castrol R

a drop of this in the lawnmower petrol makes for lovely lawn perfume as you mow

post

i love it when the post man leaves something nice won,t get to fit it until sunday have a wedding to go to tomorrow and hangover on saturday not the best condition to be drilling fairings ! this might get me off my arse to finish the ducati,,,,,

four in a row

ian hutchinson took his fourth TT win of the week and is looking good for the senior tomorrow as well

fairing

am waiting on a fairing to come for the ducati hope its like this one

guinness

the pint of guinness which is so important to all of us irish ,first the name i call it stout or porter and the people on the east coast call a pint of plain ,its a great drink and has the effect of making the drinker more tired and docile as opposed to some largers which make you want to rip somebodys head off the important thing with porter is that the pour has two stages firstly two thirds up the glass and when its settled then the last third also always let is settle before you take a mouth full .now as you drink it you should get remnants of the head leaving rings on the glass per mouthful on the way down the glass if the glass is clear on the sides as it emptys then you are in trouble and will have either a sore head or arse in the morning and if you enter the bar check what the patrons are drinking if there is a good run on the porter then go for it .this might seem a bit complicated for the sake of a mere drink but if you get it right its one of lifes great pleasures and if i get a chance i will show you the technique in practice

super stock

not ryans biggest fan but had him tipped for the win in the superstock and was dissapointed when he didn,t take the win but he came across very well on the radio and seemed very happy with second so well done Ryan

supersport and superstock tt

am looking foward to todays racing its great to be able to listen to it on manx radio tt on the net am going to stick with archie

superbike race

the superbike race was delayed for three and a half hours but boy was it worth the wait i taught surely archie was on for a third and maybe a second but sadly it all went wrong in the last ten miles of the race,well done hutchy with the win and especially well done micheal dunlop with a second and also joining the exclusive 130mph club was glad when the race was over because my stomach was sick with excitment .roll on monday !!

on the edge

borrowed this pic ot the tt forum if you get a chance zoom on the tyres and see his contact patch this is how hard you have to go to set a 130 plus lap no wonder its a exclusive club,

Rory Gallagher festival

a new bronze Rory Gallagher statue has been unveiled in ballyshannon and there is a Rory festival this weekend there so might take a spin down there this saturday night can sleep under the stars .

badger

here is my badge collection two of Joey ,Manx and Ireland and CoC have lots of badges but sometimes less is more,,,,,,

archie

looking good and 5th in superstock practice lastnight,

funny sunday

sold the montesa trials bike on sunday was kinda sorry to see it go but need the space and before it went it managed to bang my shin with the kickstart should always wear trials boots for kicking .on way back from delivering the montesa i came across two riders broken down and was able to help them with my trailer they have a cupla nice hondas and dont live too far from me .

pimped bmx

put the ape hanger bars of the xs on a bmx for my daughter and sprayed it down shes on it all the time now it was in the shed rusting maybe thats been eco friendly ?

TT prediction

I reckon that Archibald could do well at the TT this year especially if there is a wet race and he is fast in practice already there is nothing like experience at the TT,

fresh from the island

these photos are from the TT paddock on friday night the bikes were out in the pre TT classic races thanks to nsu supermax for the photos

clint & sandie

arlo guthrie

honda

this 400,4 has a nice paintjob

leitrim tour

the works bmw about to go spinning through leitrim on a sunny day,,,,,,

roadracer

this road racer did his first northwest in 1957 practice was on a thursday night after racing in cookstown which was held on wednesday he is still bike mad and was good company whan i called to visit on tuesday on my tour of leitrim.