When should you hit the track??

[Looni2ns]

We generally recommend a year, and at least 3,000 miles of riding experience before riding on the track. For your first track experience, try to find an organization with classroom and on-track novice instruction, and small groups so you get a lot of one-on-one instruction. If you're not sure whether you're ready, see if you can do a two-up ride w/a friend at a track day. You'll have to have the equipment (leathers, helmet, boots, gloves) but it will give you an idea as to whether you really want to get out there.

[OreoGaborio]

Originally Posted by Looni2ns

If you're not sure whether you're ready, see if you can do a two-up ride w/a friend at a track day.

If you find a track day organization that'll let you jump on the back of your friend's bike and go out onto a live track, I'll eat a boiled brick. There's no way in HELL any track day organization run by someone in their right mind would let you do that.

With that said, there ARE track day organizations that'll give rides on the back of a QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR'S bike. Cornerspeed and Tony's Track Days are two examples of that.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by OreoGaborio

If you find a track day organization that'll let you jump on the back of your friend's bike and go out onto a live track, I'll eat a boiled brick. There's no way in HELL any track day organization run by someone in their right mind would let you do that.

With that said, there ARE track day organizations that'll give rides on the back of a QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR'S bike. Cornerspeed and Tony's Track Days are two examples of that.

The one drewpy uses allows it.
I think the bike/driver have to be in advanced, and you have to run in novice when 2 up IIRC.
I know he was talking about taking PC out for one sometime.

[OreoGaborio]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

The one drewpy uses allows it.
I think the bike/driver have to be in advanced, and you have to run in novice when 2 up IIRC.
I know he was talking about taking PC out for one sometime.

wow... Guess I'll go boil a brick :P

On the grand scheme of things, my TD experience outside the org that I work for is pretty limited... but I'd imagine that's some pretty friggin serious liability right there. Just think of the legal ramifications if something were to happen. I can't imagine the insurance companies would look too favorably upon the TD organizer letting an unqualified rider out on the track w/ a passenger. There must be some hefty restrictions in place for them to allow that.