Cafe Racer Cup 2018
Lydden Hill Circuit, Canterbury CT4 6ET, UK
51.1771493
1.2009754000000612
Description
The Cafe Racer Cup is designed to get more people on-track, on bikes they normally ride on the road, while celebrating the return of the ubiquitous Cafe Racer.
It was the Cafe Racer that started the whole modern-retro motorcycle resurgence, and while the brats, scramblers, bobbers and flat-trackers get all the glory, we still love a fast-looking bike with clip-ons, rear-sets, a single seat and chin-on-the-tank attitude. Add number decals and an electrical-tape X on the headlight, and the game is on.
REGULAR NEW ANNUAL BIKE SHED EVENT
This new Bike Shed event will be a regular feature on our annual event calendar, and is a participant AND spectator event, where you can ride your cafe racer, (modern or classic), around a track that's great for spectators and families, where we can provide the usual high-level of hospitality and experience for everyone who attends, whether they're on two-wheels, or sitting in the grass banking with a picnic, and the dog. Yes, you can even bring the dog.
Lydden Hill is a stunning historic motorcycle track, less than an hour further down the A2 than Brands Hatch, just before Dover, reachable by car or bike from London in around 90 minutes. The amenities have all been upgraded, with clean new toilets, marquees and stands, and plenty of space for us to bring great food, coffee, bars and more, that will add to the experience.
The format for the ride is just like a Track Day, but aimed at complete novices and those with modest track skills. Unusually for a Track day event, all bikes will be fitted with transponders, so you can see your lap times improve, and we will group riders into sets where people are lapping at similar speeds - regardless of the bike they are riding.
THE CAFE RACER CUP
There will be a race or two at the end of the day, for those riders who feel confident enough to take part, and those who the marshals feel are safe and able. (You may not be allowed to join in if you are too pro, or too slow.) ... The pace might be quick, but the attitude will be "gentlemanly" (even if you're a lady), so anyone competent should feel safe to take part.
You don't have to race if you took part on the Track Day sessions.
TO RIDE
To qualify to ride, the are 90 places, and you must be on a Cafe Racer, and we'll try to make it clear what that means... No modern sports-bikes please.
THE BIKES
Old or new, your bike should have: clip-ons, rear-sets, round or rectangular headlight, road tyres and ideally a single seat. Half fairings and bikini fairings are permitted, but no full race bikes or track-day bikes will be allowed. We expect most riders to ride their bike to the track, and leave the same way - in one piece. If you bring your bike in a van, we assume you've come a long way and are giving people a lift!
COME & WATCH
Viewers, friends and family can buy tickets right here on this page, to get access to an event that will be a superb fun day out, and great to bring a camera and the kids, or enjoy the bars and quality street-food. You know how we do these events by now!
RIDE ON TRACK
Participants will have to apply to ride on-track, show us their bike, their gear, and more. The cost of riding on-track will be a little less than a normal track-day, as we'll be subsidising things, and you will be the spectacle.
To register your initial interest, go to caferacercup.com
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Start:
2018-07-21T09:00:00+01:00
End:
2018-07-21T18:00:00+01:00
Category
Sports
Tickets
Spectator Admission
15.99
GBP