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B H P HP2
Salisbury Plain Enduro 20th Feb
- Thread starter Crapaud
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B H P HP2
Boy Wonder is no. 19 (Martin Horman Honda CRF230 )
Age and experience is me at no. 20 (Sid Horman KTM 300)
Age and experience is me at no. 20 (Sid Horman KTM 300)
bodge it
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5 Laps and three hours later. Piece of cake
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Crapaud Jnr
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6 laps for me...
5 for father... A pesky tree leapt out at him at the end of his 5th lap...
He was beating me at this point but "To finish first, first you must finish"...
His fastest lap also beat me.
And the guy on the HP2 managed 4 laps. That is bloody impressive around that course tbh....
Also, bodge it above, number 2 had an amazing fastest lap, 41 seconds. Very impressed...
5 for father... A pesky tree leapt out at him at the end of his 5th lap...
He was beating me at this point but "To finish first, first you must finish"...
His fastest lap also beat me.
And the guy on the HP2 managed 4 laps. That is bloody impressive around that course tbh....
Also, bodge it above, number 2 had an amazing fastest lap, 41 seconds. Very impressed...
Well done Sid
, my brother does Enduro races in fact we were at inside park Blandford today, I did wonder if I was going to see you today but they were obviously different clubs/meetings he races with SCEC.Perhaps our paths will cross at another meeting.
Cheers John.
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bodge it
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6 laps for me...
5 for father... A pesky tree leapt out at him at the end of his 5th lap...
He was beating me at this point but "To finish first, first you must finish"...
His fastest lap also beat me.
And the guy on the HP2 managed 4 laps. That is bloody impressive around that course tbh....
Also, bodge it above, number 2 had an amazing fastest lap, 41 seconds. Very impressed...
I got lost at the start, went backwards for a bit, missed some of the signs and ended up on the back end of a group so the first lap was about 1 1/4 laps. Fell off about 20 times. Fell off over the tree trunk the first time around, but manged the the other times.
At the end I think I might have swiped in twice as the tree roots next to the swipe were like a little tank trap and I couldn't get out so might have lent against the tree again.
Anyway hope these are good enough excuses. Great day out! thanks for the suggestion to go and do it.
I'll see if I can improve on 41 seconds next time. HP2 was impressive
todd5774
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Well a good day, a nice course with a good mix of open and tight, really enjoyed the wooded sections and the climbs, although saying that it was nice to hit the open stuff so you could relax abit.
8 laps for me and a silver in class.
8 laps for me and a silver in class.
What a weekend!
Set off at 7.30am on Saturday to drive to Andover to collect Junior in Andover at lunchtime. 50 miles from Andover I came to a halt as wheel fell off trailer!
Wheel bearing had broken up and hub had collapsed. Phoned RAC who told me "trailer not covered, won't help you". Damn
Stuck beside A303 dual carriage way with traffic blasting past at 70mph with one wheeled trailer. I had speciafically asked RAC when I took out cover if trailer was covered at they had told me definitely that it was but now tell me it says in small print somewhere that it was NOT covered. Buntch of cnuts, not happy bunny at all.
Phoned darling wife at home in Bideford for help. She was half way through horse lesson but jumped in car with Proff's spare trailer which luckily just happened to be at my house. Also phoned Proff to ask for use of his trailer and complain that trailer he sold me 4 years ago was faulty.
Phoned Bakerman to ask if I could drop bikes at his place once I got new trailer and then return for broken trailer. He was a star as usual, he even drove around to the train station to collect Martin and take him to his house.
Eventually recovered bikes and trailers and booked in The Cricketers on Saturday night. Wonderful pub with greaat food and lovely rooms. Wife stayed over even though she had nothing with her and was still in her horse riding gear.
Got to event early on Sunday morning and found front tyre on KTM had zero pressure. Thought I must have puncture and no spare tube Again thought my race was over before it begun. Pumped it up to 14 psi and it seemed to hold.
We started at 10.04am and I made a reasonable start and raced ahead of Martin. After about 500 yards the bike suddenly lost all power and just ground to a halt. Oh FECK, what now I seemed like fuel was not getting through and it refused to restart. Thought it was all over again. After about 5 minutes of kicking it to death, it suddenly burst into life and I set off in pursuit of Martin.
Great course and only crashed once in first 4 laps when I hit neutral in tight turn and fell on my side. Caught Martin on lap 2 and blasted past him. Pitted at end of lap 4 for much needed drink and refueled bike. The 7 litre tank swallowed the 5litres from my can so consumption was high. Need to get the bigger 11 lt tank. Martin came in and pitted a few minutes after me. We had an hour and 10 minutes to do 2 more laps although I thought I just might be able to squeeze in 3 if I got a move on. Had a great fifth lap riding smooth and fast until the very last few hundred yards. A slowish rider had overtaken me whan I eased off so I wanted to repass him and I did. He came back at me on the climb and I gave it too much throttle. It wheel span and then gripped suddenly on some exposed roots. The bike catapulted at a mean tree that jumped out of the undergrowth right in front of my bike.
Bike smacked into tree hard and bounced back at me. Ouch! Eventualy picked up bike but front end was very twisted and front brake was jammed on. Struggled back the short distance to the pits whilst Junior smuggly passed me with big grin on his face. Feed up front wheel and tried to do another lap but impossible to go in straight line so had to retire after 5 laps whereas Martin went on to do 6 laps. He did amazingly well on a CRF230 trail bike competing with full on competition machines.
After the race, it was back to Bakerman's to use his fantastic steam cleaner that brought the bikes up like new. Big thanks again to Bakerman.
Got home last night at nearly 9.00pm knackered but had a great weekend Will post up pics when I can find camera under all the crap in the Jeep.
Set off at 7.30am on Saturday to drive to Andover to collect Junior in Andover at lunchtime. 50 miles from Andover I came to a halt as wheel fell off trailer!
Wheel bearing had broken up and hub had collapsed. Phoned RAC who told me "trailer not covered, won't help you". Damn Stuck beside A303 dual carriage way with traffic blasting past at 70mph with one wheeled trailer. I had speciafically asked RAC when I took out cover if trailer was covered at they had told me definitely that it was but now tell me it says in small print somewhere that it was NOT covered. Buntch of cnuts, not happy bunny at all.Phoned darling wife at home in Bideford for help. She was half way through horse lesson but jumped in car with Proff's spare trailer which luckily just happened to be at my house. Also phoned Proff to ask for use of his trailer and complain that trailer he sold me 4 years ago was faulty.
Phoned Bakerman to ask if I could drop bikes at his place once I got new trailer and then return for broken trailer. He was a star as usual, he even drove around to the train station to collect Martin and take him to his house.
Eventually recovered bikes and trailers and booked in The Cricketers on Saturday night. Wonderful pub with greaat food and lovely rooms. Wife stayed over even though she had nothing with her and was still in her horse riding gear.
Got to event early on Sunday morning and found front tyre on KTM had zero pressure.
Thought I must have puncture and no spare tube Again thought my race was over before it begun. Pumped it up to 14 psi and it seemed to hold.We started at 10.04am and I made a reasonable start and raced ahead of Martin. After about 500 yards the bike suddenly lost all power and just ground to a halt. Oh FECK, what now
I seemed like fuel was not getting through and it refused to restart. Thought it was all over again. After about 5 minutes of kicking it to death, it suddenly burst into life and I set off in pursuit of Martin.Great course and only crashed once in first 4 laps when I hit neutral in tight turn and fell on my side. Caught Martin on lap 2 and blasted past him.
Pitted at end of lap 4 for much needed drink and refueled bike. The 7 litre tank swallowed the 5litres from my can so consumption was high. Need to get the bigger 11 lt tank. Martin came in and pitted a few minutes after me. We had an hour and 10 minutes to do 2 more laps although I thought I just might be able to squeeze in 3 if I got a move on. Had a great fifth lap riding smooth and fast until the very last few hundred yards. A slowish rider had overtaken me whan I eased off so I wanted to repass him and I did. He came back at me on the climb and I gave it too much throttle. It wheel span and then gripped suddenly on some exposed roots. The bike catapulted at a mean tree that jumped out of the undergrowth right in front of my bike.Bike smacked into tree hard and bounced back at me. Ouch! Eventualy picked up bike but front end was very twisted and front brake was jammed on. Struggled back the short distance to the pits whilst Junior smuggly passed me with big grin on his face.
Feed up front wheel and tried to do another lap but impossible to go in straight line so had to retire after 5 laps whereas Martin went on to do 6 laps. He did amazingly well on a CRF230 trail bike competing with full on competition machines.After the race, it was back to Bakerman's to use his fantastic steam cleaner that brought the bikes up like new. Big thanks again to Bakerman.
Got home last night at nearly 9.00pm knackered but had a great weekend
Will post up pics when I can find camera under all the crap in the Jeep.
Well !! wheres the pics ???
Been busy all day cleaning and rebuilding the bikes.
At the start:
Start you b*st*rd!
Martin at start of climb:
Me:
Pitstop:
Cleared the log:
Before the evil tree jumped out in front of me:
The bike he was trying to sell last week "careful owner, never seen rain, never raced":
"Its OK, my dad cleans my bike for me!"
At the start:
Start you b*st*rd!
Martin at start of climb:
Me:
Pitstop:
Cleared the log:
Before the evil tree jumped out in front of me:
The bike he was trying to sell last week "careful owner, never seen rain, never raced":
"Its OK, my dad cleans my bike for me!"
Crapaud Jnr
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Lovely pics...
Still find it hilarious that in a 3 hour race we both pitted in the same 5 minute window...
And my 6th lap was my fastest... When my hands were hurting so much i had to completely give up using front brake or clutch i beat my fastest lap by 20 seconds...
Still find it hilarious that in a 3 hour race we both pitted in the same 5 minute window...
And my 6th lap was my fastest... When my hands were hurting so much i had to completely give up using front brake or clutch i beat my fastest lap by 20 seconds...
