Brno Moto GP trip

[slimwilly]

Tickets ready, bike ready

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[headgonekneedown]

Jammy bastard. wished I was going.
will be camping at Silverstone all weekend though.

[Phil]

I've been to Brno twice, once for MotoGP in 2003 and WSB 2010 and really enjoyed both. MotoGP was packed, WSB wasn't at all, both times were scorching hot.
2003 we lucked out with accommodation and got somewhere within walking distance of the track at local rates, and made full use of the cheap beer at the track. Good food trackside too. We watched from area 'C', the big steeply banked area where a lot of people head for. Take/borrow a spade from someone to dig yourself a ledge to sit in to stop yourself sliding down the bank.
WSB is was far to hot to walk anywhere far so watched from the bottom of horsepower hill, area 'E'. Good view with few people there but might not be so good when packed.

Have a great time.

[kawasutra]

Jealous! Loved Brno as a town and the track is wonderful for viewing!


Horsepower hill as mentioned is really nice to hear the acceleration, on some bikes you can 'feel de bass'! :-)


Don't bother looking at the ladies, they're not pretty at all. Honest.

[slimwilly]

Thanks for the tips,,


photos of ladies to follow

[Hedgetrimmer]

Have a good one Bill. And plenty of piccies, of ladies, bikes, scenery and anything else interesting you see. And video too!

[slimwilly]

i will drag Ian around any castles we come across   he is a lorry driver, you know what he will say


I have cleaned the bike,put the big adjustable touring screen on,


just four days to go now

 

[Hedgetrimmer]

i will drag Ian around any castles we come across   he is a lorry driver, you know what he will say


I have cleaned the bike,put the big adjustable touring screen on,


just four days to go now

Hope he hasn't put slicks on this time 

[bigralphie]

i recommend the half chicken and big pickle they sell in the circuit proper lovely 

[slimwilly]

i recommend the half chicken and big pickle they sell in the circuit proper lovely 

I shall look out for it, thanks,,


I have also mastered how to take pics on the tablet and post them on here so will get some pics along the way .

[slimwilly]

All going well, now got to Germany. Near stuttgart.get some pi s tomorrow.
Billy

[slimwilly]

We are in BRno now.a lovely old city.as was NUrenberg yesterday.lots of rain on the way today but now drying up. Looking forward to tomorrows quailies.

[kitcrazy]

have fun bill im sure you will

[slimwilly]

Well alls going well. Bloody rain storms.racetrack is ace. And boys the beer is Good n cheap food.

[Hedgetrimmer]

 

[slimwilly]

well the tablet has static build up and is playingup.no pics yet .i do have to tell you thebeer here is awesome.80 p apint. I have taken some pics.more to come.we have aplan. It might not work.colditz castle tomorrow. Nurberg ring tues night. Depends on traffic.i hope it works out.we have joined up withfour lads from cirencester.

[slimwilly]

Well we have just arrived at Colditz castle. Cell 235 is our home for the night.
we are staying in the castle. Taking a guided tour in a while. Picture oppertunies galore

[Phil]

You're staying at Colditz! Fantastic!  I visited there on the way back from Lausitzring WSB in 2005 when they had already started restoring the place, about half done.

Hows the tunnel coming along?




The Brno race was a good one. The Moto3 highlights were about 30 seconds on ITV4, the race looked a classic.

[slimwilly]

Yes Phil, a great experience stating in Colditz, and ten we moved onto the Nurberg ring, and yes i did do a lap and filmed it,,i loved it.

[slimwilly]

Well Brno was a delight to be in, saw two days of great bike racing,

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This is a pic of Rossi dissapearing up horsepower hill very fast,,i love the moody sky


Then we met up with four more bikers from Cirencester and moved on to Colditz to take the guided tour and stay the night,

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[slimwilly]

And there is plenty of this to come,,


me riding around the NURBERG RING

[Skippernick]

That can't be you Slim, that video was shot 3 and half years ago.

[slimwilly]

I am not clever enough to set the date on the camera

[Phil]

A great memento, wish I had something like that. The video starts at Adenau, theres a bank you can spectate from on the right. You can also join the track there, which I did for my first lap. We had a shower just before we went out and the track didn't dry in places. At 42 seconds in you can see a small damp patch under the trees, I nearly lost the front there as it was extremely slippy, caterpillar shit I reckon, I wasn't going that fast. I was talking to a Finish man at the entrance whilst waiting for the track to open, he left just after me and crashed on it, he and the bike ok save a few scraps. After that I wobbled around like a novice, maybe a video wouldn't be good 

[bigralphie]

I there in July (have been before) and was going to do a couple of laps but they would not let bikes on due to a crash leaving oil on the road.
We waited around for a few hours because a few of our party had never been round but then it started rain too so we sacked it off.
To make we jumped on the autobahn back to Bitburg and maxed the bikes out  [size=78%]  [/size]