Almost ready for Oulton

[harriebird]

Here we are then - all clothes on, lovingly restored by rembrandt/Dave - thank you so much, the paint job is just gorgeous :cuddle

now i just need to get hold of some yellow vinyl and some numbers, and some seat foam and a couple of random bolts, and i'm ready. oh and i need to pop my rear brake back on!

i also need some balls :grin2

Mallory on 30th March was the first race of the season for Desmodue but I am not a big fan of the place and am hardly a championship front runner (plus we can drop 2 rounds from our final points anyway) so wasnt going to subject myself to a circuit i can't stand for my first race since my little crash at cadwell....

I did a trackday there in early March which was enough to get rid of some of the demons, but I think i only enjoyed it because i knew i wouldnt be racing there! :laugh1

On the plus side, the hairpin is much lighter now they have removed (to quote Mark from No Limits) "every scrap of vegetation in the immediate vicinity" - however they have also removed the handy braking marker tree, and the mud goes everywhere!

So. Thursday night i shall be heading up the M6 ready for a bit of a trackday at Oulton on Friday. the lovely Lily is going to take me round in the morning and show me some lines and more crucially the best places to overtake.

This is the bit i am most nervous about - passing, as my head is telling me it's best not to risk it, but my right wrist is telling me i can get round coz i'm faster! And obviously, passing people is kind of quite important when racing...

I am also nervous in case I don't get to pass anyone, like if i'm too slow :laugh1 ah well, we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Wish me luck everyone!


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[bayonet]

Now it must be obvious that I'm not a big fan of sports bikes but god that could turn me to the other side. That just looks so purposeful!!:love3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/desmodue%20pics/Photo-0104.jpg

[STEALTH52]

Is that a Gixxer seat unit on that harrie? Looks good...

[rembrandt]

yep jon its a k5 race unit :grin2

[fall off]

looking good girl

[rembrandt]

it will be at least 2 seconds a lap quicker with all that paint taken of the tank , 11 layers of paint i had to remove :shooter ,still its was worth it , looks really good back together harrie

[auroredj]

Good luck H, oh and the bike looks fab :rockon

[troutslayer]

done an awesome job of blending that seat into place :)

[DoodleBug]

Does look nice, take your time with the seat foam, the stuff on my 'cat looked fecking horrible, take your time!

Or go slippy slider hardcore and bareback it ;)

[harriebird]

nahhh, it's too slippy and i can't actually reach the handlebars at the mo :laugh1 never thought i'd be making the seat height higher :grin2

thanks guys - yes it's a GSXR tail unit, the idea is that i sit lower on the bike now (actually right on the subframe) so i have been able to raise the rear of the bike so i shouldnt deck out so much, but can still get a handy toe down for paddling round the collecting area etc.

Alex at Parkinsons had the lovely job of making it fit :clap

[Dal]

All the very best of luck for the 2008 season!

Give 'em ell girl :grin2

[madbadnblond]

Ok I'm A little bit in love


That looks great:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap

[harriebird]

thank you, i have to admit he does look rather fine. Last year's paintjob survived til almost the end of the sesaon, hopefully this one will go the whole distance :grin2 and it's nice to have a little touch of gixer in there :love3

[NinjaMad]

Looks bloody awesome harrie, harrie i will be picking your brains soon though about something, but only you shall no untill later date..... Looks superb and good luck for the season

[MICKTLS]

looking good Harrie good luck give em hell :clap:clap:laugh2

[harriebird]

thanks, i will try my best!

[Dal]

Harrie don't worry about 'trying your best' just remember to have FUN :jumping2

[RaceMeNSee]

looks cool, good luck!

[Kungfudavie]

Thats lovely, not a fan of ducati but that looks like a proper track weapon.
Have fun:grin2

[becky]

Thats looks friggin luvvly.......Are you racing next year?

Im starting on mine soon - (lets try again eh) :grin2

[Jetski]

Looks spanking burd :love3 So when are you letting me have a go again? lol :D

Make sure you enjoy this weekend - don't have any hissy fits, just enjoy it :grin2

And good luck! :D

[RaceMeNSee]

SHE LET YOU HAVE A GO??? harrie.......do you ever take it anywhere to test it? A crazy old lady shouted at me when i took my track bike down the road!!!! lol

[MICKTLS]

well Jon compare the two bikes and you might understand why lol

[kasandrich]

Looking good Harrie

[RaceMeNSee]

which 2 bikes? my road and my track bike!?

[harriebird]

of course i take it places to test it, jon, i go to trackdays and test days! doh!

did Brands Indy then Snetterton in early February, then had an interetsing 3 days (well more like a day and a half) at Guadix at the end of February and then did Mallory at the beginning of March.

and people wonder why my clothes come from Tesco's hahahaha :laugh1

becky i hope to be racing next year but it's unlikely to be Desmodue. not sure what yet but i have plans :grin2

[RaceMeNSee]

and people wonder why my clothes come from Tesco's hahahaha :laugh1





Hahhahaha that made me propper LOL
:grin2