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Hi , I am fro Leominster, sept bought a 2004 5vy R1 track bike, been down the road ,partially fixed, finished it and straight onto the race track.
I race with north glos road race club.
And member of MUAR if you know them.
Raced a fz1 fora year and half, frame cracked so had to grab first r1 that came up so that my parts fitted it, ie wheels.,crash guards, upgraded forks.
So will be asking a few questions.
Started racing last year at 57, got 7 trophys this year and 3rc overall in streetstock,

Hi

Welcome in “shady” watched you race in pembray when I went to see Daniel Jones on his r6.

Welcome in William
Sounds like the racing is going well so far
MUAR on facebook ? yeah interesting group
Enjoy the forum bud

Welcome to the forum William, like all racers, you have my total respect, you are doing something that I couldn’t [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]and at the tender young age of 57 [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]very impressive.

Age to me is a number rather than a tag.... like “your 59” (that’s me [emoji3]) so you are old... nah.... it’s how you feel inside and how you look after yourself that matters.....

Welcome to the forum and best of luck in adding to your trophy haul [emoji3]

Stephen [emoji3]


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Hi William and welcome. Impressive set of trophies in such a a short time. Respect . I'm the same age as you.............just the other way round though!!

Welcome aboard matey and well done on the racing acievements.
Another +50 here thats just bought an 04 5VY track bike. Literrally couple wks ago so havent tried her yet.
Enjoy the forum.

The 5VY is awsome to race, already had ohlins rear and ohlins steering damper with my upgraded forks it rides so smooth and feels safe even on braking with the rear 2 feet in the air

Slimwilly wrote: Sun Dec 09, 2018 5:20 pm The 5VY is awsome to race, already had ohlins rear and ohlins steering damper with my upgraded forks it rides so smooth and feels safe even on braking with the rear 2 feet in the air

Same Ohlins shock and damper on mine so loving the sound of this Mr. Willy (or can I call you Slim)! Presume thats carbon pads with your arse in the air and was thinking of swapping mine out until I’ve got used to it. First time will be Brands in April and Im fairly new to track. What do think??

Yes you will be ok, bike is easy to ride, I was raising the rear end at Castle coome,, lots of chicanes at the end of straights, and while racing you leave braking as late as possible,,,,sometines too late ,lol