Davy Morgan’s 2012 TT came to an end late on Saturday night with another finish and replica. With Fridays bad weather the Lightweight and Senior TT’s were postponed to Saturday, but again the weather was not kind. First low cloud on the mountain and then some rain showers saw the start time put back and put back until the organisers ran out of time and cancelled the Senior TT and announced that the Lightweight TT would start at 6:30pm, 8 ¼ hours after its scheduled start.

With all the hanging around waiting, damp roads in places and more adjustments made to try and resolve the handling problems on the CMS ER6 Kawasaki, Davy was to some degree heading out in to the unknown. After an opening lap at 106.442mph Davy was down in 23rd place and as some stopped for fuel Davy went straight through and a quicker lap at 107.961mph his fastest of the fortnight on lap two pulled him up to 19th as he pitted for fuel ahead of his final lap. A final lap at 105.6mph including the stop resulted in a 21st place finish, only 0.5 of a second from making in another top twenty.

Overall a successful TT for a private team considering the problems in 2011. In 2012 Davy completed 36 laps (1,359 miles) throughout the fortnight compared to 10 in 2011, in 2012 he finished four races out of five compared to one from six in 2011. His fastest lap at 124.534mph was just outside his fastest ever lap and he finished a very creditable 6th Place in the TT Privateers Championship.

On his return home Davy commented; “I am glad to be home, the latter part of race week with the bad weather and all the hanging around just did my head in. If I am honest, despite a finish and replica first time at the TT on a Supertwin I was disappointed at my finishing position, I know if we could have got the handling sorted I would have been further up as the bike has potential. The handling was just way off and my chest is bruised with trying to keep myself up over the front to keep it in a straight line. The Senior being cancelled was a bit of a downer, but I think they got it right as would not have been comfortable riding on slicks with the condition of the track. I am confident that in good conditions I could have done a 126/127mph on it sadly now I will never know as it is now for sale due to the five year FIM Rule at international events.”