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Pembrey, October 2024.

Had to ride Kato, I'd broken the Suzuki so the motor was getting fixed.

Brands Hatch 2024.

Bit of a photo dump coming up. Not posted on here for nearly a year but had plenty of bike stuff still going on.

I gave up riding at National level last year and completed my last race at British Superbikes on my 50th birthday at Thruxton.

This year I have only been riding at club level and mainly so that I can help our cohort of BSB mechanics who have chosen to go racing themselves. My main priority has been the novice riders and I have completed my Auto-Cycle Union coaching course to help both the riders and the club.

2024 has not been without challenges and I have had a few bike niggles that have meant I've learned a lot on the engine side. More to follow on that.

I also had a big crash at the final meeting of the year trying to win a championship. That resulted in a lot of damage to the bike in this picture, more to follow on that too.

Overall a good year though and progress made by all of the team members at the club. I have one more outing this year to assist two more riders getting their licences ready for next year.

It's good to be back posting on here.

Cadwell Park 2024.

I bought these photos from Cadwell Park. I only really needed the one with the chequered flag but liked the other one too so had them both.

This was early in the season so still the 2023 livery with a temporary number on the front to comply with regulations.

Cadwell park is one of those circuits where, as a rider, you can get close to pit wall on the start straight. I know the officials and spent the test day on the Friday getting as close as I could to the wall every time the flag was waved. A comment was made by the flag man to someone about how close I was getting so I decided to arrange with Paul, the photographer to get a picture for him.

The image was taken at the end of one of my races and as with the image in my previous post, taken by the same photographer, I printed it and presented it to the flag man. I subsequently found out that the day the image was captured was also his birthday so he got a double treat.

Castle Combe 2024.

This is where it's at. Club racing in the sunshine. Good friends, good racing and barbecue with beer.

The North Gloucester Road Racing meeting was a bit of a mixed bag so plenty of wheel changes. Stressful enough when you are able bodied and doing it in a hurry. These blokes are all disabled and still get it cracked.