Hello again!!
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:46 pm
Well, it's been a long time.... I unfortunatly have not logged in for over a year now as my last recollection was total login failure and not accepting any passwords etc. and I assumed a glitch with the website, got the hump like I do and went AWOL. Well, thanks to a PM arriving in my inbox poking me into action I tried logging in with a new password and hey presto!
I still have the R1 Phoenix, although I am planning to do a nut and bolt rebuild this autumn as it is 10 years old now and I think it is due some TLC.... It is still in rude health though, this year I have been using it for sprints and a few run outs into the country. I did OK considering I was just testing the water with a handful of events, using 2 year old tyres which have been to Monte Carelo and back and lived outside in the snow last winter. Highlight was winning the handicap class of the Brighton Speed Trials, 13.4 1/4 mile along Madeira Drive seafront on those rock hard 888's!!!! That was quicker than a Ferrari F40 and a Noble did it.....
I see Jeff in his Phoenix at some of the Sprints and am planning to accompany Adrian in his R1 Fury on a 10 day mountain tour this summer around Europe, which is always fun.
My biggest problem this year is that my R1 is now classed in the big boys class in the sprints where Jeff is with his 300+ bhp, Andy Bates rekons my car puts out 140bhp at the fly, 120 at the wheels so I may retire the Phoenix from Sprints before the rebuild commences. Its bloody quick even so, but I'd have no chance on the bigger sprints. I have discussed with him the possibility of re-engineering the car this winter with an '08 CBR1000 RR, 180 at the fly and 160 at the wheels and selling my current R1 engine and loom etc. to part fund it. Apparently the performance jump is quite startling as those engines are awesome and there is no weight gain over what I have. We will see, the game has moved on but funds will dictate... But once I have my nice blasted and powdercoated chassis sitting there it might be rude not to stick a few more BHP under the bonnet.
So thats what I have been doing over the last year or two, hopefully will see you guys out and about this year sometime.
I still have the R1 Phoenix, although I am planning to do a nut and bolt rebuild this autumn as it is 10 years old now and I think it is due some TLC.... It is still in rude health though, this year I have been using it for sprints and a few run outs into the country. I did OK considering I was just testing the water with a handful of events, using 2 year old tyres which have been to Monte Carelo and back and lived outside in the snow last winter. Highlight was winning the handicap class of the Brighton Speed Trials, 13.4 1/4 mile along Madeira Drive seafront on those rock hard 888's!!!! That was quicker than a Ferrari F40 and a Noble did it.....
I see Jeff in his Phoenix at some of the Sprints and am planning to accompany Adrian in his R1 Fury on a 10 day mountain tour this summer around Europe, which is always fun.
My biggest problem this year is that my R1 is now classed in the big boys class in the sprints where Jeff is with his 300+ bhp, Andy Bates rekons my car puts out 140bhp at the fly, 120 at the wheels so I may retire the Phoenix from Sprints before the rebuild commences. Its bloody quick even so, but I'd have no chance on the bigger sprints. I have discussed with him the possibility of re-engineering the car this winter with an '08 CBR1000 RR, 180 at the fly and 160 at the wheels and selling my current R1 engine and loom etc. to part fund it. Apparently the performance jump is quite startling as those engines are awesome and there is no weight gain over what I have. We will see, the game has moved on but funds will dictate... But once I have my nice blasted and powdercoated chassis sitting there it might be rude not to stick a few more BHP under the bonnet.
So thats what I have been doing over the last year or two, hopefully will see you guys out and about this year sometime.