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Ohh, are we going to the zoo, zoo, zoo?
How about you-o-oo?

 

Huh? C'mon, you've had about 28 hours to get sobered up.

 

I'm not entirely convinced as to how we (or certainly I) managed to get
across Belgium and France without falling off.

"he danger on race track, ride badly loaded bike fast and miss chicane.
drink drive scum"

 

I've seen cheap bulk deals on "commercial" products on ebay. Never
bought any mind you. Retail price seems a bit of a fucking rip off to
me to be honest.

 

Yesterday, I 'ave been mostly nodding off on the M25...

 

I'm in IT land now. No more do I work for a (no longer existing) pig
company.

Sorry for anybody that wanted pig spunk, I can't offer any more
discounts.

 

mike. buckley says...

I'll bet you still have a 'friend in the trade' though, don't you?

 

Thanks very much for the voicemail message of noisy two strokes going
past at Chimay.

I was, when you rang, on my 3rd lap of the Island, in a car, being
talked through each corner by an experienced racer. With a hangover
(me, not the racer).

 

How different is an expert's opinion, from the perception you had as
an enthusiastic amateur?

I mean, you've ridden the course quite a bit, and watched a fair bit
of racing on it. What are the really useful insights you get from
someone who's been round it loads in race conditions?

 

Actually no, everybody that I used to work with got made redundant as
part of the move from "Cotswold Pigs" to "JSR Healthbred" or whatever
it's now called. The whole head office at Rothwell was closed and the
small part of accounting left was moved to Driffield. Unfortunately most
of the people I worked with are stuck out in the sticks and so are
commuting about 20 miles a day just to work in supermarkets. Most of
them were pretty much destined for this type of life anyway IMO.

Still, the old AI Centre in North Lincs is still going as far as I know.
So if you want a "liaison" with a horny pampered boar then I could give
you directions.....

 

"Try not to crash here. Oh, and here. And really don't crash here.
If you crash here it really hurts, trust me..."

 

Quite a bit. A large part of it is due to using the full width of the
road when racing, as opposed to just the LHS when I've ridden it up
til now.

The detail these guys have in their head is amazing. I pretty much
'know' every corner now (i.e. drop me anywhere on the course and I'll
tell you what the next visible corner is like, what gear, etc), but
these guys almost know every *bump*. Things like "don't use all the
road here cos there's a bump right on the apex, so stay out about a
foot"). And Tommy Clucas (who is a bit of a loony, to be honest), was
saying things like "give a pull on the bars here to get the front
wheel off the ground - stops it slapping over the next few bumps".
Which, frankly, made me boggle a bit. And they have braking markers
for the slow corners ("those two trees"), and loads of other reference
points ("aim for the white chimney pot over the crest").

Incredibly useful stuff for me, tho. I feel much better prepared now.
Not so much "confident" - just some of the nameless fear has resolved
itself into more concrete things that I can deal with.

 

heh. bit of a loony is an understatement here, I feel.

Sounds like useful stuff.

I'm confused/forgotten stuff; are you racing it again soon,
or is this just a "I want to learn how to be fast here" thing?

 

Superb. You might want to take a look at the TT 2003 DVD. There's an
onboard lap with David Jeffries with a commentary added, with stuff
like that.

Well, good luck, feller.

 

I'm racing in the Manx Grand Prix, in the Newcomers and the Senior.

Crossing to the Island on Friday 20th. Practise every day the
following week. Newcomers race on Bank Holiday Monday, Senior on
Friday 3rd Sep. Alex Ferrier is helping me with the bike.

All supporters very welcome!

Also, two KRC races coming up:
Snetterton 8 hour : 15th Aug
Donington 6 hour : 5th Sep.

You'll note from these dates that some logistical organisation is
required

 

Of course. You have mentioned this once or twice. In passing.
My memory seems to have leaked.

<fx: furrows brow whilst thinking hard about dates...>

Indeed. And not crashing the bike at any point, I'd guess.

Actually, now I've got a mental image of you crashing
big stylee at Snett, and the only thing left is one uncracked
fairing panel. Which you then bolt to a push bike, and make
brum-brum noises around the Manx circuit...

If that now happens, I'm going to feel a right bastard.

 

I actually bought 3 DVDs over there, but everyone I spoke to said not
to bother with the 'superstar' ones - they're just too fast for a
newcomer to work out what's going on. In fact, the one most
recommended was the one where Tony Pond gets a car round in about
100mph, from about 10 years ago. The slow (!) pace means you can
actually see what's going on, the camera is level, and it also shows
the full width of the road (unlike some of the bike ones).

My range of expectation is between 100mph and 110mph, with 105mph as a
nice median. If I don't crack 100mph, I'll be gutted (besides which,
you need to do 98 even to qualify for the Senior). If I get near 110
I'll be *very* surprised, and pretty damn happy. Even doing 105 will
be quite an achievement for a newcomer, tho it'll probably only be
just get me a 'replica' (medal given to finishers within a percentage
of the winner's time).

Cheers

 

I did it @ 79 on open roads. Transponder timed too.

--
Gavsta.
GSXR600K1
Z750 Race Bike.
R6 Endurance bike (2003 Restricted class Endurance Winners. Team NFG).

Take out your bollocks to reply!

 

Ah, I see what you mean. Well, at the 2003 TT I got up at 4am and did
it on open roads at approx 24:45, which is about 93mph. As the
qualifying time for the Newcomers is 25 mins, I was quite pleased with
that!

 

I'd confidently predict that mine would be closer to an hour...