Isle of Man TT winner describes nerves of riding 95-year-old BMW in the wet
"It’s weird to go bac𒈔k to the modern day and age.”
Davey Todd mastered wet conditions on a 95-year-old bike♒ this ye𝐆ar.
The Goodwood Revival’s Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy was always going to provideꦿ a unique challenge for riders more accustomed to the Isle of Man TT.
But when the rain bucketed down, it made controlling these machines - which required riders to r﷽each across the handlebars to change gears - even more nerve-wracking💝.
Todd put his BMW R63 Kompressor on p🌄ole position ⛦for the event in the tricky conditions.
“I’m happier than most,” he told . “I came in soaking wet through ꧙as everybody did, but it always feels a little bit better when you’re on pole positꦕion.
“I really wasn’t sure how the bike was going to handle. The thing’s a miꦿssile with a sup꧙ercharged engine.
“I was♔ a bit nervous taking it out in the wet with the rigid chassis but honestly, it went pretty well. I’m happy with it.
— Goodwood FOS (@fosgoodwood)McGuinness reacted to the unique run: “I don’t think I’ve been as wet on the motorbike for a long time. I mean, my underpants w🐷ere just full, my feet🅘 were full.
“I think everybody did a good job. It would have been so easy jus🍌t to end up on your backside.
“It’s a funny circui꧋t. There are some undulations and dips, and water sat here and there to really catch you out, but everybody rode safe.”
The two races at the Goodwood 🔯Revival w𓃲ere both won by Michael Russell and Michael Rutter.
Michael Dunlop was among the TT legends involved.
McGuinness said about Goodwood Revival: “It’s a bit like the TT. You get told about i💜t, but you don't really believe it until 🧔you experience it.
“When I came in 2016,♛ I said to the wife ‘I’m not getting dressed up,’ but if you don’t you look﷽ [out of place].
“I never get dressed up, but I actually quite like to look smart for once. And my family’s here. They all 🌠love it. We camp on site and the atmosphere in the campsite is mint. It’s special.
“The 𓆉Festival of Speed is great, but 🌌you just sort of go up the Hill.
“Here you’re having a bit of a 💧dust up, so you roll your sleeves up and you get stuck in.”
Todd said: “As an event as a whole, it’s something that I think we all love coming to.🉐 It’s just so cool.
“You get the clothes on, you ride the classic bike𓄧s. When you end up leaving here on Sunday, it’s weird to go back to the modern day and age.”
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