Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

The flat earth track society

The first thing I noticed when we arrived at Greenfield Dirt Track in Lincolnshire on a grey Thursday morning was how tall the bikes looked. There also seemed like a lot of people around to just watch. It would have been easy to get nervous.

Our breakfast pastries and coffee eased my butterflies and we went over to meet Gary Birtwistle, flat track racer and our trainer for the day who helped us find a metal shoe for our left boot. All will become clear…

We were riding

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