Road racing..

Max Headroom

Bit of bad news today re. Bruce Anstey...

http://www.mcnews.com.au/bruce-anstey-cancer/

roroliam

Looking forward to cookstown. Great line up. Micky D on the typo BMW something I thought I'd never see.

roroliam

Great to hear that Hutchys been passed fit to get back racing. Will be on the Honda for the NW200.

roroliam

Super fast tonight on the island.

decky1

Wont'be long now Skerries, anyone know why it's on a Sunday this year,will the northern lad's attend as they don't race on Sunday's?

roroliam

Last race of the year, Killalane , this weekend,great circuit . BBQ in aid of William on Saturday night. It was a tough year but we had some great racing.

Henryhill2

Good to see Paul Robinson finish his career safely on a high note

decky1

Henryhill2 wrote: »

Good to see Paul Robinson finish his career safely on a high note

Great to see at least 1 road racing fan coming on here, First year in about 15/20 years I never got to any racing, 100% praise to everyone who gives their time to keep this sport going.

Henryhill2

The way it's been going I'm hoping the likes of Glenn Irwin will stay off the roads,he doesn't need it.

decky1

is he thinking of giving it a go? never heard anything about it. the way i'm looking at it is the bikes have got too fast for the country roads now, and we can see what 's happening, such a sad year this one , far too many good riders gone over the years, but as we see it's in their blood and they'll keep at it.

Henryhill2

decky1 wrote: »

is he thinking of giving it a go? never heard anything about it. the way i'm looking at it is the bikes have got too fast for the country roads now, and we can see what 's happening, such a sad year this one , far too many good riders gone over the years, but as we see it's in their blood and they'll keep at it.

He's won NW a few times ,also Macau.

A lot of no-fault accidents among the top riders over the years.

decky1

Henryhill2 wrote: »

He's won NW a few times ,also Macau.

A lot of no-fault accidents among the top riders over the years.

ah yea forgot about them , he'll maybe do the big events NW, ulster gp, Maybe he'll give the TT a shot too? can't see him doing any of the smaller meetings.

roroliam

Nice to see that Paul Jordan has got a seat on the Divitts bike at Macau. Hope he treats it as a learning year, we all know that that circuit can bite and bite hard.

Henryhill2

John McGuiness will be there

Glenn Irwin not going back after last year

roroliam

Glenn doesn't need the start money, Paul Bird must be paying him a wage now.( here's hoping)

Henryhill2

roroliam wrote: »

Glenn doesn't need the start money, Paul Bird must be paying him a wage now.( here's hoping)

There's been some discontent in the camp if you follow Glenn's Twitter

His father was an accomplished road/circuit racer so I guess the lure of the roads is there .

The likes of hickman and Harrison have just been taking it to a new level lately on the roads and you'd wonder about the margin for error at 135mph average.

roroliam

Looks like Paul Bird wasn't paying enough. Glen is off to Haslams seat. Kawasaki could be a good move, win BSB and then off to WSB as Reas teammate. Haslam only on a one year deal.