Almost a Sticky End
I wasn’t sure whether to call this chapter; “The Epilogue to the Epilogue” or “It’s Deja vu all over again” but read on and more will become clear. In many ways there’s a certain, albeit unwelcome, symmetry to this moment in time. We emerged from the original lockdown, the museum opened with genuine enthusiasm, and our Motorcycle Team put on a great season of demonstration runs. We made it through by the skin of our teeth, putting a show on nearly every day with only bad weather getting in the way. There was a tinge of sadness on Sunday, as the demos came to an end and we seem to be heading back into lockdown, but a collective spirit that we would be back up and running as soon as possible As suspected several of the bikes had mechanical issues resulting from the increased frequency of use. It’s interesting that frequent short duration low speed runs caused almost as many issues as track events. I don’t think any of the bikes ran faultlessly, and indeed my own perio...