3rd place!

View from Pit Lane – Edition 26

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La Vigeant – 09/10 October – Part 2 The time soon arrived to get up to the collecting area and we were once again blessed with perfect racing conditions. Rik beat us there as he rode Trudie. We were all on foot carrying stands and warmers but by the time we’d caught him up, there was a […]

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Trudy in the pits at Navarra

View from Pit Lane – Edition 25

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La Vigeant – 09/10 October – Part 1 Here we are, in the paddock on a beautiful Friday evening for the season finale and it’s rammed, we only just managed to squeeze in. It was a Team decision to forego the Friday practice day as it was only 4 weeks previous that Rik put in a […]

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Trudie's battle damage

View from Pit Lane – Edition 24

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Ales – 24/25/26 September – Part 4 Race result 12th The corner Rik lost it on was a downhill, slowish, right-hand turn with the camber running away, so quite tricky in the wet. I was rather relieved to see the bike being pushed onto the trailer at the end of the race with fairing still intact, […]

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Circuit de Carole - 9/10/11 July

View from Pit Lane – Edition 23

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Ales – 24/25/26 September – Part 3 First job this morning was to visit scrutineering, which opened up at 8, just after first light. We had, for the first time in ages, a heavy cloud cover with rain forecast for the afternoon. But for now it remained dry and there were no problems to report with the […]

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Preparing for battle

View from Pit Lane – Edition 22

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Ales – 24/25/26 September – Part 2 Friday greeted us with clear blue skies with a crisp autumnal feel to the air. Quite beautiful in our mountainous surroundings. It really is a picturesque location and well worth the trauma getting here. We had five test sessions to look forward to with 2 before lunch and 3 in […]

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Trudy in the pits at Navarra

View from Pit Lane – Edition 21

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Ales – 24/25/26 September – Part 1 Ales has nestled away in the Ardeche, a mountainous region of France, about 560 km from home with no direct route for the final 100 km of the journey. That last part was somewhat exciting, to say the least. Although the terrain is spectacularly beautiful, the poor old truck […]

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Circuit de Carole - 9/10/11 July

View from Pit Lane – Edition 20

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Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 4 Sunday race position 6th Matt was up at 7 am making coffee, the smell of which tempted me out of bed to join him. We formulated a quick plan then got to work on Trudie with the usual race prep routine. I took the wheels next door to […]

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Preparing for battle

View from Pit Lane – Edition 19

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Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 3 Race position 8th. Another gorgeous late summer’s day ahead of us. The race prep had already been started on Friday evening, it was just a case of finishing off, buying some new tyres and giving Trudie a final clean. We had 2 qualifying sessions and 1 race to […]

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Trudy in the pits at Navarra

View from Pit Lane – Edition 18

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Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 2 The weather forecast was set fair for the next four days and so it proved with a glorious sunrise for Thursday’s track day. Both Matt and I had had fitful sleep, the ‘will she, won’t she’ scenario was a heavy burden, so we were up early drinking coffee […]

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Circuit de Carole - 9/10/11 July

View from Pit Lane – Edition 17

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Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 1 This is one of the meetings we’ve all been looking forward to the most, giving our friends the ideal opportunity to come along, support Rik and see what it’s all about. ???? Since Pau, Matt and I have put some hours in on Trudie to finally get to […]

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Missing parcel

View from Pit Lane – Edition 16

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News Update 24th August 2021 The fickle finger of fate moves in mysterious and wondrous ways. Last week I was expecting the delivery, from UPS, of our tweaked ignition. Instead, I received an email from BDK Race Engineering informing me that the Royal Mail guy had picked up our parcel, by accident or stupidity or […]

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Preparing for battle

View from Pit Lane – Edition 15

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Pau Arnos 6/7/8 August – Part 2 I was up early, just before sun up, closely followed by Matt who also had troubled sleep. Both of us had been going through the procession of problems we’ve had all season, trying to piece together some kind of diagnosis. Nothing is adding up, but both of us […]

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Circuit de Carole - 9/10/11 July

View from Pit Lane – Edition 14

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Pau Arnos 6/7/8 August – Part 1 The twelve days since Haute Saintonge was barely sufficient time to recover and not enough time for a new speed sensor to be delivered before leaving for Pau. The only choice was to fit the speed sensor from the spare engine. Matt had printed out a test procedure […]

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Getting ready for the race

View from Pit Lane – Edition 13

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Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 4 – Sunday Matt and I were up early, for differing reasons. Me because I wanted to get to work on the race prep and Matt because of his tooth which was now so bad his face had swollen quite badly during the night. Cruelly, I did have a chuckle at his […]

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Fixing a water problem

View from Pit Lane – Edition 12

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Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 3 – Saturday View from Pit Lane  part 3  Up and out of our bunks at 7 am for coffee, nicotine and a peek outside to witness a beautiful dawn, not a cloud in the sky. Matt and I chatted for a bit, not mentioning our respective health problems, then […]

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Haute Saintonage - Friday Testing

View from Pit Lane – Edition 11

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Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 2 – Friday Test Day The day was just about perfect conditions. Bit of blue sky, bit of cloud, only twenty-odd degrees with no threat of rain and a great little circuit to learn. We had five sessions throughout the day with each of our sessions only split by forty […]

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Haute Saintonge - Awning nailed down!

View from Pit Lane – Edition 10

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Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 1 The meetings are coming thick and fast at the moment, with barely enough time to recover. We made it home, from Carole, in the early hours of Monday 12th July, just as it started to rain. We sarcastically congratulated the timing of the downpour, and hurriedly went our separate ways […]

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Ready for the next race

View from Pit Lane – Edition 9

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Circuit de Carole  9/10/11 July  Just about down to the wire again!!! To comply with the rules for WERC we’ve swapped the tuned engine for the standard one. The hold up was waiting for some special tools to arrive from the UK, to remove the ignition/magneto and the clutch. So that all done, the only other […]

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on the podium at Navarra

View from Pit Lane – Edition 8

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Sunday 13th June  All up by 9.30 and the morning seemed even hotter than previous days. But there was a slight breeze which was most accommodating and to gain full advantage we removed all the sides of the awning, save one, which kept the tool box in the shade. My first job was a visit […]

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Trudy with the tank off

View from Pit Lane – Edition 7

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Saturday 12th June, our first race day! I’d have loved to have started this with; “The day dawned with heavy skies and the threat of rain,” but that would’ve been a lie. Another glorious day in Spain, perfect if you’re on holiday lounging betwixt bar and pool but not when you’re racing bikes. Still, it’s […]

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Trudy in the pits at Navarra

View from Pit Lane – Edition 6

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Friday test day.  After a reasonable night’s sleep, the day dawned bright and sunny, made bearable by an occasional morning breeze. Temperature was already mid to high 20s. Rik was due on circuit at 11.20 so we had a few hours to check over the Triumph and relax a little. First though, we all had to […]

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Navarra pit setup

View from Pit Lane – Edition 5

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The Journey… We left a little late, due to an administrative problem, so big thanks to Craig for sorting it out. We also have a travelling and racing companion this weekend, a French racer we met in the Isle of Man a few years ago who goes by the name of Lance. Very useful to […]

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View from Pit Lane – Edition 4

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We managed to sneak a last minute test/track day in today and at times wishes we hadn’t. The weather was wide and varied,  to say the least, making conditions unfavourable for some fast chicanery and were extremely testing, excuse the pun,at times. Time on the bike is invaluable and Rik was awesome. He gave it 100% […]

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News Update 14/05/2021

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I was contacted today,  14/05/21, by the organisers of WERC and they are happy for us to use the full power engine for Navarra. It’s a one time deal.  They said because it’s the first meeting and Rik’s first race on a 600 it’ll be ok . I did ask what happens if there’s  a […]

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