STAY ON TRACK

The phenomenon of rider training is now pretty firmly entrenched in the Australian road riding landscape. There are courses that cater for the beginner to the experienced and even active racers, usually carried out in the relatively safe environment of the racetrack.

Born from all that training activity was the “track” or “ride” day. And why not? After all, this is where you get to thrash around the track, pretty much left to your own devices (of course there are sensible rules). Track day operators report that take-up is at its highest levels, and one of the reasons for this is the move towards riders trailering “track day only” motorcycles to these events. That way, you don’t have to ride home after a big day at the track and paying rego on a bike that you only use very occasionally becomes a thing of the past.

This is a growing trend. In the past most participants would ride to and from an event (many still do), and those that did make use of trailers carried road-registered