PCRA Round 4 Historic Road Racing is at Eastern Creek on Sunday next weekend. I will be there racing the TDR250 and TZR250. Visit the pits and say hello if you come for a look. My bikes are all number 35.
An excellent days racing and without the carnage of the last time we raced here. I am still coming to terms with the TZR250. The seat unit will need to be changed to stop me sliding back in the seat and to make sure I stay up close to the tank. Because with the bike being so light at 99kg it keeps on lifting the front - often not by a small amount either. I ran my revs right off the tacho during one start because I couldn't get it to change up a gear when the front end was pointing at the sky. It could probably use a little extra ride height at the back too. I fitted treaded tyres to the TDR250 yesterday and I was still faster on the TDR than on the TZR which is running slicks. The TDR initially felt really bad after only having slicks on it for about 10 years. I qualified last on the grid because I did not have confidence in the tyres. But as the day went on I learned to be more forceful with it and now don't think the race compound Savas will slow me down at all. But the TZR requires me not to force it. You almost only need to think about what you want it to do and it does it. I love both bikes and it is good that they are so different. The result was 2nd in P6 250cc on the TZR and 3rd in P6 250 Production on the TDR. Pretty happy with that. Here is a pic of me with other guys in our Canberra crew. From left to right, Terry and AJ on the RD250LCs, Duncan on the RD350LC and me on the TZR250. The tyres I fitted to the TDR250 are the new Sava MC50 M-Racer. I was using the super-soft race compound on the front and the soft on the rear. http://www.savatech.eu/novelties/new-tyres/400-mc50-m-racer-new-motorcycle-tyre.html
