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A dirty job

Today I spent a couple of hours cleaning down a generally getting the engine bay ready to have the new engine fitted. This involved large quantities of solvent and whole roll of workshop paper and much cr4p under my fingernails. … Continue reading

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Stripping the CBR100RR

Well did I get the new engine fitted to the car? Did I ‘eck as like. I spent most of the dayclearing out an entire seasons worth of junk from the garage including the remaing bits of my previously killed … Continue reading

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Nova Diff and CBR1000 Billet Sump

I’ve collected my loan differential and swinging sump from Nova engineering so I thought I’d post a couple of pictures. The differential has been a bit of a TV star before when it was used on in the Discovery series … Continue reading

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Hoiking out the ZX12- R + Chassis Weights

I’ve spent the day stripping and weighing the car I wanted some solid metrics against which I can measure the changes I plan to make to the car this winter. Remember, I’m taking the slightly odd decision to have less … Continue reading

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Such Fun at The Birkett

Team Genesis came 8th on the road in the Birkett! There are a bunch of Photos at Isadora Poggis’ site which far better explain the concept of the Birkett than any prose I can write here. It is a unique … Continue reading

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New Chassis Pics

I’ve scanned in a couple of pics of the new chassis. They are fairly poor quality I’m afraid as the paper copies roamed around in my trouser pockets for a while. However you can clearly see the construction method for … Continue reading

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Final Preparation for the Birkett

Today I did my pre race checks for next weekends 6 hour relay race at Silverstone. For those of you not familiar with the Holly Birkett relay it is basically a 6 hour endurance race for teams of 4 or … Continue reading

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Next Year’s Engine Arrives

Today my nice shiny new CBR1000 RR engine turned up from Malc at Yorkshire engines. Very new looking it is too. It looks like an American spec engine as it seems to be fitted with the standard American emissions control … Continue reading

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