have been experimenting with a so called 4 ton bottle jack to discover if the main shafts in the flywheels might move...no way ...all I get if bent bolts...looks like a job for a power press.

Well the new season has started a bit slow. I was down at the Kirkbride strip in Cumbria in April and a persistent misfire slowed me. Then on Sunday past the event at York was a complete washout.

...then I find that my hero Geoff Duke has died at the age of 92...well for a world class  racer I think his age may be a record !!