Brands Report

[nogaromill999]

I dont know how I manage to keep smiling, but I try. I went down on Friday evening with the express idea of getting the tent up on Saturday morning, doing anything to the bike in the morning, then chilling out on Saturday afternoon rather than have the usual spannering session before my own races. I had discovered at Assen that the fuel pump connection under the tank had been faulty, causing the misfire I had there. So I had had a new race loom made and specifically pointed out the faulty connector. It was taken apart, found to be fine, and used in the loom build. Anyway, ran the bike for HOURS on saturday with no problems. Bugger me though, if I didnt go out for qualifying on Sunday morning, did one lap and she ground to a halt at Druids. No grid place for me then......and as there were 3 reserves, I then had to take the place of 4th reserve...so wasnt likely to get in. Went back to the tent SEETHING about the bike.....anyway, good old Douglas put on his surgical gloves and we delved INTO the tank, as we couldnt find ANYTHING wrong anywhere outside it.......and there it was....a loose connection ON the pump itself, plus a split in the hose.....so even when the pump was running, most of the fuel was just leaking BACK into the tank. Thanks to Al Knight for the bit of pipe, Imola Duke for the tiny Jubilee Clips, and Douglas' healing hands, and all was put back together and fired up instantly.
Being unlikely to get out in the DD races, I was offered a place on the 125/CB500 grid....and I reckoned that at least I'd get to test the repairs. Conditions were atrocious to say the least, but the bike, for the FIRST time this year, didnt miss a beat. I ran 3 laps and pulled in......then I went to the race office and told them I'd take the chance of getting into our DD races and would sit out the 125/CB500 grid.....and lo and behold, got started from the back of the grid....number 41.....
Anyway, got going, and again, the bike ran well, and I was picking off a few, and ended up having a good dice with Imola Duke, TP, and Ghost....then it was red flagged because of the atrocious conditions......I finished 16th, so not good, but at least the bike ran smoothly. Did the same in Race 2...only this time we had a dry track.....again, had to start from 41st and dead last, but soon got up with Phil and Ollie, then got past, and ended 8.5 seconds clear of Phil, who was a way in front of Ollie.....still only finished 15th, but again, the bike ran impeccably......and had I been able to qualify, I'd have done better. Now I can see she's running properly, I know I have to lean off the mixture now....and that should yield a bit more oomph......so we'll see at Donington. A big thanks to all those that turned up to watch us idiots.....its a pity poor old Matt Trayner HAD to lodge a complaint re the allegedly dangerous riding of another individual who was recently involved in another incident at a certain Welsh circuit...Nick B also had cause to complain about the same individual....it's a pity that any one person feels they can be permitted to forget the safety of others to gratify their needs and wants, but sadly Matt's protest was not upheld......I'm sure the next one will be.......and that wont be far off methinks. Anyway, for me, a mixed weekend.......glad to have seemingly sorted the probs that have beset the bike since the start of the year, and disappointed at not qualifying and having to start from the back of the grid..........

[Chris.p]

[quote=nogaromill999;205493 but sadly Matt's protest was not upheld.....[/quote]

Glad you had the bike running well

The protest was not upheld, but nor was it dismissed, the clerk of the course deemed that not enough evidence was available, he also returned the protest fee.



Chris.

[dakk66]

David,
Glad you have now sorted all the gremlins, been tracking what's been going on on the various threads and it appears most of the bad luck has followed you around for most of the season, but at least you stayed positive.
Best of of luck for the next round.
Daz

[alex vespa]

David, thanks a lot for your advice in set up! Saturday's second race has been great for me. Unfortunately on Sunday at the second race I had serious problems in changing gears only to find out that the left foot peg came loose and held in place by the last thread. So I'm very happy and grateful I didn't come off.

I tried the tyre pressure you recommended and my tyres are looking much better with the blistering disappearing. Thanks again!

I am glad to notice you've expressed some concerns about safety in our races. I had same concerns before. My point is that at this level of motorcycling is very unwise to push the bike to its limits as the rider's ability is unlikely to manage a small error margin. OK, racing is racing but I wouldn't like to share the track with kamikaze riders!

See you at Donington. I will be there on Fri for the evening session. I know that we are still apart in timing but you'll be terrified to know that know you're on my list of people to beat

Alessandro

[JerryXt]

that explains the happy spannering! Well done David, good job.

[nogaromill999]

Originally Posted by alex vespa

See you at Donington. I will be there on Fri for the evening session. I know that we are still apart in timing but you'll be terrified to know that know you're on my list of people to beat

Alessandro

Alessandro....its not me you want to beat, its the blokes up the front ! I'm easy meat ! And welcome to the site by the way.....

[mad48]

I was gutted for ya David, after seeing how much effort you had put into preppin the bike on Saturday. Was chuffed tho when I heard good old Douglas say those magic words "heres the problem" and both of you gettin on to crackin it.
Nice to see that you were finally at one with the bike and happy in the last race which all bodes well for Donny.
See you there Captain