KwH
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Reged: 11/11/2006
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Loc: Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Every picture tells a story - click on it for more...
I'm not going to steal Kenny's thunder by writing anything about Saturday. Except this. Tomorrow is a whole new game with balls, and Kenny will be staring down to Hatchetts hairpin waiting fot the lights from the front row...
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http://www.cix.co.uk/~kwh
"Ride what you like, how you like, as often as you like; but always take responsibilty for your actions." - Anonymous Zen Guru
"Obviously all I'll care about is if it's good for wheelies (i.e. fluffs up my meagre skills), and what free gift they give on the launch." - Anonymous Moto-Journalism Guru
Edited by KwH (24/08/2008 00:45)
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al_biker
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Reged: 09/07/2008
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good pics there KWH 
Go on KP!
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chappers
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Reged: 31/12/2006
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Nice pics Ken good luck Kenny.
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Tank
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Reged: 27/11/2007
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Get in there kenny!!!
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fastjonny
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Reged: 08/11/2006
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Loc: England
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Yep, good luck KP
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shinybusa
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Good luck KP.. Go for it. 
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Biggles
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excellent all round.
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idiotsavant
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Ah, good luck, you just can't buy it, can you?
www.superbike.co.uk/bikes/current/Honda_CBR_600_RR_test_and_supersport_racing_at_SuperBike_magazine_news_117251.html
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chappers
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Ah, good luck, you just can't buy it, can you?
www.superbike.co.uk/bikes/current/Honda_CBR_600_RR_test_and_supersport_racing_at_SuperBike_magazine_news_117251.html
That's really shit news, on the bright side any crash you walk away from is a good one.
I realise it's probali a pointless offer but anything I can do to help I'll be happy to pitch in.
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Biggles
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excellent all round.
........ oh bollocks. Not so excellent.
Good to see you are much better shape than the bike. Youch.
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KwH
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Reged: 11/11/2006
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Loc: Carmarthen, Dyfed
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I didn't even know the dozy prawn (sorry, esteemed editorial unit) had fallen off, unfortunately. I was watching the race and when he failed to come around, I just assumed that he'd pulled off at the pits with a mechanical.
I'd turned up bright and early-(ish) to offer my services, but it was made abundantly clear to me that they were not required so I hit the embankment and watched the action instead. Pity, I reckon a quick run down the road to M&P (open Sundays) for a cheapo screen - http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=305339 - and a bit of creative hackery (I have a MiG welder if it's steel and I know a guy locally who uses TiG to weld exotic materials) on the quickshifter rod (and who needs a quickshifter anyway?), half a tube of chemical metal for the genny cover (or another flex of the credit card - http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=573074) and a roll of gaffer tape for the plastics and he'd have been signed off by the scrutes and back out in race 2. Clocks (and lap timers) are for gurls. And judging by Karl Harris on Monday, little fingers are redundant as well  .
One observation: ThundersportGB may be excellent racing, but by god the racers in all classes are a bunch of miserable self-absorbed feckers. Where I was, up on the embankment down at Brooklands, the marshals at the post down there were cheerfully and enthusiastically waving at every class on their slowing down lap after the flag, and did I see a single racer acknowledge them with so much as a raised hand?
Did I fuck! Not a single one, not in any class, not even the Superteens, who are clearly not being schooled in the fact that it is only because of the orange overalled volunteers standing out in the Welsh rain all weekend that they get to race at all...
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Ken Haylock
http://www.cix.co.uk/~kwh
"Ride what you like, how you like, as often as you like; but always take responsibilty for your actions." - Anonymous Zen Guru
"Obviously all I'll care about is if it's good for wheelies (i.e. fluffs up my meagre skills), and what free gift they give on the launch." - Anonymous Moto-Journalism Guru
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idiotsavant
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I didn't even know the dozy prawn (sorry, esteemed editorial unit) had fallen off, unfortunately....
I'd turned up bright and early-(ish) to offer my services, but it was made abundantly clear to me that they were not required...
Pity, I reckon a quick run down the road to M&P (open Sundays) for a cheapo screen - and a bit of creative hackery on the quickshifter rod, half a tube of chemical metal for the genny cover (or another flex of the credit card - and a roll of gaffer tape for the plastics and he'd have been signed off by the scrutes and back out in race 2. Clocks (and lap timers) are for gurls.
One observation: ThundersportGB may be excellent racing, but by god the racers in all classes are a bunch of miserable self-absorbed feckers.
Amazing. You don't actually see the crash, you don't see the extent of the damage, but you reckon it could have been fixed? You don't see the state of the 'dozy prawn' but somehow your analysis is that he should have been back out there later in the day?
Oh, and racers are all self-absorbed fuckers? What's that? Sour grapes because "it was made abundantly clear" your services were not required?
Glad nobody was really hurt, apart from your feelings, eh?
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KwH
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Reged: 11/11/2006
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Loc: Carmarthen, Dyfed
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I didn't even know the dozy prawn (sorry, esteemed editorial unit) had fallen off, unfortunately....
I'd turned up bright and early-(ish) to offer my services, but it was made abundantly clear to me that they were not required...
Pity, I reckon a quick run down the road to M&P (open Sundays) for a cheapo screen - and a bit of creative hackery on the quickshifter rod, half a tube of chemical metal for the genny cover (or another flex of the credit card - and a roll of gaffer tape for the plastics and he'd have been signed off by the scrutes and back out in race 2. Clocks (and lap timers) are for gurls.
One observation: ThundersportGB may be excellent racing, but by god the racers in all classes are a bunch of miserable self-absorbed feckers.
Amazing. You don't actually see the crash, you don't see the extent of the damage, but you reckon it could have been fixed? You don't see the state of the 'dozy prawn' but somehow your analysis is that he should have been back out there later in the day?
Oh, and racers are all self-absorbed fuckers? What's that? Sour grapes because "it was made abundantly clear" your services were not required?
Glad nobody was really hurt, apart from your feelings, eh?
No, as I said, they were clearly all self-absorbed fuckers because not one of them in any class could be arsed to so much as acknowledge the cheerfully waving marshals on the slowing down lap at any point during the day. Prawnus Editorialis can't be blamed for that because he unfortunately didn't actually get as far as the slowing down lap.
As I said, I didn't see the crash, I would have gone and enquired after his welfare if I had, and offered my services again, but I have seen the pictures of it. As for whether he could have got out in race 2 or not, I've no certain knowledge. I've also no idea whether he actually wanted to or not, of course. But given the damage as described, I'd say that the odds are that yes, he very likely could have got the bike onto the grid in race 2. It would certainly have been worth trying! I've seen and indeed thrown spanners myself at bikes with far more extensive damage than that described and had them made race or trackday-session ready in far less time than Kenny had between races.
As for any hurt feelings I may have experienced, I'm sure I shall learn to come to turns with them, given sufficient time and trauma counselling. I'll admit to fleetingly thinking 'miserable ungrateful tosser' at the time, but that's only because I am a precious and emotionally fragile flower. It passed quickly.
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http://www.cix.co.uk/~kwh
"Ride what you like, how you like, as often as you like; but always take responsibilty for your actions." - Anonymous Zen Guru
"Obviously all I'll care about is if it's good for wheelies (i.e. fluffs up my meagre skills), and what free gift they give on the launch." - Anonymous Moto-Journalism Guru
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RobH
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Reged: 14/12/2006
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I was at Pembrey with Kenny. In fact, Kenny was sharing my awning with me, so I saw first hand how badly damaged the bike was.
If Kenny had a full arsenal of spares, then there's a slim chance that he could have got out.
Thing is, amongst a load of other damage, he holed his engine casing and filled the hole with gravel and mud which, as anyone with even half a modicum of intelligence or mechanical aptitude will tell you, isn't a brilliant engine additive - in short, had Kenny ran the engine without at least flushing the oil through (I'd have gone as far as to strip the motor myself) he'd be risking major engine damage.
So, on his own without full factory support or even just a spare motor, he wasn't ever going to make the second race.
As for the self-absorbed fuckers, I think that's more than a little harsh. We may not thank the marshals immediately after a race when we're disappointed and pissed off with how our weekend has gone, but if you were actually involved in racing, you'd realise that the marshals are as much a part of the paddock community as the racers and we often applaud them or at least thank them, quite possibly when you're not watching.
Racing isn't easy - though it seems that most people that have never done it think it is. Maybe you should give it a go, Ken?
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chappers
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Racing isn't easy - though it seems that most people that have never done it think it is. Maybe you should give it a go, Ken?
Can I, can I sir. 
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FastBikerBoy
old hand
Reged: 08/11/2006
Posts: 1124
Loc: Norfolk surrounded by Yanks
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Racing isn't easy - though it seems that most people that have never done it think it is
Unless you ride a Ducati - in which case you just strap yourself on and sit back and relax. Has a malfunctioning front end at the moment though.
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