Nearly on time? Not entirely sure, but here it if anyways. Been enjoying the weather and managed to fit in a couple of nice day rides. Did the Taupo Ducati track day thing las week. Didn't go out on the track but went and watched. It's funny I see all these guys doing what we did 20 or so years ago. New race replica bikes and plenty of bravado. I was amazed at how many riders didn't have replica fairings, that was the first thing we would do was swap them out in case of damage. But everyone seemed to be running their originals. A couple of 916/966's there running which was nice to listen to. Troy Bayliss was also in attendance. Now this guy can peddle that's for sure. He was on a standard V4S and you could tell just by listening to him using it that t was fast. He still has that amazing slide it in style and to boot, he's a bloody nice all round guy. I have met him before and he hasn't changed a single bit, just a normal bloke that can go faster then most on two wheels and in particular Ducatis. So that was a nice day out. Isn't this weather great? We have a ride coming up with the lizards, but for a couple of reasons I may not go.so I am thinking about heading down south now for a week or two to have a quiet look around while it is warm and the days as long. So I'll keep you up dated on that. So here's the blog for you all to enjoy. So.......enjoy.. I love this time of year as the new livery for the MotoGP bikes come out, so keep your eyes open for a smattering of those in this issue.

 

Back in the day when I first started racing. I had an awful lot of fun that's for sure.

Saw this bike for the first time last weekend, it looks beautiful now.

Well that's about all for this time. Hope you enjoyed it, see you all at some stage. Oh heading down south in a few weeks so look forward to catching up with some of you down there.

Cheers

GV