Down... But Not Out!

A team without a bike is like a Friday night without a kebab. Rubbish!

The Tigcraft is still in need of a bit more attention; the chilli sauce, if you will. However, the motor's in its final position, the controls are getting there, and some parts are winging there way in from far off lands with a good exchange rate. Not having the bike for this first Supermono weekend at Snetterton makes us Glum and Glummer; however our good chum SteveL has stepped into the breach to lend us his trusty track iron forthe weekend.

Hurrah!!

Moreover, he put a fair bit of graft in last week to get it back in one piece. Thanks a lot Steve, you're a gent. We are no longer glum, and Boyd will make you a cup of tea and a fresh cream canape over the weekend in the paddock.

To get it race legal, we needed only number boards, a bit of lockwiring, some attention to the fairing, a kill switch, and that's about it. We've changed the sprocket for Snetterton's long straights.

Like our Goode mate John, its a TZR250 chassis, with a 640 Yamaha motor. Its not the easiest to access the motor, so I am glad we didn't have to do any real work.

Steve reckons it was raced about 10 years ago in this class. Either way its a step up for me. Its got an ally tank (so it must be good), and I am finally dragged kicking and screaming into the 1980s with a monoshock rear end...

With a little paint and some stickers we reckon she looks so good that we've decided on just that colour for the Tigcraft when she finally graces a circuit near you (sometime!)

See you at Snetterton? We're #16, look for a non-beutiful ex-ambulance in the padoock. Boyd will be serving the cream teas in a french maid outfit...