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Well summer's here, kind of! And South East Biker celebrate our coming of age with Issue 21 on the streets. We review the Husqvarna Nuda 900R and take another look at the BMW S1000RR. Spencer Conway provides a fascinating excerpt from his African motorcycle adventures. We spend an enjoyable evening with Sam Manicom and we have a free competition to win a signed set of his books. SEB gets on track at Lydden for the first time this year. We chart the progress of a motorcycle student's racing career and find out what happens to your bike behind the scenes with BLD. Jamie Burroughs competes in the Scottish Six Day trial to raise funds for SERV and we have great contributions from MAG and BEMSEE. Enjoy the sunshine if it ever appears!

Nick Tunstill Editor

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Saturday 23rd June SEB track day Lydden Hill circuit

South East Biker's second track day of the season at Lydden Hill is now booking the last few places.

Lydden Hill circuit is a great track for beginners and advanced alike, so with a relaxed atmosphere and a great group of riders it is a fun day out. Whatever the weather on the day SEB now has the use of the Scrutineering barn so no need to get wet and cold whilst standing around waiting to go on the track. There will be goodie bags for everyone that books through us with offers and vouchers in it for you to take home.

SEB sponsors Lydden Hill and so we can offer a track day at an amazing reduced price of £90. The new SEB Club now offers its members a FREE instructor on the track with an onboard camera to film you riding which is then downloaded to DVD for you to purchase if you wish for £9.99. Our Photographer can now take some amazing quality pictures which will be available to purchase on his website http://www.fastframephotography.co.uk/events.html 

If you would like to join us on our next track day at Lydden Hill give Debbie a call or email and we can help you have a great day at a reasonable price with quite nice people. SEB has track days running throughout the season at Lydden Hill Sat 21st July and 22nd September. Contact Debbie on 01892 610808 or debbie@southeastbiker.co.uk

WSBK hits Donington this weekend

This weekend sees World Superbikes at Donington Park, I am sure many of the riders are wishing for a weekend with all dry sessions and they may just get their wish. All the weather reports are that the rain might just hold off, considering MotoGP and WSB have had the worst start to the season racing for many years. Last weekend saw problems with tyres and many riders unhappy with the tyres that Pirelli had provided. After many saw Haslam's tyre disintegrate within 3 laps in qualifying, many were uneasy about trusting their tyres.

The first race at Monza was cancelled due to the riders feeling they could not trust their wet tyres. It was a shame to hear the Monza crowd jeer the riders for choosing not to ride, it is a shame the spectators do not remember that these riders are riding for sport. If the best riders in the world do not feel happy to race at break neck speeds of 180-200mph then they are the best judges. It really was a spectacle as the bikes emerged from the rain haze, they could hardly see 3 feet in front of them.

Congratulations to Tom Sykes, Haslam took 2nd and Laverty finished the top 3 with all British riders on the Monza podium. It is great to see that all our British riders are keeping their heads held high with some great results in MotoGP, MotoGP2, and MotoGP3 too.

If you are lucky to be going up to Donington have a great time and let's hope the weather is at least fine for this weekend.