New book and old school race engineering

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March 16th, 2009

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I was at the Race Retro Show yesterday and was impressed by a thing or two. After my entry on the Ian Brown book, a bloke found me yesterday and gave me a book called Crashed and Burned. It’s an autobiography on a Formula 3 driver who was a bit of nutter and always spoke his mind. So that’s my next read. But what was proper impressive was the Ron Haslam 1124cc Honda. A real peice of kit. It had a Ron Williams frame with a Shraeder valve on it. The valve was to check for any cracks in the frame. Pump it up, leave it, check the pressure , if it’s dropped it’s cracked. Up there for thinking, down there for dancing. Oh and check out the length of the grips.

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New Leathers

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March 14th, 2009

2009-leathers

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Spain news 2. Brown – Ian, not Gordon

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March 8th, 2009

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Now then, how’s it going? Well, still out in Spain for the thick end of this week. It’s a hard life, eh? Well after a few days of crap weather at Almeria circuit, we ended up getting a decent day on our last day. Nowt special, still a bit windy but loads better than it has been. I ended up getting loads of laps done and am starting to get a feel for how how me and the bikes are getting on.

 

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