After a disappointing Hafren rally, the DNF has cost me two places in the series, and I’ve slipped to 5th place. With only one round to go, I’ll have to do something spectacular to get back into a podium finish for the year. Results after: Brechfa Rally Pikes Peak […]
Yesterday, Sunday, I finished rebuilding and fettling the bike after the crashy Hafren rally and decided to take it over to Elsworth Motoparc for a shakedown. I’ve never been to Elsworth motoparc before, indeed I’ve never been to any MX track, so I was interested to see what it was […]
This weekend saw the ATRC championship back in Wales for the penultimate round of the season, the Hafren rally. This is a one day event starting and finishing in the Sweet Lamb rally complex near Llangurig. One of the more technical rallies on the calendar, and also one that I […]
The points and standings have been recalculated after the Centennial Rally and sees me move up into 3rd place behind Ollie Lloyd and Phil Page. While Ollie is pretty much untouchable now, 2nd place could still be possible with only 11 points between Phil and I and 2 rounds to […]
I’ve been in the workshop the last couple of days. I had to make a thicker spacer plate for the GPR steering damper as, once fitted, the steerer nut fouled the damper. It was fine with just the steerer tube and no nut which is how I had offered it […]
The Hunts Post has covered my participation in the Centennial Rally (ignore the errors).
I’ve converted the bike to keyless ignition. No, I’ve not gone all geeky again and installed RFID proximity sensors (although I did consider it, I have to admit). The nav-tower mounting required the steering lock to have been ground off, and the ignition barrel was relocated to the side of […]
I had picked up a GPR steering damper for my KTM when I was racing that, but never installed it. GPR don’t make a kit for the 630, but as I’ve got 50mm Kayaba forks and custom yokes it probably wouldn’t fit anyway. With that in mind, I had a […]
The Centennial rally was covered by the News and Star, a local Carlisle paper. The full story in the paper itself has more content than the online version: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/motorbikers-centenary-celebrations-in-carlisle-1.1078252
The Centennial Rally took place over 3 days this weekend. Undoubtedly the biggest event on the off-road motorcycle calendar this year, it celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the first International Six Day Trial which took place in Carlisle and saw the formation of what became the FIM. While the actual […]
