Right. No more NW200 spam. I PROMISE.

https://imgur.com/a/nw200-thursday-11th-may-2023-b6ToXTn Some photos I took from 2023

https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/articles/cq8y44j011eo BBC Webpage with details on this year’s coverage.

BBC report on the meeting. Michael Dunlop wins a double and sets a new outright lap record. https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/articles/c62x6qdl26yo

1pm - Red flag during the Open B Superbike Race. Hope everyone’s OK.

God, it’d be great if they had a 3rd camera! :-D Live timing available on Speedhive. https://speedhive.mylaps.com/livetiming/42896EF05ADFD77D-2147483700

Nice. It’s funny the way blue skies and sunshine makes everything so much better. Got away to a mate’s place for Saturday and Sunday. Ostensibly I was there to help him install some boat electronics on his sailing boat, but when we got that done, we had some nice food and a few beers. As a full-time carer, it was lovely to get away for a night and clear my head a little.

Had a lovely day out with a couple of old car racing mates. Found out Suzi has a battery issue, easy enough fixed and managed to avoid being stranded!

Got Suzi insured and taxed and took her out for a run yesterday evening. First run on a 1000cc 4 cylinder. A Hamamatsu Brain Massage. I know it’s ‘only’ 145 bhp - pretty tame compared to modern 220bhp superbikes - but holy god it moves when you give it a poke. I need the restraint not to ride like an asshole at every opportunity.

Talking of insurance, do you know how much it cost to insure this thing for a year?

£111

I thought it was a misprint. Nope. Performance Direct. Cheaper than the road tax (£116)! Some benefits to being ancient, I suppose!

Lowden Guitars, high quality acoustics, made in Northern Ireland. https://lowdenguitars.com/

I should be old enough to know better. 😂

It’s a good bike, goes very well, but it’s a bit big and top-heavy. I fancy something lower and lighter. I’ve been looking at GSXS-1000F’s - I really like the look of them (the early ‘Angry Birds’ models), the extra horsepower is pretty much irrelevant. Strongly prefer the look of the Gixxus to the Kawasaki 1000sx, and I can fit soft luggage to it, I reckon, and if I need to flash the ECU to smooth the throttle I think I can do that too. I can pick up very low mileage Gixxuses from about £6k or so, they seem to be very good value.

On the off chance you have no idea wtf I’m on about, here’s some coverage of last year’s superbike race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A84ZISrCMo

https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/live/cpq294jpjxdt Live now.