nordic

The last weeks before the race the preps were extensive. The frame was in two pieces, cooler, lower fork brace, engine brackets and everything else stickin out, was damaged. A lot of late nights in the workshop was required to make the finals possible. I had a slight chance of winning the cup...

The race 7 and 8 of the Nordic Supermono Cup took place at Sviestad, just outside Linköping. I got my new billet rocker arms on Monday evening, so the preparations were just as late as normal. The definition of a race bike is that it is in molecules the weekend before it is supposed to be...

This time we visited a familiar place, the nice track of VÃ¥ler, 180km north of Oslo. The Friday practise ended after 1,5 laps with a cracked piston! I moved over the cylinder head to my #1 engine bottom end for the Saturday qualify. That worked OK for 8-9 laps, until the silencer end piece...

So, we headed to Finland for the race 3 and 4 in the cup. Botnia Ring is located some 60km from Vaasa. It was the first time we raced on this track, so it was interesting in more than one perspective. My competitors had spent all Thursday on the track, when I showed up at lunchtime on Friday...

As my #1 engine was still in pieces, I put #2 in the frame. Knutstorp is a very technical track with not so long straights, so I hoped to manage with the lower power. Friday included one free practice and the first qualify. At the qualify things started to fall into place and I was feeling...