No Budget Cup - That's Numberwang! Racing

Originally Posted by Berlin

The irony! I used to hve a jacket mde by a Oz/New Zealand company that was very high quality and wanted to buy a suit from them but they were Southern hemisphere only.

Not Celtic Leathers by any chance?

Today's pics.

In the office, all mounted on fresh rubber:



Screen trim added, note tupperware fix on lhs by a previous owner :



Shiney New Suzuki sticker, from Portugal via Hampshire:



New expensive bar end, not a perfect fit but it'll do for now:



Lockwired quick release clamps:



Trailer and clamp act as a work bench whilst drilling the caliper mounting bolts (and breaking drill bits):



My favourite bit of lock wiring to date on the front caliper (not sure if it's any good though):



Beer and wine now. A few more jobs tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Berlin

I'd consider buying BKS above others just because they are exactly the same.

If I were you I'd be asking BKS in Cornwall if they made the suit you're about to buy, if you decide to. BKS were bought out by Frank Thomas, and we all know how sh1te their leathers are. The BKS leathers you now see for sale in shops is NOT the same as the BKS previously made in Cornwall to very high standards. BKS off the peg leathers are now mass produced in China and Pakistan to the same standards as the cheapest crap you can buy from Frank Thomas. Don't be fooled, Toseland wears leathers that look identical to some sold off the peg in shops, but you would have to check with the old BKS made to measure people to make sure you're not buying some stitched together by unskilled labour in a third world sweatshop.

BKS claim in their adverts (their big, main, USP claim) that their suits are the same as those work by Mr Toesland. They'd be in a world of hurt if that claim wasn't true.

C

Originally Posted by Berlin

BKS claim in their adverts (their big, main, USP claim) that their suits are the same as those work by Mr Toesland. They'd be in a world of hurt if that claim wasn't true.

C

I wouldn't trust a word Frank Thomas say about anything. FT own the Motrax brand, and recent events have proved their untrustworthyness

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Berlin

BKS claim in their adverts (their big, main, USP claim) that their suits are the same as those work by Mr Toesland. They'd be in a world of hurt if that claim wasn't true.

C

Sure, worn by Mr Toseland to take 1 pic for catalogue

Looking good Tim

When is the first race? I seem to recall it being next week in which case, good luck!

Tuesday at Zolder, 3pm-6pm. Practice/Qualifying/bike shake down is 10:20-11:20am.

We're treating this first run as a shake down and something to build on. Our first aim is to finish, my second aim is to do one overtake!

Yep! Good luck! and remember to put enough fuel in! It isn't the same as riding on the road!

My 600 uses 3 litres for 10 laps of East Fortune plus a warm up lap. That's 16.3 miles at full tilt and one warm up lap. (Track length 1.63 miles.) You also need extra in case of restarts etc. (and under ACU rules you should have 2 litres left in your ank in case of fuel testing)

I make sure there's 5 litres in for each race and top up after each race. (either by pumping the tank out or a dipstick).

Zolder is 2.6 miles and your 750 is going to drink more than my 600. So if your race is 10 laps you'd be looking at 5 litres minimum for a race at Zolder plus two or three litres spare for restarts and warm up laps.

Zolder looks like a great track BTW!


C

[yorkie_chris]

It's an endurance race isn't it?