Life on the road.....

First of all well done Matt - very well deserved!!

Been a while since there has been an update from me. Last you heard I was about to do my first motocross race..... well four weeks later I have not only done my first, but my second, third and fourth!! With three motos each day that’s a fairly whopping 12 races and all for £120 entry fees (the cost of lunch at Silverstone).

Its seriously hard work, and the gate starts are very intimidating (20-30 riders all starting level going for the first corner). But its an amazing buzz and very full on. I crashed a lot to start off with (4 times in the first 3 races alone) and the second round in Ross was very, very hard. But by the time we got to Wet Wales for the third round I was beginning to get the gist of it even on a borrowed bike for the last race of the day (broke mine in a crash). So last weekend I was getting there and was running sixth before..... you guessed it, a small crash on the last lap - ending up tenth. The two other races didn’t really go according to plan, but with my first top ten finish it’s encouraging :-)

It has been fair eventful and I seem like I am always on the road at weekend clocking up the miles to various tracks.

So far I have managed to:

Break my helmet (a bike landed on it!).
Broken 4 spoke out of my front wheel (crashing into another rider)
Ridden over someone else’s bike.
Got my leg caught in between the swing arm and wheel of another rider's bike - luckily he stopped!
And generally bruised and battered myself - but I am having fun!

Some pictures here (more to follow).

Pictures From My first Meeting at Tirley (Gloucestershire)

Pictures From Longdon (Worcestershire) Last week:

First Motocross Race

I have got my first motocross race on Sunday. Should be totally different to the enduros I have done - 30 riders with a gate start and races that last only 10 mins! It is very cut throat through and people go for it a lot more - so a bit of trepidation (I have never even watched a motocross race before).

I have also changed my 250 for a 450, as I wanted more power. I certainly got it!

Motocross requires a license (like car racing) and just like car racing I look like a freak in the picture:

Richard's Borthday.

A good day was had by all for Richard's 29+1 (apparently that’s funny if your old).

Rounders and BBQ were brilliant (I scored 3 of our teams 6 rounders) and we finished up with a sesh in a local pub.

Pics here: