LAISAWakes Colne
Data origin10 entries from an importSource: Wakes Colne - British Sidecarcross Championship (ACU)Source: Halstead & District MCC at revamped Wakes Colne trackSource: ACU Eastern Centre Championship Round 1 at Wakes Colne (Dirt Hub)Check date not documented
Location
Track details
Dry loam is the ideal case: grippy, forms lines and forgives mistakes.
After rain loam turns heavy and sticky - knobs pack up and the bike feels noticeably heavier.
Wakes Colne near Colchester in Essex sits on the Little Loveney Hall estate and is the home track of Halstead & District Motorcycle Club. The club reworks the circuit over the winter months and hosts rounds of the ACU Eastern Centre Championship as well as the British sidecarcross championship there. On a typical race day practice starts around 10:00 and the races follow from roughly 10:30, 12:00 and 14:30 - times the organiser itself gives as approximate. A club track that only runs on event days demands different preparation from an open practice venue. You may get three short races and no second chance at the jump you do not know. Use the morning practice to learn rather than to set a time. On loam with jumps and tight sections one thing annoys riders above all: the front knifes into the rut and oversteers away from you. Top of our cause list is a fork that is too soft, dives too deep and folds in the rut - add compression before you start rearranging your riding position.
Track condition today
Loam at 19 °C, no rain right now - good conditions to ride.
Low confidence · Based on: Weather model
Next windowtoday 15:00–19:00
Reports from the track
Anyone riding there today can report how the ground is running in 30 seconds. Those reports decide the assessment above - without them it stays a weather forecast.
No report has been filed for this track yet, so the assessment above rests on the weather model alone.
Track profile
Difficulty: Demanding
- Technical5/5
- Jumps5/5
- Fitness4/5
Not rated: Speed, Grip changes
Automatically derived from the recorded track characteristics - not assessed by LAISA on site.
What to expect
- Biggest challenge
- Bike kicks / bucks off jump faces Go to diagnosis →
- Typical setup problem
- Rebound returns too fast and launches the rear off the face - slow it (fewer clicks out).
- Riding-technique focus
- Controlling the bike off jump faces Go to the technique guide →
Automatically derived: this track's attributes combined with LAISA's troubleshooting knowledge.
Organisation and rules
LAISA has nothing confirmed about opening hours, fees or rules for this track. Please check with the operator before travelling.
Short answer for this track
- Recommended starting point
- Loam - Motocross - start from the setup computed for your bike. Compute a setup →
- Most important change
- For this track the LAISA engine mainly moves: Fork: Compression, Shock: Compression, Fork: Rebound. The actual values depend on your bike and your rider profile.
- Why
- Surface Loam, track character: Jumps, Tight.
- How to test it
- Ride two laps on the starting value, then change one setting only and ride the same two laps again.
- Source
- 3 cited sources · 10 entries from an import
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