Finally we managed to put on a trial on Steves farm next to our house, after 2 cancellations due to the weather the sun finally managed to stay out and it was on.
A pretty good entry of about 45 turned up and the sections rode well, however as the ground has been so dry for a few months the water that was dragged up the banks on the exits from the strem became quite slick and posed quite a challenge for some of the entry.
I started the trial at section 5 along with the rest of the Expert entry and straight away started losing marks that honestly messed up my head a little. A mistake on section 5 where I went to wide in the stream and nearly drowned the bike followed by a slack 2 on section 6 and I felt that any chance of a result had gone, however as the trial progressed and it became more slippery on the banks I had a word with myself and started to concentrate a bit more. After the first lap on the sections at their easiest I had dropped 9 marks, however on the worsening sections I managed laps of 5, 2 and 3 for a total of 19 marks.
The bike ran really well and only bogged on me once during the trial so either carburation is closer to where it needs to be or I am starting to understand how I need to ride it!
Results now in - Well done to Nathan as this was a great ride for only 9 marks and I am pleased with 2nd overall considering it is not very often that I manage to finish ahead of Steve Hay.
Results
2 Stroke
1. Jim Pickering 48
2. Steve Neale 66
Unit 4 Stroke
1. Nathan Jones 9
2. Dave Dawson 19
3. Steve Hay 21
4. Mick Chapman 35
5. Alan Borton 68
6. Dave Jones 71
7. Gary Hawkins 78
Pre Unit 4 Stroke
1. Pete Reed 67
1 comment:
Dave,
Happy Birthday, I see you got a year older !!
looks like you had a good event and we had a great day at Farleigh.
Will put Sprite back together over the next few days. I am thinking that your old bike and the other frame with log book as the number is on the complete bike. How does £2,250 sound...will send pictures and a note of what there is.
Richard
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