Gary Johnson
Hi folks, how are we all doing? First of all I’d just like to say how sad it’s been to hear the news of William D unlop passing away after crashing at a road race in Ireland. It’s a massive loss to the sport, he was a great guy who I think everybody in the racing family got on well with, myself included.
After coming home from the TT things have gone pretty damn quiet, really. After spending so long at the NW2 00 and the TT with L ee H ardy’s RAF Regular and Reserves K awasaki team, and living in each other’s pockets, it seems strange to be away from them but they are all back on BSB duty. And it looks like they have been having a good run of it too with J ake D ixon taking a win and a second place at K nockhill at the weekend, I’m sure the boys will be delighted with that. I had looked at trying to get to a few BSB meetings with the team for some good saddle time in preparation for the Macau G P in November, and there was the mention of the having a go at the Ulster G P too but it doesn’t look like I’ll be getting across for that, unless a deal comes up with another team in the meantime.
I’ve got a few bits going on in the background with my Triumph 6 7 5 . I’m trying to build something a little bit trick to go short circuit racing and maybe enter the odd endurance race on. Without saying too much, I’m trying to work with Triumph to build myself something special (best guesses on the back of a postcard) – I want something that’s got plenty of poke but still nice and reliable.
Speaking of Triumph, I have been doing quite a few bits with them recently. I was at Mallory P ark with them where I got the chance to fly round on the Street Triple and Speed Triple ranges. C oming from a racing and sportsbike background, it’s always interesting to have a blast on naked bikes like those and I’ll tell you what, they aren’t half good. Within a few laps round Mallory, I’d turned into a hooligan, backing all the bikes in on the lockstops and laughing my head off. They are bloody ace things to ride, I can see why so many people go down that route.
Other than that it’s been a quiet month for me. L ike most bikers (I imagine), I’m not really that interested in football, but I have been enjoying going to the pub with a load of my mates and seeing England doing so well in the World C up. By the time you read this they will have either won it or not won and the World C up will be over so I’ll be in search of another excuse to go to the pub… did someone say Wimbledon was on?