Car you miss most

[m_a_n_rules]

Tom Wellington:
But I always pined for a Yamaha FZR 1000 or a 750.
Or a rocket ship the Suzuki RD 500.

sniff,sniff… do i smell a carryfast…

[marky-p]

md1987:
Was a stunning bike mate but far outweighed my capability lol. Was a pig to ride at slower speeds. Probably gone up a few quid in value now.

Did you ever get the suspension set up either for fast-road or track biased?

I found this totally transformed my bike’s handling.

[marky-p]

Tom Wellington:
I used to have these, the CBR was in grey/charcoal colours, the RZ I imported from Fort Lauderdale:

Nice retro collection there

[marky-p]

md1987:
Bike I miss the most was my Duke. Joys of living at home with Mum when I could afford things

Was took at TT in unusually good weather lol

I do wish I’d gone the v-twin route. I test rode a ktm RC8R once and it was deceptively fast.

[md1987]

Marky-p:

md1987:
Was a stunning bike mate but far outweighed my capability lol. Was a pig to ride at slower speeds. Probably gone up a few quid in value now.

Did you ever get the suspension set up either for fast-road or track biased?

I found this totally transformed my bike’s handling.

I changed the gearing on the SP which did make it easier. Never bothered with the suspension but probably should have done.

[md1987]

Marky-p:

md1987:
Bike I miss the most was my Duke. Joys of living at home with Mum when I could afford things

Was took at TT in unusually good weather lol

I do wish I’d gone the v-twin route. I test rode a ktm RC8R once and it was deceptively fast.

Never rode one of them, always liked them. Always have a soft spot for v twins

[tom_wellington]

Marky-p, for the retro collection, all the lads had the Yamaha DT 50, 125 and 175 bikes but I don’t see them anymore.

[the_maoster]

md1987:

the maoster:
Lol yeah. I raced for a bit and then worked as an instructor for Hottrax on their European track days and did a bit for Ron at Donington for a while.

Now I drive a truck

Now that is a cool story, nice one mate.
When where you at Ron Haslam? Did a couple of his days at Donnington about 12/13 years back. Really enjoyed them?

That will have been 2008 and 2009. I finished racing in 2010 after a first lap crash at Cartagena in an endurance race snapped various bits. Six months recovery and I tried again, but although I could still ride fast I knew I’d never win again, so if I couldn’t win I didn’t want to do it anymore.

[tom_wellington]

Who needs drugs to get high when you can thrash it out in this beautiful machine, cancel the depression medication doctor.

[marky-p]

Tom Wellington:
Marky-p, for the retro collection, all the lads had the Yamaha DT 50, 125 and 175 bikes but I don’t see them anymore.

Right okay

[marky-p]

the maoster:

md1987:

the maoster:
Lol yeah. I raced for a bit and then worked as an instructor for Hottrax on their European track days and did a bit for Ron at Donington for a while.

Now I drive a truck

Now that is a cool story, nice one mate.
When where you at Ron Haslam? Did a couple of his days at Donnington about 12/13 years back. Really enjoyed them?

That will have been 2008 and 2009. I finished racing in 2010 after a first lap crash at Cartagena in an endurance race snapped various bits. Six months recovery and I tried again, but although I could still ride fast I knew I’d never win again, so if I couldn’t win I didn’t want to do it anymore.

Love this winner’s mindset. Respect to you sir (bow down emoji)

[md1987]

the maoster:

md1987:

the maoster:
Lol yeah. I raced for a bit and then worked as an instructor for Hottrax on their European track days and did a bit for Ron at Donington for a while.

Now I drive a truck

Now that is a cool story, nice one mate.
When where you at Ron Haslam? Did a couple of his days at Donnington about 12/13 years back. Really enjoyed them?

That will have been 2008 and 2009. I finished racing in 2010 after a first lap crash at Cartagena in an endurance race snapped various bits. Six months recovery and I tried again, but although I could still ride fast I knew I’d never win again, so if I couldn’t win I didn’t want to do it anymore.

Fair play to you! Did you ever have the opportunity to do any road racing?

[the_maoster]

I never did any road racing at all which I kind of regretted. My Australian ex endurance team mate did the TT lots of times and was prepared to finance me to have a go but it never happened. I was big mates with Karl Harris and we must’ve done 200 sneaky laps of the TT together on open roads as practice, but sadly that didn’t end well for him.

[md1987]

Indeed. Yeh I was over there for 2014. Cheers for sharing

[the_maoster]

This was my Aussie team mate sat on our
Padgetts Blade. Obviously I was taking charge of the champagne after a win. I’ll share trophies but not alcohol

[md1987]

Of course lol