With our first race of the 2017 season taking place next weekend - 18th & 19th March at Brands Hatch with NG - it's time for the wrap-up of our pre-season progress. If you missed the previous updates, you can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
New Paddock Racewear
Our new 2017-season fleeces have arrived and have been distributed to all team members, so once again we'll look sharp around the paddock this year :-)
New Paddock Racewear
Our new 2017-season fleeces have arrived and have been distributed to all team members, so once again we'll look sharp around the paddock this year :-)
New Stickers
Another season brings along another refresh to the sticker drawer! Our old racing buddy, Joel from Freshfield Graphics, sorted us out once again - including some mini stickers for the mini bike which were incredibly cute!
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 Looking bare... |  ...now ready for admiring stares! |
Awning Banner
We have taken delivery of a new 18ftx4ft banner for our race awning. This time we decided to go for one big long banner (rather than two smaller banners that joined in the middle of the awning) - whether this works out to be a sensible decision or not is yet to be seen. If Lorna is spotted using this banner as a Supergirl cape around the paddock, then you'll know things have gone wrong!
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Final mechanical work on ER6 Supertwin
The last of the mechanical jobs have now been completed on our ER6 Supertwin, with the winter antifreeze replaced with plain water and a full front brake system overhaul performed. For the start of the season we will be trying out the EBC FA447HH pads. Since fitting the Brembo M4 calipers we have used the stock Brembo HH pads and the Brembo Racing SC pads. We found very little difference between the two pads - with the exception that the SC pads produced a lot more dust and wore out a lot quicker!
 Spotlessly clean... |  ...with new EBC FA447HH pads |
 Ready to go... |  ...just add bodywork |
New seat units
After seeing the dyno results (see Part 2) we decided to retain the Arata titanium exhaust. This meant that new seat units would be required - as the old seats had cutouts for the underseat Quill exhaust. We liked the look of the Kawasaki ZX6R B1H seats so ordered a couple of new seat units from Bardney Racing and then modified them to fit our Kawasaki Supertwin.
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When we took the seat units to be painted, our local bodyshop was unable to get an exact colour match to the fantastic orange colour that RR Race Paint (who are sadly no longer around) laid down for us the past six seasons, so we had no option but to strip all bodywork from the bike so that a new shade of "off the shelf" orange could be applied instead. This also included our spare bodywork - some of which was brand new and still looked fantastic - but as the old colour wouldn't have matched the new colour it would have looked a bit naff, so all panels needed to be repainted!
 Old colour... |  ...shipped off... |  ...for repainting |
The bodywork was resprayed and returned to us in record time - so we just needed to fit the rain light, GoPro mounts and stickers and then she was ready to go!
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With the first meeting now only a few days away (and with the bike ready to roll) we are now focusing on completing the seemingly hundreds of little jobs that are required in order to prepare for the first race weekend of the year!
Thanks for following our progress over the winter. We will continue to provide constant updates throughout the season - including race reports and onboard videos! And if you see us at the race track, feel free to come over and say Hi! :-)
Thanks for following our progress over the winter. We will continue to provide constant updates throughout the season - including race reports and onboard videos! And if you see us at the race track, feel free to come over and say Hi! :-)
Coming to a race track near you soon!
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