Team USA Getting Serious About International Challenge

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2105 Location: Oz

Good opportunity to dial in your bike Jim.

https://www.ahrma.org/road-racing/phillip-island-international-challenge-races/

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:49 pm

Yes it will be good. I was at this race helping with Darrin Gauvins race bike.

Because of the brain surgery I had last year (medical bills) I have decided to wait until 2020 to come to PI. It is a very expensive venture for me and I don’t want to go all that way and not have my bike fully tested. The bike that Colin Edwards raced was not fully tested as it blew up on he 2nd lap of testing at Willow Springs. Then they got a new engine built just in time to send the bike. The biggest problem that they had was not having a spare clutch and shifting issues. It wasn’t sorted.

Peace, Jim

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2105 Location: Oz

JJam wrote:

I have decided to wait until 2020 to come to PI.

Cool. See you then.

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:18 pm

https://www.facebook.com/mojoyamaha/

Getting lapped by Jake Zemke on his Ducati at Barber while I was on my CB-F was pretty cool in a "I'll never be like him" kinda way. He passed me on the inside of turn 13 going into 14 and was gone. Pretty cool watching people who were good enough to make a living at racing motorcycles from the perspective of the race track when you're doing all you can with what you've got instead of the spectator bleachers.

Yeah... I'll NEVER be like him*. He's a happy, friendly guy, too.

*with regard to racecraft... Smile

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 1:06 am

It's okay Dennis, you seem pretty happy and friendly to me!

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:00 pm

nathanhouse wrote:

It's okay Dennis, you seem pretty happy and friendly to me!

And he's fast. Don't let him fool you. He's dam fast!