Fun & Frolics

Friday night was a laugh, a brilliant summers evening was like a calling signal for all the bikers in London. I needed to test my new video setup, so a blast up to the Ace Cafe proved a success and captured some fun, though I can't publish it, for obvious reasons :) Chelsea Bridge and Soho were packed out with revelers and bikers alike. Chelsea saw more standup wheelies than you can shake a big stick at, and Soho saw more drunk women trying to hitch lifts on bikes than you could fit into ten double-decker buses.

My new Gilles rearsets turned up the day before on Thursday as well, they are amazing, a real item of quality, you certainly get what you pay for. They finish the look of the bike off really well, being black. The standard ones look so ugly in comparison, I don't know what Suzuki were thinking. The rearsets have smoothed out the gearshift very well, and the ergnomics of the ride are better, giving more leverage to flick the bike about as the pegs are higher, and further back, for a race position. Check out the gallery for some pictures.

Tuesday sees what's expected to be a mind-blowing trackday at Silverstone's GP circuit. There's about 20 friends of mine going, from four different groups. The bike is well sorted for this track now with the gearing lowered, the brakes uprated, and the handling improved. I'll be making use of the pro suspesion setup service as well, to try and get a bit more from the bike. I'll be filming it all on the video system, so should have some good footage from scraps that are no doubt likely to take place between so many friends on track at once.

Rossi wins the British GP at Donnington as well, wonderful, is there no limit to the talent of this guy? Great to see Shakey and Hodgeson mixing it up as well. Edwards put in a firing ride, and could be a bit of a surprise over the next few rounds. Shame Suzuki couldn't get in the top-five, but the top-ten is still good.