| The series has proved many things to me, but the main ones are;
- its far more competitive than I had envisaged
- I need to signficantly raise my game in order to meet my objectives
- preparation is everything
- its become far more involving than I expected
- its a great headrush!!!
- its nothing like trackdays
My initial thoughts on entering the series was to get a competitive bike (620) and then do only the minimal requirements to it to get it through ACU scrutineering and go race at the front!!!
So now I find myself in mid-table obscurity realising that both I and the Monnie need to get a lot better.
For the Monnie - I'm looking at swapping the standard suspension out, sorting the forks, fitting a power commander and an oil cooler at least. Maybe throw in some Dyno time to get a custom map etc, etc.....
And for me I'm off to bike school again and booking lots of trackdays to practice the art. I've also prepared badly for the initial races, left too much to chance and been too casual with my approach.
My form started poorly and has showed promise of late, but its not nearly enough - so time to re-double my efforts and application.
I've even started planning for next year's efforts, by effectively using the rest of this season as a spring board for next. Perhaps with a KRC entry too.
I've only been to Donny once, but enjoyed the track. Will I be ready by then? Who knows, but I will be more ready!!! - bring it on!!
Tim  |