MySpace http://blog.myspace.com/nealchampion http://b6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01090/63/05/1090085036_m.jpg http://blog.myspace.com/nealchampion en-US Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:02:19 GMT http://myspace.com blog.myspace.com 60 102391167 A sour end to a great fortnight... Friday: Senior Race Day. The morning dawned overcast with low cloud, hanging across the mountain.   We all knew a prompt start would be unlikely. Stil... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=305766715 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=305766715 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:47:00 GMT There was something of a hangover to be dealt with this morning... Yesterday was brilliant, and there's loads more details to add to yesterday's blog.  The first is about my pit crew.  Mike ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=305190377 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=305190377 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:55:00 GMT I may have to add to this later, as it's late and I've been drinking... Junior Race today - I was extra fired up because the race officials had refused to change my start number from 29 to something h... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=304893198 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=304893198 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:27:00 GMT Very little to do today, which is good (cos it means that everything is sorted), but bad (cos there's little to think about except the race tomorrow). I dropped a pair of wheels at Paul Dedman's for f... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=304418628 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=304418628 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:46:00 GMT (Didn't get chance to write this yesterday) Sunday:   Slick wanted the 600 back on the dyno to double check it, so we took it up there, and he fine-tuned the fuelling and ignition.  It ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=304019142 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=304019142 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:26:00 GMT (again being written the morning after) (and being written in double quick time as MySpace lost the first version) Another Manx day.  I was up early, swapping the wheels out of the 636 to put in ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=303580830 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=303580830 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:18:00 GMT (this being written the morning after) File under: "That's Racing" As we didn't practice at all last night, there should have been nothing to do to the bikes.  Slick wanted to run them on the dyn... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=303235570 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=303235570 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:12:00 GMT One of those Manx days today... I slept late - was really tired for some reason.  I then spent a couple of hours doing nothing worth mentioning on the bikes - a basic "nut and bolt" check, fibreg... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=302703880 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=302703880 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:54:00 GMT Had no 'real' work to do on the bikes today, which is a real luxury.  So I had a leisurely breakfast, gave Keith a hand with a couple of jobs on his 750, and then drove to my borrowed workshop, 1... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=302308900 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=302308900 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:51:00 GMT Awoke to bright sunshine, which is always good when racing.  The forecast is for good weather (well, dry, at least) for the rest of practice week. Not much to do to the bikes - put some fresh tyr... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=301949975 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102391167&blogId=301949975 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:49:00 GMT