Mike_63

not the most relaxing and pain free viewpoint either going by the pain in my shoulder

Paintwork done by our very own Madwilly (thanks Pete ) Just got these pics from the guy that has done the livery, so hopefully it looks as good in the flesh. Pick it up in the morning, over to Mallory, fit the front discs that arrived in the post today, fit the stomp grips and wet tyres, change the sprockets over and dump a new map into the power commander, freeze overnight kipping in the back of a van then racing on Sunday in the snow Happy days.

Cheers guys.. Apologies for not replying facebook Stu,, just been that hectic. With my first race on march 10th, im in a panic to get the bike repaired and ready. Decals are going on Thursday so the bike has to be race ready by Weds morning..... I guess my weekend will involve hobbling around the garage with my poorly ankle while delegating Tea making duties to Macie_uk

Some of you have seen this on Twitter / FB, but for those that haven't..... Well the weekend before last I took the new bike out for a ride to see what it was like as I only rode it around the block when I bought it, so I booked on to a cheap track day at Cadwell Park. Was only about 5 or 6 degrees, but it stayed dry and sunny all day which was handy as I was on a bike I didn't know, on a track I'd never seen and on tyres I hadn't used before Lovely track, if a bit narrow, dead greasy in the morning because it gets no use over winter and I'd say that 95% of people there were actually racers getting some early doors practice in. Tip-toeing around Barn corner. Note the cement dust in the distance where someone's engine let go in a big way. Lines getting better. Now that Mountain bit, you just can't understand how steep it is from TV. It's hard enough to walk up and there is a double crest as well, but I just about got the hang of it, getting quick enough to actively try and keep the bike down. So the bike was fine, but still feeling dead rusty and wobbly after 5 months off a bike, I woke up on the Sunday at 5am and decided that as the van was still loaded, I'd go and do Mallory. Start was delayed an hour or so due to ice on the track, but again it stayed dry and got a couple of sessions in to loosen up before lunch, but it was very busy with the day being full and having over a dozen on the reserve list. Bit of an issue after lunch, when I highsided between Edwina's and the Esses The rear tyre just let go with no warning at all and that was that. On the plus side, I'm just bruised and not broken, I had my 'spare' fairings on and I know that I won't be using that particular make of tyre again, unless they are new. Also on the plus side I was only doing around 65-70, and as the previous right hander was the 130MPH exit of Gerrard's, it would have been a lot messier if it had gone then Fast forward to now, bike at least runs again after sorting out the damaged loom (which was handy really as we found a few other 'less than good' bits of wiring bodgery) and a lot of bits have now been fixed. On the downside, I can't order any more stuff that I need (like a rad, expansion bottle, discs) until pay day on Friday, so then I have to hope the bits get here in time for the first round on the 10th I'll have to live with the crunched tank though as they fetch at least £300 second hand. Sorry for not posting much, I've been a bit busy

only 8 to go :-)

Ace choice, hope we get a decent summer this year

Only just remembered this video. On board one of my competitiors machine at the second round of 2012. Im on the orange bike with orange vest that makes a few appearences. Some good close racing until he hit me and crashed allowing me to take my first ever race win.

Todays lesson was that there is indeed "more than one black" Dropped a few bits off to Madwilly this afternoon that he has sorted out getting painted for me. Me being used to parkers wonderful selection of cheap aerosols and my knowledge of paint being on a par with macie_uk's knowledge of staying on a bike(on the inlap of a trackday:) ), i said "just chuck some black on them". It wasnt until Pete went through which black i wanted that i realised why i wasnt a proffesional. Upon pulling a bundle of no less than 40 samples of black, which all looked identical to me, he showed me which one of the identical looking blacks he would use. With me completely overwhelmed with the knowledge of Pete, he then went on talking about putting "pearl" into it. At this point i was completely lost and was then showed some immense looking colours with pearls in, apparently, putting 100ml of pearls per litre gives a nice effect without overriding the original black. A quick tour of his work and i was just in awe of the whole lot. I am now really looking forward to seeing just how good it will look. A major thanks to Madwilly for the help he has/is giving me with this. I really cant thank h im enough. p.s apologies for the crap filling and repairs Pete. Il stick to talking pens and stationary

Adventure?? Bloody adventure?!?! How about the bit about gettting out of the country, going through Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, France, Turning around at the Andorra border, and contemplating a trip to Morocco? All of which would have been fine if my passport wasnt 12 months out of date!

Will keep everyone up to date on here as and when i can. Il post up a thread in another appropriate section. I keep my website (That cannot be found anywhere on this page at all especially not over there<<< ) and twitter updated more than facebook though

cheers guys,, be good to get a bit of support. Ive got the first drafts of the new paint and graphics. Ran the Forum stickers on my 2012 bike so im sure il be able to find room for some on this one. Thoughts on this? :

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

il be doing The Roadstock Championship with EMRA this year, mainly at Mallory Park with rounds at Darley Moor (Derbyshire) and a round at Cadwell. if i can get enough sponsorship together id like to run in ThundersportGb and do a few rounds with them as the series is televised on Motors Tv. Once i confirm the dates that il be racing, they will be put on my website. Be great if anyone pops down during the season, i can offer plenty of tea too

Having sold my r6 that i managed a double win at Mallory in the EMRA roadstock championship, this came up for a mega price at absolutely the wrong time. Having thought long and hard about not being able to buy any christmas prezzies( about 5 seconds), i scraped up enough money to purchase this 2008 Yamaha R6 for next season. Cannot wait to get this on track now. needs a few bits doing to it ready for next season. but ive already started flattening the panels down and doing small repairs to the fairings..

Hi guys, My Racing website has been down for a few weeks but it is back with new content and images. It is used mainly for blogging and updating people on the goings on in my racing season and so far this year ive had some positive comments about it... if you get a minute, please jump on and take a look and see what you think... i shall be updating it as regularly as i can despite it being the off season. http://www.mikemace.co.uk/cmsw/