Andy J
Hero member
- Location
- Isle of Man
Both a record breaking and bike crashfest meeting at Jurby this weekend.
I had entered my 650 Formula, resplendant in a new (multi) colour scheme having sold the bodywork previously used, in the singles, twins and triples race (as the 750 is still not wanting to play) and one of my F500/Monty's in the Classic race (running to Classic TT rules).
Unfortunately the 500 wasn't allowed out to play as the officials rejected my oil catch tray as 'inadequate' although it has been accepted at other clubs. As I plan to retire the 650, for future events I will see if I can fit the belly pan off that bike, otherwise I will have to modify my F500 full fairing to suit.
The meeting was running the races the 'normal' way, i.e. anti clockwise, which although I tend to find less demanding than clockwise, my lap times are not dissimilar. Not unexpectedly I qualified near the back of the grid, but at least not last.
The first race was fairly uneventful and I managed to keep the two fast chargers at the front at bay for a bit longer than the previous meeting, but they still caught me with more than a lap to go.
I was a bit more determined to try and do better in the second race and actually managed to make up up three places in the charge into the first corner, but soon got passed again. For a while I could just about hang on to the tail of a guy on an 848 Ducati, but he slowly pulled away a bit further each time down the back straight until I lost the tow. My next target was not to get lapped but the bastards got me just on the line. However, I gather on my second lap I put in a PB lap time, and I didn't crash (like many others) or blew up so not a complete failure of a weekend.
I had entered my 650 Formula, resplendant in a new (multi) colour scheme having sold the bodywork previously used, in the singles, twins and triples race (as the 750 is still not wanting to play) and one of my F500/Monty's in the Classic race (running to Classic TT rules).
Unfortunately the 500 wasn't allowed out to play as the officials rejected my oil catch tray as 'inadequate' although it has been accepted at other clubs. As I plan to retire the 650, for future events I will see if I can fit the belly pan off that bike, otherwise I will have to modify my F500 full fairing to suit.
The meeting was running the races the 'normal' way, i.e. anti clockwise, which although I tend to find less demanding than clockwise, my lap times are not dissimilar. Not unexpectedly I qualified near the back of the grid, but at least not last.
The first race was fairly uneventful and I managed to keep the two fast chargers at the front at bay for a bit longer than the previous meeting, but they still caught me with more than a lap to go.
I was a bit more determined to try and do better in the second race and actually managed to make up up three places in the charge into the first corner, but soon got passed again. For a while I could just about hang on to the tail of a guy on an 848 Ducati, but he slowly pulled away a bit further each time down the back straight until I lost the tow. My next target was not to get lapped but the bastards got me just on the line. However, I gather on my second lap I put in a PB lap time, and I didn't crash (like many others) or blew up so not a complete failure of a weekend.
