The Collins family’s impact on speedway continues with Aidan and Les running the Ride and Skid It school at Buxton. Speedway Star contributor Tony Hoare strapped on a steel shoe and got stuck in and gives Xtra readers a brief look of his full day out. Check out the full review only in this week’s Speedway Star…
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Honda Ride and Skid it Experience
SOME people don’t need to command your respect, it’s an automatic right.
One such person is Les Collins, especially when this genuine legend of British and world speedway explains what it takes to slide a speedway bike. Les is one of the instructors at the Honda Ride and Skid It Course that’s held at Buxton’s Hi-Edge Raceway. It gives motorcyclists a taste of
speedway, and allows devotees to make a dream come true and ride a speedway bike. It caters for all sorts, from novice motorcyclists up to experienced riders from other forms of bike sport. It’s best to have some experience of riding a motorcycle, but there’s no licence required and anyone who can control a clutch and twist a throttle can have a go. I spent the day on the course last autumn under the
instruction of Les, former pro racer Adam Allott and Les’ son Aidan, who’s the main man in the Ride and Skid It set-up, we all had a cracking day and learnt new skills.
It started with a rider brief
where Aidan got everyone into his way of thinking. Talk of broken collar-bones was enough to get our attention and make sure no one had any bright ideas about ignoring the expert advice on hand.
The riding part of the day was
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