Scooterotica

Looks well that mate is it all finished now and ready for the track ??

Toddy wrote:Looks well that mate is it all finished now and ready for the track ??

sure is ... 7 days from getting the frame back .. up till 3am and still bolting the last bits on with no idea if it would even run as the guy collected it to take to rayspeed ... happiy it fired straight away :bouncing:

Nice that is a very tidy racebike you have there fella. Good luck in this years championship. Wish I was back out there with you guys!

well i got there .. wasn't all plane sailing by any stretch .. had a bloody good day in all







i certainly know now what i need to change .. seat to far back ..shock too hard ..clutch a b@5t@rd to pull ... so on ..

certainly aching now and the combination of no seat pad and hard shock has battered my arse propper

Agree with Ricspeed, great day out yesterday at Mallory. Good to see a few new race scooters for this season and big respect to the two guys on their road scooters.

SKP

RICSPEED wrote:


i certainly know now what i need to change .. seat to far back ..shock too hard ..clutch a b@5t@rd to pull ... so on ..

certainly aching now and the combination of no seat pad and hard shock has battered my arse propper

Really enjoying this thread & Edens video, is it still the original spring on the R1? Think I'm going to have to go to some race meetings haven't been for years and watch all you mad b@st@rds screamin' round the track

well mallory was great ,scoot wouldnt start when i got it out of the van this was soon put down to crap plug and/or cap ... missed first session so set about fitting the semi slick tyres .. so out on second session and its off like a shot and as expected the gearing was far to low so was in top gear far too quick ... the cluch is a cnut to pull in and lever far pointing straight down in 4th ..changing down was near impossible .. so wobbled round until we were flagged off ..lever moved so that was then sorted ...had discussions with guy topper to change gearing but as i walked back to fetch scoot over session 3 was called .. so walk became run ..plulled on my boots helmet on .. and were off again .. got about 3 laps then scoot died at edwinas .. over the grass ..wait for session to end .. in my haste to get on track again i forgot the all important thing ... PUT SOME MORE PETROL IN IT !!! .. back to pits to put some juice in and over to guy to do the gears ... back out on track its like a different scoot and completed the session ok allthough i did do a quick grass track session at adwinas (went straight on .. lol ) ... got passed very close by both sticky and guy (no mercy ) ... back out again .. up the pit lane again sounding sweet .. giving it as much as i dare also tring to remind myself this engine had only ran for about 30 seconds prior to mallory .. sound sweet ( 103 db .. ie loud ) round gerrards (wobbeled ) on to the straight .. then dies just as though i had swiched off ..again at edwinas .. though this time im right at the exit point and i am spared a second walk of shame past the spectators ... so now suffering the spine crushing effect of no seat pad and hard r1 shock combination .. it fact every inch of me aces .. do it again in a shot

DaveTomo wrote:is it still the original spring on the R1?

it was i had intended to fit a standard one (got left in the van :freak: )and the r1 shock was for pretty pics ...

paying for it with a sore arse and battered lower spine

i really must say a big thanks to titch and rayspeeds ,sticky ,guy topper ,Eden ... everyone i've had bits off and the great muck in spirit of all the bsso lads for helping me achieve what to me was a great never to be forgotten ,scary and body battering experience


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I really enjoy reading about racing this year I will have to make a point of actually attending to watch. Good luck for the season Ric I will be looking out for your results.