My 2013 Oulton Park report
 

Oulton Summuary
No Practice, Quallifying I Crashed at Island bend, resulting in No lap time so I was planted at the back of the grid in 31st

Sunday morning warm up told me the bike wasn't straight and the left knee was reluctant to change angles, but I managed to get my 3 laps in.

I had a great start to race One part One followed by a decent stoppie around the front row of the grid, while the thought of "Oh No, not another crash" went through my mind, luckily I avoided planting my front wheel into Brummy Dave by almost forcing Wayne Thomas into the pit wall.

After the scare of the first start my second start was a bit more sedate and I just toured around behind Ian O'Reiley for the whole race with a lack of confidence in the front end under braking

Second race wasn't much better, with 2 laps to go I nearly pulled in, but decide to give it one more shot resulting in me passing Ian into Old hall and then knocking 4 seconds of the lap times we had been doing, still slower than what I managed in 2005 on my 583 running the Pirellis but all things considered a step or should that be limp in the right direction

On a brighter note Dallas got a 2nd and a 3rd on my spare Class A bike, he first sat on it Friday morning and as the test morning progressed we slowly dialled it in to suit him a bit better, the result was I watched on as he reduced his lap times despite the fairing trying to drop off at one point.

Goes to show a basic bike is a pretty good tool in the right hands, with bars above the yokes, no Powercommander and No Dyno mapping, Non adjustable forks, a five speed box and running on standard unleaded it was leaving behind far better developed bikes,

I'm looking forward to having a better outing at Anglesey, thankfully its a good few weeks after Oulton, hopefully giving me time to get myself and my bike sorted

After Oulton my damaged parts, shopping and To Do list consisted of

Front Disc
Front wheel spindle
Left Harris Clipon
Clutch lever and clutch reservoir hose
Fibreglass repairs to fairing and seat unit
Replace Leathers, Helmet, Tinted Visor and Gloves

Hoping the forks were just twisted in the yokes, so I have loosened everything off and tried to align as best I can and hope to test around the trading estate on B/H Monday, off to Motoliner in Maidstone later this week to drop in wheel and Disc for straightening

How much do they charge for straightening discs Kev?

race report
 

You must be bloody mad !

Kev. Have a spare disc if you need it. Please don't straighten it!

Your yellow bike sounded nice & strong coming out of Foster's whilst I was watching the end of the first race. Dallas was giving it some serious abuse :-)

£40 a pair
Motoliner have been around for decades straightening frames etc, so at that price I'm prepared to give it a try.
If it was a warped disc I wouldn't bother on the basis that if its distorted through heat once before it will do it again

I've got a couple of discs that were nearly new til a numpty with a tyre machine bent the rotors, the actual discs are fine.

Link to their web page
http://www.motoliner.com/motorcycle-...aightening.php

You forgot to mention...................the Sun ;)

I thought it just looked brighter because I had trashed my heavily tinted visor in the crash, so if it was dry and sunny why was I poncing around at a wet weather pace :devil:

It was Close

i actually have blue orange and black on the mighty 96,they were not there before !,also found a dark black agv visor with a monster sticker on it ,stuck under my carbs, bit broken with dunlop tyre all over the front of it ,any takers!!
p.s many thanks to everyone in the dd paddock for the gws and offers to kim of help,just goes to show the dd spirit shines through when the sh*t hits the fan but well doe to tom and jim and steve ,great to watch some cracking racing on tv bring on anglesey ,oh oh seem to have an afinity to that medical centre too!!.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Strange concept, but are Med centres bad for your health, after all it seems best if you can avoid them :lol:

Hopefully thats the bike sorted, it never was pretty but is even less so now, but most won't be able to tell the difference :lol:

Disc couldn't be straightened so I've fitted a set of PFM discs I had to the spare wheel and will have to check them out on the test day

Still got a few mods to the bike I would like to get done but seem to spend my spare time repairing it and continuing with the van conversion, be nice when the summer gets here so i can get more done

:lol: i thought we had summer .. it was sunny at oulton .. how many days sunshine are you expecting!!!!!

At least two more this coming weekend to go with the two new tyres I have just ordered from Protyre

well the bike runs,shoulder 75 percent,van loaded next challenge is to try and beat my record this year so far i have raced further on my back than on my bike !! see you all there.:lol: :lol: :lol:

Good to hear Dave, this time i'm going to try for more than one lap before crashing

If ever you need a spare plastic Monster tank let me know, yours must be wearing thin by now