What an epic weekend (Ring/Spa)

[azrael]

Slightly off topic and I know that there was a long post about this on the old MTorque site but how many attendees wore helmets and if so which are recommended. I am not keen on wearing a helmet despite the 'obvious' but may have to indulge in some track days in the UK where I believe it is obligatory.

I was looking at the Bell helmets. Any help appreciated.

Pip

I just wear an AGV motorcycle helmet, but car motorsport spoecific ones may be cooler/lighter to wear. The ring is probably the only place you don't have to wear one but I would strongly recommend you do.

[northernjim]

Just got back home myself, may need a slight de tox this week:whistle:

Cheers for making a shonky ford owner feel welcome over the weekend:beer: twas great to put names to faces, and although there were some ups and downs over the weekend:whistle:, it will go down as a classic trip away:supz::supz:

Had a chat with the yank guy, I would not have handled myself like he did:banghead:

The guy in the Evo did not even speak to him, not one sorry. TWAT!

can't believe the evo guy didn't say anything, shows his true colours tho - w4anker

+1 there mate ! ... he certainly wouldnt have been able to jump the Passport queue at the Tunnel if he had of hit me and acted the same way !
I have just been glancing at the MLR forum, very quiet, and some of them were even saying how great the organisation was at Spa ! ... the only greats at Spa were the track when dry,the CSL's and their pilots , the Porky owning mates we have amongst us, oh and not forgetting those tricked up Fords !! ... oh yeah ...and my driving !!:supz:

Im easily pleased and not given to moaning and banging on about something, but THAT fooker was way over subscribed.

cheers dunc, nice to meet you even tho it was just before you left:hahaha:

not good....

just got in, knackered after another night boozing on the ferry home with my new mates (and old ones) :thumbs:

Great to meet such a great bunch of people throughout the weekend :beer::beer:
I had a lot of laughs:thumbs:just need to get some sleep now :bigcry:

I will need someone to remind me what App I need to download for my trip to the Albert Hall in 7 days time...

big thanks to
Northern Jim, Paul (in the Black Evo)
Daz, Rob, Bealo, Carly, Moley, MattCSL, Bloody Hell i can go on forever here:whistle: and everyone else :thumbs: for things you said and did

one last thing
Lawsy, Mick you are 2 MAD scousers

Absolutely no problem Steve, You are one of the reasons I had such a great time:gayfight::thumbs:

:hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

Bo Selecta app :hahaha:

I am looking forward to seeing that in a pub somewhere soon:hahaha::beer:

[DazBlackCSL]

What day did they get nicked and where abouts was the speed trap ?

Yesterday so the tuesday, as we were at the tunnel, no idea on where, but apparently it doesnt matter where, it's if you get gunned or caught of any camera / van etc.. once your plate has been identified anywhere through FR of Belg your fooked if over 100 :banghead:

[anissut]

Yesterday so the tuesday, as we were at the tunnel, no idea on where, but apparently it doesnt matter where, it's if you get gunned or caught of any camera / van etc.. once your plate has been identified anywhere through FR of Belg your fooked if over 100 :banghead:

Kin hell mate, I was pretty lucky then, I was well over a ton through a lot of Belgium and France. I did think about it on a couple of occasions and thought I should calm down but couldn't have the 997 GT3RS thinking I was :gayfight:

[shane@mbtech]

Kin hell mate, I was pretty lucky then, I was well over a ton through a lot of Belgium and France. I did think about it on a couple of occasions and thought I should calm down but couldn't have the 997 GT3RS thinking I was :gayfight:

We all got flashed on our convoy on saturday to the ring, everyone of us, it was when I was at the front of the pack so we were in WARP SPEED defcon 5, it got all of us, oops. :birdman:

[AlexGTT]

Well chaps, it's all over too soon again! Time flies and all that. Great weekend, despite my front left hand bumper being chopped off by a local scally a few miles from the Ring. :bigcry:Ah well, things happen. I actually blame Rob for dragging us all out for a tour of the local roads.

Many many thanks to Alexk and his friend for staying with me and getting it sorted. Only cosmetic damage and already been sorted by the insurance.:smokin:New bumper solutions!!

Thanks to Mattcsl for the SG duct tape. :thumbs:Worked a treat and I was back out for loads of Ring laps and Spa. Stayed perfectly in place all the way home. I actually quite like the look now.:hahaha:

Spa was great..................once out on track. There were way too many cars this year. The waiting to get on track was rediculous.

The Evo "T bone" of the M3, happened right behind me! TWAT is all I have to say!:banghead: If I was 10 seconds later out of the pits that was me. As mentioned earlier in the thread by my mate, he was in the 34 Skyline just behind! Great vid Alexk. Everyone on MLR needs to know the REAL story.:wanker:

After seeing that, coming across the multi car crash at Ring and my little road tap I was ready to just sit in the bar and call it a day! Glad I didn't though.

Great to see everyone and meet new faces. Rob, Daz hope you got home OK and at a reasonable time. Sorry I had to dash with my mates on Tuesday morning. Catch up soon fellas.

Oh, one last thing.......................Wops GT3 RS Gen2.................:drool::drool::drool: There's not much I wouldn't do to own one.:bigcry:

[TMAQ]

Thanks to Mattcsl for the SG duct tape. :thumbs:Worked a treat and I was back out for loads of Ring laps and Spa. Stayed perfectly in place all the way home. I actually quite like the look now.:hahaha:

battle scars :thumbs:

[DuncanR]

I forgot to take you out too, sorry:birdman:

One bullet would have done it !! ...oops ...thats probably not a good thing to say right now !:bigcry:

[DuncanR]

Yesterday so the tuesday, as we were at the tunnel, no idea on where, but apparently it doesnt matter where, it's if you get gunned or caught of any camera / van etc.. once your plate has been identified anywhere through FR of Belg your fooked if over 100 :banghead:

Maybe we all got lucky then Monday (Mr One armed bandit so no pissed off EVO driver can bubble you from this post ?) ...unless of course they have a nice picture of you doing about 90mph up the fookin hard shoulder to get by those two trucks !:hahaha:.

I will delete this post in 10 mins ! to preserve the guilty !

[Dan_csl]

Word of warning to all though ...

French and Belgium police have started working together, if you get zapped speeding in either country by hidden mobiles or seen speeding over 100, they now have a full operation at calais, list of offending plates, your passport and cars will be impounded with hefty fines to get cars back or possible ban solutions , 6 lads in VX220'S behind me, rob and bealo were done and it wasn't looking good, some very glum faces, so be careful out there

I was lucky then as I stayed in Bruge after the Spa Trackday on Monday evening then fookin hammered the CSL to Calais the morning after, barely went below about 90 for 45 minutes! :bigcry: I was the other SG CSL at the Eurotunnel on Tuesday Daz when you turned up with Rob and Bealo, I waved but you wern't looking! :whistle: :bigcry:

I saw the row of the VX220's and you and Bealo in the cue and wondered what was going on, shortly after that the short arse ginger wanker at customs still pulled me over and wanted to see my passport again and proceeded to ask uterlly (sp) stupid questions for 10 minutes which means I missed my earlier crossing that I'd planned, cunt! :banghead: :bigcry: :bigcry:

[Thorney]

I just wear an AGV motorcycle helmet, but car motorsport spoecific ones may be cooler/lighter to wear. The ring is probably the only place you don't have to wear one but I would strongly recommend you do.

Bike helmets are designed to have one impact and then be good at resisting abrasion, car helmets are more designed for multiple hits so if you're buying a helmet that you are only going to use in a car I'd get a car one IMO.

[Pip1968]

Bike helmets are designed to have one impact and then be good at resisting abrasion, car helmets are more designed for multiple hits so if you're buying a helmet that you are only going to use in a car I'd get a car one IMO.

So to continue the hijack ...any recommendations?

Pip

[_Nathan_]

Pip - go and try loads on, they are all shaped differently and you'll find one brand that feels better than the rest...

[Thorney]

So to continue the hijack ...any recommendations?

Pip

Yeah sorry, didn't mean to but thought it was worth mentioning. Any of the big brands are fine but all are shaped differently, most people I know have either an Arai head or a inn Arai head so try them on. We use MSAR in London, Malcolm is a great guy or have a made to measure from Stand21 but that ain't cheap.

[Yanto_csl]

So to continue the hijack ...any recommendations?

Pip

I bought from GP Direct at Silverstone - a brand called Zamp, which (I believe) is a US firm that are rebranded Bell helmets. They had bought a load in from the US and were selling for £150 a pop....:beer: Wasnt advertised on their website, they just happened to have some in stock when I was there recently.