21-10-11, 12:17 PM
Nice story! You have a lot potential 
I tried Speedway riding myself when I was 16 to 18. Three summers of exciting training sessions. Our club used to be very famous back in the days. MSC Diedenbergen. Perhaps some of the Speedway fans around here already heard of it.
In the beginning I only accelerated on the straights and sort of rolled through the bends with the throttle closed. It was really scary to approach the corners at high speed knowing you have no brakes :o But after a while it was vice versa. As soon as I knew the trick to get the bike sideways and control the drift with the throttle I got too quick at the end of the bends and sort of rolled down the straights with the throttle closed :lol . Unfortunately I didn't get to combine those two skills after a crash, from which the bike never really recovered. Although the front fork was replaced the headset bearings were not fitting correctly anymore and nobody could fix that. I couldn't afford a professional repair and so the bike stayed in the club garage until -years later- somebody bought the pieces. That was the end of my Speedway career aspirations. I was too tall anyway. Never could have made it :rolleyes
A friend of mine is still member of the club and asked me if I'd be interested in trying a few laps just for the fun of it. We'll see, maybe next year. Season is over now.
Cheers,
Sascha
I tried Speedway riding myself when I was 16 to 18. Three summers of exciting training sessions. Our club used to be very famous back in the days. MSC Diedenbergen. Perhaps some of the Speedway fans around here already heard of it.
In the beginning I only accelerated on the straights and sort of rolled through the bends with the throttle closed. It was really scary to approach the corners at high speed knowing you have no brakes :o But after a while it was vice versa. As soon as I knew the trick to get the bike sideways and control the drift with the throttle I got too quick at the end of the bends and sort of rolled down the straights with the throttle closed :lol . Unfortunately I didn't get to combine those two skills after a crash, from which the bike never really recovered. Although the front fork was replaced the headset bearings were not fitting correctly anymore and nobody could fix that. I couldn't afford a professional repair and so the bike stayed in the club garage until -years later- somebody bought the pieces. That was the end of my Speedway career aspirations. I was too tall anyway. Never could have made it :rolleyes
A friend of mine is still member of the club and asked me if I'd be interested in trying a few laps just for the fun of it. We'll see, maybe next year. Season is over now.
Cheers,
Sascha
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