Great to see some of you yesterday! Had to have 4 power naps on the way back and part of M62 was shut :/ I'm too old for late night drives home haha. Good luck to those racing today
Another great weekend of racing and I've got two more signitures. Thanks to everyone who came to watch. I appreciate all the support. A good laugh as always and cheers for the barbie. I'll get some beer/food in at brands next month. No posh stuff though. Saturday I went straight into qualifying and the first corner I get to I ran way too hot into it and just about made it round. Great start Then on my 4th lap I couldn't get round the first corner and stood her up into the gravel trap. The whole bike was sliding all over the place and chucked me out of the seat a couple of times. Luckily I stayed on, no idea how. After that I settled down lol. I started lapping in the mid 1.50's and in the 3 race I got into the 46's. I was aiming for a 1.45 but I'm happy with that, that'll do me. Also I had problems with changing into 4th gear and was putting me off and making mistakes. Luckily Dave was there to help out with setting up the quickshifter properly and it improved things but something ain't right. Cheers Dave!
You did exceptionally well James, was a pleasure to watch... Sorry me and Dave couldn't have helped more but we were running security
After my success at playing Masterchef at Donny I may be taking up a new Career! Well done James and Cookie! We'll gloss over Jimbo's race eh? Dave V, the new forum HM independant trouble shooter!
No glossing needed buddy... Shit happens lol Had two decent (ish) ones Saturday ha. Great weekend regardless and always made a great weekend with the gang around
mate as long as your ok . well done james that wasn't bad at all. taking 5 seconds off ,u got to be happy with that
well done chaps,thats a good time james,and knocking off so much is a big step. hope it's just your pride that's hurt jimbo and nothing physical (I saw the pic on FB of the fairings!!!)
Wat happened jimbo soz I never bumped into u lads popped over to the garages to see a friend a few time but tbh I never recognised anyone from here had a look out but wasn't sure who I was lookin for as for my weekend here goes Got there 6 o'clock nice and early had some work to do on the bike set up caravan then started with the awning took 3 hours complete virgins got the hump several times funny now someone helped us he done it in 10 min flat now iv labeled up all the poles colour coded got to bed late Friday night up early working on the bike I was out at 9 signed on got new rubber put wheels bk on by 9 went out on cold tyres do e 205 that's wat time I done last year went out in the cup practise done a 203 then the race I was at the bk of the newcomers but done a 201 !!! Rest of the day watch alan and his team in the endurance all very fast lads great bunch Sunday woke up went out practise done 2min I then decided I want going to do both all day so done 1 newcomer 3 cup races got down to a 158 by this point found myself battling with 3-4 people in the cup had a brilliant battled during the races our own battled at the bk he won 1 I won the next 2 last lap last race I banged in 155 I no we're I'm weak I'm too slow into redgate I brake to early comfort breaking I call it I'm learning to use the slipper clutch more and just a short sharp dab on the from break then tip straight in haven't ridden there for a year only my 3 rd race ever my first this year but wat a great weekend I had I'll defo be bk maybe bra sd defo silverstone loads more room for improvement adios lads
Pride fully intact mate, was just one of this things, went in to craners too hot trying to make up grounds and round the rear came on me.... Bit beat up but nothing serious at all. So can't complain, bike looks terrible but tbh isn't as bad as I initially thought....
Phil - Al banzai racing? We did meet, he introduced us.. Likewise in not getting a chance to pop over, was a hectic weekend with getting there sat morning and then the off!
Wat race did u crash in jimbo a lot go crashes into craners this weekend the cup I saw one on the warm up lap the thing is I'm 4th gear down there winding on the power u ok bud I know who u are now u was chatting to al when I came over he introduced us small world I never thought it was u tho bud
ha ha.... all just clicked into place! we also met at oulton, didn't realise it was you... just thought you were al's mate ha ha
race 1 yesterday mate, I gave al the bird on the grid, he stood me up turn one to return the favour and we went for it down craners, went round a couple then someone went wide so thought i'd nip through inside into the left, i'm usually 4th too and winding it on, but was flat out in third as first lap and rear just came round. Dan on the tuono has it on go pro so will post up once he sends it. it's quite spectacular lol... gutted really as was finally coming together and was hoping to push on times wise, def felt I could of pushed the 1.40 yest but hey ho... ran out of talent too soon lol but like you say, wasn't the only one... all part of the (very expensive) learning curve ha ha. and yes, very small world!!
Yeah mate exacly 140 is a good time bud think al was running 141s like u say all part of racing I dunno if I'm gonna do brands Indy defo silverstone tho we will see I prob will the caravan made it all so much more comfy but never got bk till late last night did the bike tumble a lot ?
done a 1.42.1 on sat without testing and 1.41 last year so was hoping to improve, but hey ho, next time. yeah al was flying in the last race, great to see a smile on his face! specially after oulton... really want to do brands but might just be too much to ask....we shall see.
