Barry Sheene practice report

[sbutler]

Well Had a funny start to the day. Did 3 laps & the FZR started to drop into 2 cylinders????:confused1:
Came in with the shits. Had a look around. I think when I removed most of the wiring, I took out the reserve switch. Bad move, you need a complete circeit to make the pump work, because it tell the computer to drop a couple of sluggs so you hit the reserve switch. Anyway put it back together with a bridge wire, & va va voooom.

For the rest of the day we chased set up., it has a bit of patter in the front & a couple of corners, & a bit of wollow under power in others. But we were getting ontop of it. 10,500rpm down the straight with the gearing Im running is around 260+Ks.. Its lifting the wheel comming onto the straight, & going up corprete hill. What a blast!!
The tyres were working well & mostly I kept improving my lap times & settled into just learning the track. Which I must say is fantastic!

Didnt go out in the last session, didnt see any point. We can do a few things in the morning & she'll be apples.
Had a good old chat with Robbie Phillis, & Graham Crosby about the old days. Weather was warm & mostly clear.
So all's good for this old fart. Ive got quallifing in the morning & a race after lunch. & thats it for tomorrow.

From what I saw all the Rats had a mostly uneventfull day with thing going pretty smoothly. Thanks to the Rats that flagged & helped out, great job as always.:clap: See ya tomorrow.
Steve.

[jasonbw]

Awesome, that's some serious speed... out of my modern bike the gps says I get no more than 260kph down the straight! You're flying! Cant wait for tomorrows report.

[sbutler]

I must admit I wasnt looking forward to this meeting , after last years shitfight. But I can say, the creek is a very good track that only need s few small changes to make it into a great track..

[clarkey]

Awesome, that's some serious speed... out of my modern bike the gps says I get no more than 260kph down the straight! You're flying! Cant wait for tomorrows report.

i only got to 248 on my gps:(

Good going Steve, she looks good n the pics , good luck for the weekend

[1down5up]

yeah thats awesome the best i have had is 265kph with the on board timer datta logger thing on the 1098s i get a small stand onto the straight but not up corperate hill but will get a small 1 at top of the hill down to t4 more like it carries the frunt as i go over the hill
getting to race and talk to 2 of my heros you realy know how to make a man jelous ......half ya luck mate .............good luck for the race ....please up date how things whent tommorrow ...............hmmmmmmm wonder if my old ducati sd 900 can do the classic racing yet ????????? its a 82

[Cedric]

Awesome, that's some serious speed... out of my modern bike the gps says I get no more than 260kph down the straight! You're flying! Cant wait for tomorrows report.

+1! Pretty damn quick! I get 228 max out of my 7R.. Bike looks sweet and I'll pop out tomorrow/sunday for a looksee!

[Johnny]

Sbutler is modest, its all I can say. He was damn smooth out there, and really lives up to his signature :)
(look forward to rest of the event, and your reports)

As for thanking the marshalls, no need mate, its for the love of the sport.

[sbutler]

Thanks Johnny. I do live up to my sig>> I might be old. But I'm slow.:lmao:

Anyway thanks for the rap. I was trying to be as smooth as I could because it relates to speed...Just heading off now for a nother crack at em.
See ya..