Technical layout Friday Practice Continuing with the new stiffer suspension settings, as usual I felt slow in the first session of the day and was happy to follow Josh around for the first few laps as he seemed to be pretty confident. It started picking up as the sessions went […]
Racing
SOAR Practice Weekend
First time running the bike this season, no changes to the bike but planning to try stiffening the suspension. We ran Technical in the morning but a load of dirt had been kicked up on to the track from turn 2 through to the second 90 degree corner – turn […]
2022 SOAR – Round 6
Technical layout – my favourite. Lost the front end in turn 2 in Am Old Folks on Sunday but got back on and managed to finish the race – leathers were scuffed up nasty on the left elbow and hip but the new Shark helmet didn’t get marked, very happy […]
2022 SOAR – Round 4
It was the short Modified layout, had some good battles. Position / Best lap Saturday Qualifying Sunday Race Lost Era Lightweight 12th / 56.071 11th / 55.273 Am Old Folks 6th / 55.481 5th / 54.855
2022 SOAR – Round 3
It was long layout and I struggled to find grip and confidence in turn 5, the second hairpin left. The practice day was wet so I was out on the B bike with the wet tires on – it was great! Danny loaned some wet tires to Heather so we […]
2022 SOAR – Round 2
I had a misunderstanding with a photographer and was waiting for him to send pics before posting about this round – it’s a month after the end of the season and I STILL haven’t received a single pic from this guy!! So I can’t remember all of what went on […]
2022 SOAR – Round 1
We had to wait for Josh to finish work so left for Grand Bend early on Thursday evening and had asked our pit buddy to save us a spot since last year was mayhem. When we got there, we found that our buddy had fobbed us off to pit with […]
2022 SOAR Racing – May Practice
First opportunity to test the new A bike was at a private practice day that Danny sorted out. I threw the bike in Danny’s trailer and we headed out the night before but when we offloaded the bikes, I found that my front triple stand hit the upper fairing so […]
2004 CBR600RR #2
After selling the ZX6R this bike was listed on FB for a good price and since it’s the exactly same year, make and model as my other bike they can share parts, so I did a deal. It came fully race prepped with, The grey paint is just primer so […]
2021 SOAR Racing Round 6
The final round of the 2021 season, a special round with a 6 hour endurance on the Friday and then full races on Saturday and Sunday. It was my favourite Technical layout and I had my best two races of the season on Saturday – top ten finishes in both […]