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Friday, 7 October 2011

Right up your street?

Well if your street happens to be on the same as Stafford show ground or you have any appreciation for motorbikes then mentally note:

Racefit/stand M27
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show
Saturday/Sunday 15/16 October

Sorry no Vincent Black Shadows or Brough Superiors being auctioned on our stand, but there will be the man with over 1000 Maryport Tales, Black Dogs member, Erinaceus Europaeus expert, historian and builder of "THE" iconic Moriwaki Z1R

and some 80's vision

Factory floor At Lockheed Advanced Development Projects titanium superplane production line! ...where would we be without them? well if the west hadn't had such a massive requirement for this amazing material we may not have the opportunity to buy such exotic parts for our superbikes now....

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

The mighty Birchell Bros......

....amazingly their exhaust is so "whisper" quiet it was welcome at Donnington!

A WIN AND A THIRD PLACE FOR BIRCHALL RACING AT DONINGTON

Mansfield brothers Ben and Tom Birchall took a third place in race one going on to win the second race in round six of the Eastern Airways British F1 Sidecar championship at Donington Park at the weekend to edge to within seven points of the runner up spot held by Scott Lawrie and James Neave.

The Mitchells of Mansfield brothers timed their qualifying to perfection setting the fastest lap of the session on their final lap of 1m 36.611 seconds to snatch pole from under the nose of championship leaders Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze.

As race one set off on Saturday afternoon Ben and Tom settled into second place to follow Reeves/Cluze for the majority of the 10 laps. The pair pulled clear of the pursuing pack and the Birchalls set about reeling in the leaders. At the half way stage of the race Ben and Tom rounded Melbourne alongside their opponents but were unable to make the move stick. Next time around they passed the leaders at Coppice but instantly slowed allowing Reeves back through.

It was obvious the Mansfield pair had struck trouble and although they kept going they were caught by Lovelock/Lawrence who passed them at the Melbourne loop on the final lap. Although the Birchalls put in a brave effort they were just beaten to the finish line by the smallest of gaps – eight thousandths of a second separating them from second place.

After the race Ben explained the problem: “As we went to take the lead I felt there was something wrong and it turned out to be a puncture in the rear tyre. We managed to nurse the outfit home and just missed out on second place.”

With the tyre replaced Ben and Tom went out for race two confident they had the pace to win this time. They began the second race on Sunday morning from the second row of the grid and moved up to second as they rounded Redgate for the first time. But they were right on the back wheel of Reeves/Cluze who held a slender lead and after allowing time for the tyres to come up to temperature Ben made his move passing Reeves at the Esses on lap three. From there they never faltered and set the fastest lap of the race on the next lap and again on the next two circulations to break the existing lap record by just under a second with a time of 1m 35.229s – 94.03mph.

The pair pulled clear of Reeves and crossed the finish line 3.9seconds ahead to take the win, maximum points and win the Bill Boddice Trophy for a fourth time.

“We felt strong for the second race and put into practice what we knew we could achieve. Once we got in front we just rode off the pit board and brought the bike home for the win. We are really pleased to win the Bill Boddice Trophy for the fourth time and also delighted we could win at our home track of Donington Park. It is good that we were able to produce a win for all our sponsors and friends that came to support us over the weekend.”

The next round is at Silverstone but the Birchall brothers will have to give that a miss as they travel to Le Mans for the final round of the world championship where they are currently holding second place. Although the title has already gone the way of Paivarinta and Hanni, a good result at Le Mans will clinch the runner up spot for the team who take part in the final world championship race on Saturday, September 24.

Friday, 9 September 2011

Z 'er 1400!

Another big block Z ...courtesy of APE giving us the chance again to re-live our teenage memories, bigger & better has to be has to be the motto for any modified Z owner

default exhaust Racefit Titanium LEGEND 4-1

Transformed B-King

We're building some more variations of our take on the B-King exhaust. We have some full systems and some slip-ons/modified OE headers to make over the next few weeks, I guess what I'm saying is if you have 1 of these outrageous (future cult) Suzuki's & have ever been interested in what Racefit can do to lighten its load ......call it a late Fathers Day or early Christmas present, whatever excuse you use to the wife "now really is the time"