Welcome to www.tl1000s.com

This web site is dedicated to my racing, bikes and general micky taking
between fellow competitors and spectators !

I race with the popular Auto66 club in the north of England, Mostly Hill Climbing and Twisty Sprints with the odd Road Race meeting for practice.

Hill Climbing is racing individually against the clock over a pre determined
coarse (usually one of the many Auto66 road racing circuits). Tyre
warmers are not allowed, and with limited runs to improve on your times
crashes are frequent ! Mistakes are costly which makes this sport in
some ways harder than road racing where you've got another lap or so
to make the time/place back.

I ride a 1997 TL1000S with modest modifications, the most obvious are the Renthal Bars. These bring confidence and are needed to muscle the TL around those hairpins and force quick changes of direction. Also it's got something to do with the fact that I used to race motocross for a lot of years and the "elbows out" position comes naturally!

I've been Hill Climbing for 4 years now, starting on a naked Suzuki RF900 with, you've guessed..... flat bars !
The inline 4 cylinder was difficult to ride on the limit with it's on/off power delivery and with such a high revving engine gave little chance of saving high sides. The progression to the TL has left me converted to V-twins, so much low down torque and low revving lazy engine makes for an idiot proof package and ideal Hill Climb Machine.

The proof is I have now won both the 2002 and 2003 Overall Hill Climb and Twisty Sprint Championships in succession, with only 10% of that been the Rider !!

Enjoy this site and please sign the guest book.

Sam

(Please feel free to email me any abuse / questions !)