Monthly Archives: October 2006

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 →

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 →

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 →

I spent much of the day today doing preparation for the Birkett relay race in two weeks time, we have a set of team orders that requires such things as external battery hookups for start\boost batteries and general things like … Continue reading →

Today I popped over to see Nova Engineering. And had a good chat with Graeme about the CBR 1000 RR swinging sump system that I’ll be using next year. A couple of useful pieces of information emerged. The first is … Continue reading →

I’ve just a very fruitful visit to my local engineering company Nova Race Gearboxes. I found them while looking for a billet sump system for the CRB1000RR The owner is such a racing enthusiast so we spent a long time … Continue reading →

Today I went the the RGB meeting at Snetterron. I wasn’t racing as I’d decided to skip it to save the engine for The Birkett in three weeks time. I love watching clubman racing as its so entertaining due to … Continue reading →