Spain 2022 Day 2

It was pouring with rain this morning so we couldn't ride the bikes until it cleared up. This did however give Dad chance to do some work on my bike and a big thank you to Steve Wilkinson for the loan of the carb and helping set the rear suspension on my 160.

Once the rain had cleared we did some sweeping on the track and we managed to get out and ride. This was the first time I had ridden my bike from last year with the new 140 engine in it. It was great fun and I was soon up to speed having a great time riding around the track with my friends. Today was a great day and I even got a chance to ride with some of the BritishTalent Cup Riders when they came to ride with us on the smaller track.  Thanks to Bailey Stuart-Campbell for riding with me for KSB drills, it was great fun!

A shorter day all in all but we made the most of it when we did get out on the track.  The weather is looking good for tomorrow so we're looking forward to hopefully a full day of riding. 

Spain 2022 1st Day riding

The days started off with us prepping the bikes ready for the day's activities.  Then we were taken by Paco to small track at Cartagena. We rode around this track for a while then we carried out drills riding around the doughnuts next to the small track.  Paco taught us to use the back brake to gain control of the bike into the corner.  This was really good and combined with the skills I have learnt recently flat tracking I have started to learn and practice new skills.  

We then did lots of practice starts followed by a fast lap which helped me get used to getting off the line on the new 160. We than had lunch before more drills and then the opportunity to ride out on the big track.  This was brilliant although we didn't get time to sort out the gearing properly so I think I could have been a lot faster.  It took me a while to get up to speed and after a great battle with Hudson I then managed to get onto the back of Luca and Lewis and we had a great few laps trading places.  All in on all a great day and I am looking forward to tomorrow.  Hopefully the weather will hold out as rain has been forecast.

A big thanks to everyone who had helped me get here. Mum, Fixit Motorcycle Mechanics, Ky-Jax racing, 4SR leathers and LS2 helmets.