behind. Close one but nevermind, 25 more of these to go.Second gear being too sluggish, you change back down to first for the next right-hand hairpin. You like right-handers. Applying a bit of front brake to scrub off speed, but the polished tarmac doesn

separating the seven riders in 2nd to 8th.Things began to change on the third lap and when Michael Dunlop was reported late Glen Helen, it handed the lead to Johnson with an advantage of 3.5s over new second placed man Donald. Anstey was a further second back

.The majority of riders went straight through for a second lap and Martin improved slightly to 128.866mph although Hillier was slower at 127.165mph. Michael Dunlop improved his pace to 127.546mph and McGuinness was the first to break the 130mph barrier this week

Challenge on-hand suspension guru, Perry from HM Racing. Lap timer fitted, suspension set to stock TTC settings, and I’m good to go.During my racing experience in the 848 Challenge, you realise racing is more about waiting than anything else and with all my

that can go quicker, but this time - genuinely - the whole job felt wrong. For the first time, the gearing felt way out. I was in-between gears on a handful of corners and knew I was losing time. I'm running stock 15/39 on my non-EVO 848, while most others

’s that sun thing.But the moment I lined the front wheel up with my loading ramp, a thought dawned on me. Er, no clutch. This being the dual clutch, semi-auto version, there isn’t even a clutch lever fitted at all. There is a hand-brake, though.Normally, I

with carbon brakes – easily worth three second a lap in pit lane kudos.Niall Mackenzie stuck a privateer Yamaha (pictured above) that was extremely similar to the bike sold on the podium at Jerez in 1992, alongside a couple of chaps called Mick Doohan