BSD News

Ostende

Willy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:15:14 +0000

Wet weather put a damper on Paul Noble & BSD’s efforts in the European Sound of Thunder series.

Having not raced on roads, Paul found the race through the streets of Ostende in Belgium a learning curve. He gradually got used to the conditions and circuit to qualify in the top six but he tried to get to the front too quickly in the first race and found that straw bales do move if you hit them hard enough.

So a battered bike and rider had to be prepared for race two, as usual Mark (BSD) did a sterling job and the bike was ready. Paul got away with the front runners but local knowledge of the track proved key and he finished a very creditable fourth.. The race was held near the dock and it was the first time we had seen frogmen as marshalls.

Assen

Willy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:14:55 +0000

In terrible weather Paul Noble came away from the Dutch round of the European sound of thunder with a win & a second place. Practice saw Paul well down the qualifiers in 14th position, but Sunday saw a big improvement Mark (BSD) had made a few adjustments to the wet weather set up which enabled Paul to come through the field to take the win.

The second race was run in much worse conditions where it was not possible to see the riders ahead for the spray it didn’t stop them running at speeds of up to 170mph, Paul pulled through for a second place.

Mallory Park 28/10/07

Willy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:10:32 +0000

We turned up to the last round needing six points to clinch the chmpionship and as you would expect for the end of October the weather was atrocious.
So we opted for the safe route and took it easy in fourth place and let the chaps fighting
for second and third places in the championship battle it out.

Well thats it for another year we have suceeded in what we set out to do by winning the SOT championship. Now just to decide what we are going to do next year…

BSD Party

Willy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:46:16 +0000

Well we turned the workshop into a dance hall/bar for an evening with a live band beer and baked potatoes but sadly no mirrored disco ball.

Cadwell Park

Willy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:42:47 +0000

The qualifying went well and we ended up pole for the racing over the next two days, we needed to win all the races to be in the lead going to the last round at Mallory park.

The first race on Saturday went to plan with a good start and we led from the off to finish first, the second race however did not go quite to plan when Paul started in second gear, however it did make for a more exciting race as he had to fight his way through from fifth, perhaps he should do it more often…

Sundays race 1 and again we led from start to finish, race two was better with a good clean battle with Marcus Wade however we beat him to the line and finished first.

So its off to Mallory park on the 28th we need only six points to win the championship

Donington Park 12/08/07

Willy — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:46:01 +0000

Sorry for the delay in updating you all we have been very busy with the Duke

Donington went well we qualified on pole and in the race led from the front while settingfastest lap after fastest lap until we were black flagged at the end of lap 11 of 12, we hadsome smoke coming from the bike which turned out to be oil leaking from the catchment tank.

The reason for the oil started with a very disorganised grid line-up where the riders wereheld for over 7 minutes, the temperature got well over 100 degrees damaging the pistons,rings, barrels, bearings and the likes so it has taken up some time stripping and rebuilding the engine.

BSD Meets Ducati Xerox team

Willy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:52:41 +0000

We were invited to take our 1098 to Silverstone and meet the Ducati Xerox junior team it was a once in a life time experiance chatting to the whole team it was very interesting to compare the two bikes, our power output is the same as theirs so we must be doing something right.

It was interesting to chat with Davide Tardozzi over dinner and pick up a few pointers.

Ducati Club Race 9th & 10th June 2007

Willy — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:14:01 +0000

We arrived at Assen in time for qualifying as practice day had been fully booked very early on I did feel a little sorry for our rider jumping straight into qualifying at a track he had never been to before & its a hard track to learn, He qualified 19th in a field of 49 (with only 43 slots for race day) to say we were very happy with our grid position would be a slight understatement certainly after finding out what we had actually entered was not the Ducati club race but the Sound of Thunder International race series against European supersport champions, Danish superstock riders & NCR Corse rider Valter Bartolini.

Sunday was two ten lap races and it had cooled a little from Saturdays baking heat although it was still mighty hot!!! we got a good start in both the races finishing 12th in race one and 11th in race two, it certainly was an amazing weekend and one we would love to compete in again next year.

Cadwell Park 27/28th May

Willy — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:09:50 +0000

Saturdays practice saw Skelly have a huge highside, he wasnt to badly damaged thanks to Held gloves & Forcefield body armour although he was still bruised and battered with a very swolen hand (thankfully not broken).

Sunday’s first race was sadly a DNF due to an electrical problem (torrential rain didn’t help) second race saw us finish in fourth.

Monday’s races didnt go quite as planned due to a very stiff brake hand and yet more torrential rain leaving us with two fourth places but still leading the championship (Phew).

Now we are off to Assen for the Ducati club race on the 10th June. Wish us luck

Snetterton

Willy — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:46:16 +0000

The weekend went well for us (still a few glitches to iron out) with two race wins on Sunday then Mondays rain came down leaving us happy with 2nd & 4th place finishes. So its off to Cadwell with a 40 point lead in the championship lets hope we can keep it that way.