Help from Mart in the pits:worship: too many bods to say thanks, nice to meet ya, see you again etc etc and all the other bollox..........................................
WHENS THE NEXT ONE:D:D:D:D
I have just got back, Great day appart from my near high side coming onto the start finish straight :a16: :blush: Much better in the afternoon Big thanks to all involved in making this possible :worship:
amazing two days, proper good laugh :)
thanks to everyone for being so friendly
Itching 2 go
29-03-2008, 00:47
Quality day, thankyou to all that made it happen, Oh and Zuki, I have you on film.... bet you didn't even realise there was a video camera on the back of my bike when you passed me:)
What an awesome and soggy couple of days! Never thought I'd have so much fun on a wet track, took loads of concentration tho! Am shot now so gonna hit the sack but thankyou all for makin it so cool, great to see some faces that the last time I saw I was full of morphine so wasn't so quick to recognise ya faces :blush:
Brillient 2 days! :thumbsup:
great day........
thanks to everyone involved you have all contributed to some fantastic memories.. we will be talking about this one for a long time to come.....
:worship: :worship:
trackdayphotographer
29-03-2008, 01:40
Hi everyone,
First pics are up just to give an idea of what I got out there today, more to follow! :)
http://www.gixerjunkies.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39305
Cheers
Andy
Is it just around here or as any one else woke up to lovely sunshine this morning :lol:
Absolutely fantastic day. Was great to put faces to names and enjoy the banter off track and on track it was just tops. I think the fact that is was wet am then dry pm made it for me. Gave everyone a chance to sample the differences required in riding styles between both. Just wish I could have seen where I was going in the wet.
I have about 3.8Gb of on-board footage from the inters. Will try to pick out some highlights (eh Shilly :a16: what a guy :nice: ) and post them up. They are a bit dark in places but I mixed my starting points from front of group to middle to rear so most people are in there at some point in both wet and dry sessions.
Once again a massive thanks to Scotty and Zuki for a top day.
Hope everyone who binned it is ok
Let's not wait another year before the next one eh?
See you soon
+1 lets do silverstone!!! :)
+1 lets do silverstone!!! :)
Anywhere and I'm there for sure.
Adz did you have a Chris Walker lid on, in Inters?
for all those asking it was me who did the whole getting down on one knee thing, cheers to all those who gave me their best wishes. top day out folks (once it dried up!)
for all those asking it was me who did the whole getting down on one knee thing, cheers to all those who gave me their best wishes. top day out folks (once it dried up!)
Well done mate that was awsome. Best of luck to you both. It put the icing on the cake.
Shilly39
29-03-2008, 13:10
:D Nice one Gixer6,
still buzzin today:D:D
+1 on Silverstone, another track I've never been to before
What a fool there goes another good man :lol:
Adz did you have a Chris Walker lid on, in Inters?
nope but i need a new lid :)
i looked like this..
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6/fiction_album/XSP_3740.jpg
I have about 3.8Gb of on-board footage from the inters. Will try to pick out some highlights (eh Shilly :a16: what a guy :nice: ) and post them up.
See you soon
that would of been shilly thinking he could do about 6 bikes then going straight on then footage would it
wharmbyfumi
29-03-2008, 13:33
Top day. Thanks to everyone involved with organising it! I think the rain made it even more memorable, but I'm glad it dried-out in the afternoon.
nope but i need a new lid :)
i looked like this..
Or like this from behind
http://www.blatamad.co.uk/Adz.BMP
Think I have a bit of footage of you
nooo thats not me:whistle:
noisygaz
29-03-2008, 13:49
had a great day in the end big thanks to all so glad it dried up and thanks to all recomending ct2s super tyre :worship:
was anyone watching at melbourne loop in the afternoon had a little mishap there in fast grp to much enthusiasm to little talent wondered what it looked like from trackside wakes you up head butting the front of your screen i can tell you.
I have about 3.8Gb of on-board footage from the inters.
See you soon
Okay, geting desperate now :) no photo's at all. - any of a TLS?
Oulton sounds fun too? Cadwell like so I'm told, was there last week, loved it.
pixie_nubbins
29-03-2008, 15:06
i was there stu but i didnt see the misshap, but i may have been nattering to people as i have I developed a habbit of going "hi im pixie nubbins who r u" to random people!
Got some pics but now batteries died on camera so will have to wait till 2moz to get the rest of them on facebook, got a couple of u and matt messing about at melbourne loop :lol:
Still not seen any of me yet, Black and Yellow K1 black and white leathers with a Kagayama rep helmet
Preferably any from the afternoon
Quality day, thankyou to all that made it happen, Oh and Zuki, I have you on film.... bet you didn't even realise there was a video camera on the back of my bike when you passed me:)
;) oh I saw it :lol:
can't belive all the posts already! Was an excellent day and as usual the Junkies made us all proud :D
that would of been shilly thinking he could do about 6 bikes then going straight on then footage would it
a few laps later he wasn't quite so agressive is all I'm saying :whistle:
trackadick
29-03-2008, 18:20
Quality day, thankyou to all that made it happen, Oh and Zuki, I have you on film.... bet you didn't even realise there was a video camera on the back of my bike when you passed me:)
Be intresting to know if you got me on ya film,Blue srad could have had Junkies t-shirt on if it was in the afternoon,last couple of sessions if first session black leathers blue-white helmet,:beach:
i was there stu but i didnt see the misshap, but i may have been nattering to people as i have I developed a habbit of going "hi im pixie nubbins who r u" to random people!
Got some pics but now batteries died on camera so will have to wait till 2moz to get the rest of them on facebook, got a couple of u and matt messing about at melbourne loop :lol:
really good to see you both again and thankyou thankyou thankyou for offering the srad while mine was on the sick list.
had to laugh at matt beep beep then shouting get out the way srad coming through lol.
Or like this from behind
Think I have a bit of footage of you
You must have got me then. Think you came past me once or twice. Thanks to everyone that was in inters that made my bike look slow cos I had 'Dunflops' on. Think that half the group had wets on when we were lined up in the pits! Didn't bin it tho :snowy:
Got about 150 photos to go though and another CD of 400 being posted to me. Also got on board footage of the first session after lunch, although I was not pushing the bike as it was still a bit damp. It was only the last session when I got my Gixxer 750 out that I gave it a good larup.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/hornet6/XSP_3720.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/hornet6/XSP_2855.jpg
Shilly39
29-03-2008, 19:08
a few laps later he wasn't quite so agressive is all I'm saying :whistle:
Thats cos I was trying to pull the seat unit out from where I had puckered up so hard.........:lol:
to the guy who lent me some lockwire really sorry i can't remember your name in garage 9 it worked a treat and got me running again ....THANKYOU.
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