Fun in the Sun

Rye House practice last Sunday was toastie.
Action snaps by Gregory Mild.Glyn Pocklington's Aprilia RXV on songRonald making the most of England before he moves to PortugalSB10 cover star Tim Neave effortlessly slyling as usual China versus OxfordWar photography by Driver Chris. Drogo gets slapped by Ian Cramp(my pit snaps) I hate cats And 2-strokes but Stuart's DT400 is even more sexy than a pussy scarf.Research and Development 450 HondaThe Bastard. More ugly from this angle than in the previous post. Jamie you were on fiah - but you didn't crash, congratulations!Drogo and his new Co-Built #6. If I was a scrutineer I would deem this bike cheating. I test rode it post-crash with it's new Auto Race handlebars, but it's still so easy to ride it's almost ridiculous. it's PLANTED, it makes my CCM mongrel (with the same engine) just seem like a not very funny rubber joke. BP

Return of the Living Dead

(from my arch rival Jamie #29)
JC: Hey Ben, better get the plastic golf club out mate, The Bastard lives!!!
Just managed to have my first go since spending the last six months rebuilding it.. Went to a local industrial estate. The thing is EVIL. It's loud enough to make my eardrums bleed and is a total bloody mentalist. It scared the living shit out of me. In a very good way. It wheelies off the throttle like a rabid jack russel surrounded by sausages... Makes my Fire Blade feel like a moped. It will be insane on the dirt. I can't believe I actually managed to finish it in time. See you at Rye House Sunday! hopefully I'll have my new stunt cage fitted by then.

BP: whilst my old dog is blowing a cloud of sawdust out of its arse and coughing from the damp winter's neglect in my garden shed, you will already have embedded yourself in the crash barrier on turn one. I'll just have to hope that your nitrous oxide doesnt ignite until after I trundle past - if my bakerlite 5 year-old tyres can get any grip at all.

JC: Don't talk it down Ben, that shiny new Apico clutch lever you've fitted to the Euroshitter has got to be worth a good 10bhp.

BP: It would be but I haven't even fitted that yet.
Err Jamie, did anybody tell you it's only a practice jolly tomorrow?

JC: Remember I built the bike myself. It'll probably only last a couple of laps before I explode in a cloud of zip ties, electrical tape and bent valves...
When it was on the dyno last week the fuel tap, float bowls and petrol cap all exploded at once, covering the dyno bloke in smoking petrol.. He cut it just before he was turned into a raging fireball. He wasn't impressed. The bike is evil and it doesn't care if it takes itself out in it's hunger for total devastation...
It eats children's toys for breakfast and goes into a death rage if it sees anything with iggle piggle on it..

Swedish Sauce

Belladonna have been making a raucous noize for some time and finally the country that has a L o n g history of speedway has woken up to the fact that flat track might be fun too. Belladonna have just built their first budget flat tracker - based on a Honda XR600, and plan to baptize it with fire at a new practice series they are setting up this year. Contact partscreative@gmail.com if you're up for it. BP

Rye House Practice

- This Sat 6th. Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 0EH
'If everyone turns up that has said YES then there'll be about 20!
I'm gonna run 3 sessions so it should be a good day. But that does mean there are only 6 places left for Short track/Thunderbikes and 4 places left for mini/juniors...'
Mike

If you are thinking of turning up to ride but have Not yet been in communication with Mike then please do so:
mike @ station165 .co.uk or phone 07890 301587
as there are now only limited palces left. Novices Welcome. BP