Had the best few days, after 2 years of trying to get this all together and 2 days of driving into outback Australia, we managed to get through tech inspection with ease, which was the first big hurdle to be even allowed to run. On Monday was mainly for rookies like me, to see if we didn't kill ourselves, we ran the bike to a very respectable 104.161 MPH for my first ever run on the salt lake, average of around 5600 RPM through the timed mile, and the bike as a whole run fantastic and felt perfect, as A10s do.
Our first real run was a bit of a shambles on the start line, but i did get it away (probably nerves and lack of experience), the plan was to run it up to 6500 RPM in each gear, which went well, 6700 RPM in 3rd, soon as i hit 4th the engine dived badly, too too lean and close to seizing.
The good thing is we learned a lot from our first ever trip to the salt, and the bike did not blow up, so we will run again next year, with anticipation and valuable knowledge.
Unfortunately my team went from 4 to just the 2 of us due to varying circumstances, so hopefully well have the full team next time.
Cheers Thomas
