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| Originally Posted by 955SP Thanks for your help at Brands, great advice on the sprocket change! I like riding bikes but not the best on the spanners! Would say I felt guilty when I went by you but .....  Sure you will get your opportunity at Mallory or anywhere else really... its only Brands that I know! For me, in the first race I was just gutted that I didnt start well and people flew past me, so I just got my head down and started trying to make my way forward. Looking at the time sheets I managed 8 laps in the 58s with the fastest lap of 58.14. A great deal of that came from Ron telling me a new line around clearways and feeling very comfortable to go into paddock faster and wider than ever previously. HOW GOOD ARE THESE TYRES!! (thanks to my Mrs, Lucia, she caught the last two "round the outside" moves at paddock!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMQuah0nw0U Sadly, not only did the race marshall tell me that the new exhaust that DWR built stuck out past the bike (and not allowed in ACU rules) but also after spectator comments of puffs of smoke at the bottom of Paddock Hill I learnt that the "thud" was my exhaust hitting my back wheel. In race 2 I didnt get into the 58s once which I think was due to not really being able to fly into paddock in the same way as I had before. Instead I was trying to do it with my bum off the seat in fear of locking up the back wheel! Would have liked to had a play with Ron and Jimbo upfront but perhaps another time! |
I could smell the tyre rubber Hugh I guessed it was a clearance prob. Didn't slow you down tho', well done on your first place, in essentially your first race.