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My bike for 2010

Even before the turn of the year i've managed to set my stall out with clear intentions for the 2010 season, i want to be at the front and winning, now i have the bike to do so.

With the great Freddie Dunn unfortunately hanging up his racing leathers the opportunity came to buy this gorgeous and extremely trick RVF 400.

Stay tuned for the full spec and hopefully more news and pics, and hopefully some winter testing

RVF 400 RACE BIKE FOR SALE

After nearly 4 years im finally selling my beloved RVF.

Im looking to buy another bike and need to sell mine to fund the new one. Those who have followed this site can look back on my blog and see how the bike has evolved over the years and also seen the amount of time and money that has gone into the bike you see here....

As for the spec of the bike, here goes.....

Heads and block have been skimmed

Heads have been ported and polished

Pistons and Rods have been balanced

Nc30 Carbs

Ram Air

All quietening gears removed

Bike is running a total loss system but has a starter

Programmable CDI

Venhill Quick action throttle

Gear change light

Scitsu temp gauge

Sprint steering damper

Hel braided hoses front and rear

Braking Italia front wavey discs

BMC Racing Twin stack exhaust

BMC Racing Lightweight Rear wavey disc

BMC Racing Lightweight rear ally subframe and battery box with smaller lighter battery

BMC Lightweight Ally tank and race fuel cap

Carbon Fibre engine covers

SES Rearsets

SES Clip ons

SES Ally screen brace

Double bubble screen

Newly fitted EBC HH pads

WP rear shock (off an RS250 Aprilia)

Spares

Micron rear paddock stand

New fairings

Seat unit

New rear pads

Oxford Battery Optimiser

Pit board with all numbers

spark plugs (used)

The chain is 3 meetings old and will have the oil and filter changed before it goes anywhere. The bike is running approx 70 bhp on BMC Racing's dyno.

I was hoping to get around the £3200 mark but im open to offers

***PLEASE NOTE THE DYMAG WHEELS ARE NOT BEING SOLD WITH THE BIKE***

Sponsorship

I've now setup a new thing which allows people if they so wish to donate to my racing. I don't expect people to donate a lot but if everyone who has visited this site donated £1 it would enable me to race for a full season and more, enabling me to use new tyres for every race, frequent servicing of my bike, uprated parts and much much more. I will post up here everyone that kindly donates.

Thank you very much for your time and regardless of the amount i can assure you every penny that is donated will be put towards the racing and hopefully help towards getting me at the front of the grid!!

Si #3

A BIG THANKS............

Firstly a massive thanks to Mike at BMC Racing for all the work and effort in putting into my bike and helping me get faster and faster, a massive thanks mate, all your work has been very much appreciated and i wanna just say a massive congratulations for winning the EMRA 400 championship!!

Top drawer mate!

Secondly a massive thanks to Eddie at Complog for all the help with the tyres, help with the van and all the bits and bobs that has helped me get out on track.

One last big thanks is to Rod Jeacock for all your help, its been a massive help and shown that on track too!

Thanks again mate!!

Emra Rd 6 Final Round

Well time seems to have flown by and we have finally reached the final round of the EMRA season.

After the previous meeting i was determined to do better than 7th and 8th places. I was really annoyed and was disappointed that id let myself down, so this time id done what i could to prepare myself, id done some cycling, ate healthy and drunk plenty of water and to be honest i was feeling good

Conditions were perfect and it was time to go out and qualify, i was really looking forward to it and wanted to get out and show what i could do..

The only problem was we were out with the earlystocks......oh dear..

Well i managed to get past a few down the straight on the outlap, and a couple more into Gerrard's, to be honest i was struggling with traffic and when i came round Gerrard's on the stop in 6th and there was a link pipe on the exit i was kind of suprised and lucky not to hit it, it seemed one of the earlystocks had shed it......mmmm, anyways i had one clear lap and i felt quite good, i got off the bike and felt ready for more, it was good not to feel like id done a days work..

It showed on the time sheets too, id qualified 3rd on the grid!! it wasn't my fastest time by a second or so, i managed a 1:01.212 which wasn't too bad.. roll on race 1

Race 1

It was a weekend really that was marred by a horrendous crash in the 600 practice, Richard Saunders crashed at the hairpin at high speed and was air lifted out of the track, Richard was due to race in the f400 race and we were expecting a real battle for the title with Mike Dorey.

All my best wishes go out to Richard and his family, i hope you get well soon and hope to see you out on track in the not so distant future..

The race was underway and i got an average start, but i was still quite happy as i was tagging on to some of the quicker boys, in the previous meeting i wouldn't have been able to keep up, but now i was showing some speed and hanging in there..

It was to prove one of the best races i've probably had, i don't know why but i seem to have found myself battling with a green zxr last round and this one....

and without fail we were swapping positions again, we were battling for 5th and we were swapping positions on a regular basis, especially at the hairpin where he was running wide, and on the 8th lap he ran wide and i took advantage, and as i powered out and covered the line he smashed into the side of me and i was out of the seat and found the bars swapping ends.....mmmmm, it doesn't take a lot to get my back up and he had certainly had done that!!!

I then proceeded to chase as hard i could, and the next lap i set my fastest time ever and did a 59.743!! Id broken the jinx and gone under a minute.

Unfortunately i had to settle for 6th......but now i was really pissed off and i was determined to do better in race 2.....

Race 2

Now there was just one thing about race 2 which u should know, Leon Jeacock, last years f400 champion was doing a one off ride on Mikes 2nd bike, and it proved to be very interesting indeed..........

I got a good start now from the second row, and was determined that i was going to get past and stay past that pesky green zxr!!

In the mean time i'd had a rvf 400 in BMC colours come past me like i was stopped, Leon i think had decided he needed the toilet and set off like a scalded cat!!!

Anyway id got a decent start and i passed the pesky zxr and a vfr round Gerrard's and was now in 4th behind Mike and was holding my own not too far behind, when a familiar looking orange zxr come past!

I was now in 5th but had my head down and was putting in what felt like quick laps, i was slowly catching Mike in 4th and i was certain the green zxr wasn't too far behind but upto the hairpin and a look over my shoulder and there was no one to be seen.

Round Gerrard's again and the bike was sliding a lot more, and then again the next lap at the same place it was getting more out of shape, so upto the hairpin and another check over my shoulder and still nothing there, i would have had to push really hard to catch Mike and get 4th, and i was way in front of the green zxr so i decided to bring her home and settle for a well earned 5th place, i'd only ridden 3 times all year and i was well chuffed as i knew i had tried really hard to improve myself and it showed on the track.

As for times i had done a 59.549 and i had finished 7 seconds in front of Daniel Brown on his quick and too familiar green zxr 400 and was 6 seconds behind Mike (BMC Racing)

All in all i was really happy with my results and my times, i now know i can go faster and next year i'll be trying my hardest to get to the front!!

Oh one last thing, Leon went on to win from the back of the grid and break the lap record......

Emra RD5 16-08-09

It was nearly 6 months since i last rode my bike, without quite a few mods too. I'd come straight from the port at Birkenhead to Mallory and was feeling a little bit tired but still well up for it.

Firstly i want to say a massive thanks to Mike (BMC RACING), Rod and Leon Jeacock for taking my bike to Mallory, fuelling it up and basically setting my mind at rest, its all very much appreciated.

QUALIFYING

I was hoping that i would show well in qualifying but it was slightly more disappointing than i expected.

The weather was perfect, the bike was perfect, i wasn't.

I felt so unfit, mainly due to the tiredness from working and the travelling but i was trying and didn't think i was doing that bad.

Well i qualified 8th and felt slightly disappointed but not to worry, it was going to be different in the race.

RACE 1

I got an awful start and thought i was just going to keep going backwards but on the first lap the race was red flagged after a crash coming out of the bus stop.

So to a restart and i made a screamer of a start and upto 5th going into Gerrards, i felt quite comfortable and felt i was gaining on the bikes in front, but as it was in there yet another red flag so we were taken off the grid and told that that race would be the last one of the day.

Race 1 Re-Run

I was determined to do a lot better in this race and see what happens. Again i got a really good start and from 8th i was upto 5th going into the first turn and felt really good. After a few laps i was slowly gaining on the battling pack in front until my mate James Simpson on the orange zxr400 came past but over cooked it going into the hairpin, and not happy with doing it once he managed it another two times then even went on the grass going into Edwinas.

As it was i was overtaken and pushed down into 6th by number 56 then after getting stuck behind a back marker James passed me at the bus stop and the following lap the race race was stopped.

So after a frantic 7 laps id finished 7th with a best time of 1:01.254 which is way off my best time but everything taken into account it wasn't a bad first run out for the new bike

Race 2

After a so so kind of 1st race i was looking to improve and hopefully get a top 5 finish, with a couple of bikes missing off the front row i was feeling hopeful but didn't realise that they had started from the back of the grid.

Anyway i got a half decent start and was top 5 or 6 then got passed and was sat in 7th.

After a few laps i was taken by a green zxr 400 and then proceeded to have a bit of a tussle for the remaining laps, but i was unable to keep him at bay and finished 8th.

i had done a best time of 1:01.358 and i was knackered.

The good points to come out of the day was i really enjoyed the bike with all the new parts and it was a pleasure to ride.

My main aims now are to get out on a test day and get to grips with the bike again and also get my fitness levels up.

So hopefully next time out we should be looking at top 3!