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This is Carl a while back, the engine in the bike behind him is the one he is racing next week.

First time out in proper competition for Carl next weekend. UK etbike championship at Santa Pod. First time as a 2 bike oldskool team.

Think we are ready for round 1 of the etbike championship at Santa Pod next weekend. Bit of final tinkering today.

Lowered his pb from 11.11 to 10.59 at 128 mph today, well proud of him. Great riding with a hefty sidewind.

Stickered up , ETB1102 ready for action. Test day at the Pod tomorrow, looking to get in the 10,s

the rule was already there , just being enforced more vigorously from 2022!

Finally got out for test day 3 after covid striking the house, all OK now. Carl is getting off the line better and riding the bike much more aggressively, knocked another 4 tenths off so now at 11.13 at 123mph.

Hi all, bought a 750 frame a while back, no number plate , just the frame number, starts gs75x 724... tried a guy on Eblag but he can't get any results for the frame number, was hoping to build up a cheap road going bike but not going to waste my time if I can't register it. Any ideas ?

Last round of the championship this weekend , learnt a lot about setting up the Kat this year , still making changes as we speak but got a much better handle on it now, next year I hope to be a lot more consistent. Lots of us fighting for second place. Good luck to everyone in with a shot , Paul Adams , Dave Grundy , Bill Marsh , Robbie Dobbie , Matt Jones , Justin Malton , Michael Gooding . Wont be changing my strategy so if anyone sees me asleep outside at 2 in the morning prod me and tell me to get to bed. Thanks to Jon Williams , the brains and mouth of our team , Carl Hester , the future etbike champ , Marie Hester , everything! Dave Forest and George Forest for continued support. Going to give it the beans as usual and try not to let you all down. God its easy going in a straight line! Big thanks to the gsx master Roger Upperton for giving me this beast!

thanks mate

anyone know if sump plate is same on et and efe , stripped the plug and racing on saturday!

Hi , looks like the rules mean I need a 250mm rear disc on my Katana Drag bike , it has a bandit 12 rear wheel . Got til next season but any ideas?

Excellent long weekend at the Euro Shoot Out , not fully recovered yet! Qualified number 1 with a 9.01 on 9.00 dial in. Made a few more adjustments to the clutch as it was hurting my coccyx with the hard launches! Round 1 was a bye which was lucky as I had the only hiccup of the weekend and it spun up off the launch, wierd. Round 2 was against Johnny Young on his Harley, he flew to a pb breakout and another 9.01 sorted that. Semi Final against Philip Pratt was a good race, I think I gave him a bit of a run for his money and crossed the line first but after dialing 8.90 and easing off before the line thought I had it! Unfortunately I ran a pb up to about 1000ft and broke out with 8.87 ! Well done to Phil for his great run . Loads of laughs and lots of great achievements by the bike racers there. Thanks to my team. Never eating a burger again!

2nd trip out delayed due to bike and rider issues. Chain run was skimming the frame so went less offset to cure that. Running a bit rich so will adjust that before next outing. Carl managed to knock 4 tenths off so standing at 11.57 at 117mph currently. Loads to come.

Greenlight Nationals report! Couple of decent runs on the friday test, both 9.0 so was feeling ok going into qualifying. Whole of first day was a wash out so went into a 1 shot qualifier on sunday morning. Dialled 8.95 and hoped for a similar run to friday. The Kat hooked up nice and probably ran its smoothest run yet. 8.89 at 146mph with a pb 1.29 60 foot time. This was obviously too quick so ended up 12th and last qualifier. Up against Matt Jones in round one who had a bit of a mad start so just had to cruise through at 9.20 into round 2 against Bill Marsh , pulled a reasonable light and was away first but the rear tyre span up for some unknown reason and my run was over. First wheelspin since the bars were fitted 29 runs ago so very curious! Bill went on to reach the rain abandoned final against Philip Pratt . Thanks to Carl, Jon and Marie for helping as always. Good to have Ben along too, our swiss based mate who I haven't seen for many years. Roll on euro,s in 2 and half weeks. Let there be sun!!

Festival of power. Just recovered! Number 1 qualifier, bye in round 1, beat by Paul Adams in round 2. It was close but I could and should have made it closer. Still learning that things happen differently at 149mph than 125mph. Couple of boggy starts messed up my consistency a bit and made a couple of adjustments for the run which meant the Kat flew, running a second pb of 8.85 while rolling off sometime before the finish. Had a great time with all the usuall guys and girls at the event. Well done to Philip Pratt for the great win and Matt the chop Jones for an amazing event. Thanks obvs to my crew, Carl, Marie, Jon, George and Dave.

Off to Santa Pod for 4 days for the Festival of Power. Our biggest event of the year. Weather not looking good but will do our best to keep the Kat on top of the pile. Still looking for a 150 mph terminal speed. Main thing is to bring her home in one piece.

you could get new suzuki friction plates with new standard springs , see how that feels

On the 8.87 149mph run. Photo thanks to Callum Pudge.

Brief outing with the old school stockers at Santa pod today. Due to weather only one proper run but smashed a tenth off my pb for 8.87 at 149 mph. Loving looking at that time on the screen, real speed at last.