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HONDA CB500 RACING: CHARLIE ON RD#6 – THE LAST ROUND

It was always going to be emotional. The final round of my first ever racing season with EMRA in the Bridgestone 500 series was coming

Having read, watched and giggled myself through all of the antics from the recent Bridgestone 500 races with EMRA, when an opportunity to have a

Rd#4 of Bridgestone CB500 racing had been a ‘Battle Royale’ for Charlie and team-mate Gary, who shared the spoils. But Rd#5 was to bring a

A fellow Bridgestone 500 racer put the following post up on the EMRA Facebook group last night, a couple of hours after Rd#4 had drawn

…and it all started so bloody well. I had a stroke of luck searching for a motorhome after Round 1. Despite living close I am

I wasn’t ready for this; I don’t mean the actual racing of the Bridgestone 500s with EMRA, but the rollercoaster ride of emotions that a

It finally arrived, round 1 of the Bridgestone 500’s with EMRA. Are we ready? The bike is, but I’m not! I really don’t think it

Round 1 of the Bridgestone 500 series hosted by the East Midlands Racing Association (EMRA) has been and gone and we are hurtling toward Round

With less than a week to go our intrepid Rookie Racers, Gary and Charlie, have been doing their final runs, checks, tweaks and even paint

There are two very different sides to the team Bridgestone / Fast Bikes awning in terms of our CB500 race preparation. We are now three

It’s all about the preperation…

It was around 6pm on Sunday 23 September when I decided that 2019 would be the year to enter my first ever full racing season

Mr Benjamin checks in with Episode 8 on his longterm Suzuki GSX-R1000R, where he barks on about dash protectors, sound checks and the brakes on

Beej checks in with episode 7 on his longterm Suzuki GSX-R1000R, this time looking at a couple of official Suzuki bits he’s fitted, plus some

His Charlie Charles of Charles’ness checks in with episode 5 of his blogs on his longterm Yamaha R6, this time from a sunny(ish) Spain, at