[ace.cafe]

For those of you who did not catch this news in the Iron Barrel Forum, we have some exciting results to report!

Happy to report that our favorite racing team and their F.A.B. 500 (Fireball ASBO Bullet 500 ) has won the 3rd Place points standing for the 2015 British Historic Racing Championship Series!
This machine, owned and campaigned by the Henshaws of Performance Classics in Wales, is equipped with an ACE Roller Rocker racing Big Head, which helped achieve higher power levels that assisted in propelling the team to this prestigious finish for the season.

With this 3rd Place points tally for the racing season this year, the 500 finished ahead of all the Norton Manx competitors, and only the two fastest Matchless /Seeley G50 short stroke machines scored higher points totals.
At the present time, this Fireball ASBO Bullet 500 is the fastest and most powerful Royal Enfield Bullet that retains the original 84mm x 90mm bore/stroke dimensions.

We are very happy and proud to be associated with this team and their achievement in the vintage racing scene in the UK.

Looking forward to an even better season next year!

Congratulations Paul, Ian, and Dave!

Tom

[Ice]

 
Wooo Hoooooo  !!!!!!                     Congratulations Team Henshaw !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[heloego]

Very cool!
And many kudos to you, Tom, for your contribution to it!

[AgentX]

Performance Classics has this up on Facebook-

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=ts_LDFggDrQ

[ace.cafe]

Cool!
Thanks!

I posted that video on our Ace forum just now!
 

[Kevin Mahoney]

For those of you who may not follow vintage racing, beating a Norton under any circumstances with any bike is a tough job. Almost unheard of with an RE. Speaks pretty highly of this effort.

[GSS]

Amazing! Well done and congratulations!

[Bullet Whisperer]

Thanks everyone!
 It was a challenging season, with four bikes to campaign - the two larger Royal Enfields of our own, plus Steve Cotrell's 250 Crusader and Dave Darby's fast but highly strung Ducati 250!
 There have been blow ups, crashes, hasty rebuilds and even nearly punch ups this season, but it all came out better than anyone expected in the end.
 We have the aftermath of a broken crankpin to deal with on the F.A.B. 500 - not nearly as much damage as could have happened actually resulted and we got off pretty lightly.
 The 350 was the only RE machine to come home in running order, but I want to shift the power band higher up the rev range if possible.
 The Crusader, Steve tells me has a shot big end and possible gearbox troubles and the Ducati remains highly strung 
 The 500's crank is already receiving attention at Alpha Bearings 
 B.W.

[Adrian II]

The 500's crank is already receiving attention at Alpha Bearings 

Are they fitting another stepped crank pin same as before, or will the crank be bored out for fitting the modern type of pin?

A.

[Bullet Whisperer]

I am almost bursting to reply with what could happen, as something could be in the pipeline, but enough said for now, until I know for sure 
 B.W.

[ace.cafe]

I am almost bursting to reply with what could happen, as something could be in the pipeline, but enough said for now, until I know for sure 
 B.W.

It sounds very exciting!
I'm now bursting to hear the news too!
 

[bob bezin]

congratulations all  !!!