Euro Flattrack Results 2009

Dutch Brothers Euro Press release

Belli Wins last round & Boastie international flat track champion!

Fully recovered from his injuries sustained at round 3, there was no stopping Belli! Racing a classic Wood-Rotax for the occasion at the beautiful short track at Terenzano in sunny Italy, he finally found himself back in the top honor spot! Even though he had to miss several rounds, this result gained him third place in the championship! Jan-Willem Jansen and guest rider Jacopo Monti fought fierce battles all day, neither willing to give an inch. But at the end of the day it was Monti with the better over-all result, which secured him second place on the podium with Jansen third. Pete Boast, racing a special colored Suzuki, started the day with an 8 point lead in the cup and 4th place was enough to secure him the title. A big congratulation to the Englishman, who had already secured the British title a month earlier! Dutch ace Halbe Scheper was struggling all day and 5th place in the race dropped him back to 4th over-all.

Sensation of the day was local hero Massimiliano Andreotti on his beautiful Wood-Honda Flat tracker! Massimiliano was racing hard at the front until he went down in heat 1 and had to pull out with a damaged shoulder. Round 6 also saw the debut of rookie Ronald Shamier! Aboard a Honda CRF450 he managed to secure 7th place on the day, making this a very successful first race for him. We look forward to seeing more of him next year.

A great end to a fantastic season!

Round 5, Heusden-Zolder(B), Expert results:
1. #1 Marco Belli, Varese (I), Wood-Rotax
2. #5j Jacopo Monti, Tradate (I), Wood-Rotax
3. #15 Jan-Willem Jansen, Adetswil(CH), Dutch-Brothers KTM
4. #54 Pete Boast, Market Rasen(UK), team Suzuki
5. #28 Halbe Scheper, Emmer-Compascuum(NL), Honda

Championship positions: 1 Pete Boast 70pts, 2 Jan-Willem Jansen 62pts, 3 Marco Belli 60pts, 4 Halbe Scheper 60pts, 5 Henderik Mulder 51ptn,....

Next up:

4-6 December, Custombikeshow, Bad Salzuflen (D)

27 December, Indoor flat track, Towerlands centre, Braintree (UK)

2009 Shorttrack season from Steve Baldock

I got a CD of photographs from Steve today. I love the pack shots

Two good Links

No 1 Superbike planet page of Kocinski's Rotax Here thanks Geoff. His bike is pretty special

No 2 Loudpop Voyager Nice stuff Here thanks Graham

Weston Super Mare 2003

Here is a picture of me any Geoff at Weston in 2003. We finished 21st I think. After the first lap we had no barke pads left so we had to use the quads to slow down. By the end the front wheel was virtually square. The next year I found some better pads and we finished 12th. What a great bike!! Afterwards we built a nose cone for it and me and Phil rode it in Long Distance trials. I will find a picture for another post.

Dont Honk youll Disturb the Hulk

Would love that sticker. Our race van could do with some help from Iron Man.....

Nice Bikes

These guys have an interesting Blog and they make some nice bikes check out there website also. There is a chance I may get to ride a really special Triumph in the UK Thunderbikes next year. More on that (Operation Darling) very soon I hope.

Strip Down

A clean bike in a clean workshop what could be better??

5 xrounds of the Shorttrack Champs

2 x Euro Rounds

3 x Flattrack Friday

2 Practices

At least 5 slide's too the ground and a couple of proper crashes and the Co-built looks like its holding up OK. I had a lovely day today recovering from the pig flu. I cleaned out the workshop and then took my FT bike apart. Even the cat got in on the action. Anyway I have a list of stuff to do for the bike whilst I am still motivated. My plan is to get it out of the way in the next few days so its ready to go. What are the chances of that?

Billy Jackson

ACU British MMX Round 9 Culham from Billy Jackson on Vimeo.

Ive mentioned him on here before but you should check out Billy's Films. I am hoping to get him to an UK shorttrack meeting next season. I think he is really talented.

Top Triangles

Here are the next 3 Co-Built bikes during the first stages of production. Its can be done off the main jig with the help of the angle plates which the top unwelded assembly is in. The Bottom one in the picture is on the main jig now and will be a complete frame very soon. That one is already accounted for as is number two. Swing arms are all cut and currenlty being machined so things should move pretty quickly over the next few weeks. I love the look of the 'in frame oil tank' although I am thinking of using an external oil tank for our first Rotax streettracker. Hopefully I will have the motor out of the donor bike this week and work on the streettracker can start.

Co-Built KTM Parts

If you race a KTM in the UK or Europe you may be interested in a little project we have just started with Jan from the Dutch Brothers. We are about to produce a set of FT pipes for his KTM 450/525 bikes using a supertrapp end can the one with the tunable rings
.

They will be available with or without the supertrapp and will be somewhere around the £250 mark for the pipe without the end can (inc all fittings). Its going to depend on how many we can sell up front as to the exact cost.
They will look something like the one pictured above once finished (thats Jans current pipe), they will be manufactured from Stainless steel and supplied with all the fittings that are required. The standard KTM pipes bend tightly out of the ports so these should add some real usable power as well as looking like a proper FT bike. Let us know if you want one. The first batch will be available in Decemeber. Mail to info@co-built.net

Racing in France

Montclair Pits

The Good, the bad and Geoffs raw arse.

Geoff had some anal issues while we were away cased by prolonged sweating in cycle shorts. The lady carrying the box is the track doctor. We all had a full medical from her before we were allowed to race (no joke). The two beauties at the bottom were the lovely owners of the cafe leden a mother and daughter apperanlty.

Some race pics to follow

Race preperation

Here are some photos of our preperation for a MX we rode in France on sunday.

Co-Built and Friends Factory Outing

I took over 300 pictures this weekend so I have enough to last a few days on the blog. Here is my first post. 7 of us went down to St Julia du Bec to ride bikes. We went trail riding 2 days and took part in a traditional style MX (Scramble) on the 3rd day. We had great food, great company and loads of fun.

Wish I was there....

If only it were possible to be two places at once and I had unlimited funds and time.

European Flattrak Final 2009

A fantastic turn up at the recent Chris Carr training in Zuidbroek!
Despite the compromised weather conditions, nearly 30 riders showed up,
including road racers, motor crossers and grass track racers.
They all took the unique opportunity to meet and learn from
the seven-time AMA Grand National Champion and fastest man on two wheels, Chris Carr!
Thanks again Chris and good luck in Pomona coming weekend!

Now we look forward to the season finale of the International Mefo Sport
Flattrack Cup 2009!
Terenzano will host the championship deciding flat track finale on their beautiful
short track. It is situated in the north-east of Italy, and they have recently hosted
the penultimate speedway GP.
Pete Boast from England is leading by 8 points. Then comes the still injured Steve Hall
with 50 points, followed by Halbe Scheper with 49 points, Jan-Willem Jansen with
48 points and Henderik Mulder with 41 points. We also welcome back from injury the
defending champion Marco Belli who has a realistic chance of a good podium finish.
So the heat will be on!

Co-Built Tours

This weekend we go on tour, 7 guys from the UK will travel on the annual Co-Built trip to ride in the Aude region of France. We spend 4 nights down at Mouli-dal-Roc and ride out to do large off road loops each day. We have an excellent guide and this year he has arranged for us to ride in an event on Sunday. My french isnt quite good enough to tell you exactly what event yet but here are some pictures he sent. Looks like some sort of Special test without jumps. Anyway it will be fun.

Hero's Legend

A message from Jenifer Morgan

Most of you will know that I have spent the last couple of years traveling abroad on one of my ever increasing collection of motorcycles... Most recently I spent seven months in the USA on a new Yamaha I bought here in the UK last summer...

It was on my last trip that I heard some pretty bad news about my dear friend Julie's brother - he was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer, and had to undergo intensive treatment that cumulated in major surgery... Fortunately he has made an impressive recovery, albeit his life has drastically changed.

Those of you who know Julie & Ruth will also be aware that Ruth lost her father to Bowel Cancer recently, and that many years ago when Julie was just a child, she too lost her mother to the same disease...

I felt pretty helpless being thousands of miles away for my friends when they were having to deal with all this, and vowed to do something to redress that balance when I returned. Ruth has been inspired to enter the London Marathon next spring, and she has asked me to join her in fund raising on behalf of the charity Bowel Cancer UK.

Of course I'm not going to do anything as silly and strenuous as trudging round London with a bunch of sweaty runners (although I will be there to cheer her on)... rather I intend to fulfill a lifelong ambition, and race a motorcycle from Paris to Dakar...

Yep, I'm entered on this year's Heroes-Legend rally which leaves Paris at the end of this month! (22nd October), and two weeks and 6500 kilometres later, arrives in Dakar on the Senegal coast - with the small matter of the Sahara Desert to cross in between! You'll be able to track my progress in real time via the organizers website, and the stupidly expensive satellite tracking device I have to fit to my bike! My race number is 041.

http://www.heroeslegend.com/page-1-1-en.html

As you can see in the attached photo, I have spent the last three months building what I hope with be a competitive and reliable rally bike to undertake such a huge event. During which time I have not sought any sponsorship for myself, rather asked that all donations going directly to Bowel Cancer UK, via the Justgiving website that Ruth has set up (please see link below).

I hope you can take a moment to read Ruth's story on the Justgiving page, and if you are able, please make a donation on-line...

[url]http://www.justgiving.com/Ruth-Turner/[/url]

Many thanks for taking the time to read this waffle - I will endeavor to get in touch personally with you one and all, if I make it back from Dakar alive!

Toot toot!

Jenny xxx

Steve Baldock Photography

Steve has been coming along all year and taking pictures of the UK shortrack meetings. Here are a few he sent me from the last round at Rye House. Any rider who wants ca get a copy of a full years pictures for just £20. Look here for info

Anyway heres a sample of his wares. Look how high Chris Carrs elbow is in all the shots. Thats a hint for all us UK riders who want to try and ride like the master.