Pre 2009 Season update

Jan 24th 2009.

Well if you read my Mallory blog at the end of last season (see below), you might not be too surprised if I'd packed it all in by now. But I still have my job, and I have had some professional help (with the car I mean, mind you..there's a thought). Anyway, I did what I should have done last summer and took the Westy to Larry at PDQ to try to find the electrical fault. He has a rolling road so could easily test if the car was fixed.

Well, as if to show me what an muppet I am, the problem was fixed easily. Traced to a bad earth connection which was hidden under the scuttle. Simple as that. Fixed for a few hours worth of labour! I'll know next time.

Time to think about the things I need to do for the 2009 season.

The main regs change is the need for a cat. Larry suggests a second hand one off a new bike. Lots of bikers ditch their cats on new bikes (apparently a pointless excercise as it makes no difference whatsoever but it's a biker thing).

So a second hand cat is acquired and fitted very neatly into the existing system. (see pic).

I also need to fix my seat so it's more rigid. Larry is sorting out some additional reinforcement for my current fibreglass seat, and I will probably pack it out behind with some foam behind the seat.

Still need to sort out the front tow eye and some foam protection on the roll bar and we're nearly there.

I reckon I can get to Snetterton in March which is a double header so that's the plan.

I reckon there are going to be more class A cars this year so my chances of getting a class place are going to be slimmer this year but you never know. Let's hope I actually get to finish a few races before I worry about that.