BMF Show, East of England Showground
18 May 2009
We attended the BMF East of England show in Peterborough and despite the rain (Sunday poured down!) people were in high spirits. We met a couple of our clients (Andy & Lee) and lots of other nice people. The pictures below are of the crowd assembled outside our show van watching bike racing.
Updates and WD replica graphics!
16 May 2009
I’ve been busy updating the photo gallery and bike profile sections of my website. Check them out. The gallery has a load of great new images by PLJphoto for the Cadwell and Pembrey rounds, showing how close some of the racing was. The Bike Profile has some new pics of the bike in detail, plus […]
The importance of being leather
14 May 2009
So, the other week I had a mare … I split a zip on my leathers. Not the flies, which would imply too many pies (and as Chef proved you can ride for years with a busted fly and no-one notices), but the calf zip! I blame training for cycling the London to Brighton next […]
Not Best Friends
13 May 2009
I was riding with two of my mates, along a favourite road, which we all know well. All of us are quite quick riders, and certainly all of us were riding in excess of the speed limit. I have no arguments about that.
Good news and consolation
11 May 2009
My last race report failed to point out that Pete Carr, who knocked himself out and spread his GSX-R’s bodywork across the track in the last race yesterday, is ok and not seriously hurt. Hopefully he’ll be tip top soon and racing again at Oulton. And the consolation is for my fuel mistake in race […]
A sensible win
10 May 2009
I’m not often accused of being mature and level-headed on a bike, but in today’s first race I was sensible enough to stay out of the desperate battle for third in the Supertwins class that was going on in front of me and calmly took the Streetfighter class win by seven seconds. I got a […]
And repeat
Race two was the same story as earlier pretty much, except this time I got an awesome start and led the whole race for the first lap before the first of the Supertwins got by. After four laps the same two headcases got in front of me on their Supertwins with block passes and proceeded […]
Qualifying
09 May 2009
The weather did its best to trip me up for the single 20-minute qualifying session, but teamwork prevailed. I’m on the front row of the mixed grid, in third, and first of the Streetfighters by a healthy margin. Several showers through the morning forced a late decision for wet tyres, but by the time they […]
Fuel crisis
I can barely bring myself to write this – I ran out of fuel halfway round the last lap, 20 seconds from the flag while leading my class by ten seconds and third on track including the Supertwins. I pushed the bike most of the way, but that’s against the rules so I was forced […]
Clawing it back
With the tank practically brimmed, race two went much better. I won by a healthy 13s, and was fourth over the line ahead of plenty of Supertwin bikes too. Overnight, I’m 1 point behind in the championship, but I’ve still never been beaten on track. I’ll sleep well and be on it again tomorrow. Just […]
Pembrey practice day
08 May 2009
Every racer loves it when the weather people get it wrong this way. The rain held off and the sun shone, leaving us with just the howling wind to contend with.
Pembrey preview
03 May 2009
ThundersportGB makes its first trip into Wales next weekend, for round three at Pembrey.
Aerostich Roadcrafter
02 May 2009
It is a pity you can only buy these suits in the US or import them as a personal import because for a commuter or someone who has to wear a suit they are brilliant. My Roadcrafter is plain black, and is pretty waterproof but won’t withstand a biblical deluge. However even in monsoon like conditions […]
Live From The Field
27 Apr 2009
Whatever you do, don’t forget to watch the action from Cadwell Park on MotorsTV (Sky413) tonight at 7pm! It’s going to be scorching!
Bikers in Paradise
This weekend was my turn to drive the big white whale, as I was with Paul and Chef at this really friendly and enjoyable show set in the car park of a wildlife park. What was really nice was my wife and kids could come, along with my in laws.
Ace Café Shakedown Run
21 Apr 2009
Last weekend it was my turn for a day out in the ‘Great White Whale’ so it was off down to Southend for the Ace Café Shakedown Run with David.
Intense battle – and victory
13 Apr 2009
Somehow I knew that today’s races would be different. Maybe it’s the presence of the TV cameras. The pace was savage from the start and both Andy Denyer (Triumph) and Chris Matthews (Moto46 KTM) got by as I wheelied too much off the line. What followed was the most intense race I’ve ever had. After […]
