Project Likely Fail Part IX

The final round of the Yamaha Past Masters (YPM).

The championship is now only days away and barring a few tweaks I think we are ready. At the start of the year this TZR provided homes for a collection of invertebrates as it gathered dust at the back of the Fast Bikes workshop in numerous boxes of parts. Now, as the projectreaches its conclusion, it has been entered into the last round of the Yamaha Past Masters (YPM) series and it would appear we are about to see just how likely the ‘likely fail’ is.

I will avoid a roll call of thanks for now, suffice to say that so many people have helped me get to this stage and I am extremely grateful. The plentiful number of decals on my bike are thanks to the companies that have helped me – not trying to make it look more like a race-bike, you understand. A big shout out deservedly goes to Wayne Philips and Phoenix Yamaha of Trowbridge. Wayne has put in the hard yards building the TZR, wrestling with numerous problems in the time that he has grabbed and been allocated by the guv’nor Kev.

One person who has not got a sticker on my 250 is Len Whalin, technical coordinator of the YPM’ers. I need to tell you more about this guy and will next issue when Editor Bruce gives me more room. Suffice to say the man is a genius with a TZR, wielding a handy spanner at most things with an engine and a great guy to have in my corner. Len offered to pre-scrutineer my bike which was a great idea as I could arrive at Snetterton for practice day and do exactly that, without having to panic and fluster to get it passed.