The riders... James Webb

Name: James Webb
Number: 66
Bike: Oxford (orange)
DOB: 25/07/89
Weight: 72kg

Hometown: Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Interesting facts: Father, Jimmy Webb, was British Marlboro Sidecar Champion with Gary Golder. Rode solo for Stan Stephens and Exact Weld GB, riding 125cc and 250cc. Brother Daniel Webb has been riding in the Spanish Championships and has been part of the MotoGP academy in 2005 and 2006. Daniel is riding for a Dutch team for 2007-Team Arie Moleanaar Racing on a Honda GP125.

Interests: Racing, fitness training, swimming and running.

James has just joined Blade Motorsport from Foundry H-D.

The riders: Gary Byrne

Name: Gary Byrne
Number: 44
Bike:  Cheltenham (Black)
DOB: 15/12/1977
Interests: Getting his knee down.

A note from Gary:

When he was five years old, my son Lewis was diagnosed with a very rare condition, Severe Aplastic... Anaemia. He had two courses of treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital which were unsuccessful. Aplastic Anaemia is very resistant to treatment, and the only option was for him to have a Bone Marrow Transplant, however it was difficult to find a donor for Lewis. After a search world wide, someone was found in America but was only a 90% match. The decision was made to go ahead even though no-one was known to have survived without having a 100% match. The transplant was carried out in December 2005, and has been a success. Lewis is now 11 yrs old, back at school and his health is continuing to improve although he is still on some medication. All this is thanks to a total stranger in America donating bone marrow and the skill and expertise of staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital. I retired from motor cycle racing when Lewis became ill but have now returned to help increase awareness of the Bone Marrow Transplant Programme and the need for donors, and to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital by taking part in the televised Harley Davidson XR1200 Trophy, a support race at selected rounds of the British Superbike Championship. Great Ormond Street need donations constantly in order to continue their incredible work so please give whatever you can.


You can donate to this very worthy cause by visiting

http://www.justgiving.co.uk/garyandlewisbyrne

So come on and dig deep.

Dates for 2010 Harley-Davidson XR1200 Trophy

Here are the following dates for the 2010 Harley-Davidson XR1200 Trophy:

Round 1 - 1st-3rd May - Oulton Park, Cheshire
Round 2 - 25th-27th June - Malory Park, Leicestershire
Round 3 -& 4 - 2nd-4th July - Knockhill, Scotland
Round 5 - 5th-6th August - Brands Hatch GP
Round 6 & 7 - 28th-30th August - Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire (Double Header)

This series can be seen on Eurosport 2 as support for the British Superbikes.

http://www.britishsuperbike.com/support/henderson-harley-davidson-xr1200-trophy.aspx

The bikes...

Blade Group Ltd are proud to represent the racing history of Harley-Davidson in the Henderson Harley-Davidson XR1200 Trophy, with representations from both Oxford and Cheltenham Harley-Davidson.

Team name: Blade Motorsport
Team manager/crew chief: Gavin Cupit
Race Tech: Elliott Andrews

The bikes: both Harley-Davidson XR1200s.

The racing kit includes:
· Pair of Dymag Wheels 7 spoke forged aluminium
· Brembo floating front discs
· Brembo front race pads Z04
· Harris fibreglass front fender, black gel coat
· HEL Braided front and rear brake pipes with black sheath
· Brembo front master cylinder 19/20
· Brembo front master cylinder reservoir and bracket
· Domino Quick action throttle twist grip
· Ohlins front fork cartridge kit
· Fat bar handlebars with nylon bar ends
· Renthal handlebar grips
· Domino clutch lever
· Domino ignition & run/stop switch
· Harris CNC milled 531 aluminium adjustable fork yokes inc h/bar clamps
· Ohlins steering dampener with Harris fitting kit
· Harris fibregalss front slatted numberboard in white gel coat
· Front numberboard & oil cooler mount hardware
· Earls oil cooler hoses
· Harris race solid footpegs to fit on standard hangars
· Harris fibreglass seat assembly in black gel coat
· Harris seat foam
· Harris seat sub-frame
· Harris fibreglass belly pan in black gel coat
· Harris belly pan mounting brackets
· Harris stainless steel rear undertray pair of catch tank/overflow bottles & mounting bracket
· Ohlins Race rear shocks
· Harris rear race disk
· Brembo rear race pads Z04

93 Brake Horse Power limit
233KG Lower Weight limit

The rules:

Top 4 and Random 4 are weighed and Dyno'd at end of each race.
No engine blueprinting
No gas flowing
No engine work allowed