Well that was a hoot!

What a great weekend, the sun shone and the racing was just as hot.
I took 3 seconds off my personal best around Cadwell Park. The guest riders were no problem as it turned out and it was a pleasure to see Skelly charge round the track and show us how its done - still jumped the start though!!

And guess what - not only have I defended my 2nd place but I'm up to 1st - yipee!!

Hard luck goes to Colin Plumb who crashed out pretty hard at Chris Curve and thus lost the chance to save his championship winning position - get well soon Col.

So..... back to work :-(

Getting ready for Cadwell Park

OK, so I finally get to race my Hornet again after what seems like ages. Off to Cadwell Park on Thursday so that we are ready for the ACU testday on Friday and racing on Saturday and Sunday.

Now, here's a moot point - I've heard that a couple of people will be racing Hornets that they are hiring for the weekend. So they are not regular participants in the championship and they could well be a bit tasty. So there's a chance of me losing out to these guys and thus missing out on some points.

Now if the MotoGP had a few weeks off but Rossi fancied a bit of a blast and Rob Mac was up for it, could the same happen in BSB? A spare R1 is found knocking around the Virgin garage and Rossi puts it on pole and wins by a country mile. There would be a few guys down the points table that could be seriously affected by this.

I suppose I'll just have to get my finger out and defend my 2nd place in the Club Championship as best I can. And if these guys are really quick maybe I'll let their tyres down between races.

;-)

But just being back at Cadwell will make me happy - the best track in the UK; Oulton Park is a close 2nd and Donington is right up with them, but Cadwell is the best.

So there!

opinions!

'The next time I want your opionion, I'll give it to you'

One of my favourite quotations, and on that subject its about time this blog had something meaningfull to say rather than just a drab diary of a bloke that thinks he can ride a motorbike pretty quick.

Some of the opionions I might start handing out in the future will be about the following:-

Motorcycle club racing in general (in the UK)
The way that the New Era MCC is run and the way they run their meetings
The bitchy in fighting that happens all over club racing
Cheats in club racing
The attitude of winners (oooohh, I think I might like that one!)
The best milkshake flavours in the world

If this blog ever turns out to become only slightly less important than the internet itself (unlikely) and runs away with itself then I reserve the right to fall back on this one statement

Overall, despite the moans and groans that runs through it (just like any group of likeminded individuals will have), motorcycle club racing is bloody brilliant and I'm having a great time, thanks!

More opionions soon, just have to go and jump on an aeroplane now, going home from a whistlestop visit to Tenerife.

after the weekend

That MotoGP!!!!!

WOW, blimmin, WOW

and then the BSB from Knockhill - fantastic racing

2 tracks I've never ridden but would love to have a go. Both a bit of a trip to get to but there is definately a risk that next year New Era could go up to Scotland for a round of Club or Superclub. Germany is a bit far though!

Mind you, with Bemsee racing at Croix in France this year the map of 'England' is looking a bit wierd at the moment, so anything could happen.

To celebrate I took the GSX1100 Katana out for a ride to Boxhill

What a perfect weekend

Black & White

OK, 1st blog

Read it and weep!

This blog will be about.......

....well, all kinds of stuff really, but mainly bikes

thats motorbikes, motorcycles or whatever you want to call them

and mainly race bikes and then mostly my racing.

So here you will find out all about the day to day life of a club racer



.....and peanut butter and banana milkshakes, you gotta have a weakness!