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Could be.

After yesterday Gav....... what about Wiggy??

Yeah, nice one Alexz. The pressure he was under yesterday must have been massive superb effort to finish it off, the joy on his face at the top of the THB was there for all to see, congrats Alexz. Nice to see the emotion on Bigwig's face as well Very interesting week, lots of subtle twists and turns. Doug's problems on Monday obviously knocked him out of the running but he was superb. Michael's issue's on Wednesday morning must have been a nightmare for him, though what I have noticed all week with him is that he really is cool, calm and collected ALL THE TIME, just a shame he had his early day yesterday.

It's been interesting watching Cabby all week, he's a fabulous rider of that there is no question and there were times you could see him rolling his eyes looking at some of the stuff that was in front of him. I suggest he now has a distinct advantage come June certainly over his continental rivals who have never tackled anything like last week. Nice one on him coming here..

No you're wrong, with Beta's the first thing you check is the Stator then the CDI unit. The coils are ULTRA RELIABLE, you use your experience fault solving with the specific bike because generalisation can cause further delay. Doug was awsome this week!!

boo-hoo....got to go home tonight!!!

Bugger ...... where did that sunshine come from????

.......even caught Andy out, though I suspect that was a dodgy curry!! Anyway, weather. Yes there was some wintry stuff, one or two heavier showers fell as sleety showers above 2500ft. Wednesday: still going to plan cool and patchy rain and showers, chance we might be unlucky to see a couple of hours of continuous rain over the lunchtime period, we're kind of on the edge of it but knowing our luck we'll get wet!! Not much in the way of a breeze again and max temps 10 to 12 degrees. Thursday: staying to plan, cool but any patchy rain and showers should be gone by late morning. Afternoon should brighten up, not much in the way of a breeze again and max temps 10 to 12 degrees but out in the sun it'll feel much warmer just like Monday. Friday and Saturday: It's great when a plan comes together. Mostly dry, bright breezier than the rest of the week but temperatures 13-15 degrees. Peninsula could be brilliant in the sun.

#1 Stuart Rocket above and 23 Stephen Larkin below

Apart from the wee trough line along the Great Glen this evening, It's going largely to plan. Tuesday/Wednesday and perhaps early thursday looking like the damp days but not too significant in amounts.

..he seems happy enough! looking forward to him tackling some Scottish burns...

... and bang on cue...10am.... Kinlochleven...... the heavens opened!!!

Copey, I'll sort it, usual rules apply!! the dongle works in the Glen Nevis Caravan an chalet park.....result!! Update - High in the Atlantic but wer'e on the cooler northeast side of it so likey to be cooler than you might expect. It sinks a little south midweek but moves north again towards Friday/Saturday Sunday looks pretty good bit cloudy late morning early afternoon but generally bright. 10-12 degrees. Monday looks pretty good as well, certainly the best day in the early part of the week. 12-14 degrees we'd be unlucky to see a shower. Tuesday; as alluded to last night theres a chance of some patchy rain and showers on Tuesday, nothing particularly heavy but we might find a few merging together for a longer spell of rain. Temperatures around 12 - 14 in the Fort, 10 - 12 towards Creag Lundie Rest of the week much as before! more to follow

As far as the charts said last night Mark. If I can get connection in Glen Nevis with the dongle I'll keep you connected either that or sneak in and use HL's internet connection in the Milton if I'm stuck. Still looks pretty good but there's one or two days with an increased chance of showers and patchy rain, Tuesday and Wednesday most likely.

Basic qualifications..... o levels in Art and Maths anyway ....... In Kinlochleven, nice evening!! P 65 Friday As noted earlier cool and showery possibly a heavy shower or two, there

Ah well....signing my own abuse warrant here!! High pressure....the darker the orange colours the better, they represent something different but relate to surface temperatures..... Self explanatory but we are still early and actual conditions might be different

HL, you NEED to get that in the programme some year ....

How the hell did I manage that???

Get Javier to bring him to Alvie in June....He'll love it

...and the trick is to get there before Andy otherwise there's bugger all left

The general night oot?? me and 3!!

Right ya big bunch of girlies.....first look!!! This weekend for the Pre65 not stunning cool and showery all weekend not particularly windy but there will be a few showers about, max daytime temperatures around 9-11 degrees (don't fancy being in a tent much!!). The week, too early for any real details but if early suggestions in the models are correct then it may not be that bad certainly better than last year though that wouldn't be difficult, there is a bit of consistency showing for now that's generally a good sign that the models are in synch and the forecasts are generally right, good or bad weather!! There's a big high developing in the Atlantic which will keep the weather largely settled temperatures maxes showing around 18. In light of the usual abuse, please remember this is a first look. Technology has arrived in the shape of a dongle so I will keep this updated as the week progresses. I leave here Thursday morning so will put some more info up tomorrow night.

Where exactly are they Perce and can I get there with a camera???

Superb result for Pat, congratulations

Interesting view Tim, I'd say we need them all. I can't talk about what Honda do or don't do at the FIM level but suffice to say if we continue to want a choice we need a big money player or two in market place. Very few small independant team have the money to invest hugely in the new technologies that will drive the sport forward. Every year we see a new iteration of the Gasser or the Beta or the Sherco or whatever, the last ground breaking change we've seen is the Sherco juggling where everything is but before that the 4RT was the biggest step forward since watercooling, twin disk, monoshocks and the monocoque style frame and with the exception of the frame none of them were new technology. The next step is the Ossa but if that doesn't sell how long is the bank going to fund that development, I think we need them all and i'd love to see yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki getting back into the game either on their own or in collusion with others. We're too small a market to want someone to pull out. As for Toni, might be another couple of years but someone will get there.