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  <title>Journal d'une saison de course moto / Diary of a motorbike racing season</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Ma saison de course en DesmoDue Race Series, Antoine Josserand pilote #8]]></description>
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  <title>In the Anglesey paddock, Wales</title>
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  <dc:date>2009-06-05T11:10:52+00:00</dc:date>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Desmodue Racing</dc:subject>
  <description>I am still desperately looking for a Road Racing aluminium fuel tank for my race bike. Cash waiting. Do get in touch if you can help......</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am still desperately looking for a Road Racing aluminium fuel tank for my race bike. Cash waiting. Do get in touch if you can help...</p>


<p><img src="/images/anglesey.jpg" alt="" /></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>First round, Donington Park GP Circuit</title>
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  <dc:date>2009-03-30T23:14:26+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Desmodue Racing</dc:subject>
  <description>That is it, there is no going back. The '09 season is well and truely underway and Donington Park, the first round, is now behind us. I got there early on Friday morning for a quiet trackday (98dB...</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>That is it, there is no going back. The '09 season is well and truely underway and Donington Park, the first round, is now behind us. I got there early on Friday morning for a quiet trackday (98dB max). Unfortunately it was very cold and the rain stayed with us for most of the day. Not your ideal day for testing really... Nevermind, that was good enough to remember which way goes the track.</p>


<p>In order to comply with the technical rules of the series, I had some new Pirelli Diablos fitted to the bike at the end of the day. I really should have had them fitted earlier, that would have allowed me to scrub them in before the qualifying session instead of during it. Anyway that's my excuse for the 11th time (in class) for the grid position. Must try harder.</p>


<p>Saturday afternoon, first race: for me it ended after less than 2 laps, when I lost a bolt for the gear change linkage as I was entering the Melbourne hairpin. Gutted I was, especially as I did look at the bolt just a few hours earlier wondering if I should not lock wire it... That was the first time I failed to finish a race not because of a crash. Well, the bike had never been so rapidly fixed, ready for the next race!</p>


<p>Sunday afternoon, second race: after 2 cloudy, rainy and generally dull days, the sun is out and shining in a way that is not very usual in England. Damn it, I did not take any sun cream with me. We were the really last ones to race during that meeting: 3/4 of the paddock was already home. Came the time for our race and we were told it was a 10 laps race, instead of the 8 planned originally. Sounds like that fitness training will come in handy did I think. Still 11th (in class) on the grid, I managed a good start and caught up with the overall top 10 at the entrance of Redgate. After 20 minutes of racing, I finally get the 5th position in class. That got me quite happy, even though I was still disappointed not to have finished the race on the day before.</p>


<p>Big thanks to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mike from MD racing, the engine is brilliant mate!</li>
<li>The KRR team for all their parts, help and advice. Even when they are not in the paddock, their help is priceless!</li>
<li>NickB for his help in the paddock. Even though we hate each other.</li>
<li>Craig for the hospitality and coffees. And the fuel.</li>
</ul>

<p>I owe you all.</p>


<p>TODO list for next meeting:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ride harder.</li>
<li>Get fitter.</li>
<li>Find better brakes.</li>
<li>Lose at least 5kgs on the bike (16 to go...)</li>
</ul>

<p>Next races: Anglesey, Wales. Bring it on.</p>


<p>My DD09 in its garage, on Friday:</p>


<p><img src="/images/dd9_rebuild/DD09.jpg" alt="" /></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>4 weeks before the first race...</title>
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  <dc:date>2009-03-03T00:28:30+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Bike Prep</dc:subject>
  <description>... and the engine is finally back in the frame....</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>... and the engine is finally back in the frame.<br />
<img src="/images/dd9_rebuild/rebuildStarted.jpg" alt="" /></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>My 2009 Sponsor</title>
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  <dc:date>2009-02-28T21:00:40+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Desmodue Racing</dc:subject>
  <description>Mike from MD Racing is my main sponsor for the 2009 season.
His help should allow me to make '09 my best race season of all. Amongst other things, Mike fully rebuilt my 583cc DesmoDue engine and setup...</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Mike from <a href="http://www.md-racing.co.uk" hreflang="en">MD Racing</a> is my main sponsor for the 2009 season.<br />
His help should allow me to make '09 my best race season of all. Amongst other things, Mike fully rebuilt my 583cc DesmoDue engine and setup geometry and suspensions of the bike.<br />
<a href="http://www.md-racing.co.uk"><img src="/images/md-racing.co.uk.png" alt="" /></a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>New 2009 colours</title>
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  <dc:date>2009-01-17T17:56:41+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
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  <description>Here is a first clue......</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Here is a first clue...</p>


<p><img src="/desmodue/images/dd9_rebuild/frame.JPG" alt="" /></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Tim Pritchard Photography</title>
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  <description>I really love Tim's work. Judge by yourself of the man's talent:





Tim originally took the picture at Cadwell Park in 2007. For all your photographic needs, Tim Pritchard Photography is the name to...</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I really love Tim's work. Judge by yourself of the man's talent:</p>


<p><img src="/desmodue/images/TimsArtwork.jpg" alt="" /></p>


<p>Tim originally took the picture at Cadwell Park in 2007. For all your photographic needs, <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.pritchard/Otei1home.htm" hreflang="en">Tim Pritchard Photography</a> is the name to remember.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>The DD9 rebuild has started...</title>
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  <dc:date>2008-12-17T20:56:06+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
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  <description>Yes, the one on the lift table...





Watch this space!...</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Yes, the one on the lift table...</p>


<p><img src="/desmodue/images/dd9_rebuild/rebuild00.jpg" alt="" /></p>


<p>Watch this space!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Quoi de neuf sous le soleil Anglais?...</title>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
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  <description>Pas grand chose.


Et comme ça fait presqu'un an que je n'ai pas posté, il me faudrait écrire 15 pages pour tout raconter.
Mais bon j'ai un peu la flemme, alors en quelques points ça donne ça:


Une...</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Pas grand chose.</p>


<p>Et comme ça fait presqu'un an que je n'ai pas posté, il me faudrait écrire 15 pages pour tout raconter.
Mais bon j'ai un peu la flemme, alors en quelques points ça donne ça:</p>

<ul>
<li>Une fin de saison 2007 décevante,</li>
<li>Retrait du championnat pour 2008 (oui, je boude... ;-)</li>
<li>Mais on va remettre ça en 2009.</li>
</ul>

<p>Principaux enseignements tirés de la saison 2007:</p>

<ul>
<li>Géométrie et suspensions d'une moto de course, il faut laisser ça aux pros,</li>
<li>Une moto compétitive coûte de l'argent, la débrouille ne suffit pas toujours.</li>
<li>Il faut continuer a s'entraîner :-)</li>
</ul>

<p>Ci-dessous, un extrait du classement final de la catégorie 600cc pour la saison dernière:</p>


<p><img src="/desmodue/images/dd2007.png" alt="" /></p>


<p>Et les classements de mes 3 saisons de course: <a href="http://www.desmodue.co.uk/dd_standing/?season_id=1&amp;highlight=82">2005</a>, <a href="http://www.desmodue.co.uk/dd_standing/?season_id=3&amp;highlight=82">2006</a> et <a href="http://www.desmodue.co.uk/dd_standing/?season_id=5&amp;highlight=82">2007</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Ce filtre à essence qui gâcha mon weekend...</title>
  <link>http://www.desmotrader.co.uk/index.php?2007/06/23/84-ce-filtre-a-essence-qui-gacha-mon-weekend</link>
  <dc:date>2007-06-23T17:02:34+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Other Stuff</dc:subject>
  <description>Et voilà. Après de longues heures d'investigation, je viens de mettre la main sur la raison de la panne de ma Ducati ST2. Ce weekend j'aurai dû rentrer en France pour voir famille et amis....</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Et voilà. Après de longues heures d'investigation, je viens de mettre la main sur la raison de la panne de ma Ducati ST2. Ce weekend j'aurai dû rentrer en France pour voir famille et amis. Malheureusement je ne suis pas allé plus loin que 10 km avant Douvres. Il n'y avait aucune chance pour que je puisse réparer la moto au bord de la route. Pour changer un filtre à essence sur la ST2, il faut:</p>
<ul>
<li>avoir un filtre à essence neuf sur soi</li>
<li>et vidanger le réservoir.</li>
</ul>

<p>Bref. J'aurai appris pas mal de chose sur ma moto dans cette histoire. La raison de la panne est simple: le filtre à essence s'est légèrement ouvert à l'endroit où il est originalement scellé (en haut à droite du filtre sur la photo). Et du coup une partie de l'essence sous pression venant de la pompe retournait dans le réservoir (l'ensemble filtre + pompe à essence se trouve noyé dans le réservoir). Et donc impossible d'apporter assez d'essence au moteur pour prendre plus de 5000 tr/mn.</p>


<p>Un grand merci à la liste Ducati ST sur Yahoo France, leur aide m'a permis d'économiser beaucoup de temps et d'argent, et surtout d'en apprendre pas mal sur ma belle.</p>


<p><img src="/desmodue/images/fuelFilter.jpg" alt="" /></p>


<p><em>PS: je viens juste de remarquer que la date (de fabrication?) apparaissant sur le filtre est le 05/05/1997. La moto étant de 1998, il est facile d'imaginer que ce filtre n'a <strong>jamais</strong> été changé. Alors qu'il doit être changé une fois par an! Pas très sérieux de la part de l'ancien proprio tout ça...</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Lettre à l'Echo des Conti</title>
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  <dc:date>2007-06-14T11:03:36+00:00</dc:date>
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  <dc:creator>Antoine</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Other Stuff</dc:subject>
  <description>...</description>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p><a href="http://www.tonio82.co.uk/desmodue/lettre_echo.jpg"><img src="/desmodue/images/echo/echo_small.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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