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Ian Hutchinson’s Crash in the Isle of Man TT 2017 Senior Race

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16 time TT winner Ian Hutchinson unfortunately crashed out of the 2017 Pokerstars Senior TT at 27th Milestone of the Mountain Course on Friday 9th June 2017 and in doing so fractured his left femur.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQRZCBqVL0M] 

Michael Dunlop went on to win a shortened PokerStars Senior TT race with the Bennetts Suzuki rider taking his 15th TT victory by 13.3s from Peter Hickman and Dean Harrison.

The restarted race was run over four laps after the original race was red flagged on the second lap due to the incident above. involving 16-time TT winner Ian Hutchinson at the 27th Milestone.

The Tyco BMW rider suffered a fractured femur and I wish him a speedy recovery and a speedy return to the TT.

Just today Hutchy tweeted a photograph of his front tyre (captured by @manxathlete) – it seems explain an awful lot…

https://twitter.com/tweethutchy/status/874167574866558976Get well soon Hutchy – hopefully catch you back in action at next year’s racing!

OUTDATED : Isle of Man TT Races Schedule for Thursday 8th June 2017 – See Updated Post

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UPDATE : https://tbni.blog/2017/06/08/updated-1200pm-isle-of-man-tt-races-schedule-for-thursday-8th-june-2017/

Three-hour delay to Thursday racing :

Poor weather pushes back road closures

Delays have been announced to today’s TT racing schedule.

Organisers have consulted with the Met Office and Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson has confirmed there’ll be a three-hour delay to proceedings.

The wet weather this morning means roads around the course will now remain open until 1.45pm when Barrule Park in Ramsey to the Bungalow will be shut.

From 2pm the Bungalow to the Creg ny Baa will be closed, before roads around the rest of the course follow suit half an hour later at 2.30pm.

An further update on the day’s schedule is expected at midday.

The Monster Energy Supersport Race 2 and the SES TT Zero Race are due to take place today.

http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/three-hour-delay-to-thursday-racing/

Thursday 8th June 2017 Weather for Isle of Man
Thursday 8th June 2017 Weather for Isle of Man

Product Review : R&G ShockTube

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I have been using a R&G Shocktube now for many years, firstly on my 2014 BMW F800GS Adventure, and now on my 2010 BMW R1200GS Adventure.  When I changed the bike late last year it was one of the first accessories I purchased, in fact having rode the bike home it didn’t go out onto road again until the front and rear shocks had received a coating of ACF-50 and were safely wrapped up in a ‘Shocktube.’

‘Why?’ I hear you ask…

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Motorcycle Winter Protection – ACF50, FS365 or WD40

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Before going any further please read the following post :

https://tbni.blog/2017/03/01/the-ultimate-motorcycle-protection-acf50-v-xcp-rust-blocker/

The above covers the ACF50 product and its current number one condenter for the title of ultimate motorcycle protectant XCP Professional Rust Blocker.

So if that post holds the ‘considered’ top two products, why then the need for this post?  Simply some people havent heard of the products above or have been fed mis-information on the use (or usefulness) of these others.

A few points from my own experience:

  1.  WD40 is brilliant, but not as a winter protection product for a motorcycle, please don’t be using it as that!
  2. FS365 is a good product for frequent use, and by frequent I mean after ever ride, which can be quite costly.
  3. Personally, I use ACF-50 and between applications or after a particularly wet ride out I then cold rinse the bike and give it a good liberal dose of FS365.  I don’t know how necessary that is or isn’t but me me it has left my bikes spotless, winter after winter.

So the this test then is ACF50 v Scott Oiler FS365 and WD40, it was carried out by F2MCLTD who have kindly allowed me to link to their original experiment and findings :

http://f2mcltd.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/winter-salt-protection-acf50-fs365-or.html

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The Ultimate Motorcycle Protection? ACF50 v XCP Rust Blocker

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As I have mentioned, demonstrated (and used) I am a huge fan of ACF50 as the main protectant for my motorcycles.  I have been using it for many years and the results still impress me, and make sure any time I am asked ‘what should I use’ I can give and honestly mean a hearty recommendation to ACF50.

https://tbni.blog/2016/10/21/winter-is-coming-time-to-protect-your-motorcycle-acf50-the-answer-to-all-your-needs/

https://tbni.blog/2013/02/06/how-to-acf-50-application-video-guide/

However, like all things, products can be improved upon (or worsen with revisions), can be changed, even new products can take an undisputed crown, and for that reason it is important to stay on top of any new developments in the market and keep an eye open for anything new that is making waves.

One such product at the moment seems to be… XCP PRofessional Rust Blocker.

XCP Porfessional Rust Blocker
XCP Rust Blocker

So the big question is, ‘Is this the product to throw ACF50 of its throne?

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