First European Enduro Championship points for Bradley King…and MEREDITH 2ND AT RIDEOFFROAD !

Posted by Ray | 3 June 2009 | Comment

The 2ND round of this years European championship took place on the last weekend in may in tokod Hungary. In my previous two trips into Europe i had failed to make the top 20 and get any points so that was my aim for this weekend. Most of the British riders bikes were taken over together in a lorry provided by purple helmets team members Robo and Leo. we all flew on Wednesday with Thursday and Friday involving lots of test walking bike testing and signing on. The enduro and motox special test were right next to each other and very dry and dusty. There was a very relaxed atmosphere inn the Brit camp with everyone helping each other out and i was confident of good results.

On day1 my test times were a tad off the pace on the mx test but i felt quick on the enduro test and was told my times were very good. there were no results for day 1 until mid day Sunday and i was pleased to find i had finished 13Th e2/e3 junior and 68Th overall. i also managed to place 2nd best Brit on the day.
Just after i had finished on day 1 it rained hard for a hour which transformed the track for the start of day 2 changing from loose and dusty on day 1 to perfect grippy tests. Lap 1 on Sunday i struggled to find the speed from Saturday but put in a good mx test at the start of lap 2. As i was riding away From the mx test it started raining again which made the track very slippery. I made some mistakes on the remaining tests but made some time back on the going because alot of riders lost time on the tightest time check when the rain came. i had to work hard to stay on time having to overtake a group of 6 riders and getting taken out by a out of control Italian! My Sunday result was 14th in class and 69th overall.

Full results can be found on http://daihatsueuropeanendurochampionship.com/index.asp

Id like to say thanks to everyone involved in organising a great trip and everyone who helped me during the weekend. Also get well soon to the unwell and injured Leo, Ash wood, Tom Braddock and Matt ridgway after his collision with the Hungarian bush pig!

Brad king – enduro and hare scrambles on GAS GAS UK EC250 – www.freewebs.com/bradking25 – supported by K4OFFROAD, TALON, STEVE PLAIN M/CS, MICHELIN, GAERNE, NAU, RENTHAL, MOTUL, KRIEGA, ROGERSHILL RACEWAY AND RUSH RACING.

GG Spannerman LUKE MEREDITH finished 2nd behind Lincoln’Terminator’ Brewster at the RideoffRoadUK event at ‘The Butts’ near Matlock.
He was right with Linconi the whole race which showed that Luke is somewhere near back to full strength after his bad illness late last year. Luke has been riding an EC200 all season until his strength recovers. He is now ready for his preferred EC250 so anyone fancying a cheeeeeeeap 2009 GG EC200 please call Luke on 07866 162874 after 5pm.

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