two weeks back i raced in jerez on my valve.

[guiri]

For 2018 ive been sorting the 2 stroke cup in the andalucia region here in spain.
takes a brit to sort it abroad..lol.
i did quite well getting 10 bikes on the grid first race out.(43 on the grid in all classic categories)
of the ten bikes the top 5 were proper missiles.. so a top five in the 2 stroke cup looked hard work.

so..my van broke down the week before.. so i borrowed a trailer off one mate and a 4x4 off another..

got to the Jerez track nice and early saturday.. they didnt even look at my bike as i am a scrutineer for them and they know its all good.
first problem arises.. riding it back and the front brake is sticking on..
i get stuck in and pull it all to bits. i wwas running twin front t595 calipers with race pads. zx6r master cylinder.
after many trials i left it with one caliper and seemed to work ok.
so 10:30 and first quals.
start round the track and the bike goes great. even my guess at jetting is nigh on pin on.
but before i finish first lap brake seizes on ..good job i noticed quick.. no face plant today.

no lap time and back to square one.
so another mate who lives in jerez.. mr lettuce..no joke.. is coming over soon..give hima bell and he pops a master cylinder in his bag.
next quals is at 1:30 so plenty of time.. err..no.
anyhow.. we fit sort the brakes.. i decide to give the bike a run up.
brriinnnggggggg... brrriiinngggg.. you know.. then a clattering at low revs..

so off with the clutch case to investigate.. couldnt find nowt.. must be gearbox..or crank..





nearly ready to give up after much head scratching i realize i haven't looked at the flywheel..
you guest it..was bludy loose..

one mad rush to get the bike back together as quals is in ten mins.
i get it done just in time and then kit up and stop. check everything again. rushing is not good for track outings..
i take us down to the pit road and ride out..
this bike is so easy to ride compared to the AC bike. its on rails, much faster in every way.
i feel at home straight away. i put 7 laps in giving it the berries and decided not to push it as its still a new build and bring it in..
i feel Ive done a good time.. when the results come back ive done a cracking 2:14. qualified ahead of the rg500.. he was well miffed..
his bike is over 100bhp.. my ypvs is stock and has 10k miles on the engine... and the ugliest bike in the paddock.. i hadn't had time for beautifying
wolf in sheep's clothing..lol.

the photographer barely took any of me..

well pleased with myself i had some grub and then there was a long wait till 5pm till the race so i did as you do here..
a siesta on the back seat of the 4x4...
my wife and boy turned up at 4 to see me race which is cool.
off to the grid at 5..

some nice bikes on track.. in total a 43 bike grid of classics..sbk,ss,2strokes,pre82
when im on the grid one of the officials, miguel says ..is that stock..yup i says.. didnt have time for mods.
ok says he.. i thought nowt more of it.. turns out that qualified me for the inter provincial cup..
who was in it..not a clue..
On the warm up lap i try a start...off the start and the bike starts to misfire..cant belive it.
on the grid.. light come on.. been so long i jumped the start..S**T ..stopped again.
then go again.. bike missing bad so at the end of the straight i move over to not be a sitting duck.. see photo..


my good grid position wasted.. i ride spluttering.. first few corners.. and it gets a bit better the more i nail it..
so i just get my head down in give it my best..
by now most have gone past so i start picking people off. great fun.
till i catch a group with a black ypvs and a nsr250 mc21 and a gsxr750 getting in the way..
we start a great battle but the bludy gsxr is slow in corners but impossible to do on the straight..just blasts back past.
having great fun.. my one caliper is the dogs. i did some great block passes on the brakes on the guy on the other black rd..
little did i know im racing him for the win.
our bikes same top speed and that makes for fun..just the misfire makes it a bit more difficult.
but the gsxr is starting to piss me off..i get to the head of our group and on the tail of the gixxer round the back corners..
back marker in the next corner the gixxer goes round the outside and i ram it up the inside and rag the tits off the bike in the next 4 corners before the straight so he cant come back past.. and it worked..
its lap 6 of ten and i pull a second a lap on him.. dusted..lol.
the other guys still stuck behind the gsxr. hehehee. that worked.


finished the race well happy.. i knew i was about 5th in the 2stroke cup.. thats sound for me.
what i didnt yet know was id been put in the interpro cup.. and id won it..
i was back at the mota getting my leather off when my phone rings.. a mate..ivan...
hey you knob..where are you.. im getting changed.. there calling you for the podium.. f**k off.. no really he says..
leathers back on and run down to the podium.. i was first!!!! fecking ell..
as usual we had a right laugh..luantic pikuli(another good mate) was also on the podium and got me a corker with the champers. i was slow of the mark this time..lol.

i try post the video soon.

results:




my biggest fan..


and my unexpected trophy... get in..

[shaunthe2nd]

Well done. Great read too.

[mattybeckett]

Awsome well done and under the stress and misbehaving of the bike you certainly deserve that trophy. Great read and look forward to the video.

[doohanno1]

Jeez,fair play to you for getting out there and doing something you love with the support of your family...
And still making a powervalve sing..

[oldbritguy]

Well done mate and what an awsome story. Thanks for taking the time to share with the rest of us.
The old 350 Yam can still cut it

[JonW]

Great read and well done John!

[mouse]

Fantastic stuff sir, very well done!

Mouse

[veg]

Fabulous just set me up for the day. Great read and well done for organising it racing it and writing it up.

[beardy]

well impressed. especially against the Spanish, who have a few good riders:)

[Denzil]

Well done to you. I enjoyed the read. Typical bikes. All the preparation that you did before and then it starts to missfire, brakes and stator. Good show ol Boy. Brits to win.!!

[greeny]

Brilliant re-cap....
Well done.
Even up against kevin Schwantz on his lucky strike....
'Hey you knob'. Ha ha ha....

[Tobyjugs]

Great write up, and a big Well Done. I enjoyed reading this thanks.

[midlifecrisisrd]

Absolutely brilliant

Hats off to ya

Steve

[headcoats]

Well done

It's like the Silver Dream racer film LOL

[paulincayman]

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to do that.. it helps to keep the smell of 2t smoke fresh in my head.!

[andy71330]

That's made my day, absolutely brilliant read, well done buddy

[stusco]

Superb

[risolc]

Great write up,even better result.well done

[mckenna]

brilliant post !!

[1966baz]

Good on you mate. One hell of an achievement.

[guiri]

thanks for all the comments lads.
been at it again today.. but thats another story..lol.

[doohanno1]

May 19, 2018 21:15:56 GMT 1 guiri said:

thanks for all the comments lads.
been at it again today.. but thats another story..lol.

Your making me think i could get back into my leathers and do the same..but i know i would not bounce aswell as i once did..😀

[leaky]

Thank you for that read, great stuff! The not-so-typical day in the life of a 2 stroke, albeit a celebrity one! 😎