Given none of us have ridden the track I am not sure we can make any sort of call about how it's going to work for different levels of ability or bike. It's a big track alright, but the club has gone to pains to ensure it'll work for all levels of rider. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm happy to ride to suit the track and see what comes of it. It really does look like fun, and it's all brand new. Now that's gotta be something different.
Dennis reckons we'll be bypassing all the whoops and he'll do a bit of work on some of the jumps to take the edge ioff, so I can't see these being any more of a worry than say Glenbawn or the old Kembla (or even Oran Park cos I remember that one was fun too).
The best bit for me is the widening of the track and the new track composition. I am fingers crossed it'll be a lot loamier to ride than the way it used to be. I was looking at some old video from back a few years ago and the track was so rutted out, dry, skatey and generally crappy. It has come such a long way from that, and to have to up to twice as wide sounds like, welll... Heaven!
I am not an active member of the ACT club, but I will say they've done a magic job over the past few years really bringing that track from an old minibike track to an international standard motocross track. If this all comes off and we start to see some big events here, I reckon you could do a lot worse than get to flog your own bike around it.
And I reckon the next round of HEAVEN will be a vintage meeting. We'll be amongst the first to ride on it, it'll be in tip top shape, and we'll be able to offer feedback on how to make it even better. I'm getting keener all the time! Bring it on, I say.
Now, if I can just stop the gearbox oil pouring out the countershaft seal, it'll all be good.
