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Old 19-Oct-2009, 17:44
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Nothing venture nothing gained, so I headed to Santa Pod on Sunday to the RWYB day. With Kelly and Phil plus Brother Dave we all paid our £25 for as many runs as we could get in,thats in between the fanatical four wheeled nutters and "Pro dragsters" Its quite dounting when you pull in to the runway and see the polished black tarmac diseapering into the distance. First run of the day gave it full berries up into third and hit the limiter 150 meters before the line 124mph ,next run short shifted more and hit fourth gear pushing up to 132mph just over 11 secs, third run,much the same, fourth run front started to come up so i pushed her into third gear which brought her down and managed another 132 . The picture ,taken by my 9yrs old nephew shows me up against a "Pro" the little ticket says it all really. Reaction times and breakdown of the run. Im on the lefthand side the other lad on the right.I think he blew it looking at his results Great craic and a friendly day out. 4D


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Old 19-Oct-2009, 17:56
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What a good idea! Did you have to have a tether kill switch or any other mods?
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Old 19-Oct-2009, 18:41
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What a good idea! Did you have to have a tether kill switch or any other mods?

No checks were made to either bike or rider, just hold a valid Driving Licence and the Runways open to all. It was great no pressure on who you are with Its just you and your bike, there was a bloke on a scooter,took 4 days to reach the line but hay ho he had a smile at the end
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Old 19-Oct-2009, 19:51
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Bigger gonads than I have Pete, good on ya

Mmmm, I think we should have a DD round there, what do you think??
time for a vote???



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Old 19-Oct-2009, 20:01
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Nice one Pete....life in the old dog yet

You'll have to give that old nonda a run to Hampshire one day be good to catch up


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Old 19-Oct-2009, 21:11
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Nice one Pete....life in the old dog yet

You'll have to give that old nonda a run to Hampshire one day be good to catch up

I would like nothing better to get down and have a blast with the Hampshiretarians again. Might well be next year though, weather on the turn,Blades dont do wet cold weather, well the Blade might I don't (Must be getting old)
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Old 19-Oct-2009, 20:02
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Nice work, I'd love to try that!!!
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Old 19-Oct-2009, 21:13
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Nice work, I'd love to try that!!!

Tim, its infectous. Get half a dozen or more and you could have a ball. No two runs are the same. 4D
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