Bigmitch

Just had my second race meeting on the SV (Sunday) and starting to get to grips with the new bike :0).
The first meeting on the 20th of March went ok, conditions not good though starting wet but drying v cold!, I started with a lap time of 1.26 at the Jurby airfield circuit and got down to steady 1.24's as the day progressed, was very cold and I wasnt happy to push too hard, I race in two classes the singles twins and triples and the 650/400 race, positions for the singles twins triples 23/32 & 20/29 and 650/400 14/22 & 13/17.
The second meeting on Sunday started out much warmer, I put a first qualifying lap time of 1.23 for the singles twins and triples race putting me 24th on the grid, and a time of 1.22 in the 650/400 (times coming down again :0)) putting me 20th on a full grid. We get a pair of races for each class we enter so thats 4 races overall, the sun kept beating down and I manged to imrove my times again down to 1.21 second lap time, my results as follows, Singles Twins and Triples I finished 24/29 (had a clutch problem off the line and nearly stalled Her) and 21/30 in the second race, in the 650/400 race I went better still with a 17/25 and 14/22. All in all Im loving the SV and well happy with the change in class, I used to race a k2 GSXR-600 briefly but didnt get on with the bike, and was not competetive against the newer R6's etc. Im now learning so much more about race craft etc and managing to get involved in some good dices out there!

Next meeting on the 14th of May, cant wait!

Happy Easter.

BigMitch

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