News from Alf's motorcycles at the Manx Classic TT

24 September 2013

News from Alf's motorcycles at the Manx Classic TT

race result - Mick found a pub!

Here is a nice little bit of news from the horses mouth - well from Hazel actually - about how team Alf's got on racing on the isle of Man - thanks very much Hazel sounds as though a good time was had by all.

Running on number 21

Alf, Mick, The Burn and crew were back on the Isle of Man this year, competing in the 90th Anniversary CLASSIC MGP TT on a 1991, Ducati Corsa 888 - of course re-built, engineered and tweaked by ´Alf himself ´ Running on No: 21

The news!

The bike reached 153.9 mph on the Sulby straight! but then decided to blow hot water all over Mick´s crotch :( but he was ok! The lads scratched their heads a few times and as always solutions were in the making.....
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The practice sessions were beneficial for many reasons and as Mick said at the time, the small problems were not so bad compared to some of the issues others were experiencing.

Well!

'The Alf´s Racing Team' made it to the race following a stressful evening after the day's practice session held at Jurby during the Festival.  The Ducati 888 returned with a knocking sound, thought to be one of the big ends, and the team were unable to check this out until back at the garage courtesy of the ´Bartons´.  There was nothing else to do but get all hands on deck for a precise dismemberment of the bike and re-build of the donor bike engine and Yes! Six and a half hours later, at approx 00:45 am the morning of Race Day, Monday 26th August the bike engine roared into life once again!

The fab four

The awesome four Pit Crew: Alf, Burn, John Brookes, Patrick Banfield all played a role, eventually falling into bed in anticipation of the daylight hours - Race Day - Bike rebuild - No practice Just straight in.... Go Mickman!

As the morning broke to an overcast day, mist on the mountain was a concern in case it meant delays to racing.  With expectation in the air, everyone went about their duties.  The Staff from Alf´s found a perfect spot  on the outside of the circuit, so they could  escape later in the day back to the airport.  The Crew, Mick and friends went off to their respective areas.

The report came though that the Bike had passed scrutineering - Yeah!

The race time put back from 2 pm until 3pm - Pah!

The race starts... -Yay!

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Mick got away in 14th place.  With great excitement we lent over the Marawn Church Wall on
the A1 Peel to Crosby road, video & camera´s poised as Haze, Paul, Boyd, Dez, Gary, Graham, Ollie amazed that not only could we almost touch the road but the bikes flat out were just feet in front of us.  After a few minutes Mick roared by on the Ducati 888 Corsa..... check out this video link and turn up the sound!


We managed to see three laps of Mick´s race. We later heard that at the Kirk Michael marker the Ducati lost power and Mick had to retire due to an electrical fault which occured half way round on the fourth lap!

Race Result: Mick found a Pub!

Whilst we may not have completed the race, the pride and experienced gained as always by participating in this level of racing against the Dunlops, Barton and McDonalds of this world is no less that second to none.

For an official report please follow link:


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