Round 5 Snetterton

The lead up to Snett was just a little bit frantic, with one week to go I still had a list of things to do as long as your arm and to make it worse I managed to put the fuel pump back together wrong so the bike wouldn't rev past 5k. The wheels came back from Dave Piercey's looking really smart and my rattle can spray job looks OK (from a distance)
I remember Snett being a fair distance but in our little car dragging that trailer it felt like half a day and the weather wasn't looking to good for the next day but none of this mattered once the bike was sorted, tent was up and we were suppin beer in the bar with the usual suspects.
Woke up to a wet morning which wasn't great because last time I rode here I binned it in a wet morning practice session but luckily we had a garage in with some good company and best of all electric!.
My usual pre practice nerves were twice as bad and I bimbled round the first lap in the damp but by the second I was really enjoying the bike and felt comfy right away, this thing has got so much torque it just pulls and pulls.
The quali races went OK with no dramas but I'm not riding that well, need to be much smoother going into corners so I can come out quicker. Any way happy with 10th in SOT and 16the in 600's.
Got away really well in the SOT final but someone nearly highsided in front of me so I lifted and got swamped. I could see Shane Booth getting closer so got my head down and made my pass into the esses by just letting go of the brakes and held my breath, but the bike handled it lovely. If only I could do that every lap! I settled down to a nice pace but on the last but one lap the engine went BUUURRRRPPP and I knew I'd run out of fuel, all the other guys came flying by and it finally stopped at the furthest point away from the pits possible, lesson learnt!.
The 600 final was fairly uneventful but by this time I was knackered so took it easy and was so happy to see the flag.
Really chuffed with the new bike and think some improving lap times will follow. Bring on Cadders!

Not too bad for a Halfords rattle can spray job. Will look great with some sponsers logos,Anyone?

Bring on the Trumpets!!

28 hours without a bike is a long time and I promised myself not to buy the first bike that came up BUT when this one came along I jumped at it, its a 07 Triumph 675 thats been raced in the British Supersport Championships. The guy wanted a shed load of cash but we had a bit of a haggle with the amount of spares and the deal was done, it did come with the crappy fairings tho so thats what I'm busy with today. The bike is mint with all the kit goodies you can think of and the first thing that strikes you is how narrow the bike is. Really looking forwards to Snetterton now and have been excepted into the Sound Of Thunder race.