How to get started in Racing
Fancy trying your hand at motorbike racing? Before you start, there are a number of things you need to do writes Nicole Lynch All my life I have been around motorbikes. My Dad used to race, but that was years before I came along. He has always had motorbikes though and some of my first memories are of being on the back of his bikes and riding around the country. I also got my first bike when I was just five years old. My brothers...
A Summer of Racing
This Summer has been an action packed one writes Nicole Lynch Time flies when you’re having fun and this season has definitely flown for me. It’s crazy to think that already there are only three rounds left to in the Thundersport GB this year. I haven’t been the best at keeping my blog up to date due to how much of a whirlwind this year has been but I’ll give you a quick update about what’s been happening so far and I’ll update my...
The 2018 Race Season Begins
After months of preparation it was time for my first race of the year writes Nicole Lynch Sitting on a petrol can beside my bike, leathers, gloves, boots and helmet on. Visor open, but only a bit, the universal sign for ‘please don’t speak to me’ not meant in a rude way but everyone understands. The final two minutes before it was time to go out on the track to qualify for my first race of the year on my Medlar Racing...
Preparations begin for the 2018 Racing Season
With the 2018 racing season only weeks away serious preparations get underway writes Nicole Lynch What do you get when you combine motorbike racers, and the last 3 weeks before the race season starts? The answer is insanity. Not a bad insanity, but it gets manic. You suddenly realise all the preparation you’ve been doing all winter has still somehow left you with a million things to prepare and not enough hours in the day to get...
Nicole Lynch looks ahead to 2018
For the last time in 2017 we catch up with Nicole Lynch The racing season has now ended and although many people call the winter months the ‘off season’ there never really is any time off. Almost as soon as 2017 was over, it’s time to start focusing on 2018. Reducing the bike weight Immediately we got to work and made a list of all the things we wanted and needed to upgrade on the bike for the following year. I...