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The atmosphere was good and that's a big part of the reason for going. The downside always is that you can only see a short section of road. I wasn't there long enough to get around different vantage points. At least the circuit was short enough that bikes came around pretty quickly. I could see them in the distance coming down a 'ski-hill' and then there was a run up to the above corner and they could then be seen off down the straight and tearing up the next hill. The feature race was a cracker, with very close dicing between the front 3: Raymond Porter, John Borrows and Paul Cranston. The lead was swapped at this corner(above photos), among other places. Watch out for Porter, the winner, at Skerries if he's there.

er...This was close to your place, on the way to Dublin! etc, etc... etc.

Yeah. With Sting.

not very good photos, but a wee taste of the Bush Roadrace

Hey BJ – wonderin' where you were –

...and the way that they doctored your photograph!!!!

I'm about to find out. I've had absolutely no time so haven't touched it. I was going to let it sit 'til I can fix it, but I'm taking a few hours out now to run over and see a bit of that new Bush Roadrace. I'll take the V.11. Could be second gear gear all the way down the motorway! So I'll set the video for Assen and be off...

Well G.rider – getting all sweaty and excited about the new bike? 'Spose you're wearing your right now, in anticipation? Have jolly fun

This is an interesting bit: "Therefore, the article on the front page of MCN from April 5, 2006 is mistaken in saying that we will .... This counts as a real “bufala" (bufala in Italian literally means buffalo but it is used colloquially to mean a mistake) and does not correspond to our actual plans for the bike. This is not the first time that the news on the cover of MCN is lacking in a factual basis. For example, just take a look at the MCN article that supposedly anticipates a new version of the 999 - this is just a cut and paste combining the 999, 916 and Desmosedici and absolutely was not designed by us. I would like to use this opportunity to set things straight giving you the real facts about the bike." I suppose this is the American MCN, but same probably holds true for UK's MotorCycle News and the 'interesting' Moto Guzzi 'pictures' – off-roader and all....

Coloured tyres – phooey! Seashell decoration is the next level.

practise

and the other thread Cookstown etc Anyone going? Haven't heard from Big J for a while ?? I hope to take some time out on Saturday daytime to get a look.

Check this thread in Member Intro: Roadholder http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...topic=7740&st=0

You don't keep those in your fridge, do you!

er, not if you keep it in the fridge

Keep it in the fridge. Not too close to the kippers.

Now that this is finally settled, must be time to move onto in-depth rumination on brake fluids. Does it taste better from plastic bottles or from tins?

I don't think that mdude means he is running your C.U., Cliff, He's just referring to your comments about (standard?) ECUs. Seems to be running a MG Titanium 'race' kit ECU. With what? Stock 2001 set-up – air box / x-over / pipes, or with other mods?

pony peloso

Nice. I use some of those lads at home.

The Inspector tells Martin EXACTLY where he would like the traffic cones placed, in a generally vague sort of way. Martin considers where exactly he would like to place a cone.

Interesting. Do you happen to have any reference numbers for the parts that you got?

! Do you take me for a fool!

I didn't try adjusting anything, by the roadside. It all 'looked ok', i.e. nothing had come loose. (That's why I went for the bit that I couldn't see – an internal inspection of the selector mech including the spring.) I will go through all the adjustments though, when I get some time, as something must have gone off a bit. Ever since this incident, I have been wondering again about your comments – that the box shifts better on the race track. I was particularly thinking about it because the conditions that I was in when it wouldn't work were the direct opposite of racetrack conditions: very little cooling airflow, slow riding with gears chopping up and down in second and third for miles on end...

Martin Barrett's Rapid Response Traffic Cone Squad get their first call-out. Pity they forgot to wear their traffic cones. Better luck next time chaps.