| Saintfields Davy
Morgan traveled across the Irish Sea for
his first full TT after his Senior Manx
Grand Prix win last year made him ineligible
for the August meeting. There were high
hopes of some good results, but a little
apprehension as the big bike handling
was still not quite right.
Practice was relatively untroubled, although
losing sessions did not help as he worked
hard to get the Kawasaki on the pace.
A fastest lap on the Touchwood Consulting
Kawasaki of 117.882mph was just not were
Davy wanted to be at the end of practice
week. On the Investasure R6 the quickest
lap of the week was 111.197mph, not the
quickest, but it was handling well and
he knew how much faster it could go.
Racing saw Davy take in all five solo
races and came away with two silver and
two bronze replica’s, the first
Supersport Machine in the Senior and a
DNF. In the opening TT Superbike two laps
were completed before retiring with handling
problems and a fastest lap of 119.399mph.
In the Superstock Race it was a fourteenth
place finish, but an exclusion followed
for an illegal brake lever, which should
have really been pointed out at scrutineering,
we thought it was okay as quite a few
other machines had the same one fitted.
The Supersport Races brought two twelfth
place finishes and a fastest lap in 19:00.59,
at 119.086mph on the final lap of the
B Race, which were very respectable on
a two-year old machine. With the ZX10
problems it was the R6 for the Senior
TT as it was felt that six laps could
be done on the 600, but not on the big
bike. It was the right choice as a sixteenth
place finish and the first 600 home earned
a bronze replica and extra cash.
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pic : Pete Jones - www.roadracingart.co.uk
pic : Pete Jones - www.roadracingart.co.uk
pic : Pete Jones - www.roadracingart.co.uk
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At the end
of a long two weeks Davy commented, “It’s
a long time on the Island, which I hate,
when you are not racing there is nothing
to do. It was hectic and I will not be
back unless I can get some sort of team
structure behind me, its no good with
the set up that I had this year. Things
have improved with regard to the meeting,
but there is still more that needs done.
The exclusion from the Superstock was
one of the biggest downers and the whole
way it was handled is not acceptable,
of course losing the money was also a
blow as we have a tight budget to work
with.”
“On the racing front I was
pleased with the performances on the Investasure
R6 Yamaha especially being the first 600cc
machine home in Fridays Senior Race. The
Touchwood Consulting ZX10 Kawasaki is
a whole different ballgame. I know I should
be able to lap at 124/125mph on the bike,
but I did not even get a lap at over 120mph
due to the handling problems, which is
a real frustration. I am confident we
will get there as we are getting closer
with every outing.”
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