42 thoughts on “Track Attack: How to go fast around Donington Park”
If it's on a GSX-R 750 the answer to how to go fast around any track has to be 'On the back wheel!' 🙂 Thanks for the great content as usual. As a 50 year old Gixxer owner and track day novice I'm loving the latest stuff alongside 'thanks for asking'. Legend.
Thanks! I'm a new rider who has quickly become a bit of a fanatic with 6 track days already done this season. I've watched Motovudu so many times that I've pretty much memorized it and your explanations of how to ride Donington really makes the application of the techniques clear! I'll probably never ride Donington, but I think I know where to apply the concepts (like using the throttle to get to the edge of the track) on my local track in Sweden.
Thanks for the Gixxer video series and for that new great video. 👍🏻 By the way, is that an original Suzuki carbon fender? Where did you find it? Thx! Regards, Mario
I’m one of your Aussie viewers, so I’ve never ridden Donington and probably never will, but as you were speaking I was thinking of comparable parts of my track (SMSP) and the concepts you outlined were definitely applicable Thank you.
I have r750 07 now and I was very big fan of Neeves from my twenties. He was huge journalist and test rider during I was journalist last 15 yrs. Now I am fourties age and still huge fan of him and this holiday morning I woke up with this amazing track tips video. I surprised what I enjoying your INSIGHT OF MOTORCYCLING with another side of planet at the same time. Its amazing world to emphasizes with top class rider. Thank you for everything. Specially of Neeves. ❤(p.s) And Sorry about my poor English skills. I am Korean.
I think this is the most I have concentrated on one of your videos. I mean this in a nice way. Listening to you talk about the track I found myself totally consumed by your information. Incredible knowledge. Thanks 💪🏻😎✊🏻
We were on track with you on Monday night and you’re so right about evening events being more relaxed. I’m going to try and take your advice on board about the old hairpin to McLeans section. Cheers 🎉
is Moto America Super bikes the best bikes to watch as is W orld SBK- what you like better??/and would you race them now if called into?and is Josh Herrin going to pull off champion win ?? cheers
Fantastic information and tips which to me being in Australia 🇦🇺 still can put to use on other tracks here. But….. the real music to my ears is that sweet sweet Gixxer 750!!!! Ohhhh sooo good! Thanks again for your wealth of information 👍👍👍👍
Lots of convertable tips for younger riders on the road, learn first before speed. What I taught my apprentices as a carpenter. Thanks for the Donnington tips as I've just watched some racing there and it helps understand. I'm way too old for racing but enjoy your videos mate. Still learning the finer points of riding at 75!
Awesome vid and great timing with a few races coming up there – sheds a whole new light and perspective on the track . Keep it up mate love the channel
Interesting trying to relat this to my local race track 😉 (Sudbury to Field to Temiskaming Shores to Elk Lake to "the water shed" and back to Sudbury -All in Ontario Canada); my straights are longer and the corners not as tight.
Great content. Different from the usual “track day tips” invaluable advice even for a seasoned TD rider. What I do find though is if I take it easy the whole of the 1st session I struggle to get up to speed the rest of the day. My brain almost takes it as a “cruising” day!!
Great video Michael having done a track day at Donnington on my Super Duke GT all your advice is spot on as I got most of the track wrong 😁. I did improve through the day and you have just explained why and how I got better love the style of your videos keep enjoying your 750 😁👍👍
Thanks for the informative video. I do the odd track day at Sepang circuit on a Panigale R. I am struggling with body position on the bike and consistently record 61 degrees lean angle because I don’t hang off the bike enough. Any tips on how I can force myself to hang off more?
Great stuff!! At the California Superbike School, we start the level 2 students with slightly different sighting laps. One on the RH side all the way around, one on the LH and a final in the center. All at 50% or below pace that allows you actually look at each of the shapes of the corners from the different perspectives. It’s a huge benefit!
Going back to Donny at the end of the month on my S1000XR and along with along with Sylvain's pt.1 & 2 videos this is great advice, . I'll be so Zen I'll be riding cross-legged 😁
Great stuff Neevesy! Have you considered doing some lap analysis for us mere mortals? I'm running mid inters and would be interested if you had any pointers for me to improve if I sent you my best lap from Donington across? Keep up the great work!
Another great video thanks Neevesy 👍 I Couldn’t agree more about the sighting laps I do a lot of track days in the UK and Europe and more often than not I’ll be following someone warming their tyres, warming their brakes trying to get their knee down or pulling wheelies then they get released at for the first flying lap and they don’t know which way T1 goes!
This video came in very good time for me. I did my first track day with British Motorbike School at Blyton Park last week and loved every minute. I've been toying with the idea of squeezing an evening session in at Donny before the season ends and your video pushed me to book it.
One thing I found challenging at Blyton Park was how physically demanding it was which I think was compounded by the fact I have a S1000XR and Blyton is a fairly small and tight track. I was struggling to get my body in to position quick enough at times. I also kept scraping the pegs so I need to get the bike more upright by using my body more anyway.
Do you have any tips for riding a big upright bike on track Neevesy? (Donny or general)
Loved this and such great pointers on what is one for me the best track in the UK. It' likes a scaled down version of one of my all time favourite circuits Mugello. And seeing one of the best journo's giving out fantastic pointers is great. I also have to blame you for wanting a smaller capacity bike 🙂
Lots of good advise not only for Donington, but for the road as well.
The part about getting through the hairpin is spot on ! One of my favorite roads has a 10 mph suggested speed limit hairpin turn. Here in the U.S. you'll be on the inside of the curve and turning right, and going downhill with a significant elevation drop. I paste a google map link. And this I'll almost always have the wife on the back.
I've attacked this in the past with mixed results. A few weeks ago I decided to just focus on being technically with the line and manipulation of the bike. And it was my quickest, as in fast in, slow through the apex, and fast out. No mid corner corrections and the bike was pointed in the correct direction sooner. Even the wife mentioned it on our debrief of the ride.
Long way of saying, riding the corners focusing on technically correctness equals more speed than "attacking" , especially when it's multiple corners connected together.
Yet another priceless vlog mate 🙏🏽👍🏽, that’s a lot of awesome info that most people would only get on a 1-1 or instruction as you know . Thank you very much , I’m sure a lot will gain a lot from this one 👍🏽🙏🏽🏍😎🏁 Take it easy mate , 👍🏽😎
Really enjoyed that Neevesy, thanks. Man I love Donington…favourite UK track I think, nothing better than feeling like you're screaming it through Starkys and Schwantz! ❤
That was a great way to impart your knowledge of Donington to us noobs, much better than the usual second gear here and third in this corner etc. I did a session at the Ron Haslam school a while back. I ended up low siding the CBR600 into the gravel trap after losing it at McLeans lol. I absolutely hate that corner with a passion and still to this day don’t understand which line to take through it to reduce the risk but to not lose too much time in the process….?
If it's on a GSX-R 750 the answer to how to go fast around any track has to be 'On the back wheel!' 🙂
Thanks for the great content as usual. As a 50 year old Gixxer owner and track day novice I'm loving the latest stuff alongside 'thanks for asking'. Legend.
Thanks! I'm a new rider who has quickly become a bit of a fanatic with 6 track days already done this season. I've watched Motovudu so many times that I've pretty much memorized it and your explanations of how to ride Donington really makes the application of the techniques clear! I'll probably never ride Donington, but I think I know where to apply the concepts (like using the throttle to get to the edge of the track) on my local track in Sweden.
Thanks for the Gixxer video series and for that new great video. 👍🏻 By the way, is that an original Suzuki carbon fender? Where did you find it? Thx! Regards, Mario
I’m one of your Aussie viewers, so I’ve never ridden Donington and probably never will, but as you were speaking I was thinking of comparable parts of my track (SMSP) and the concepts you outlined were definitely applicable Thank you.
I have r750 07 now and I was very big fan of Neeves from my twenties. He was huge journalist and test rider during I was journalist last 15 yrs. Now I am fourties age and still huge fan of him and this holiday morning I woke up with this amazing track tips video. I surprised what I enjoying your INSIGHT OF MOTORCYCLING with another side of planet at the same time. Its amazing world to emphasizes with top class rider. Thank you for everything. Specially of Neeves. ❤(p.s) And Sorry about my poor English skills. I am Korean.
I think this is the most I have concentrated on one of your videos. I mean this in a nice way. Listening to you talk about the track I found myself totally consumed by your information. Incredible knowledge. Thanks 💪🏻😎✊🏻
We were on track with you on Monday night and you’re so right about evening events being more relaxed. I’m going to try and take your advice on board about the old hairpin to McLeans section. Cheers 🎉
is Moto America Super bikes the best bikes to watch as is W orld SBK- what you like better??/and would you race them now if called into?and is Josh Herrin going to pull off champion win ?? cheers
Used to live in a lovely little village called Shardlow & walk to the circuit. Sad when MotoGP went back to Silverstone
Fantastic information and tips which to me being in Australia 🇦🇺 still can put to use on other tracks here. But….. the real music to my ears is that sweet sweet Gixxer 750!!!! Ohhhh sooo good! Thanks again for your wealth of information 👍👍👍👍
Booked an evening track day at Donnington this afternoon, and you put this out tonight. Perfect, keep the content coming, love it.
Lots of convertable tips for younger riders on the road, learn first before speed. What I taught my apprentices as a carpenter. Thanks for the Donnington tips as I've just watched some racing there and it helps understand. I'm way too old for racing but enjoy your videos mate. Still learning the finer points of riding at 75!
Awesome vid and great timing with a few races coming up there – sheds a whole new light and perspective on the track . Keep it up mate love the channel
Interesting trying to relat this to my local race track 😉 (Sudbury to Field to Temiskaming Shores to Elk Lake to "the water shed" and back to Sudbury -All in Ontario Canada); my straights are longer and the corners not as tight.
Great content. Different from the usual “track day tips” invaluable advice even for a seasoned TD rider. What I do find though is if I take it easy the whole of the 1st session I struggle to get up to speed the rest of the day. My brain almost takes it as a “cruising” day!!
love doni.. suits my Hyper..
Hey, I've never done evenings but yeah I can imagine how different the atmosphere is.
Great video Michael having done a track day at Donnington on my Super Duke GT all your advice is spot on as I got most of the track wrong 😁. I did improve through the day and you have just explained why and how I got better love the style of your videos keep enjoying your 750 😁👍👍
Great explanation. Nice on board footage. 👍
Superb Michael will be putting those tips into practice 👍
Thanks for the informative video. I do the odd track day at Sepang circuit on a Panigale R. I am struggling with body position on the bike and consistently record 61 degrees lean angle because I don’t hang off the bike enough. Any tips on how I can force myself to hang off more?
does your exhaust have removable baffle? looks cool but quiet
Great instructions, loving the track insight..
What's flashing on the dash?
Great vid, new series neevesy? Track attack around all the UK circuits? would be cool 😀
Great stuff!! At the California Superbike School, we start the level 2 students with slightly different sighting laps. One on the RH side all the way around, one on the LH and a final in the center. All at 50% or below pace that allows you actually look at each of the shapes of the corners from the different perspectives. It’s a huge benefit!
I followed Matt Llewellyn for half a dozen laps years ago around Donny, each lap a little bit faster. Brill it was.
Going back to Donny at the end of the month on my S1000XR and along with along with Sylvain's pt.1 & 2 videos this is great advice, . I'll be so Zen I'll be riding cross-legged 😁
Great stuff Neevesy! Have you considered doing some lap analysis for us mere mortals? I'm running mid inters and would be interested if you had any pointers for me to improve if I sent you my best lap from Donington across? Keep up the great work!
Another great video thanks Neevesy 👍 I Couldn’t agree more about the sighting laps I do a lot of track days in the UK and Europe and more often than not I’ll be following someone warming their tyres, warming their brakes trying to get their knee down or pulling wheelies then they get released at for the first flying lap and they don’t know which way T1 goes!
Brilliant advice mate
This video came in very good time for me. I did my first track day with British Motorbike School at Blyton Park last week and loved every minute. I've been toying with the idea of squeezing an evening session in at Donny before the season ends and your video pushed me to book it.
One thing I found challenging at Blyton Park was how physically demanding it was which I think was compounded by the fact I have a S1000XR and Blyton is a fairly small and tight track. I was struggling to get my body in to position quick enough at times. I also kept scraping the pegs so I need to get the bike more upright by using my body more anyway.
Do you have any tips for riding a big upright bike on track Neevesy? (Donny or general)
Thanks for this. I'm at Donnington with bennetts in September. I'll be watching this the day before and on the day 👍🏼
Loved this and such great pointers on what is one for me the best track in the UK. It' likes a scaled down version of one of my all time favourite circuits Mugello. And seeing one of the best journo's giving out fantastic pointers is great. I also have to blame you for wanting a smaller capacity bike 🙂
Lots of good advise not only for Donington, but for the road as well.
The part about getting through the hairpin is spot on ! One of my favorite roads has a 10 mph suggested speed limit hairpin turn. Here in the U.S. you'll be on the inside of the curve and turning right, and going downhill with a significant elevation drop. I paste a google map link. And this I'll almost always have the wife on the back.
I've attacked this in the past with mixed results. A few weeks ago I decided to just focus on being technically with the line and manipulation of the bike. And it was my quickest, as in fast in, slow through the apex, and fast out. No mid corner corrections and the bike was pointed in the correct direction sooner. Even the wife mentioned it on our debrief of the ride.
Long way of saying, riding the corners focusing on technically correctness equals more speed than "attacking" , especially when it's multiple corners connected together.
loved this video absolutely amazing thank you. can't wait to try these tips out in a few weeks
Yet another priceless vlog mate 🙏🏽👍🏽, that’s a lot of awesome info that most people would only get on a 1-1 or instruction as you know . Thank you very much , I’m sure a lot will gain a lot from this one 👍🏽🙏🏽🏍😎🏁 Take it easy mate , 👍🏽😎
Really enjoyed that Neevesy, thanks. Man I love Donington…favourite UK track I think, nothing better than feeling like you're screaming it through Starkys and Schwantz! ❤
Thanks for that insight, really interesting
That was a great way to impart your knowledge of Donington to us noobs, much better than the usual second gear here and third in this corner etc. I did a session at the Ron Haslam school a while back. I ended up low siding the CBR600 into the gravel trap after losing it at McLeans lol. I absolutely hate that corner with a passion and still to this day don’t understand which line to take through it to reduce the risk but to not lose too much time in the process….?
Great video. We seen you at Donington last Monday wishing we said hello and got some tips from you but now we have a video awesome 👌
I was half asleep while this video was playing on my laptop next to my bed … I dreamt that I was there at Donington Park …
working on riding technique reminds me a lot of the technique of playing the violin…