STORIES
TOP 3 CRASHES
1. NEIL EVACUATES AT TOP SPEED
I managed to get round the first corner at Rowrah, however the brakes fell off when i went to brake for the second. Flat out with no brakes i decided to lay the bike down, but slid, (still flat out) into the very unsafe safety barrier. It didnt move an inch. I however bounced off, and over it. F#cking hell it hurt! I couldnt move for 5 minutes, and that was the end of my meeting. I was walking like Robocop for a fortnight after. Score 10/10
2. FRASER TAKES FLIGHT AT BLYTON
Fraser, obviously appalled by the smell at Blyton decided to take Flight 110 out of there. A rush of blood saw Fraser try to take a slower rider round the outside, up the tirewall, and 6 ft into the air. Me, Al, Dad and Bob were all watching in disbelief as the bike hit the tirewall at a fair old speed, catapulting Fraz into the air, arms and legs flailing. Spectacularly, the petrol tank overtook him in mid air. Score 10/10
3. NEIL GETS TAKEN OUT
As was the case in the bad old days, we were all on the grid at once. Some of the guys on the faster bikes liked treating the slower bikes as chicanes. Our bike was slow back then and some f#ckwit on a class 1 bike went under me as i turned in. I went straight down and bang, collarbone burst. There was comedy after however, as while lying in agony in the ambulance my brother Alasdair asked if he could have his knee sliders back as i wouldnt be needing them! Score 8/10
FIRESIDE ANTICS
As Scotsmen, we were drawn to the alcohol fuelled antics of fellow Scotsmen Team Rajj, and are now pals. We always huddle round their fire for a bevvy after the racing. There has been many a funny story, but for the most part its drunken banter and you 'just had to be there' and anyway i cant remember most of them.
WILD TURKEY
One hangover i do remember was after challenging team Rajj to a drinking bout. I thought i had the legs on them after consuming a whole bottle of Tesco's own (horrible, looks like 2 stroke oil) Wild Turkey, but i was wrong. I knew my mind had gone when i found myself volunteering to be a sidecar passenger! When i awoke the next morning i had clearly 'overshot my brakemarker' big style. I could barely stand up. I managed to get my leathers on, however when i tried to straddle the bike i nearly fell off the other side. I did 2 laps and went back to bed. Good laugh though! NB this was a few seasons ago, now i can be seen with a glass of wine and 2 litres of Highland Spring, I am in bed (Nissan Almera, very comfortable btw) by 10pm with teeth brushed.
DANGEROUS ROB
Rob is mostly found picking out shards from the crankcase of a broken chinese engine, however give him a (lot of) drink and the fun begins. First out is the axe, closely followed by anything highly flammable and gaseous which ends up in the fire, then like a marathon runner he gets into his groove and refuses to go to bed, even when escorted off the premises by his brother in law, hes back 5 minutes later. Only happens once a season, but worth waiting for.