The highs and lows of racing a Honda CB 500 in the Thundersport 500 series. Wirral 100 Motor Club and Aintree motorcycle racing Club www.ThundersportGB.com www.CB500racing.co.uk www.wirral100.co.uk www.aintreemotorcycleracingclub.co.uk Photos property of /www.racing-line-photography.com. Roly Grigg Photography 2013  www.pljphoto.net/ www.britishsportphotography.com EDPphoto.co.uk www.msvphotography.co.uk Stephen Schofield www.facebook.com/stephen1957Tumblr (3.0; @cb500rr)http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/ Paul Griffin 2013 The second race meeting of the season took place on 11th May 2013 at a very wet...http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/50601891149http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/50601891149Thu, 16 May 2013 22:29:00 +0100aintreeAMCRRCB500Road RacingWirral 100 Photography © Roly Grigg 2013. First outing of the 2013 season with the Wirral 100 motor club at...http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/49543647024http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/49543647024Fri, 03 May 2013 23:43:00 +0100Wirral 100 CB500 Oulton Park motorcycle racing Club racing Aintree motorcycle racing clubThe start to this seasons racing has been put on hold due to the heavy snowfall that covers much of...http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/46264922859http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/46264922859Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:16:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71d194199818dafc967144592fb75da5/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1f755f2b8f77bb802f0b88f3d750f929/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ec9cfaf9d77afafe1edee16bc016016/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd62b716a2650bf79a3115a4f8c49bde/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9555a747630e06be01ae7906f4d3454e/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9cc71c2355dff38af6cc0f9a6ebcfc48/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a9897b40b4bbfd7aba9ab4e348389726/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5b62becd0fb233e362f1366d32d8f540/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05d029d2cc502e5ce3dcba0554610da0/tumblr_mjmbuqCyaA1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Giving this years bike a run out at Oulton Park, nothing fancy just making sure everything works as it should, The bike is much better than my old CB500 which im using as spares this season.</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/45292443242http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/45292443242Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:32:50 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/39ae9649feb19afc780ef4a05b2e95bb/tumblr_mjmbr2EdiE1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This years Race bike, an original CB500 Cup race bike that’s ‘Ive been using on the road to run it in. Newly rebuilt/reconditioned engine performs well, just take the lights off and its time to race. </p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/45292258562http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/45292258562Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:30:38 +0000The first meeting of the season takes place with the wirral 100 at the fantastic Anglesey Ty Croes...http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/45291689944http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/45291689944Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:23:41 +0000After missing the whole of last season due to financial difficulties everything is set in place for...http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/42748780528http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/42748780528Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:14:00 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SJX4WC1l_s4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Mallory Park, 2010</p> <p>Pushed onto the grass coming out of lake esses, then i nearly run Chris over after he catches his engine cases on the exit from the bus stop. All fun and games.</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/19690213992http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/19690213992Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:50:42 +0000<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/cb500rr/18902867739/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_18902867739" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="300" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Loosing the front at a very wet Oulton Park in November 2011</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18902867739http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18902867739Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:40:00 +0000Oulton Park CB 500 crash<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ir7prOwO1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A very cold and wet MSV track day at Oulton Park November 2011</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18901300846http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18901300846Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:35:48 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iqbeAqsd1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>More pics from 2010 - 2011</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18900873656http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18900873656Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:16:25 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ipftYyzU1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some shot from the 2011 season</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18900471137http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18900471137Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:57:29 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hjsdVRwh1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hjsdVRwh1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hjsdVRwh1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hjsdVRwh1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hjsdVRwh1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hjsdVRwh1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Three Sisters Test Day. Tight twisty track that’s hard to get the hang off.</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18867552516http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18867552516Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:57:49 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hg9urBpE1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Aintree Race meeting.  Entered the minitwins and F400 class and 251 - 501 class along with 6 other CB500’s from the Thundersport series.</p> <p>Placed third in class and 9th overall.  The CB’s got left murdered down railway straight, so you’d have to pick your way through again each lap.</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18863096134http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18863096134Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:41:53 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hf35H3Iw1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Mallory Park 2010 first ever race crashed out at the hairpin on the brakes, then got knocked off on the Sunday in warmup braking my elbow 6 weeks until I was back on a bike. </p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18861648376http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18861648376Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:16:17 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hba1cnor1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Donnington Park 2011 Thundersport 500. Nightmare qualifying 4 laps in the gearbox bearing ceased tipping it into Redgate locking the back end up.  Managed to knock the bike back into shape with a temp repair only 4 gears and managed a 2nd in the 500 cup race.  </p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18857562653http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18857562653Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:53:57 +0000<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/cb500rr/18856501638/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_18856501638" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="300" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Oulton Park Testing. The little CB looks almost stationary compared to the Gearlink Kawasaki Lads.</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18856501638http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18856501638Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:28:34 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h9lyBPqt1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Oulton Park 2010 NG Road Racing Practice</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18856106884http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18856106884Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:17:57 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h94feVdO1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Oulton Park NG Road Racing entered the Mini Twin Class the CB 500’s not quite fast enough to compete with the SV 650 and ER650’s. Managed to finish in the top half of the grid.  Not to bad for the little CB</p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18855704605http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18855704605Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:07:26 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h8iy7VvV1rrn8jdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Mallory Park Thundersport 500.  Qualified well, then promptly threw it away on the first lap at gerrads on oil </p>http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18855224465http://cb500rr.tumblr.com/post/18855224465Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:54:34 +0000