Back to the Isle of Man for the Southern 100 at Billown was next on the calendar, a meeting Davy enjoyed as best newcomer on his debut last year, but a circuit that you have to treat with the utmost respect. It’s a four day meeting made up of practice and racing throughout and Davy was like a kid with a new toy as he was to get the first run on his newly purchased Investasure Honda Fireblade.

Monday and it was practice all night with two sessions on each bike, the weather was cool but dry and Davy was hoping to get in plenty of laps on all three of his machines. Things don’t always go to plan and he only got one lap done first time out on the Investasure Fireblade when a blown engine for Connor Cummins R1 saw Davy covered in oil and had to retire, in the second session it was ninth quickest and a lap at 103.626, satisfying first time out. In the 250 Sessions on the Ballygowan RRSC Honda it was sixth quickest in the first with a lap at 93.932mph and in the second it was an improvement to fifth quickest and a lap at 95.224mph.

On the Autotech Kawasaki the 600 Supersport sessions were very different affairs with a good run to eighth place at 100.099 mph in the first session and when Ian Lougher’s bike blew up in the second session leaving all sorts of fluids on the circuit, Davy’s best lap was a lowly 91.911mph.

Tuesday and disaster struck warming up for the 250 Session, when the Honda through a leg out and destroyed the engine putting paid to riding it at the Southern and possibly the season as it will cost mega bucks to rebuild. This took the edge of Davy’s performances and disappointing fifteenth place times in both Open and 600 classes the result and slower than his times set on Monday Night. In the Corlett Graphics Senior Solo Founders Race Davy only got three laps completed before retiring.

Wednesday was wiped out due to the weather, which as far as Davy was concerned was the correct decision.

Thursday was the main race day, but with only two outings for Davy due to the demise of his 250. In the S&S Motors 600 Race it was a fifteenth place finish with a fastest lap at 101.743mph, which considering Davy’s Autotech Kawasaki is in standard trim was a reasonably good performance. The final race of the week was the prestigious Protous Solo Championship and it saw Davy get his best result of the week a pleasing and spirit lifting ninth place on the Investasure Fireblade and unofficially the fastest rider through the speed trap. It also saw Davy set his fastest ever lap around the Billown circuit with a lap at 107.084mph, which he has done at quite a few circuits in 2006.

A philosophical Davy stated, “It just gets worse, this must be the worse run of luck I have ever had racing. I got the new Superbike just before the meeting and was really looking forward to getting out on it, but what happened to the 250 took the gloss off everything else. It is great to be back with Kevin & Angela (Wood) and once again displaying the Investasure logo on the roads in Ireland and the Isle of Man. They were very understanding when I signed for DMRR and I would like to thank him for providing me with this bike, which should be competitive.”