Newbie BEGINNER track Rider at Snetterton evening sessions 

Ok guys and girls, some of you are very upset with me for booking advanced. Perhaps it was the wrong thing to do and do not advise others to do the same. Stay safe people!

I love the way you got better once you decided to start racing! You actually do pretty well once you are trying to race. I'd never seen you racing the car or anything yet so I didn't know.. good work mate! Now I get to watch your other track videos..

Straightline hero

Road fast and track fast are 2 different things :) Brands Indy I played on but not full track day just a couple of 20 min sessions and I loved it, its nice and short so easy to learn, your bike wont be that much of an advantage there so good experience, I can't afford to trash my bike so want a track day bike to play with, then when CB500 track riders fly passed me I can be even more embarressed, pleased you had fun, I am sure you will use this as a good learning experience and come out a better rider and win respect, Shh never say your quick that for other people to say LOL

Great video fella 👍

Not the smartest or most responsible idea for a track newbie to book into advance. Thankfully you didnt cause any other rider to get seriously injured! Start and the botton and work your way up.

Nice video bud well edited etc, was trying to get some inspiration as booked Snet for an evening session (lower group) done a couple of full days before Mallory and Donnington but not certain if you have helped or not lol. Looking forward to it though. Other guy is correct about the full days and groups but very long and tiring so just be careful trying to do too many session`s as most crashes happen after lunch and people getting knackered and running out of focus and talent. Enjoyed the vid bud.

Golden rule of trackdays, learn the track before you get there, spend some time watching vids on youtube or maybe you can find a game which has the track so you can learn it in a game, this will mean when you arrive your sighting lap is merely confirmation of everything you learned before you arrive, meaning you spend all your time enjoying rather than trying to learn the track !

27:08 and 34:21 Never pass someone near pitlane on the same side of the pitlane entry, he might have been coming in for all you know, or changed his mind to pit last min, stay safe bud, looks like you had a great time :)

Thank you for your honesty about being nervous, makes it easier to actually book one myself

Firstly I'm glad you had fun and stayed shiney side up. But I'm not sure if you realise mate, but that wasnt an advanced or 'fast' group. (Thank god, because seriously beginners in the fast group has caused I believe 3 deaths just this year. And this is why I am writing this comment.) You were on a evening session, which are 2 groups only... Novice - inters And Inters - fast And generally , the actual fast guys do the full days with a dedicated group so they dont have to worry about hitting the inters guys (as you can see the corner closing speed of the few there were on that session is quite a lot, and you are only seeing them off line to make the pass and give you space, so not full pace). So what I'm saying is dont go and book onto the fast group for your first full day, after getting a false impression of where you are at from this if that makes sense? Esply at a different track, snett helps a fast bike. But for some perspective of pace for you, your last and best lap was a 2.22. That is exact same time my ex was doing at snett on her old cbr600f (also on road tyres). And she was lower to mid pack of inters. Fast pace on your bike would be around 2mins or less. Which may seem steep but is plenty doable (I can get an old banged up 54bhp 400 around there in 2.11 and that is topping out at maybe 130ish. But then I also dont brake at all for turn 1, for instance). You were going fine by the end for inters though, so you will be safe and able to learn in that group on a full day. Best of luck. Oh and get some supercorsa scrubs and tyre warmers if you plan on doing more. You wont regret the investment. All the best. :)

Go in novice next time bud

this is very slow for Fast?

Great! Very exciting 👍

I loved watching that, Don. Looked really exciting. I have just returned from touring on my F800GT down to Bordeaux for two weeks and it was WICKED! Back to all the shitty little roads in the UK now!

All been said ,but well done Don ,others will see and learn from your honesty , you were starting to connect on the last session for sure well done mate good vid * )

Great video !

Loooks soo much fun brooo!!! Nice!! I want to do a track day too! Gotta save up for the bike first! 😂😂

You certainly enjoyed that 😎

Brave to go in Advanced, especially first time. You looked like you had great fun and you stayed safe. Good video to watch, reminds me of my first few track days many years ago. (I've never gone above inters btw ! :-))

bit more commons sense on your behalf... I ride Advanced group but still drop down a group if I don't know the track... The wonderful thing with Track days is you can "normally" move during the day. Seriously though people have died because people "think" they are fast, much prefer the yank method of timings for groups.

Great ride.... im pretty jealous I hope I can do a track day before this year ends.. keep it up bro take it easy.

What type of lap times were you doing?

Flipping loved watching this vid mate, great stuff, you had a blast. Dont think your a beginner though, is there a class inbetween. Might have to book me and the busa onto a track day!

Taking the KTM on the next track day? 😆 regardless of the questionable group choice, glad you had fun out there 👌👌 What track is next??

I am saving for an H2 . Isn't that a wild dream? Inspire me!

great video and ride well done👌👌👍👍👍

people who comment should perhaps try and do a verbal commentary to themselves whilst riding. You did explain why you booked the advanced group. They need to remember you could have edited this to make you look great

Your no newbie man, you corner well af hahaha. Great job mate. Want to see more track days and loads of adventure on your ktm. 💪💪