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Having another go at Skegness this year, is anyone else going/ riding? Was supposed to do it on my RM 250 but blew it up 2 weeks ago 🤦🏻♂️ So having to do it on a 250f, not ideal but should be ok. Looking forward to it though hopefully the tide doesn’t come in like last year!
Fit an expansion tank .
The Shop
I did commentary at Barmouth this year, and its a great event, but its a 5 moto format, with 6 or 7 classes running over 2 days, the beach is damp sand that churns up real good, and gives a proper good track, in quite a small area, but you can drive onto the beach with a car and not get stuck, as its quite compacted in most places until the bikes get on it .
Its still hard, dont get me wrong, but nothing like Skeggy.
I was part of the team that put on the first 3 races at Skegness, and you cant get on there with anything other than a quad , or a tracked vehicle, unless it has huge tyres on it , as its not sand, but finely crushed shells, its so dry that you can barely make sandcastles with it .
Also the beach has a weird contour.. you cant see the waters edge from the prom, as it is a long way below the level of the sand, and again , i commentated there for 3 years, you cant even see the riders down the straight from the prom as they are down the slope.
Where they have to dig it out under the pier , to get to the other side, we had to dig at least 8 to 10 feet to get the clearance, and never hit water , as the table there is that low.
I think last year they had a big storm , and the beach got flooded out, they did well to get it to run.
There is a bit of beach just up the coast from Skegness that you can ride on, but its nothing like the beach in the town.
I havent got to Weymouth for their race, which is a beach cross like Barmouth, similar format but just a single day , always gets a good crowd, my mate went for a 'quiet weekend' and had a hotel right by the bit of the beach where they run it .
All 4 UK races have their own pro's and cons, i did Weston 3 times in the first 4 years, but got fed up of the fact that the track was designed to stop you getting round, and didnt bother again, but i have been to watch and pit crew numerous times since.
I looked at the track 😄 Hopefully it’ll stay dry this year.
I have a 450 Husky , if you can get here by thursday LOL.
This year the weather was shocking on the saturday and the track was fine, its all about not murdering the bike , the track is designed to be raced round, not to stop you getting round, it has a few small well placed jumps, and that is it.
There are no easy beach races, whichever they are , riding or bike wise, but they are great fun.
We did get to do some WORCS races at Pismo Beach years ago, I still got a grenaded KX 450 in the garage from that. Starting to look like that ol girl may never run again 🤣
Pit Row
i bet you £10 you think of me halfway round the first lap. 'i told you it was deep' .
Always takes me 20 mins or so to get into an enduro, after the initial chaos I usually have fun. The path to the pits and down to the start are the worst at Skeg when you’re doing 3mph!
I have known people sit out the start, and let the mayhem subside, save their energy and bike, by chilling till the blockages clear, 2 of my retirements were as a result of getting stuck on the first lap.
I have commentated there wearing shorts in December.. hope its decent weather.
I’d have been doing the 3 hour race again this year but after having covid 3 weeks ago I still have got a wheezy throat and cough so decided to do the Saturday sprint instead.
I assume there's no room for the thing in a normal configuration.
Just as much round rock as sand there.
It’s a gnarly f’n race though. Short length course gets absolutely brutally rough by Sunday when the Pros go.
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