Pre89 Senior, YSS Suspension FZR1000, VicR3

**codgyoleracer** · 19th July 2010, 14:12

Turned up to give the old girl another thrash around the track.

All went pretty well and we made a geometry change to the bike first thing on Saturday which worked a treat. The bike now feels better than ever and considering the tracks condition - it was hooking up the rear very well and tyre wear was minimal without a hint of cold shear.

Race 1, 2 & 3 resulted in three wins , with the 2nd race being started by me from pitlane after popping back into the pits to fit that little red box thingy that keeps the timers happy....... Ooops.

A speedy rebuild of the front brakes before the 2nd race also being the only real other hiccup during the day.

Roll on round 4

Glen

**neil_cb125t** · 19th July 2010, 17:39

Always on the pace mate - well done

**Deano** · 19th July 2010, 18:20

We were watching Race 1 and wondering how long you were content to follow Steve around for. The bike looks awesome out there in its white and red livery....bit of nostalgia.

**roogazza** · 19th July 2010, 19:13

Originally Posted by codgyoleracer

Turned up to give the old girl another thrash around the track.

All went pretty well and we made a geometry change to the bike first thing on Saturday which worked a treat. The bike now feels better than ever and considering the tracks condition - it was hooking up the rear very well and tyre wear was minimal without a hint of cold shear.

Race 1, 2 & 3 resulted in three wins , with the 2nd race being started by me from pitlane after popping back into the pits to fit that little red box thingy that keeps the timers happy....... Ooops.

A speedy rebuild of the front brakes before the 2nd race also being the only real other hiccup during the day.

Roll on round 4

Glen

and I bet the ticker doesn't even go over rest rate ?

**White trash** · 20th July 2010, 08:31

Congrats on three top finishes again Glen, you're starting to make this shit look a bit easy though to be honest. Especially with the massive difference in laptimes.

Hopefully, someone will step up to challenge soon otherwise she's gonna get a bit boring.

**codgyoleracer** · 20th July 2010, 08:54

Originally Posted by White trash

Congrats on three top finishes again Glen, you're starting to make this shit look a bit easy though to be honest. Especially with the massive difference in laptimes.

Hopefully, someone will step up to challenge soon otherwise she's gonna get a bit boring.

If you bump into Dave Cole up your way , tell him to get his arse into gear and bring his 888 down......

**roadracingoldfart** · 20th July 2010, 21:03

Originally Posted by codgyoleracer

If you bump into Dave Cole up your way , tell him to get his arse into gear and bring his 888 down......

Do you mean a 888 Corsa ??? yummy
I saw R.Roache on his at Manfeild in the 80s and it was amazing to see him spank the inlines on the goat track we call home.

**Matt Bleck** · 20th July 2010, 22:49

Hi Glen, I see you had entered F1 but didn't race? Did Choppa pay you off?

**codgyoleracer** · 21st July 2010, 08:31

Originally Posted by Matt Bleck

Hi Glen, I see you had entered F1 but didn't race? Did Choppa pay you off?

I scored a ride on that Beemer for a test write-up on the Friday - after that i was pretty convinced that Sloans better than average riding skills combined with the few extra ponies that the bike had - it was a lost cause......... :-)

Nah, In reality - I entered just for the extra practice track time if needed, as we are still dialling the FZR in.

**wharfy** · 21st July 2010, 09:04

Great results Glen, you might have to "invent" some drama to make the reports longer !

**F5 Dave** · 22nd July 2010, 11:33

Originally Posted by roadracingoldfart

Do you mean a 888 Corsa ??? yummy
I saw R.Roache on his at Manfeild in the 80s and it was amazing to see him spank the inlines on the goat track we call home.

Yeah I saw that too, I was holding some flags, turned out to need the oil flag as it spat it's guts not far from us in a big plume. He just carried on leaving a trail of oil on the track.
Retired with electrical failure was the normal excuse used back then.

**merv** · 22nd July 2010, 13:19

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Yeah I saw that too, I was holding some flags, turned out to need the oil flag as it spat it's guts not far from us in a big plume. He just carried on leaving a trail of oil on the track.
Retired with electrical failure was the normal excuse used back then.

If I vaguely remember Roche's team claimed the oil filter had come off - more than likely it was actually a blown crankcase by whatever means lol. Now if he'd had YSS suspension too, it might have all held together.

Go the mighty Yamaha Codgy.

**F5 Dave** · 22nd July 2010, 15:04

Yeah . . . "oil filter came off ,after being punched out of the casing by the rod"

Or the more usual back of the cases falling apart.

**roadracingoldfart** · 22nd July 2010, 22:11

He was miles ahead with a very stressed engine as he didnt have to finish the race due to a big points lead and couldnt be overtaken. He came out of the hairpin and pulled a big wheelie and half way along the straight it just shat itself, it looked like a steam train from the stands lol.
I had made the mistake the day before after i saw his leathers hanging in ther shed and loudly commenting , " Hell someone has got a set of leathers like Roaches for thier kid " . I was asked in Italian to move along lol.

Paul.