How renting a track bike works

No: you pay the entry to the track day organiser, because it changes from circuit to circuit. We tell you what it costs before you book, and we can book it for you at no mark-up.

It does, and in your favour. On track the lap time comes from the rider, not from the year on the logbook: a well prepared 600 has more performance than you will use in a full day, and no electronics riding for you — what you do with the throttle and the brakes is all yours, which is the fastest way to learn to do it well. These are bikes built for the track and looked after like race bikes: race bodywork, servicing counted in track hours rather than kilometres. And there is an advantage you can count in money: parts for a bike of those years cost half as much, so the excess and the damage list are lower than at a rental running the latest model. You pay less, and you risk less if you go down.

The whole amount is settled on confirmation, by bank transfer: we send you the details as soon as we have spoken and put the bike and the date aside. Nothing is charged from the form and we never ask for your card. The deposit is a separate thing, and you leave that in the paddock on the day.

Tell us at least 24 hours before the day and you get everything back. Inside 24 hours we keep 30 %: by then the bike is prepared and the garage is taken.

The excess is €1,200 on the 600 and €2,000 on the 1000, written into the contract you sign in the paddock along with the parts list. You leave it there in cash or by cheque and take it back at the end of the day, once we have checked the bike over together. The bodywork is our own track bodywork: a slide with no frame damage almost always stays within the excess. If you would rather risk less, the excess reduction brings it down to €400: add it in the form, €75 a day on a 600 and €100 on a 1000, per rider.

The bill is made on parts, not by eye. And it never goes past the excess: the expensive part is on us. Theft and a written-off bike are a separate case, and the contract says how far you go.

Indicative prices, part and fitting included. The total stops at the excess: €1,200 on a 600, €2,000 on a 1000, €400 with the excess reduction. That covers repairable damage: for theft, fire and a written-off bike the limit is the value of the bike, written into the contract.

Tyres are included, fitted and warmed. For the track a category A licence is enough, and the class is your call: we ask for no minimum number of track days. One-piece suit, helmet, gloves and boots are yours to bring.

Yes to both. We fit the transponder in the morning, and if you have setup references from your own bike we try them between sessions.