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Its that time of the year. The BMF show is back at Peterborough this weekend, and its maybe a bit late, but we have started looking at the scooter for the moped enduro.
Sadly, with many other things on in the last 6 months, we only wiped the last races mud off today!
Happily though, with a bit of fuel, new spark plug and a lot of kick starts, she fired up. Very noisy as there’s a 1 inch hole on the exhaust which needs fixing, before scruntineering on saturday lunchtime.Here’s a pic from the last race, notice the slightly twisted yoke!
Is anyone else going this weekend??
Thats come round quick Champs. Good luck on Saturday. Let us know how you get on and post some pics!
Well, another race. More injuries, a broken bike and maybe too many lagers! But a good weekend had by the whole team.
Last time out we damaged the exhaust, so a quick repair patch was brazed on a couple of days before the race. Note to self, spend more time on bike before race.
However after the end of the first race we had damaged it again, so a gun gum bandage was tried.
Which… lasted about 20 minutes into Sundays race. haha
More battle damage from the weekend
We had a few issues with grip, again, so we are looking to change the front wheel to accept a narrower profile, maybe convert the front end for a pitbike wheel or down to a 10inch wheel from the current 12. We couldn’t open the throttle fully down the straight whilst the track was wet because the back end tried to overtake the front! It was good for the crowd I guess watching us fight to keep the bike the right way round.
We managed to install my onboard camera on the bike, and… it stayed on the bike even after a spill but the camera recorded from the start right up until half way down the straight (20metres)where a great big lump of mud hit the lens and stayed there for the next 90 minutes. We need to think about a new place.
In general we did okay, leaky exhaust and crap front end meant we struggled for most of the race. At the half way stage of this years competition 3hours in total, we finished 37th of 65. with the next 10 places seperated by less than 5 minutes.
Over the next few months our plan is to change the front tyre/wheel, install slightly lighter rollers, install a derestricted cdi and loose a bit more weight (riders included).
The next race is on grass which could be interesting!
Happily though, with a bit of fuel, new spark plug and a lot of kick starts, she fired up. Very noisy as there’s a 1 inch hole on the exhaust which needs fixing, before scruntineering on saturday lunchtime.
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