KaKa Racing Forum

Well im here on the island just a couple of days till the Southern starts. Im looking forward to riding. I tried to get the new fairing on the bike for the event, however when i crashed at Cadwell a couple of weeks ago, ibent further an already bent Subframe.

So my new fairing wont go on. Well it sort of will if you force it, but it may explode at any time. So we stopped and put the White one back on. Still i hope to have it all ready for the manx.

John Barton is taking me out for a lap of the TT cse tomorrow and hopefully unlock a few more secrets of the mountain which will hopefully let me go quicker, then its down south to sign on for the southern 100.

I have a couple of things i am wanting to try over this s100, before i get to the manx. Fingers cross they work and i start to ride faster.

Thanks for reading, and keep checking back, as this is how i will keep you all up to date, as i can not up date the website till im back on the mainland.

Well, first night of practice is over. Not too bad, could of been better, but could of been worse.

Firstly i used my Michelins that i always use and tried new gearing, as well as some suspension changes. The front felt horrible. Very unstable, diving which made the rear lift off the deck. But i only lapped 2 seconds off my personal best. Not bad as the bike was a dog.

The positives were the gearing was spot on. Very fast and drove hard out of the corners. Infact it was so fast, i got a bit over whekmed with the speed. Road racing is so bloody fast compared to the shorts circuits.

Next session i tried the Dunlop tyres that John Barton gave me and changed the suspension settings back to last years settings. The bike handled alot better than in session one, it stopped diving and lifting the back wheel and felt like my old bike. I took it easy for the first 2 laps till i sussed the new tyres. They were very good, they moved a little, but i tried not to let this freak me out. The faster i got the more the bike weaved but i wasnt too sure if this was because of the tyres or was i just out of touch from racing on the roads.

I'll make a few minor tweaks again tomorrow, and give the Dunlops another try, i think its a combination of both really, the tyres are different from what i am use too, and i havent raced on the roads since the manx last year. Once i get dialled in a little more and stop having senory overload, i might be able to get going a little faster.

Unfortunately i was a second slower in the 2nd session, but was held up by a real slow rider. Never mind, it was only practice and tomorrow is another day.

See ya all later

have a good 1 bill loving the updates

On Tuesday night i was only going to get one session out on track, which i later found out was also my qualfying for my grid for the race. I spoke with one of the Dunlop's, i mean they should know how to set up a bike. Anyway after bouncing it a lot, he said she was too soft and started making changes. Not just one or two, but massive changes.

I was a little concerned, and after all if it didnt work, i could always change back. But it could of made me go even quicker.

Unfortunately the opposite happened. The bike was horrible. I nearly came off coming out the bomb hole. Plus i was proper bottoming out everywhere. So i thought the session was wasted. But nothing ventured nothing gained.

As it turned out i Qualified Last on the grid for the senior race. Check that out. I thought id only get in the Consilation race. Turned out i was quick afterall, imagine if the bike was set up right.

Lucky for me, as i didnt think i had qualified i never turned up for the senior race, the race was cancelled, so i was put on the back of the grid for the Consilation race, so i could get another ride, as i did pay for 2. So race day tomorrow

Got down the pits early Thursday morning, ready for the days antics, the weather was grim, over cast, wet in places dry in others. There was only one tyre choice to make and that was drys, as it would of kill the wets.

We were the first race of the day. So out we went eventually. I had a good look round on the warm up lap and it was wet and horrible at all the bad corners you really didnt want to be wet. Iron Gate, Balla Norris (Billy's Gate) and Williams, Great Meadow was slippy too.

We lined up on the grid, the lights went out and we were off. I got a cracking start and went from the third row to 5th. Down into Iron gate for the first time and i slid a little, then into Balla Norris, like last year the bike went sideways and nearly put me into the wall. I slipped in williams and completed the first lap. I decided at that point i would just finish the race. I was eventually over taken by Adam Jones and Peter Simpson, because they were jsut willing to go that bit quicker than i was in those areas. Fair Play boys, i just didnt want it to end in tears. I finished in 7th place and lap 1 sec slower than my PB.

I was also in the last race of the day. Which meant a lot of waiting around. As the day dragged on, the weather turned for the worse and started to piddle down. Off with the drys and on with the wets.

In the Solo Championship race there was a big crash involving Victor Gilmor, which delayed the procedings, as it seemed to take forever for them to clean things up.

This meant our race was cancelled. Which was a shame as i was all fired up for a wet race again like last year.

Looking on the bright side, at the awards night in Castletown we were given back £50 as we paid to race but didnt, so it was great telling everyone that i had won some prize money for my efforts in the 600 race. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. It felt like prize money anyway.

On to Jurby Tomorrow.

Hey, look what I found in my camera

What a cheesey grin........................................

Here is a pic of Bill giving Ian Lougher some tips.

Bill is trying to convince Nick Crowe that two wheels really is better than three.

What the Fook is Nick on about.

I do remember Nick saying that he couldn't ride two wheels as well as three.

I look like im just thinking "Yeah, What ever!!!!!!!!!"

Blar Blar Blar Fooking Blar

Heres one of Stevie.

Billy getting technical with suspension.

Like I know what im doing.

Not!!!!!!