BSB cool, but Cadwell Park? WOW!!!

[Buffalo Bill]

Incredible track, with a hump called The Mountain where bikes get airborn. Very narrow track, with huge elevation changes up and down beautiful green grass hills.
Anybody done a track day there??

 

[Dogma]

That is a very cool track. I tried to watch a season or two of BSB, but whatever channel I found it on didn't really keep up with the season. Quite often they'd show races from previous years or something.

So anyway. Yeah. I love watching them catch air over the mountain. Quite often, not even upright when they do it.

 

[Carter Turk]

If you can find a copy of BSB 2000, some great battles between Chris Walker ("the stalker") on the SRAD & Neil Hodgsen on a hand me down 99 Duc.
My VHS player still works.

 

[salty_monk]

I watch BSB on ITV.com - WSB too.

 

[Rob S.]

My VHS player still works.

Yes, but has there been a British super bike in over half a century?

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Yes, but has there been a British super bike in over half a century?

Shame on your ignorant soul. Did you know that the Triumph provides the spec engine for Moto 2??

 

[Rob S.]

Shame on your ignorant soul. Did you know that the Triumph provides the spec engine for Moto 2??

Hmm...obviously not.

I've never ridden a Triumph. I was intrigued by the rebirth of the company, especially when I read about the Speed Triple (20 years ago, now?)

But I remember very well the mid '70's, when I started street riding. Rode with a guy who had a Trident. Heard about the problems, saw the bike close up, and decided I was glad I had my Honda CB350.

Thanks for the CW article.

 

[Carter Turk]

Yes, but has there been a British super bike in over half a century?

https://youtu.be/UYEVq6GSd2k

 

[Rob S.]

https://youtu.be/UYEVq6GSd2k

The men who ride the Isle of Man TT are not human. They are superior beings from another planet. They probably brought those bikes with them. :smilet-digitalpoint:smilet-digitalpoint

 

[fastbysuzuki]

Yes, but has there been a British super bike in over half a century?

1992 steve hislop won the senior tt on the "white charger" Norton rotary one of the best tt's ever between foggy and hislop

The Norton was hitting 200 mph on a very limited budget two years before anyone else

 

[Rob S.]

You got to remember how old I am. For me, the first "superbike" was the CB 750. Then, for 20 years, nothing much below a liter qualified. I'm not talking about racing, track day or anything like that.

I'm aware of MotoGP, Moto2, and the newer "American Superbike" class. I guess the usage has changed from street lingo, Cycle World covers to official racing classes.

 

[Carter Turk]

How'd we remember your age?

 

[Buffalo Bill]

How you gonna document street terms? We got "Superbike" from racing organizations, not from kids at the drive in…

 

[Rob S.]

How you gonna document street terms? We got "Superbike" from racing organizations, not from kids at the drive in?

Didn't Honda coin the term in it's original ad for the 1968 750/4? Didn't it say something like, "If this is your year for a superbike..."?

 

[nvr2old]

What a beauty of a track. Just mowing all that grass has got to be a major job in itself.

 

[bobtail84]

I was at Brands Hatch for round 4 of the BSB. I was a guest in one of the hospitality suites on the start/ finish straight. What a day and what a noise when the bikes started and passed during the races.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

I was at Brands Hatch for round 4 of the BSB. I was a guest in one of the hospitality suites on the start/ finish straight. What a day and what a noise when the bikes started and passed during the races.

That was a wet day…

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Onboard Alert video, hypnotyzing. Engine and wind sounds only

Onboard Alert video, hypnotyzing. Engine and wind sounds only

If you've done a few track days, you can qualify just how much athletic skill, strength and endurance it takes to complete a race.
I've been watching the footwork on the inside, getting heel and toes up and safe.