Brands race 4
30 Aug 2010
This one was really tough, but I won again. Keith Smith got a great start and found a huge amount of pace too. I was behind him for two laps and pretty shocked at how fast we were going. I passed him into Paddock Hill Bend and got my head down, but when I checked […]
Brands race 3
Another clear win for me, though this was a two-part race owing to a messy crash involving my team-mate, Nigel Davis. Although it looked bad, I’m glad to report that he’s fine and the bike isn’t too bad. Chris Matthews was second in my class and Mark Andrew third. Barry Utting won class B. In […]
Brands race 2
29 Aug 2010
Short version – I won! The rain stopped an hour before the race and the sun came out so the track was drying fast. I checked the circuit with ten minutes to go and it was still damp so I went for my harder wets which work like intermediates. Thanks to brilliant help from good […]
Brands race one
I hope none of you reading this find what I’m about to write in any way boring or predictable, because I rode my heart out and the result is really exciting for me. I won. By 17 seconds. And I smashed the old lap record down to 49.6s. Before the weekend I’d thought how cool […]
Overtaking Rear-end Aftermath
I overtook a BMW Z3 who then put his foot down. I gave the bike a bit more and got past with no more problems. I was riding at about 80 in a 60.
Brands Hatch practice and qualifying
28 Aug 2010
It feels great to be back at Brands, the place I consider my home circuit. After last year’s bad luck I really want to do well this weekend. Usual apologies for the lateness of this blog and the absence of a proper preview. It was another week of ridiculous hours at work and everything else […]
Filtering around bollards – The Bollard Sidestep
26 Aug 2010
Meet Mark Stone, Britain’s unluckiest motorcyclist. Each month we tackle the legal aftermath of Mark’s riding mishaps. Today, he defies the righteous bollard of justice and crosses the line of fate
Stevenage Bike Fest 2010
23 Aug 2010
Some photos from last weekend at the Stevenage Bike Fest at the Longfield Training & Development Centre in Stevenage. Andrew Dalton met with Guy Martin, IOM TT racer and there were demonstrations from Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Service
F800 GS Fog/Spot Lights
19 Aug 2010
Before setting off to France, John had Fog/Spot lights fitted to his F800 GS. Here are some photos of the riding lights fitted to his bike and a short review from John in France
Bulldog Bash 2010 Photos
Cheffy and Clare attended the Bulldog Bash last weekend, here are some photos from the event.
Points, pics and placings
11 Aug 2010
Updated points tables, photo galleries and results are now online. Check them out around my website. More photos to follow.
Custom & Classic Bike and Trike Show 2010
Some photos from our recent visit to the 2010 Custom & Classic Bike and Trike Show in Milton Keynes
Riding on a private road – Life’s a beach?
10 Aug 2010
I rode my mate’s 125cc bike through a caravan park where we were staying to go down to the beach. I was wearing the full protective gear of flip flops, shorts and a vest.
Cadwell race three
08 Aug 2010
I won! And my friend Sam rode amazingly in the first CB500 race to get third in an incredibly exciting ten-bike battle. He was also promoted to second in yesterday’s race after several riders were found to be cheating. We’re all so proud and happy for him. In my race I got a great launch […]
Cadwell race two
07 Aug 2010
How do you make sure you can’t get a penalty for overtaking under a yellow flag? Make sure there’s no one to overtake, that’s how. I won by 7s having led from the start. Along the way I set a new lap record of 1m35.72s, a time I wouldn’t have thought possible yesterday. It more […]
Cadwell race one
Third place – even though I was first over the line. The reason was a 10s penalty I’d picked up for overtaking under a yellow flag. Obviously I hadn’t seen it but it’s been confirmed that it was there so I guess it’s a fair cop. I got away second and stayed there for a […]
Cadwell qualifying
Second – by 0.18s! The pace is scorching here with the top three all in mid 1m36s. Chris Matthews pipped me in the last few seconds of the session to take pole. Andrew Plaskitt is third, just another 0.2s behind me. It’s going to be a close and exciting race. Both of them live very […]
Apologies for the rant but …
The other day began with disappointment. On my journey to work, which that day was by car, I had the misfortune to come across “one of those” bikers. By that, I mean the ones that appear determined to give the rest of us a bad name. Maybe he had got out of the wrong side […]
