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Created: 16 November 2005
Oli Henderson, LB member and Bemsee racer, gives us a detailed insight into his experiences this year as a rookie in the 600 series. The words below are his.
After four years or so on the road, 1x GSXR 600(97), 2x R1's ('99&'02), 1 GSXR 1000 ('03), a trip across Europe, many nights at Chelsea Bridge, police chases, close shaves, and fun, my career of riding on the road came to an end with a 54 month ban, £1,700 fine and a four month, electronically tagged curfew. I thought my time on a bike was over. In other words my life was over. My life felt meaningless and black. Then I was at a World Superbike Round at Brands Hatch and it suddenly hit me. Shit!! I should be racing.... I can do that. And so it was set, Oli was going racing. I hadn't actually thought about the fact that I had never done a trackday at this point. Should be interesting anyway.
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Dream to Reality, or Dreamer to Racer?
