Nurburgring.....

I'm not going to make this the usual full on race report i normally try to do after a race weekend, the reason, i'm frustrated, so, so frustrated with the way things are going right now, i know the saying is you make your own luck but bloody hell give me a break, if that saying's true then i need to find a new recipe for my luck because mine seems to be all bad!!!

I guess in someways the support and comments i get from you guys go some way to makingthings a bit easier to deal with i mean lets face it, i'm riding in a World Championship not a club meeting so to go from pretty much last and come through to 9th and 10th isn't terrible but you need to understand how badly i want to be racing at the sharp end, fighting for podiums etc, that's what's important to me not how many people i manage to pass on my way to a top 10 position, i wasn't out of the top 5 all weekend in Germany, in fact i lead sessions, ran top 3 and generally had a real good podium position pace the WHOLE weekend so to get the results i did all because of a crash that came out of nowhere, aaaarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh is the only word that springs to mind!!!!!

One thing that was good about the weekend was the fact that we further improved the bikes chassis feeling, in Silverstone we made good progress with the way we had the bike turning and in Germany we made another good step, i'm really hopeful that we'll be able to start with a real good bike in Imola plus we have the setting we got in the test there earlier in the year so it should be all good.

The final real good thing that happened was the lap we did of the Nordschliefe after the race, bloody hell, what an eye opener that was, it turned out quite amusing because with a Fiat Punto we smoked a GSXR 1000 rider , i used him as a bit of a guide in the first instance then through one real tricky part of the circuit we passed him, i'd love to go back there with an instructor and a quick car, the place is awesome!!!

We headed back to the UK monday to collect Zack then the following day we went off home, i'm looking forward to getting some more training in whilst we're here and desperately hoping for a far stronger end to the season, this definitely hasn't been a year to talk about with the grand kids has it, mind you, i haven't got them so it's all good!!! Take it easy and i'll catch up with ya soon, Shakey #67

Hard at it!!

Race two after passing Troy..

How cool is this pic!!!!

Just about to start a highly amusing lap of the Nordschliefe!!!

Nurburgring day 1...

Hey guys and girls, just a really quick update, good start so far, started this morning and lead pretty much the whole session, we only used 1 set of tyres for the whole hour session as we wanted to fix the bike rather than fire new tyres at it, we dropped to 5th by the end of the session when everybody else used their second set but it was all good.

Provisional qualifying we went one step better, i was actually pretty disappointed as Carols and i had been P1 and P2 all session but right at the end with new tyres i never improved my lap time and a few did so i ended up provisional front row in P4, if i get a chance i'll update you guys again tomorrow, take it easy, Shakey#67

Not the most impressive pic i know but it's the only one i have right now!!!

Holidays are over!!!

Well people, this is it, the summer break is now officially over, i'm sat here in the motorhome typing this on Thursday morning here at the Nurburgring, shortly i'm off over to see the guys in the garage to get the low down on what's been going on during the summer break and i might see if i can get taken around the famous circuit in one of the fast taxis, they have things like M5's that you can get driven around in so that should be amusing!!!, i can't wait to get back out on the bike tomorrow, last year i really liked the layout and flow of the track but the races weren't two of my best but hopefully this year we can rectify that a little!!

It's been a real good break and i've really enjoyed the time out and actually getting to spend a few weeks at home without having to jump on a plane or drive up to the UK, it's made a pleasant change i tell you!!! I managed to get a fair bit of cycling in over the break, had the in laws down, had mum down for a little while oh and pick up some kind of stomach infection that wrote me off for about 8 days which wasn't at all good but i think we're out the other side of that now, sat right now watching Reg making a dick of himself trying to learn some new motocross game i brought for the PS3 which is quite amusing!!

Right for now i'm gonna crack on for a bit, i'l update you guys again real soon ok, i know this update's been a while coming but don't worry, i'm on it!!! Talk to you soon, Shakey#67