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It has been a while since my last update so I thought I would let you know what’s been happening over the past few months. After the Northwest 200 I was disappointed with my results but I kept things in perspective as it was my first International race for over twelve months so I did not beat myself up over it. As in the past few years the Northwest practice and race schedule was affected by constant weather changes and it was a very difficult week to try and set up three bikes between a dry and wet track. Some big positives for me over the week was my fitness on track was good and my shoulder was not giving me any trouble, even in the cold I was not getting any discomfort and it was nice to see all the hard work in my off season was paying off. I was genuinely happy to see the team get some excellent results with Alastair as he rode well and deserved to win the main event. Heading over to the TT with as much bike time and testing as I have ever done pre TT I was feeling confident and practice began well. Each night I was always in the top couple of bike on the Superbike leader board. As most of you would know the Superbike is my favourite bike to ride and class to race so my main focus was to get the big bike set up as best I could for the two six lap races. In doing this I spent the majority of my practice week on the Superbike and did very few laps on the Supersport and Superstock bikes and I think that showed in my results as they were not as high as I should have been. After winning the Superstock TT just two years ago to this year be fighting to stay in the top ten was not easy to take. As I said I had done very few laps on the stocker during the week and took a gamble on my suspension set up and had gone way to hard and was cursing myself for four laps that I made the bike so hard to ride! Superbike race one and I was pushing as hard as always and made that cock up into the Nook, was a silly thing to do! At the time it was a case of the back starting to come around a little under down shifting gears and I thought that I could just shoot down the road and pop back out onto the course. Shame I didn’t know there was a barrier stopping me doing that and I had to turn around and come back to where I had exited the track and then waste a lot of time waiting for a clear track to re enter the course. I kept my head down and was stoked to end up on the podium after such an eventful race. Come senior race day we had the bike to finish on the podium but I had a minor electrical drama that was causing an ignition spike in the high rpm range and had to return to the pits. We thought that we had it sorted for the re start but no such luck as it was doing the same thing again from very early in the lap. It was tough to see my first board showing me that I was in 3rd position when I knew my race was already over but things could always be worse. Both Conner and Guy are currently recovering from Injuries sustained in that race, with both of these riders falling it goes to show just how hot the pace was at this year’s TT. I wish them both all the best with their recovery as they are two top riders that will be missed at the racetrack.

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