'Stroll in the park' for 'man of the meeting' Dan...N.G Cadwell 6/7 June

Dan Frear made it look easy on board the RMKD zxr400 when he blasted his way from 31st on the grid to win by an amazing 12 sec's...breaking the club lap record on all four flying laps.Finally beating it by 1.8 secs at 1m38.4. Race2/the final,again he shot straight to the front and won by 16 sec's...leaving championship leader Chris Beverly with no answer.
Sunday was slightly more difficult as heavy rain fell all day...Dan played it safe and decided a front row was a safer option and again came from 31st through to 2nd,which secured that slot on the grid for the final...which he again won.
Sixteen year old Will Leaning also had a good Sunday 'splash around' taking 4th in the 400 qualifier and 2nd in the final and 2nd in the 400 newcomer.
Graham(bud) Frear encountered a gearbox problem on his cbr600rr after qualifying poll for the 'Phoenix open' final...but with the heavy rain still falling he was loaned 'Will's RMKD zxr400...But only allowed to start at the back of the grid? a 'hopeless task'? with some top national riders in the field ! 'Fearless 'bud' Frear' brought the little Kawasaki home to an amazing 6th place.
Ben Cole now benifitting from a few more 'rmkd horses' had an excellent 4th place in Saturdays 400 qualifier but was denied making the final with an off in the 'streetstocks'...which cut his meeting short with a broken finger. Hope it mends quick!

Kings Kongquers Anglesey...30th/31st May

Young Kingsley Ruddy on board his RMKD powered zxr400 was in dominant form on his first visit to Anglesey, despite his Friday practice session being cut short due to fog he was soon on the pace in the first race of the day. Leading from the flag Kings dipped under the lap record to take the win...but it was Ritchie Welsh who took the lap record but couldnt match the consistant pace of the youngster and came home second. Race two followed the same format but again the lap record fell to Kings 1m36.26. Sunday morning arrived and the 'Wiley Welsh' had his game plan sorted...and it worked he out witted the 15year old Kings whos tyres were passed there best. A new set of tyres revived the confidence and again he dominated the race from the flag and again reduced his lap record to 1m36.16...He now leads the championship by a massive 75 points, from some very established exF400 champions.

Will Leaning also RMKD mounted had some solid mid pack results to consolidate his f400 novice championship lead. Elder brother Josh...not content to sit and watch on Sunday loaned Wills spare bike and had a best result of 4th despite only having three practice laps.

Well done you younguns...15...16 and 18 respectivly.

ARE MINGI TWINS THE FUTURE?? i hope not!!

A friend asked me if id have a look at his ER6 (650 Kawasaki twin) to see if i could get a bit more power for the Thundersport GB junior power bike class...Hmmm....im not a mingi twin person really....but it is Kawasaki after all...and i want something 'up my sleeve' if the 400 class declines much more. So... we increased the compression a bit...had a bit of a play with the ports and put in a couple of reprofiled cams,machined the pistons.Then a trip to my good friend...John Warrinton at Malton for him to work his magic on his dyno....and 'hey presto' 84.6 bhp and 49ft/lb of torque. Im not sure what they make as standard?? But he's got a grin from 'ear to ear' so i guess its better?

SWEET AND SOUR..........Cadwell Park 3/4th May

When Steve Ruddy said pre-season 'if i didnt think we could win it we wouldnt be entering it'...talking of the Derby Pheonix F400 Championship. And with the quality of Welsh,Ellecker,Percival,Armour,Pett ect, all sub 1m40's lads round Cadwell a 'tall order i thought?. But 15yr old school lad Kingsley is going to be the man...or boy to beat. With two good bike's to pick from...and more potential from the bikes and alot more from Kings who would bet against him? Two wins a second and a DNF (due to a faulty wireing block) he now leads the Championship along with injured Paul Ellecker.

Things didnt go as expected for Josh'the jerk'Leaning on the RMKD number 1 bike after getting up to 6th from the back of a full grid more was expected in race2. Riding the bike that has lapped in the 1m37's in the hands of Mike Saunders and more recently Dan Frear who took it to the lap record 1m37.5s...he chucked it 'up the road' at Charlies 2,damaging it quite badly. He did redeem himself in the last f400 race when he brought Rik Connels ex RMKD machine home in second place behind the talented two stroke mounted Freddy Pett. Youger brother Will Leaning had three good results and a personal best in the 1m46s and still leads the novice championship on yet another RMKD zxr400. I must also give Arron Hopper alot of credit for finishing 3rd in the last race...a novice and new to wet weather riding he brought his standard bike home for his first podium.

Rookie Ross RMKD debut dogged with bad luck!...26th April

Ross Jackman the Kawasaki Newcastle bike mechanic and RMKD race technician took two solid 2nd places in only his 3rd ever meeting and debut on the RMKD zxr400 at Elvington Park...a freak incident denied him his first win,when challenging for the lead two Dogs escaped onto the track and the race was red flagged. On the restart Ross was forced to the back of the grid with a dead engine and push started on the drop of the flag,which he never recovered from. It was only the small bunch of spectators that noticed the dogs and shouted...'eigh up thas two bluddy dogs ont track' we initially thought Peter Hillaby had employed some lower grade 'brolly dollys' to spice up the meeting but they were actually the four legged variety much to our disapointment!

Dan the man at Olivers Mount.....19th April.

Dan Frear on board the RMKD zxr 398 took two comfortable wins in the f400 at Scarboroughs Olivers Mount. Despite a bad misfire in timed qualifying he set pole,and won by 22 seconds in race one. A new set of plugs suprisingly cured the problem for race two and he took his second win by an amazing 46 seconds and overhauled all the 125's including very experienced Chris Palmer who had set off 20 seconds ahead on his 125 gp Honda on a split grid. With Dan in a class of his own...'mutterings' around the paddock had us using a 'big engine' and an alleged protest had been filed, but nothing became of it. So! You know who you are! PUT UP OR SHUT UP!
Accept it this lad has talent and he's on a pretty good bike.

Moto SP proprietor John Bird who runs Alex Hutchinson on an RMKD tuned ZXR400 in the thundersport GB junior power bike and is currently leading the championship.

Seen here bragging about the size of his manhood.