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Steve Austin

Joined Feb 2008
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Hello everyone,

I have followed bike and F1 racing for more years than I care to remember, but always on the TV mostly beacuse I grew up in Cornwall [miles from anything interesting]!

I don't ride bikes - perhaps the scary expereience of riding on the back of a Norton Commando driving by a rather mad older friend put me off for life!

I can, however, appriciate the skill and daring of MotoGPand Superbike riders - at least there is overtaking in bike sport [until the rather one sided 2007 MotoGP season - 2006 was a classic].
I have never understood why some people are blinkered by F1's mostly processional racing.

I think it is a sign of the times that the Autosport website to which I subscribe also covers MotoGP - a leap forward.

Sadly I am a Rossi fan: maybe if Toseland really takes off ...

One day I will go to see a live race with my son - where's the best place to start? GB?

Anyway, I am looking forward to reading and taking part in the forrums ..

Steve
 
welcome airbox! enjoy it here. the way all the other brits discribe donny, maybe you should do a spanish round for your 1st live race. or assen perhaps.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Feb 3 2008, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>welcome airbox! enjoy it here. the way all the other brits discribe donny, maybe you should do a spanish round for your 1st live race. or assen perhaps.
That's a good idea. The weather at Donny can be atrocious, the camping certainly will be. The circuit is good for spectators, but is seriously showing its age. The Spanish seriously know how to have a good time at bike races so Catalunya would be a good bet (hoping to get there myself this year). Assen is not quite the track it used to be, but the Dutch are a crazy nation and you really have to go there and revel in the atmosphere.

Your 1st live race will stay with you forever. Mine was the Trans-Atlantics at Donny in '87 in the pissing rain - never took my helmet off - smokes were done "Barry Sheene style". RD400 with K&N's would only run on one on the way home, but just to keep it interesting the other cylinder would kick in every now and then... Them were the days...

BTW, welcome to the forum
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Feb 3 2008, 10:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>welcome airbox! enjoy it here. the way all the other brits discribe donny, maybe you should do a spanish round for your 1st live race. or assen perhaps.

welcome airbox! hope you have a blast in the forums!
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and may i boldly suggest sepang?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Airbox @ Feb 2 2008, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Sadly I am a Rossi fan: maybe if Toseland really takes off ...
Oh...that's not a sad thing at all
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I'm a Vale fan too, it doesnt get any better
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Welcome to the forum!!
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