The 40min Paul Nixon memorial race is on this weekend.

Paul Nixon was a southland engineer who was deeply involved with motorcycling down south. Sadly he passed away a few years ago.
So each year the Southland Motorcycle Club run a 40min race in his memory.

Usually a good time to practice for the Nationals as you get a heap of track time.

This year I'm lucky enough to ride one of Paul's creations, a CBR600f3 powered CBR400. This was made for a friend of mine to compete in the Formula 2 class in the Nationals in 99 (yes the same year the alloy framed CBR600f4 came out ). Has all the goodies on it and was right up there with the Castrol Honda machines(f4's).

I won't be quite so competitive, but i'll think i'll have fun riding this lil wee beast

I'm gonna have fun.......