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Call Sign October 2011
The man motor cycle fans call `Rocket' Ron
paul has a bash
Haslam is offering Dial-a-Cab drivers a special
deal at his Silverstone motor racing course!
The Honda Ron Haslam Race School offers
the experience of riding on the Silverstone inter-
at rocket ron's!
national racing circuit and an introduction to
high performance bikes, giving you the opportu-
nity to improve your skills and understand the
finer points of riding. They offer expert tuition
with experienced instructors at Silverstone, one
of Europe's finest bike racing facilities.
The aim is to give you an enjoyable and mem-
orable time, whilst also having improved your
riding skills and giving you a better knowledge
of these magnificent machines and the circuit.
Together with Honda motorcycles, `Rocket'
Ron's school has designed a programme to suit
all needs from the introductory through to a more
advanced level, catering for all ages and abilities.
Dial-a-Cab driver Paul Hodge (D46) recent-
ly went up to Northamptonshire and ended
up trying two of Rocket Ron's courses and
told Call Sign of his experience.
Paul is something of an adrenalin junkie hav-
ing completed over 100 sky dives and bungee
jumps, but he was looking for something else to
get his pulse racing and someone mentioned
Ron Haslam's motorcycle racing school. The last
Paul returns to normality after a day's motorcycle racing!
time Paul had been on anything that relied on
Complimentary refreshments and snacks are pro-
courses and you tell Rocket Ron that you are
just two wheels was when he was on the
vided through the day and you will receive a Ron
with Dial-a-Cab, there will be a welcome dis-
Knowledge and his 59cc Honda Express was
Haslam Race School certificate to take home as a
count of £100 bringing the total down to £368
nothing like the type of superbikes available on
record of your achievement at the school. You will
and that makes a brilliant present for a driver's
`Rocket' Ron's course where you can take out a
also receive a goody bag at the end of your course!
birthday or of course for those like Paul who
Honda CBR600RR machine - or if you really are
Paul's final comment to Call Sign seemed
have adrenalin instead of blood! `Rocket' Ron
good enough (and brave enough) the awesome
pretty self-explanatory:
will also throw in a pillion ride - but as a warn-
£11,000+ Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade!
"The whole day was just brilliant and worth
ing, he goes 60mph faster than anyone else!
Paul tried two courses in the day. The `On Track'
course takes riders from aged 12 upwards and intro-
every penny but don't forget to say you are with
But even Paul didn't book in (at least not yet)
duces them to motorcycling. Everything is provided;
Dial-a-Cab to make it even better. I should add
for the school's ultimate course the Elite -
you only need to bring yourself - and payment of
that for constipation sufferers, this could also be
should you wish to hone your skills further and
course! Paul began on the schools fleet of new
a great cure...!"
going onto the awesome Honda CBR1000RR
CB500s (13 14 year olds will start on smaller
Fireblade complete with telemetry, its one to
You can read more about Rocket Ron Haslam's
engines but must have had some experience on a
one instruction and top speed of an eye water-
courses at www.haslamraceschool.com and some
motorbike and must be able to ride using clutch
ing 180mph! For that, you must have taken the
leaflets are in Drivers Reception...
and gears). The cost for the course was £189.
Premier course within the previous two years.
It began at 8.15am. By the start time, Paul had
kitted up and been through a briefing session
before going onto the pit lane to meet his desig-
nated instructor. For safety reasons, between
0900 and 0940 there was no other course traffic
apart from those on the On-Track course. Paul's
comment to Call Sign that it was frightening
failed to stop him touching 110mph on the
straight! Neither did it stop him from putting his
name down for the afternoon Premier course
where they use the more-powerful Honda
CBR600RR machines complete with ABS.
The Premier is a more advanced session with
longer track time than the On-Track experience.
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It also has a more intense instruction course that
gives the rider a greater knowledge of machine
and riding techniques, a detailed classroom
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debriefing, plus a more in depth introduction to
the track and the bike.
That was followed by the bit Paul had been
waiting for - re-location to Stowe corner where
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the CBR600RR racing bikes were waiting and
there's no holds barred so far as speed is con-
cerned, but the track sessions are followed with
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de-briefs in-between as your speed picks up and
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as your skills develop. The `Premier' course lasts
for half a day and involves going what Paul
Very special deal for Dial-a-Cab drivers and staff
described as REALLY fast hinting to us that it
made his morning session's 110mph feel rather
sluggish! But he did add that with the extra
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speed comes far more tuition compared with the
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On-Track course. The Premier course will set
you back £279, so together with the morning's
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£189, it amounted to a fairly hefty day's cost of
£468. However, Paul told us that if doing both
