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Another fan favourite, Colin Edwards, also brought in the big bucks with his Texas Tornado Boot Camp Experience going for an incredible £4400. Other notable auction items were a full weekend with the LCR team (£3,400), the chance to accompany a MotoGP™ photographer for a weekend at a European race (£2,200) and a signed replica Rossi helmet that went for an awesome £7,100.
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“Since we’ve received some evolutions that factory were already used – it was Monday after CzechGP – Miguel loves it and showed in track that is a real bonus. The AustrianGP was the best race so far and clearly I think the new parts are helping a lot, so we’re really happy. Yesterday, for day 1, it was a real achievement. We’re happy. We’re not fighting to be the best KTM, we all fighting together inside KTM group to have a competitive bike and I think the three riders who have the new specs (Pol, Johann and Miguel) showed that the bike is closing the gap to the front guys.”
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As the chequered flag waved, Navarro held on to lead Pasini, Gardner and Fernandez into qualifying, with Marquez’ final lap bringing him a 2:04.787 to put him fifth. Lowes continues his solid form on home soil to take sixth, 0.262 off P1. The British rider was the last to venture below the 2:05 bracket, with Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) next on the timing tower with a 2:05.001. SKY Racing Team VR46’s Luca Marini went well in the final stages to claim P8, the Italian placing himself 0.004 ahead of compatriot Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP 40), who ends as the only rider inside the top 10 to not go faster on Saturday morning. Andrea Locatelli (Italtrans Racing Team) rounds out a first to tenth covered by 0.7 seconds.
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With just a few seconds left, it appeared as if Valentino Rossi was going to head into qualifying on top but the rookie sensation still had more in the tank. A 1:58.547 with his final flying lap moved the Frenchman 0.146 seconds clear of The Doctor, who himself was 0.220 ahead of World Championship leader Marquez. All three, incidentally, dipping beneath the 1:59 barrier.
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Conditions were cool for the lightweight class on Saturday morning, with a place in the top 14 still up for grabs. Home hero John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) was an early improver to jump into P2 on the combined standings, while Fenati also improved his Friday time to go P6. Apart from three early crashes for Kazuki Masaki (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race), Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alonso Lopez and Riccardo Rossi (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3), the opening stint of FP3 was fairly quiet.
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Geico Honda rookie ruled out of Ironman and Motocross of Nations.
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Australian export Hunter Lawrence will miss tomorrow’s final round of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Indiana after suffering a serious knee injury while practising.
The Geico Honda rider has endured a trying first season in the US, indicating that he has possibly torn his ACL and meniscus, in addition to a mild MCL sprain.
“When it rains it pours… it’s been a very rough past month,” Lawrence posted on social media. “Two days ago whilst training, long story short, my foot hit the ground and twisted the wrong way. To say I’m gutted is an understatement – bit of a rock-bottom moment for the year.
“I don’t doubt I will be back, nothing but another little bump in our road to success. The plan now is simple, rehabilitation and get back to 100 per cent. Thank you to all of my supporters, sponsors and team – appreciate you guys so much. Not how we wanted to end the year, but hey.. s**t happens. I will be back.”
Lawrence missed the entire supercross season after suffering multiple broken collarbones before being able to make his anticipated debut and then he later broke his collarbone again during the outdoors after experiencing a bike malfunction.
If the extent of Lawrence’s latest injury is as severe as initially suspected, it will definitely rule him out of representing Team Australia at the upcoming Motocross of Nations (MXoN) to be held at Assen, Netherlands, on 28-29 September.
Source: MotoOnline.com.au
There was “no sign of enforcement” on the first of a two-day police and emergency services motorcycle road safety education campaign with riders on the Gold Coast hinterland.
The campaign continues Sunday (25 August 2019) at the Numinbah Valley School of Arts Hall from 7am-1pm, run by the Nerang Police Station and Coomera Road Policing Unit.
Nerang Police Sgt Graeme Reeves says they had a “fairly good role-up of bikes” on the Saturday morning.
“All the bike riders seemed pretty impressed with the free sausage sizzle, water giveaway on a cold morning and all were very happy with the prizes on display and free entry in Mondays raffle,” he says.
Our Gold Coast correspondent, Todd Parkes, said many riders stopped “by choice” and interacted with the police.
“It was seen as a positive experience, not just by the officers, but by the general public,” Todd says.
“It showed no sign of enforcement at all.
“Snr Sgt Gordon related that many riders had dropped in and some had slowed warily as they moved through. They were not sure if it was overt enforcement or something else as the road rules are enforced regularly in the hinterland. I did not see any targeting or profiling of riders in the area at all.
“Senior Sergeant Peter Gordon explained this community interaction event has been occurring twice a year for the last few years since commencing on 2015 when 12 motorcycle fatalities had occurred. Since then, presumably as a result of a combination of all the aforementioned programs, there has been quite a reduction in fatalities. The objective of the operation is to provide a public interface opportunity where riders can chat, mingle, speak to relevant emergency and traffic officers about a range of topics as well as gain materials that educate them about riding to survive.”
Todd says Snr Sgt Gordon told him that the riders who stopped didn’t need any preaching or converting as they are “aware and open to its purpose”.
“Personally I enjoyed the opportunity to just talk with guys about bikes, life and riding who just happen to wear a uniform,” Todd says.
“I encourage riders heading down the Numinbah Valley roads to pay a visit to for a chat and feed.”
The campaign continues the Operation North Upright program that Nerang Police Station has been running for the past few years with regular one-day events.
It includes a free raffle for all who attend with the following prizes: Axo, Scorpion and RJays motorcycle boots; Five and RJays motorcycle gloves; Motul chain cleaning kit; and Royal Enfeild t-shirt.
The raffle will be drawn at the Nerang Police Station on 27 August 2019. Winners will be able to exchange prizes for the proper size boots or gloves at the dealer.
There is also a free sausage sizzle and bottles of water for all riders.
Riders will be able to ask questions of the police, ambulance, fireys and Department of Transport and Main Roads officials.
Questions can include bike the legality of bike modifications, helmet rules or various road rules.
Police say Operation North Upright is designed to “talk with any bike riders, give advice and listen to their concerns”.
Riders have claimed previous similar events have been accompanied by a high presence of police in the area, enforcing road rules and vehicle compliance.
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Paul Mulder, son of missing rider Siemon, says he and his father (pictured above) often went on rides and he was a competent rider, but he fears he may have had an accident.
The search for Siemon is now in its fifth day after he went missing on Monday (19 August 2019).
The 66-year-old Sandgate rider set out for a “joy ride” at 9am on Monday on his blue Triumph Sprint ST registration 769DW.
He said he was heading to Esk and was due back at noon but never returned.
“I often ride with dad,” Paul says.
“He’s an incredibly competent rider. He’s been riding since he was 15 and he knows all the roads in the area and wouldn’t to do anything stupid.
“Dad doesn’t have any real health issues; nothing to do with that.
“He could have slipped or come around a corner and hit some gravel. There’s not much you can do. Some of those corners you are not going to have much luck with no barriers there.
“He could have even stopped at the side of the road to have a pee and slipped. With a full tank of fuel, once it goes you would be hard pressed to stop that bike.”
Paul supplied this possible route (photo below) and asked riders to also search the Boonah Beaudesert Road near the Wyaralong Dam.
“I’m pretty confident as we have been down that road before,” he says.
Although Paul has today been concentrating on the area around Esk after an unconfirmed report of a sighting at the Enigma Cafe.
“What we really need is to find a sighting at a fuel station or someone’s dashcam to give Police and us an idea of where to concentrate the search.
“At the moment it’s a big area.”
Today’s search also involved volunteer riders, police and SES volunteers.
“We have been on the Esk-Kilcoy Road and flew drones over Somerset Dam, Mt Glorious and Mt Nebo.”
Over the past couple of days, they have also had Police helicopter and private helicopter searches paid for through a Gofundme campaign.
“At the moment we’re all clutching at straws with what has happened,” Paul says.
“We think it’s some sort of accident.
“We’re not sure why he didn’t have his phone on. The big thing is he liked having that freedom on the bike. He might not have turned it off on purpose but just forgot to charge it.”
Riders have been asked by the family to scour the region this weekend while they are out and about.
Other areas suggested by readers for the search are forestry areas closer to Brisbane, Wivenhoe Pocket, Samford and Eatons Hill.
Off-road riders have also been urged to become involved in the search in creeks and thick vegetation.
If Siemon has run off the road, riders should be searching for skid marks on the road or verge, broken glass and plastic on the road, bent-back bushes and the glint of shining objects in roadside bushes.
A co-ordinated volunteer search will run tomorrow from the BP at Blacksoil. Click here for more details.
You can also contact Motorbike Writer on 0400 366620 and we will post on social media to help narrow the search area.
Siemon is about 180cm tall with a slim build, grey short hair and grey facial hair.
He was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans and black helmet with a dark tinted visor.
Riders searching for Siemon should also take care if they are riding slowly not to hold up traffic, use their hazard lights and take care of their own safety.
It’s a good lesson for all solo riders to tell others where you are going, take your mobile phone, download locator apps or, if in remote areas with no mobile signal, pack an EPIRB, beacon or GPS tracker.
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The latest are saddles for an eclectic mix of bikes including the Suzuki TU 250X for $US393, Honda Rebel 500 and 300 (CMX 500 in Australia) also $393 and the Ducati Panigale V4 ($US343). Postage is extra.
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If you are getting saddle sores or can’t last a whole day in the saddle, this is one of the cheapest options for getting some joy back into your riding.
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Classic TT competitors finally got the chance to blow away the cobwebs from the weather affected qualifying week with a double qualifying session on the Isle of Man today. The weather gods finally relented and the first Senior Classic TT bikes – Jamie Coward riding the Ted Woof Manx Norton and Michael Rutter on the Ripley Land Racing Matchless – blasted off from pit lane at 1410 after mist resulted in a delayed start to the rescheduled afternoon session.
Dean Harrison posted the fastest time of the week on his Silicone Engineering Kawasaski Classic TT Superbike (124.562mph) while Michael Dunlop completed his first lap on the Team Classic Suzuki with 119.89mph in the afternoon which he improved with a 123.28mph standing start lap in the evening session.
However, the much anticipated head to head between Dunlop and Harrison in Monday’s RST Superbike Classic TT Race looks to be off after Harrison was reported to have sustained a rib injury in the evening Lightweight session after an incident at Laurel Bank on his Laylaw Racing Yamaha.
Conor Cummins (Milenco by Padgetts Yamaha) and Horst Saiger (Greenall Racing Kawasaki) were both over the 120mph mark – 121.640mph and 120.556mph respectively in the earlier session – while times were noticeably quicker in the evening with Derek Shiels topping the leader board in the later session with 124.03mph and Horst Saiger, Cummins, Philip Crowe, Ryan Kneen and Michael Sweeney all posting 120+mph laps in the evening session.
South Australia’s David Johnson has been plagued by machine problems when ever the chance has come to get a lap of the Mountain Course but the 35-year-old finally got a full lap in this morning with a 119.397 mph lap that sees him just inside the combined top ten. However, Johnson again failed to complete a lap in the evening session on the Burns/Cowan Kawasaki.
Bruce Anstey again topped the Classic TT Lightweight leader board in the afternoon session with a lap of 116.99mph, which the New Zealander improved to 117.29mph in the evening session.
Although Harrison posted a lap of 115.87mph on his opening Lightweight lap, he is almost certainly out of Saturday’s race after his accident on the second lap of the session. James Hind also went well in the later session with a lap of 113.542mph.
John McGuinness reinforced his credentials as the man to beat in the Bennetts Senior Classic TT Race with his first timed laps of the week. McGuinness, the 2018 race winner, posted the fastest time in every sector on his first lap to clock 107.52mph and then improved most of his sectors on the second, flying lap before pulling in at the end of his second lap – 109.59mph – which was almost thirty-seconds ahead of Jamie Coward’s best lap (107.16mph) and almost 48s ahead of Rutter (105.51mph).
McGuinness and Rutter took up their customary position at the front of the pack for the evening Senior Classic TT qualifying session and the pair were first away at 1830 after a short delay for an earlier oil spill when the roads were opened between the two sessions.
McGuinness improved his time in the evening session on his only lap with 110.13mph to top the final qualifying leader board ahead of Saturday race which is due to get underway at 1315. Italian Stefano Bonetti, on the Speed Motors Paton, also threw his hat into the ring for Saturday’s race with a lap of 108.94mph, the second fastest qualifying time.
It was a mixed evening session for Rutter, breaking down at Governors on his Senior machine with a broken gear lever, but he managed to get out on his Team Winfield Superbike in the second session.
In the afternoon Junior Classic TT session, 2018 race winner Dominic Herbertson picked up from where he left off last year with a lap of 100.74mph, the only 100mph+ lap in the session, from Michael Rutter (99.66) and Lee Johnston (99.12mph). Johnston then went out on his Senior Davies Motorsport Honda but only got as far as Glen Darragh for another aborted lap after stopping at Crosby in last night’s untimed session.
However, in the evening Junior session Coward moved to the top of the overall Junior leader board with 101.80mph although there will still be additional qualifying sessions during tomorrow’s race programme ahead of Monday’s Locate.im Junior Classic TT Race.
In the afternoon session Keith Dixon was unhurt after coming off his Senior Classic TT bike at Governors Bridge while Robert Saville on his Lightweight bike and James Caswell on his Superbike were also involved in an accident at Guthries which left Saville unhurt and Caswell with a minor ankle injury.
As a result of the weather disruption earlier in the week, Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson has amended Saturday’s Race day programme to ensure additional practice time ahead of racing.
Source: MCNews.com.au
