Last weekend attended the Norton national rally. I even picked up best 961 award, which was very cool! While Jonathan was up rom Wales, we took the Dominators out to a few places, which was very cool. It also lead to an interesting failure of my lithium battery, so I've reverted to old tech for now!
First stop, Brook lands, the world oldest purpose built race track, built 1908. It's no longer complete, but you can see part of the banked track in the back ground.
The my bike refused to start:
so got a start from the AA, rode home...at which point, the bike would not start again. Earlier in the day, the battery was down to 4v, despite being on the specific charger....we had a power cut and maybe the charger was not rest during the week? I let it charge for a few hrs and it seemed to ring the battery up to near 13v and the bike started fine, so off I went to Brooklands, thinking over an hr on the road would top it up further. Nope...just died after one start where we moved the bikes from general parking to the paddock.
So, rode my Speed Triple to the fisrt eve of the Norton Rally. The next morning, out to get a standard battery and dropped home to fit it to the Norton. Back on the road again!
To celebrate, out for a spot of lunch
The back to the Friars for the Rally
Before Jonathan headed home, we visuted the RAF chapel at Biggin Hill for some tea and photos with the gate guardians.