ThunderpsortGB Mallory Park CTC Day

We travelled down to Mallory Park today as I had been asked if I would help out with ascertaining the competence of the new riders as I have an ACU Instructors Licence. If they are safe and able to ride to a certain level then I can sign them off as competent to ride. Unfortunately about half way down Leigh and I were in the midst of a snow storm and as you can see from the photo of the 'esses' at Mallory it had been engulfed by the snow. This put an end to any on track action and so the day was cancelled.
Mark from Holbeach Tyres was there and we picked up some tyres from him ready for a spot of testing in the coming weeks.

SV On The Dyno

Now that Leigh had finally finished building his Suzuki SV650 race bike for this year we needed to get the thing on the dyno to set up the fuelling. After some investigation (to find out the cheapest option, we are from Yorkshire you know) it was decided that a an ECU re-map by Steve Jordan at Steve Jordan Motorcycles was the order of the day. His bikes have won numerous championships with this set up so we were confident of the job he would do. True to form we were not disappointed, on the initial run the bike made 68hp at the rear wheel, not a bad start. Once Steve had worked his magic this had been upped to 71.6hp, this is nigh on perfect as the class has a 72hp limit. Job done. The only down side to the day was getting up at 4:45am to get down to Steve's in good time, but sometimes needs must.

Norman Bradley Is The New Parkinson

As promised we visited the NYRRSC Thundersport night yesterday in Northallerton and a good laugh we had too. You can see on the photo myself, Steve Tomes and our kid, being interviewed by Norman Bradley. Norman certainly does his homework and had plenty of questions to ask on the past, present and the future.
There were many others present but I am sure we were the headliners!!!!!
I had a good chat with Dan Linfoot who is team mate to Neil Hodgson in BSB this year and I really wish him well as he is a top lad.
You can check out the NYRRSC future events at http://www.nyrrsc.net/, get yourselves there as they do some great work to raise funds for local riders. Thanks to Norman, Mike and all at NYRRSC for making us fell so welcome.

ThundersportGB at NYRRSC

The North Yorkshire Road Race Supporters Club are holding a ThundersportGB Evening at the Golden Lion Hotel in Northallerton next Tuesday 16th February, starting at 7:30pm. We will be making our way up there and may even get on stage for a bit of a chat, who knows. Everyone is welcome so if you are at a bit of a loose end why not pop along? You can check out the details at http://www.nyrrsc.net/.

Smiths Super Mono

Now that the frame has been painted the rebuild of the bike has begun. As you can see the 'Sisters' have put a good few hours of work in over the last week to get it to the stage you see here and I think you will agree she is looking very well indeed. The next step is to get the bike down to our friends at Milltek Sport (http://www.millteksport.com/) to get the exhaust made on the 22nd February. Although they are primarily involved in the car market, they have manufactured exhausts for the Smiths bikes for the last few years and their quality and ingenuity is second to none. You will know what i mean when I post some photos on here for your perusal. Watch this space.

Monster Mono

The Smith Sisters have been hard at work are now well on their way to getting the bike ready for the first Supermono round at Pembrey. As they are now getting on a bit the Smiths have invested in a hydraulic work bench to ease their aching bones! You can see the bike has been completely stripped back to the bare frame and it is to be sent away to be painted, then the full rebuild can begin. Lyndon Poskitt is currently building the engine and there could be some surprises here. It may be a larger cc and it may have a close ratio gearbox. I say it may as we have a few things to try on the motor and at this point we don't want to give too much away but we are hopeful the results will be good and a a couple more bhp to the bike. The most we have previously seen from the Honda 450 engine was 62hp at the rear wheel so fingers crossed we can get a bit more than this. One of the things you have to love of the bike is the carbon wheels and all the attention to detail. The dry brake couplings will be swapped over to the products of our sponsor Goodridge as soon as we get get them ordered.

Well Oil Be Damned

It is with great pleasure that I can tell you that Fuchs Silkolene will be looking after all our moving parts this season. They are the top name in this area and have one of the most comprehensive ranges of high performance motorcycle and motorsport lubricants, so we are very happy to have them on board. To see all the products they make take a look at www.silkolene.com