Hartland Quay Hillclimb, 05/10/14

 View from the pits/ start.

 Let it all hang

 I take my hat off to the bloke on the beamer, really tidy, clean bog standard road bike, (his pride and joy judging by how spotless it was!), tape up the lights and take it racing!!!

 The start, just infront of the ladies.

 right side.

 left side, (brave man!!)

 sidecar madness!!

 Racebike of the day for me, of particular note is the hessian sack drip tray.

 Need more holes!!

Novel use of a lot of pool balls.

Not bikes

Cassette boy Vs The Bloody Apprentice


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxi6QDwQyLU

A few more from Donington

 Couldn't work out why this bloke had a knee slider on his butt, then I realised he must be the passenger of a sidecar outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 graffitti

 'mmmmm

 ??

 This Honda was parked in a corner of the pavillion, and worth a couple of hundred grand, but don't worry, it was behind "the rope"

Brit Chop

Perfect???

Radical Ducati

Last week I went to a "bike night" on the Hoe, (the very same place where Sir Francis Drake beat the Spanish Armada after finishing his game bowls, no less), there were a lot of bikes there of all persuassions, but for me this was the highlight!!  I'm not 100% sure, but it does look very much like a Radical Ducati, like the one shown below.  If not a Radical, its certainly an homage to one

(courtesy of http://www.motographite.com/2011/09/ducati-monster-st2-9-12-by-radical.html )

Moto 2

MotoGP is all well and good, you get the odd spat, for a few laps, but it does get a bit predictable, Moto2 on the other hand is brilliant, (or it was until the Beeb lost the franchise to BT sport!!).  A field of 30+ bikes, all with the same 600cc sealed engine, ridden by young, fearless riders eager to prove themselves, I think the term close racing is an understatement, in fact I think it used to be called the carnage class!! 

Finally

Finally managed to get a proper, (dry), ride last Sunday.  7:45 a.m. waking up the neighbours as the bike warms up on full choke, clear skies and bright sunshine, and because it was so early, clear roads!!  the ride went Launceston - Holsworthy - Bude - Widemouth Bay - Wadebridge - Victoria - back the A30 to Bodmin, then peal off onto the A38 and home.  All in all about 100 miles, I didn't go nuts, (the last thing I did when I left was say goodbye to my son, which was a handy reality check), but it was a great ride, interspersed with a quick stroll on a beach and a mug of tea and the mother of all bacon and egg sandwiches.  In the afternoon I took the bike out again for a short blat to my parents place, less than 10 miles, but what a shit ride, thanks to dicks in vectras, and a stoopid overtake on my part, it put me in a total fug, bloody bikes!! :-)