COLUMNIST THE TIM AND TOM SHOW HEAVE TWIN RACING
I am two rounds deep into the British Superbike championship and I wouldn't be lying if I said it's been an eye-opener. In my last column, just before the UK testing started, I talked about how I had hoped for four days of dry practice on my new superbike, to get comfortable and get the job underway.
Well, I don't know who ordered the bad weather, but that's all we got! In two days at Donington Park, I did a grand total ofelectronics out and bedded in some new Brembo discs… nice. A couple of days later, we headed to Silverstone for the second testing event. This time we were treated to two days of heavier rain with added strong winds, but with only one week to the first round (at Silverstone), we figured we'd best just get on with it. I must say, I really enjoyed riding my new R1 superbike in the wet, and the team gave me a great set-up that allowed me to chip away nicely and I ended up about ninth overall in the wet, so I was pretty chuffed with that.
