Pre-season testing, new bikes, new sponsors, some hiccups and some changes….

Where does the off season go? One minute we are celebrating finishing 2nd in the 4hr Endurance race and the next minute I am trying to hammer out our first post-race report of 2014…!
Well its been a busy off season with some amazing highs offset by some unfortunate lows. Ok bad news first….

One of our principal riders, Chris ‘Fozzy’ Foster has unfortunately been involved in an RTC, the driver of the other vehicle (a Mitsubishi Warrior) had missed their motorway exit and took the next junction and in a hurry to make up for lost time and proceeded to enter a crossroads without due care and attention. Chris had no chance to make a correction and ended up colliding with the vehicle. This was completely the fault of the other driver, which the Police have now dealt with. Chris was rushed to hospital and spent several days in intensive care.

We are pleased to be able to announce that he is will make a full recovery however his injuries are extensive and included the following (not exhaustive):
• 4 fractures to the pelvis
• Right wrist broken
• Left wrist shattered and extensive surgery has been undertaken to plate, wire and pin all the fragments
• Damaged cruciate ligament in left knee
Short term memory loss (well it was never great so it’s hard to tell the difference….. will pay for that comment later I am sure.)

We can only thank our sponsors for their amazing products without which Chris may not have been here now. In no particular order:

• Held
• Forcefield Armour
• Shark Helmets
• TCX boots

The excellent quality of this kit saved Chris from more significant injuries, for these we are very grateful!
This means that our ThundersportGB activities have been curtailed and puts some of our electric programme at risk, we will keep you updated on his recovery and any amendments to our programme.

Pre-season testing:
With our electric bikes still in the USA being built we concentrated on a shake down test of our Darvill Suzuki Minitwin and new Darvill Kawasaki Classic Z1-R. We have a number of ‘closed tests’ at Jurby Aerodrome this season which affords us the opportunity to continually develop our machines. The first event was held in the middle of March and as luck would have it the weather was perfect.

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Pre-season testing, new bikes, new sponsors, some hiccups and some changes