Classic Bike; Vintage Performance - Barry Sheene Classic Festival - Oliver's Mount 22/23 June 2014

Having been deliberating for a while about possibly building a classic bike for this meeting, Roger 'bit the bullet' and bought a 1986 Suzuki GSXR slabside road bike. Within a week of the meeting it was transformed into a race bike and was ready to go.

Nick Anderson had done one session testing the bike at Cadwell Park until a damaged throttle meant we arrived at Oliver's Mount with very little experience of the bike. Qualifying went ok with a grid position of 8th, but feeling positive for the race. This was backed up with an excellent 4th place finish in the Geoff Barry trophy race, beating many higher capacity bikes in the process.

The carburated ER6 supertwin was also in action with two solid 4th places finishes in the two races.

Spring Success - Olivers mount 13/04/14

 

 

Image by Andy Standing / Scarborough Review (www.scarboroughreview.co.uk)

A large capacity crowd greeted Scarborough's first road race meeting of the year at Oliver's Mount. Nick Anderson this time riding in two classes on RMKD's 650cc ER6 supertwin and Kawasaki ZXR 400. Nick began the day steadily, qualifying in 9th position on the ER6, and a brilliant 2nd position on the 400.

In the supertwin race one, after getting boxed in at turn one, he was 11th at the end of lap one with much work to do, onboard a bike he has never ridden around the mount. Aided by the new slipper clutch and increased BHP, he powered into 5th position, shedding 4 whole seconds off his best lap time with a 1m56.199! A great result considering the depth of talented riders in the race.

On the 400, Nick settled for a 2nd place finish, despite a worn clutch on his own ZXR Kawasaki, his best outright finishing position around Oliver's Mount.

Team RMKD would like to thank Peter Hillaby for his help and advice, which went a long way to us achieving these results, and sets us up nicely for the rest of the season.

A Winning Beginning - NEMCRC 19/30 March 2014

The usual season opener was again at Croft in North Yorkshire, with Dave Bell and Nick Anderson riding RMKD ER6 Kawasaki's. Normal service was resumed for Dave, who cut through the field to win the stock twins class in race one; second on the road overall. Nick battled with Dave and Brad Vicars, before finishing second in the supertwin class, and third on the road. Dave continued to be victorious in the three remaining races, setting blistering 1.31 lap times on the stock machine.

Sunday saw Nick switch from the 650cc to his own, ZXR 400 - built and prepared by Roger at RMKD. In the first race of the day, he finished 3rd on the road, beating several more powerful supertwins, some of which mounted by established TT riders. This was enough to win the 400cc class by 21 seconds in the shortened 6 lap race.

Leader of the Pack - Derby Phoenix Cadwell 5/6 Oct 2013

Cadwell Park was the destination for RMKD's season finale, to contest the mini thunderbikes race on our rapid Kawasaki ER6 supertwin, for Nick Anderson's second appearance on the bike. A disaster in the first race for Anderson saw Will Leaning storm to victory from 25th on the grid on his RMKD tuned ER6. Due to not finishing race one, Nick started 36th for race 2, and came through to finish 10th in a race which saw the top 10 riders all riding at a pace which would be enough to win at several other clubs.

For the final race on Saturday, Nick started from 10th, and after a few laps hooked onto the back of a 5 rider battle for the win, powered by a new ibuprofen based diet (as well as a very quick RMKD supertwin). He took victory ahead of TT man Adrian Harrison and Will leaning, and achieving the fastest lap, his first sub 1.40.

On Sunday's first race, Anderson took a repeat win from pole position with Leaning in second,  making it an RMKD one-two, in another competitive fast paced encounter. In the final race, a technical issue saw Anderson retire from the lead, gifting the win to Will Leaning from brother Josh, both on RMKD tuned machines.

Bem-see Anderson's Damp Dominance - BMCRC Cadwell 14/15 Sept '13

After initially qualifying in 3rd place for the EDI Asia F400, the track was then drenched in oil from another bike, resulting in a three hour track cleaning process. All riders then had to restart the qualifying session, in which Nick Anderson struggled to a 13th place start for the first of three races on the slippery Cadwell surface.

In race one, after sluggishly pulling off the line, Nick made his way to 6th position on RMKD's number one Kawasaki ZXR 400 before the race was red flagged after 4 laps. Sunday saw Nick finish in 4th position in the first race of the day, which was won by Paul Ellercker, also on an RMKD tuned ZXR 'rocket'. In the final race of the weekend, team principle Roger Middleton made a last minute decision to switch to Nick's own RMKD built ZXR 400, as rain started to fall, which turned out to be a race winning call. After 3 laps of swapping places for the lead, Anderson retained the position to take his maiden Bemsee win on the beautiful machine.

One Two Three for RMKD at Croft on Tee - Derby Phoenix - 17/18 August 2013

Dave Bell resumed his normal service at Croft, winning a hat-trick of races on the Lawson replica Kawasaki ER6, only failing to win all four due to race 2 being on a damp track with dry tyres. He set a scintillating pace, with a lap time of 1m 31.0s which left team manager/ tuner and overall RMKD top dog Roger Middleton absolutely flabbergasted.
Nick Anderson, riding RMKD's finest Kawasaki supertwin for the first time, came from 29th on the grid in race one to finish 5th. After that, he claimed three podium finishes with 2 thirds and a second in the final race. He proudly displayed his new piece of silverware in the awning window overnight.
In the weekends final outing, all three bikes on the podium were RMKD tuned ER6 engines, with Will Leaning taking the final podium position. This was none more so down to John Warrington's superb set up of the bikes on his dyno. Thanks John!

Bell-ting Pace at Oliver's Mount - Barry Sheene 15/16 June

RMKD racing headed to Oliver's Mount for the second time this year, with Dave Bell and track newcomer Nick Anderson. Both riders riding in the supertwin races, and Nick also on the beautiful ZXR 400.

Saturday saw all four seasons of weather in on day, which made it challenging for Anderson to learn the circuit. Despite this, he finished 6th in the 400cc race in the wet, resulting in his first ever prize money. He was thrilled, and quickly reinvested his money on a round of ham sandwiches. In the dry supertwin race, Dave Bell took 2nd place, impressively finishing only one second off the winner. Anderson came an unlucky 13th after losing three places due to a brake problem on the final.

Better weather on Sunday meant that Dave Bell was able to use his bike to its full potential, and slid his way to an emphatic victory by just half a second. Anderson took over 5 seconds off his best lap from the previous day, improving to a 10th place finish.