Hard on the gas in race 1

In deep thought, ready for race 2

Warming the engine ready for race 2

Thruxton 29-09-07

Well i managed to stay on the bike both races and the engine stayed in one piece as expected. The weather was a bit unsettled but by the second race was dry.

Race 1

Well i managed the morning practice fairly easy enough and it didnt take too long to learn the track, i followed a few other riders and got a feel for the rain tyres i had put on, it was the first time in 9 months since i had raced the bike and the first time ever i had ridden on rain tyres, so i was a bit nervous to say the least....

Practice had been and gone and i now had to wait for the race, the weather was misersable early on but the temperature was getting up and the track was drying, this made things a bit tricky as i was still unsure on what tyres to use. It was about half hour from my race and thought id stick with rain tyres even though it was drying out but i had no way of telling by how much, one of those gambles i suppose.

The lights went red and then out it was go......well i made a real hash of the start and from the start i had gone backwards from 28th to near last, throught the first few fast corners then i started to get myself together, finding a good line and getting a bit of rythem, the track looked pretty much dry all the way round, well there was a dry line, and i tried to keep on it, i knew the rear tyre would last and the front felt really good even though i had felt it moving around early on.

A few laps had been and gone and i felt relaxed and in a rythem, the bikes in front were getting closer and my confidence grew, i was beginning to reel the bikes in front in and i only had a few laps left.

I knew where i was faster and was getting faster lap by lap, by now the tyres were moving around quite a bit but i was loving it the feel of the bike was great and i was getting to know the track and where i could make up time.

By now the last lap flag was out and i was on a mission to make up a few places, we rounded the 3rd then 4th corners and was now on the fast parts of the track i rounded village then on to church corner and i had really good drive,i was in about 30th position and i could see a gaggle of bikes closing in, there was the long run down to the chicane and i was gaining all the time, past the 300n yard marker and the bikes in front seem to shut off, within the next 150 yards i had passed about 6 bikes on the brakes and was into the final chicane, out on to the start finish and it was all over, what a final lap, i had finished 24th out of 35, and had set the 13th fastest lap time which i was well chuffed with..... Roll on race 2......

Finally my comeback race

Its taken too long but its finally here, im down to race at Thruxton on the 29th of Sept with North Gloucester Club and i cant wait for it.

Its goin... g to be a one off ride at the fastest circuit in the country, which prob isnt the best place to run a new engine in but who cares, im finally going to get out on track and see how the new engine performs and an extremely fast circuit and with some fast club riders.

Keep watching this space for pictures and a full race report

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Ready to go.....almost..

Well after months of struggling to find time to work on the bike, the engine is now finally built and in the frame. The carbs just need to be fit and touch wood the bike should be up and running.
It feels an absolute age since it ran and since i was on it which it has, it's almost 7 months!!!
But now things will hopefully get a move on and i can get out on the bike and set it up to suit me, maybe i'll race this year im not sure, i might just write this year off and do some testing and go at next year full on.
#watch this space and we'll see what happens in the coming weeks