Sorry guys was kind of all set to go when the SOS came down the phone that Cosi was up and Paul, Bruce and Darty were all ready to get the hell out of Dodge, oops Sydney, seems that the loved up couple whom were to be guiding them out to town were still in their room its seems the mind boggles as to what was going in behind closed doors. So reluctantly I headed not for a strudel but to the Alpha to guide the lads through the fabled motorways and “the tunnel “ . Slight delay getting underway as there was some confusing around a missing tooth brush but all sorted after a furious rumage through tank bags and such. Then off to get fuel as someone hadn’t bothered to fuel up as rumour has it he was too busy emptying Corona’s hmm some even had a storm watch out last night.
Ok out on the Gt Western, M7 ( we actually got the direction correct so perhaps lucky that road caption No 2 wasn‘t leading them out or they could have ended up going the long way round, then Up the M1 then turn off at the old road, seems that some BMW riders with funny lights on their bikes also thought as it was such a lovely day that they would also riding the old PAC and sometimes even just hang under the shade of some trees..
Now what visit to Sydney would not be complete without a stop at the fabled Pie in Sky which is legendary round this forum it seems, as that is what all the boys from QLD who had come down for the night racing ( well that was the story but didn’t actually see some of them at the track but hey now lets not let the truth get in the way of a good story shall we ) were desperate to drop in and have brekkie there. Now rumour has it so I do believe that at some point in time a bit later there will be a complete debrief re that trip posted so far from me to but in.. It’s all being noted and the statical breakdown of certain events also documented, times and frequencies noted and such much discussion regarding that was had last night and I was rather privy to some of what has been so far documented but my lips are sealed as well as they do say loose lips sink ships.
Out at the track the only Laverda present last night was Mr Stinky, he was drawing much attention and even Sydney’s premier suspension guru dropped by to have a quick chat and check to see how the set up on the Matris rear’s was working and if I needed him to fine tune anything, I most humbly did explain that no need to worry as us Laverda guys have a wealth of knowledge and some suspension guys that take the time to painstakingly document and record every tweak and the pro’s and cons of it all. Dam sorry I do digress, so once again and for that, look I am sorry and do deeply regret but am not smart enough to figure out how do change what have just wrote, right back to where we were re the action track side.
Matt was down on his latest bike which he plans to run the ASBK rounds on if they do not clash with his sponsored ride. Tina is not convinced he suits the bike but he tells me he was having fun out on it even though for once he was at the back of the field rather than his normal up front or our leading.. It was amazing but to see how fast he was getting through turn 3, 4 5 and then turn 9 on it only to be gobbled up down the straight by all the 750’s and worked 600’s .. he was only on basically a road 600 Aprillia twin with some race tyres on it, still even had the original pads in it.
Interestingly on the little 2 cylinder Aprilla 4 stoke he was actually 3 seconds a lap faster than his best on the Lav but the little thing with a mere 100 bhp was struggling to keep enough heat in the tyres .. oh sorry I digress .. all good good to see him getting in some track time for the up and coming season on the mighty Redax Machines Bring on 2023 BEARS
