Other titbits seem to be working out well. Pat Sproston, supporter of team TS//2C racing and aficionado of all things motorcycle,old and Italian has very kindly offered the use of his Motobi 250 (a badged version of our Benelli 2C) to race at Three Sisters circuit this weekend. The reason for this is mainly because we need signatures for the Mountain course licence (arbitrarily enforced by the ACU some years ago.). If we'd had our entry accepted for the pre-TT classic at Billown. This wouldn't have been a problem but for reasons best known to themselves our entry wasn't entertained on the grounds that we'd have been 'unlikely to qualify'. I guess they haven't been paying attention to the mighty Team TS//2C Benelli's progress! (hopefully I'll get time to add a race report and pictures of Pat's Motobi after this weekend.)
I managed not to crash the Motobi at a recent try out in wet conditions at the Three Sisters circuit so hopefully I can repeat that performance on Sunday and bring Pat's bike back in one piece to take a signature home. Riding Pat's bike has shown some differences in set-up and engine characteristics which John and Neil are keen to try in our spare engines. John has also been picking up some serious tuning tips up from the Benelli 2C fanatics in New Zealand, some of them are a little extreme for our needs and would see us 'sharing' our cranks with the crowd before we even got to St Ninians! The theory is useful none-the-less.
In other news; The second child to the Fozzy empire is imminently due so I'm on high alert for a quick dash to the local maternity unit, must remember to pick Liz up on the way!...;o) John and Neil as team bosses are keen to put contingency in place should I be forced to miss any of the signatured races so they've entered me in a race across (in England) at Cadwell park as a guest to the VMCC's Historic Racing Club. We should now have enough options to ensure we have enough signatures for the ACU's completely impotent (but sadly essential) Mountain course licence.
I took this weekend's free time, by virtue of it being my wedding anniversary, to go up to Scotland for some training with a fellow mountain biker. (No you cant have my wife she's brilliant and she's all mine!) Unfortunately due to an inability on my part to properly calculate friction coefficients of dry versus wet granite, I took a bit of a tumble on the 'Qualifier' section of the Dalbeatie trail. I managed to dislocate my shoulder and sprain my knee! Fortunately, thanks of the fact that I have a skeleton well seasoned by similar motorcycling injuries I'm already back to full motion in both limbs and will be able to cram myself onto the Motobi without any problems...;o) If not without a 'bit' of bruising and a handful of ibuprofen...
In Joey Dunlop Foundation news; the keys to Bradden house have been handed over by the Manx Government and work can start on the respite care home that the JDF have been working so hard to raise funds for and acquire. We're proud that our supporters are giving so generously!
You could say this is a little teaser for the Jurby Road race report which will follow soon (before this weekend's race at Three Sisters with any luck.) Goodbye for now and thank you very much for all your continued interest and support.
I managed not to crash the Motobi at a recent try out in wet conditions at the Three Sisters circuit so hopefully I can repeat that performance on Sunday and bring Pat's bike back in one piece to take a signature home. Riding Pat's bike has shown some differences in set-up and engine characteristics which John and Neil are keen to try in our spare engines. John has also been picking up some serious tuning tips up from the Benelli 2C fanatics in New Zealand, some of them are a little extreme for our needs and would see us 'sharing' our cranks with the crowd before we even got to St Ninians! The theory is useful none-the-less.
In other news; The second child to the Fozzy empire is imminently due so I'm on high alert for a quick dash to the local maternity unit, must remember to pick Liz up on the way!...;o) John and Neil as team bosses are keen to put contingency in place should I be forced to miss any of the signatured races so they've entered me in a race across (in England) at Cadwell park as a guest to the VMCC's Historic Racing Club. We should now have enough options to ensure we have enough signatures for the ACU's completely impotent (but sadly essential) Mountain course licence.
I took this weekend's free time, by virtue of it being my wedding anniversary, to go up to Scotland for some training with a fellow mountain biker. (No you cant have my wife she's brilliant and she's all mine!) Unfortunately due to an inability on my part to properly calculate friction coefficients of dry versus wet granite, I took a bit of a tumble on the 'Qualifier' section of the Dalbeatie trail. I managed to dislocate my shoulder and sprain my knee! Fortunately, thanks of the fact that I have a skeleton well seasoned by similar motorcycling injuries I'm already back to full motion in both limbs and will be able to cram myself onto the Motobi without any problems...;o) If not without a 'bit' of bruising and a handful of ibuprofen...
In Joey Dunlop Foundation news; the keys to Bradden house have been handed over by the Manx Government and work can start on the respite care home that the JDF have been working so hard to raise funds for and acquire. We're proud that our supporters are giving so generously!
You could say this is a little teaser for the Jurby Road race report which will follow soon (before this weekend's race at Three Sisters with any luck.) Goodbye for now and thank you very much for all your continued interest and support.
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