Club Racer at the Island Classic

Stacey on the new look racer at Phillip Island. She managed to get a best lap time 2:02.402 and did a best top speed of 185Kph.

Well done Stacey and the team at the Island Classic

Stacey's team at left Caillin and Des with Ivan sitting on the club racer.

Stacey on one of the team Heaney bikes a Honda 125

Qualifying on Friday saw the bike going round the track for the first time in Q06 Unlimited Classic & Post Classic and Stacey did a best time 2:05.979 on the third lap with a fastest speed of 180Kph. Stacey finished Qualifying in 18^th place.

She reported that the brakes are not quite right and we anticipated this as we thought the brake master cylinder should be a 16mm bore and not the 22mm bore currently in use, the new Brembo’s with 38mm pistons need a smaller master cylinder for the correct feel as the older calipres had 42mm pistons. We will sort this out before the next meeting.

Later on Friday in the first race, R06 Stacey again did a 2:05.334 in the 4^th lap at a fastest speed of 178 Kph. Stacey finished this race in 17^th place against a field much higher powered bikes. Saturday and race two R20 saw Stacey better her previous lap time to 2:04.019 on her 2^nd lap and her finishing positon drop to 12^th with a top speed of 177Kph.  Stacey improved in every race and considering the brake problems she was having she did very well. The master cylinder was changed to one from the Suzuki in an effort to improve the brakes but because we didn’t have a double banjo bolt one calipre and brake line had to be removed. Sunday morning and the first race of the day was carried over from Saturday R34 or Race 3 saw Stacey improve her lap time again down to 2:02.501 on lap 3 and do a fastest lap of 185 Kph on lap 4 with Stacey finishing in 15^th place. Sunday afternoon and R48 race 4 was run with Stacey doing her best time for the weekend at 2:02.402 on lap 4 with her best top speed of 175Kph on laps 2 & 5 and finishing in 14^th place in the mixed field. Ivan’s best lap from 2016 was under 1 second quicker and 3Kph faster.

Stacey also raced a Honda 125cc bike in Vintage 125 Post Classic and finished in first place for that class. Thanks to Ivan for bringing the bike down from Sydney and helping to get the bike ready to race and thanks to Nick McGinn who will be servicing the bike post-race meeting and making sure it’s ready to go for the next outing. Thanks to Stacey for doing such a great job and bringing the bike home in one piece and achieving her personal best times over the weekend. I would also like to thank the many club members who called in to lend their support to Stacey and the pit crew.

Stacey’s Island Report

Well what a race the island classic was. With perfect weather and bike running like a dream we were able to smash lasts years best lap times (2:12) in practice/qualifying with a 2:05 and 18th on the grid. 1st race we had some minor issues with the front brake and suspension set up. Ivan Hoey managed to take one calipre off which meant we only had 50% braking capacity but still where able to drop lap time down to a 2:03 and fixing the issues we had when under brakes.  Final race of the weekend I was able to drop lap times down to a 2:02 finishing 7th overall in p4 unlimited. The combined points of the XS and my points from winning the 125 class landed me 10th position out of 200+ riders for the Phil Irving trophy. Big thank you to Ivan Hoey, dad (Des Heaney) and all the XS club members who supported me this weekend!