The second round of our championship arrived and a pretty good day graced the skies for it, run by the South Birmingham Motorcycle Club in some beautiful Shropshire countryside.

Rob and Andy needing a good consistent result had made more alterations to the sidecar from the previous round and were looking forward to getting on the podium! Head angle was altered for more positive steering as were the front forks replaced with slightly shorter units.

The trial was one lap of approximately 40 miles including road/highway miles and 30 tough sections, many being “double subs” so as the team finished one section they had already started the next (not a lot of rest time!

There seemed to be one section after another that went through water (brooks). This did not deter Rob & Andy as they had some terrific rides throughout the day both sporting their new “DAVIDA” supplied custom painted helmets and GP Leathers riding suits. They were using a different rear tyre from there usual and found this to be very good indeed (more info on this later on the website).

As these events used to be called “reliability trials” in the 1960’s when the motorcycles being used were current models the bikes really are put through their paces and this event being especially tough did take some “victims” but only two in the sidecar class had to retire. The day ended with a 3^rd place finish which was a little disappointing but still leaves Rob & Andy in a comfortable 2^nd place overall in the Championship Standings. Next round Glos on May 17^th.

 

The engine settings (valve timing) had been returned to 2008 spec and this was found to be far better than the first round, it will be left as is but the team will experiment with a new camshaft they have commissioned.

 

Both Rob & Andy would like to again thank all who are involved with this season and thank them for their support.