Thanks to a good mate on one of the forums I inhabit, here's a picture of me and Phil Harlum (R), hard at work while commentating the Six Hour last Sunday. … [Read more]
Oh, what a race!!!!!!!!!!
Well, the Belray Six Hour has been run and won. On a scorching day, made only slightly more tolerable than Friday by some cloud cover, the race was a BELTER. After some memorable interviews with past champions, Mike Steele and Len Atlee, the race … [Read more]
Hot Times at the Park.
Today was mercifully less torrid that Friday, but it was still unpleasant. A 90 minute session for the Six Hour riders in the morning and a chance for a few teams to regroup a bit. The Mick Cole Motorcycles team suffered a late setback last night … [Read more]
Oran Park is melting in the dark (with apologies to Jim Webb and Richard Harris)
Free Practice day for the Belray Six Hour was as punishing a day as I can ever remember at the track. The only one that would even come close was the King of the Weir meeting at Hume Weir in 1977. Hume Weir circuit was constructed on the floor of a … [Read more]
Just another brick in the wall..
Most of us will remember with some degree of humour, the absurd situation when Valentino Rossi spat the dummy with Michelin and signed with Bridgestone mid-season in 2008. To ensure that his team-mate, Jorge Lorenzo, did not get any access to his pit … [Read more]
The Six Hour.
This weekend (21st/22nd November) marks the final motorcycle race ever at Oran Park Raceway. I am privileged to have been asked by the organisers to head up the commentary team for this most important race. I think I have remarked already that I love … [Read more]
The search for a reliable mechanic…
..is as fraught as the search for a reliable family doctor, although the consequences of failing in the search are probably not as dire. Fact is, all of us would give our eye teeth to find a mechanic who we could trust, who would do scrupulously … [Read more]
Interesting MotoGp graph.
A member of one of the motorcycle forums that I inhabit made up this interactive graph of cumulative points for the MotoGp class this year. If you click on each rider's name, you can see how their season progressed. And, speaking of the Aprilia … [Read more]
“Summer Nights”
Yeah, I know it's not Summer yet (officially) but the weather certainly seems to be feeling like it. And tonight I rediscovered the joys of riding in the evening in Summer. Now normally I wouldn't set out for a ride to the Pie Shop any time after … [Read more]
Aprilia RSV-BOOM !!!
AMCN is reporting that the world press launch of the Aprilia RSV4R at Mugello on the 28th October was abandoned after five, yes, you read it, FIVE of the new Italian stallions blew up, lunching their con-rods while being sampled by the assembled … [Read more]
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