NW200

[y2blade]

Got the livestream on in the background at work.
Great to have some motorcycles to watch. It finally feels like summer

Link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/northern-ireland/...

Edit: link should work.

Edited by y2blade on Wednesday 8th May 13:22

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A993LAD said:

Yes thanks for the link. Are they testing today as well?

Bit surprised by the Honda announcement that they will not have Superbike or Supersport at the NW200. Dean Harrison is putting on a brave (corporate) face on the news but I bet he's really pissed off in private.

Yeah I missed the start of the stream so didn’t see what he’d said.
Good to hear about the rule changes to supertwins. That was brought in as a cheap entry level class and it has become the most expensive (according to Lee on the commentary).

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Marquezs Stabilisers said:

Imagine Harrison is pretty miffed as you say, the NW is surely a good TT shakedown as BSB is one thing, but you're rarely flat out for a long time at any UK circuit bar Thruxton or Silverstone.

What are the rule changes to SuperTwins? Be interesting to read those - have heard in the TT commentary that a SuperTwin Kawasaki 650cc will make 100 bhp, but it might survive the race, it might not. Last year's Lightweight TT was ridiculous for the numbers of breakdowns.

I don’t know the full details but Ryan Farquhar was very bitter about it when he was interviewed.
They did mention that they don’t think many bikes will be able to finish the second race on Saturday having already raced earlier that day.