No time for a BBQ!

There’s been good reason why I’ve not been on the blog since Snetterton and anyone either there or watching on telly will have a good reason why...

A bit of a "random, unforeseen and fairly major mechanical issue" is the political way of saying our engine went pop!

I’ve always said that motorcycle racing is the loneliest team sport I know....
When you’re on track it’s down to the rider but without the absolutely blinding work the whole team did to swap the engine and getting it running in around two hours, I’d never of got close to the grid let alone the podium in race 2. It wasn’t just a straight forward engine swap either. By the time I’d come to rest the bike on the Armco at the side of the track it was on fire!

I’d like to tell you how calmly and professionally I asked the marshals if they’d be kind enough to join me at the bike along with a fire extinguisher?....
Nah... Instead I was dancing around, more than likely flapping my arms, swearing like a navvy, in between screaming like a girl as the flames were growing bigger on my pride and joy! I’m just glad it never got caught on camera [or microphone] as it wouldn’t have done my image any good!!

Fortunately the man who put the fire out didn’t get carried away and although the guys had to clean all the extinguisher dust off the bike as well as do the engine work it could have been ALOT worse. If fact my season very nearly disappeared in smoke!

I think I probably owe the marshals at the Sears Corner not only an apology but a massive thank you.
A long story short the hard works continued and as we’re setting off for Knockhill in the next hour, you’ll be glad to know that we finally got our engine back this morning, all we need to do now is drive up there, set-up the awning/garage, rebuild the bike, run in the engine, in the next 36hours – and if all that goes well it should be a good weekend!....

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