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<blockquote data-quote="Nulli Secundus" data-source="post: 109654" data-attributes="member: 560"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Pembrey 27th and 28th July 2019 Race Report</strong></span></p><p></p><p>It was highs and lows for me at Pembrey in hot and sunny Wales over the weekend just gone.</p><p></p><p>Practice did not go well because after just two laps the rear-set linkage fell apart and I was stuck in third gear. This was my mistake/fault. It meant I struggled to learn the circuit, which seemed a challenge to me anyway. The hairpin after the start/finish straight was a first gear job, so I had to declutch around the corner and slip it on the exit. This overall made riding the circuit difficult and afterwards I felt that I had not learnt the track at all. Not the conclusion to practice that I was hoping for.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Worse was to follow as we were to be noise tested on the way in from practice and I was near the back of the queue, so the clutch, clutch pushrod etc had a hard time, whilst working my way towards the people doing the noise test. If you are wondering I have never done a clutch less gear change and wasn't about to try with a recently rebuilt 81 year old box where parts are quite delicate and hard to come by.</p><p></p><p>Back in the paddock, after a successful noise test, the gear linkage was easily fixed I came second in a small field of bikes in my first race, the Girder Fork class, with Mervyn Stratford taking the win.</p><p></p><p>I won my second race, the Unlimited to 1948 class, in another small field, that included the improving Egli Comet I battled with at Lydden. I also beat my nemesis bike, the 1978 XS500 Yamaha four stroke twin that obviously was not in my class. Others not in my class that I beat were a 350 K4 Honda and a 1959 Triumph Tiger twin. This means more to me than my actual race result in my specific class when the field in it was so small.</p><p></p><p>I spoke with Tony Hazledine, the Egli rider, afterwards and he told me of some advice he was given, when he paraded, by an experienced Pembrey racer. It was that every corner there has a blind apex. That, strange as it seems, was not blindingly obvious whilst riding the circuit for the first time, but it explains the clutched buttock feeling I had on a few occasions when I was heading for the grass.</p><p></p><p>Afterwards Tony's advice helped me a lot and did not help his ever growing ambition to beat me. However, it was not only his help that helped but that of others, like Mervyn's advice. This makes BHR such a great event to race at when such camaraderie like this exists. However, this does not distract from the on track competition.</p><p></p><p>My third and fourth races were more, or less, repeats of the first two, plus I also beat a T500 Suzuki two stroke twin. I also knocked a couple of seconds off my lap time.</p><p></p><p>The first race on Sunday in the Girder Fork class was another second for me, with Mervyn again winning.</p><p></p><p>I was comfortably leading my second race on Sunday, the Unlimited to 1948 class and was having a tremendous scrap with the XS500 Yamaha and the T500 Suzuki two stroke twin, who both had upped their game. I rode around them on the corners, but they would either pass me on the straight, or into a corner, even though on some corners I sometimes actually out braked them. I guess it was swings and roundabouts on different parts of the track for the three of us. I was just lining them up for another pass when the engine cut out cleanly. Luckily I just had time to swerve into the pit lane and coast in.</p><p></p><p>Before explaining more on that there was one corner that looked like you needed to brake and change down for, but I discovered it was either flat out at high revs in third, or wide open in top. Unfortunately, the next corner, which was before the start/finish straight, I treated with far too much respect. I know I should have been braver because I never had a moment there. At the end of the start/finish straight was a killer of a stop for a hairpin with no landmarks to use as a braking point marker. My front brake worked well there and sometimes I felt like I was going to go over the handlebars.</p><p></p><p>Back at my pitch in the paddock I discovered that my magneto had packed up. We packed up and went home for an early bath. I still had almost six good rides though, so I am not too unhappy.</p><p></p><p>I will post some more pictures when I get them, but here are a few to be going on with.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28651[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28652[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28653[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nulli Secundus, post: 109654, member: 560"] [SIZE=6][B]Pembrey 27th and 28th July 2019 Race Report[/B][/SIZE] It was highs and lows for me at Pembrey in hot and sunny Wales over the weekend just gone. Practice did not go well because after just two laps the rear-set linkage fell apart and I was stuck in third gear. This was my mistake/fault. It meant I struggled to learn the circuit, which seemed a challenge to me anyway. The hairpin after the start/finish straight was a first gear job, so I had to declutch around the corner and slip it on the exit. This overall made riding the circuit difficult and afterwards I felt that I had not learnt the track at all. Not the conclusion to practice that I was hoping for. Worse was to follow as we were to be noise tested on the way in from practice and I was near the back of the queue, so the clutch, clutch pushrod etc had a hard time, whilst working my way towards the people doing the noise test. If you are wondering I have never done a clutch less gear change and wasn't about to try with a recently rebuilt 81 year old box where parts are quite delicate and hard to come by. Back in the paddock, after a successful noise test, the gear linkage was easily fixed I came second in a small field of bikes in my first race, the Girder Fork class, with Mervyn Stratford taking the win. I won my second race, the Unlimited to 1948 class, in another small field, that included the improving Egli Comet I battled with at Lydden. I also beat my nemesis bike, the 1978 XS500 Yamaha four stroke twin that obviously was not in my class. Others not in my class that I beat were a 350 K4 Honda and a 1959 Triumph Tiger twin. This means more to me than my actual race result in my specific class when the field in it was so small. I spoke with Tony Hazledine, the Egli rider, afterwards and he told me of some advice he was given, when he paraded, by an experienced Pembrey racer. It was that every corner there has a blind apex. That, strange as it seems, was not blindingly obvious whilst riding the circuit for the first time, but it explains the clutched buttock feeling I had on a few occasions when I was heading for the grass. Afterwards Tony's advice helped me a lot and did not help his ever growing ambition to beat me. However, it was not only his help that helped but that of others, like Mervyn's advice. This makes BHR such a great event to race at when such camaraderie like this exists. However, this does not distract from the on track competition. My third and fourth races were more, or less, repeats of the first two, plus I also beat a T500 Suzuki two stroke twin. I also knocked a couple of seconds off my lap time. The first race on Sunday in the Girder Fork class was another second for me, with Mervyn again winning. I was comfortably leading my second race on Sunday, the Unlimited to 1948 class and was having a tremendous scrap with the XS500 Yamaha and the T500 Suzuki two stroke twin, who both had upped their game. I rode around them on the corners, but they would either pass me on the straight, or into a corner, even though on some corners I sometimes actually out braked them. I guess it was swings and roundabouts on different parts of the track for the three of us. I was just lining them up for another pass when the engine cut out cleanly. Luckily I just had time to swerve into the pit lane and coast in. Before explaining more on that there was one corner that looked like you needed to brake and change down for, but I discovered it was either flat out at high revs in third, or wide open in top. Unfortunately, the next corner, which was before the start/finish straight, I treated with far too much respect. I know I should have been braver because I never had a moment there. At the end of the start/finish straight was a killer of a stop for a hairpin with no landmarks to use as a braking point marker. My front brake worked well there and sometimes I felt like I was going to go over the handlebars. Back at my pitch in the paddock I discovered that my magneto had packed up. We packed up and went home for an early bath. I still had almost six good rides though, so I am not too unhappy. I will post some more pictures when I get them, but here are a few to be going on with. [ATTACH type="full" alt="67220725_10214494197965267_6410257041675255808_o.jpg"]28651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="67427269_10214519289232533_306586976180502528_o.jpg"]28652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="67361504_2271930319522210_5133284323075555328_n.jpg"]28653[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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