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BockingBandit wrote: Yep,. I'll be at Mallory with my tent and beer vouchers.

Geoff
Geoff, you still planning on coming to Mallory this weekend? There's some sort of car racing on the Saturday. We'll be setting up Saturday pm and all being well racing Sunday & Monday.
Come say hello. We're in a van with (rather bizarrely) 'Mini-Twins' still written on the side. Yellow 'long' outfit number 40.
We may have a spare ticket - not sure yet.

Anyone else thinking of a day out?
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Harry,.. I'm planning on arriving on Sunday evening.. unfortunately I can't make it during the day,.. but will catch up with you for a beer and of course, looking forward to seeing you guys race on the Monday. All the best for sunday.
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Harry,.. circumstances have ganged-up on me.... this is first UK Bemse meeting I've missed for years,.... sorry I didnt get there,.. but hope it all went safe and swift.
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Geoff, sorry you couldn't make it to Mallory - but the truth is you didn't miss an effin thing.
We had a terrible weekend. Blew a radiator hose in practice that dumped boiling water down John's boot. Pushed the outfit back to the paddock (which totally bolloxed me). We fixed the cooling hose and ran it up to temp - but not all the hoses were getting warm. Then the oil pressure light comes on while we were testing the rad fix. No oil pressure. Looks like the pump (which does water and oil on the R1) has imploded. So we take the sump off and theres a lot of little shiny bits in it. So that was that. One knackered engine - no spare - weekend over after 1 1/2 laps. Excuse my language, but FUCK IT!

:evil: :evil: :evil:

Actually, it could have been worse. The hose blew off because of the failed water pump, but if it hadn't and we had carried on quickening up without any oil circulating either, then we would in all probability have rodded the motor at speed. Nasty. So I guess we count blessings and hope it is just a new pump not a new motor. 'Thats racing' as some miserable twat said. We didn't even get past the line a second time to record a single lap time.
:cry: :cry:
See you back at Brands on the 13th/14th (I hope).

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