I dropped a lot of time in the first ST when I got the bike stuck in a deep rut.
The next two sections were the toughest of the event lots of steep climbs and on line off camber tracks. The clutch on the SWM was not liking the conditions, once hot it would not disengage so It would stall the bike in the all the worst places. With only 30min and your out. I plugged on, 17mins late into the check. I had to make sure I didn't lose that amount of time again. I ran out of water and acknowledged Steve Baker on his Cagiva stranded with no fuel. Finally made the check and fuel at another 7Mins late.
This was a no service fuel stop, so I was so grateful they had water. I filled the bike while one of the officials fill my water pack. I could not lose anymore time. The next control for us was back at the Parc Ferme, I needed to make sure I could clock in early to this control to avoid going over the 30mins late.
Don’t know what time a clocked into this check But I lost 24Mins all up. I just needed to do an air filter and a check over then into the impound. I had finished the day I had come to finish.
http://www.mcnews.com.au/a4de-2018-cessnock/
