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[fil2]

hehehe..well that made the afternoon fly by.

be safe at BH

Phil

[Edited on 24-3-2005 by fil2]

[antonye]

Originally posted by weeksy
cooool see you at Jerez in 3 weeks then.

Heh, I wish but I've already had 4 holidays so far this year!

Brands tomorrow (if I can stay sober long enough to get the bike on the trailer) and then some serious building needed on the DD bike before some more cheeky trackdays and setup then let's see what happens

[domski]

Can I just add, that as a betting man, I would not bet on me... yet!

I think I will defo have one of the best bikes on the grid, Louigi is a star and I'm blown away with his work, HOWEVER, Weeksy is right and I am fat, unfit, not ridden in 2 years (on anything - apart from the missus) and I'm not looking forward to the first turn at Cadders!!

IMHO, I think you could still put the best rider on the worst bike, and they'd still win. This isn't MotoGP where is really matters about the bike being perfect. 10bhp is nothing in racing. I've had my arse kicked by a fetus riding a 125, when I've had 100bhp advantage, and I've also beaten riders with far superior machinery.

I can't wait for 6pm on 1st May, when it's all over and Louigi's bike and I, are still in one piece... Whatever the results!!

[Fordie]

4D

[skidlids]

Not a lot of bhp figures getting quoted, gone a bit off topic.

I could comment on a few riders and how well I think they will do but lets wait for the flag to drop.

So who's bike is in Tecmoto at the moment getting fettled

[Edited on 24-3-2005 by skidlids]

[the old man]

When the flag drops the bull **** stops - everything else before then is fiction.

And; you can't compare racing to track days just like you can't compare track days to riding on the road.

Old Man he says, "race schools can teach you theory and technique but it mostly counts for jack when you're six abreast with the back wheel off the ground on the brakes and going for an 18 inch gap".

[ali]

Originally posted by Fordie
and can you give Ali some extra horsepower!

I think you'll find mines the one without the eight base gaskets......

Seriously, just spent a whole day on the M1 picking the beast up from Nelly and I'm well chuffed. Engine sounds sweet as a nut with no top end rattles, deeper voice and nicely free-revving already.

The big bonus was fitting the shock from ebay.de. Seems to be a highly-pukka unit with the damping adjustments having loads of effect. Funnily enough Nelly commented the casting looks the spitting image of an ohlins, and the number of rebound clicks was the same..... We'll see tomorrow!

Cheers,

ali

[antonye]

Originally posted by skidlids
So who's bike is in Tecmoto at the moment getting fettled

That'll be mine then

[skidlids]

I think is was Dickieducati's as it was a Monster

[antonye]

Ah right - he was having his cans and rearsets fitted today.

Mine was having the big-bore fitted and some *ahem* fettling done to it