NESBA??? Good or Bad or Average

[gsxrsrad1000]

Whats up, I have done Team Promotion track days, Conerspeed, and do some CCS stuff every now and then.  On of my boys was talking about joining Nesba.  Is it worth it? How do they stack up to the other east coast track day organizations (especially the ones metioned in the beginning)?  A quick answer is all I need to know if I am NOT going to waste my money.

Thanks Paul

CCS #127

[YellowDesmo998]

I was a member of NESBA and won't join again.  Too many rules, even in the racer group.  Most of the control riders (not all) think they are god's gift to the track.  They seem to get pretty pissed off when you pass them, then call you reckless and dangerous...

[Jeff]

Depends on what you want.

If you want a safe, structured, organized track day, STT & Nesba seem to be at the top of the list.

If you want a cheap run around the track with no cornerworkers or ambulance, you can look elsewhere.  Not saying these are the ONLY safe organizations, just noting that they are 2 more prominent ones.

[grasshopper]

 

http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?t=85472&highlight=STT+NESBA

[clutch]

I'm a control rider YellowDesmo..I think you may be making a blanket statement that doesnt include every CR.  They just want a safe environment.  And, if you're in the Advanced, then there are no CR's anyway.  I have ridden TPM and there are people in the A group that belong in B...it was very unsafe

[YellowDesmo998]

I didn't make a blanket statement, I said "not all".  I've known several NESBA CR's that think because their a CR they are the best, fastest, safest riders on the track.  They hade an arrogance about them that really turned people off.  But that isn't the case for all of them just a few that made the rest of the CR's look bad.

I have friends that are CR's for NESBA and they are very good riders and don't carry around an attitude.  It was the few that turned me off to NESBA completely.  Perhaps I'll give NESBA another try in the future, but not for now.

[cehoward600rr]

IMO, and I am going by what I see and the way I am treated and experienced at NESBA trackdays. IMO, NESBA is #1 for trackdays. They run a tight ship on rules, but IMO, their tightness is for safety reasons.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best, I give NESBA a 25!!

[r6_philly]

Depends on what you want.

If you want a safe, structured, organized track day, STT & Nesba seem to be at the top of the list.

I think you need some sort of qualifiers or justifications to make that statement.

People respect what you say around here, and when you make such a statement, people are going to trust you on it. While I don't agree with it, how many are going to question it.

so if you would like to make that statement, I would love to hear your reasonings to put those 2 over the others.

I don't agree.

I think every trackday orgs have great days and bad days. And every org makes mistakes and try to correct them. They are equality good. Luck has more to do with how a certain day turn out. You can have a packed day without red flags, or some random day where you have more than 10 crashes in the first 2 rotations (from one of the orgs you mentioned) but you can't judge on that.

The difference between the orgs are custom service and business policies. You will like one's certain policy better, and some other's ones less. Thats just it. Go by dates. Try it for yourself. Would you let someone else pick a girl friend for you? You will decide what you like. Try each one and see.

[xseal]

Its an excellent track day org. Although some of the CRs drink a little much of the NESBA coolaide, they are very stringent in who they let into the advance group. Once your in it, you can count on a very safe track day with competant riders.  They do have their own standards, and really don't care about your prior experience, they won't move you up until the CRs see you riding well.

Amateur race license holders start out in intermediate, I think it took me 1/2 a day to move up.  Some peope get frustrated by not being moved up quickly enough, but my experience is they are very fair about moving riders up, but you must be smooth as well as fast.  I'm pretty sure that they will waive an expert license holder straight into advanced though.

[r6_philly]

IMO, and I am going by what I see and the way I am treated and experienced at NESBA trackdays. IMO, NESBA is #1 for trackdays. They run a tight ship on rules, but IMO, their tightness is for safety reasons.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best, I give NESBA a 25!!

I don't really get people's loyalty to trackday orgs... I would go by the date. Whatever's more convinient, I will go, regardless or how much or less I like an org.

Are you buying tracktime or hospitality? I am not getting it.

[sportbikerchic]

I'm with Dafan on this one (oh good god, did we just agree on something man?). First and foremost, I usually pick an org by how many dates they have in my area that I can make it to. It does no good to pick org-A if you can only make one of their dates while you could have made five dates with org-B. But if two or more orgs seem to tie in proximity and quantity, then my second criteria is which orgs my friends do, cause a trackday with a few buds is infinately more fun than a trackday alone. After that, ... oh screw it, just try them out and form you OWN opinion.

I've done Nesba, STT, TPM and Cornerspeed, and at some point in time I've loved each of them and at other times I've disliked a few of them (though I've yet to have a bad Nesba day ... but who knows, it might be coming still).
 
Every org is essentially the same at the bottom line... they get you on the track. Beyond that, it's up to your individual tastes as to who you'll prefer to ride with.

[r6_philly]

hey SBC its about to happen lol

Its about getting on the track, and everyone should do whatever they need to get on the track, with whoever. We each end up doing more with one over the others, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it works for everyone. That's the beauty of this country, there are choices and you get to choose them. Everyone will be happy somewhere.

So instead of advocating a specific org by telling you others suck, I advocate you just go ride on the track. It is the racetrack we are addicted to, afterall, I hope :D