THE BLOG...
Rounds 4 & 5 at Anglesey, returning to form...
2nd August 2010
What a great weekend we all had at Anglesey on the 24th and 25th of July, two days of quality racing, barbees and a couple of cheeky beers with good mates - What more could you ask for...
Round 3, Point to Point and other stuff
7th July 2010
Well if it was up to me the Wirral 100 should go the same way as BSB and let you drop your worst two results from the season!! That way I'd be back in the running...
Oulton Park - Disaster
20th April 2010
Well if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have none! Round 2 was looking very promising what with a beautiful dry day, plenty of support and the rare risk of sunburn, the paddock was rammed and there was going to be some quality racing...
Anglesey Round 1 and Kiddies 1st Holiday
14th April 2010
I was rubbing my hands with the prospect of some lovely dry racing for round 1 at Anglesey, yet the moment I pulled the replacement mark 2 caravan onto the paddock it started pissing down and that's the way it was gonna stay pretty much, damn...
Expensive Off Season, Arabian Nights and Dolgellau
7th March 2010
I’ve had a lot on during the off season, made even busier with our twins. At the end of Feb I was lucky enough to get an invite to Abu Dhabi to coach with the superbike school at the newly built, spectacular, Yas Marina F1 circuit, we ran at night under floodlights which was cool...
Hayden and Chloe Born and GSXR For Sale
5th January 2010
Firstly, happy new year to you all and I hope you have a fantastic 2010...
The 19th of November 2009 saw the birth of our little boy and girl Hayden Cameron Griffiths and Chloe Isabelle Griffiths, they are absolutely gorgeous and we are so very proud. Kaz coped fantastically and has taken to being a mother like a duck to water, she is a natural.
Finally A Trophy! Oulton Park Round 7
5th November 2009
Saturday 24th October was round 7 and the last round of the Wirral 100 championship and rain, rain, rain was the order of the day. It had been forecast all week so I was mentally prepared for wet only races.
This one was going to be about confidence in my wet tyres, turn entry speed and excellent throttle control, something...
Anglesey Grand, Johnny Haynes and Congleton Half
19th October 2009
Well what an awesome meeting!
We rolled up there on Friday night in my new wobble box (caravan) dropped the legs, plumbed it up and we were ready, bit easier than trying to put up a 6 man tent in the wind...
First Tattoo, Mark Emigrating
28th August 2009
Well it’s finally happened, I’ve been inked!
Well, I aint getting any younger, so I thought, what the hell. It could only be my No33. I’ve gotta thank Marc from The Tree House Press, he’s a local guy and a mate of my brothers’. He’s a designer of immense talent, check out his website. His brief for my tattoo was about two sentences and he came up ...
The Proudest Dad, Anglesey, Snowdon and more
10th August 2009
For those of you that don’t already know, Kaz and I are having twins and we have just had the 20 week scan and found out it’s a boy and a girl! Am I the luckiest man in the world or what? (Scan piccy in my Gallery) They are due on the 22nd of December ...
Brands, mountain walking, Scotland and new leathers
12th July 2009
It’s been a wee while since my last blog so to keep you up to date I’ve been to Brands Hatch with the superbike school for two gloriously sunny days with hot sticky tarmac and a top BBQ, Camier also dropped by again for a chat. My students were great. One of my guys was Andrew Saunders, road tester ...
Anglesey, Round 3
2nd June 2009
Well, it’s about time I introduced my new man at the sharp end, Carl, mechanic and operations! Don’t be misled by the title photo, he is like a coiled spring, ready for action! The empty box of Stella is just this guy’s Red Bull.
Anglesey round 3 was just one of those meetings to be honest, I never quite felt myself and I couldn’t put my finger on it. I struggled to get ...
Oulton Park, Round 2
14th May 2009
Hi guys!
Saturday 18th April saw us at Oulton Park for round 2 of the Wirral 100 motorcycle club races, and what a meeting it was, firstly it was sunny from the off which is always a good start.
Oulton is always popular and as a result they had to run power bikes in our class as there were so many...
Camping, Jerez and Leon Camier
27th April 2009
Hi again! I had a rare free weekend at the end of March after round 1 so I decided to take Kaz camping at Devils Bridge in west Wales, we had a great time just kicking back, chilling and taking in the beautiful surroundings. The weather was changeable to say the least from sun to sleet; we even had snow on the tent at one point!
The following weekend I flew out to Jerez in the south of Spain with the...
Anglesey, Round 1
25th March 2009
Hi again, just got chance to sit at my PC so I thought I’d give you all the low down from Sunday, Round 1 of the championship at Anglesey on Sunday.
We shot up there Friday night after work ready for testing on Saturday, Paul Debnam from the California Superbike School decided to come and join me and the boys and offer help and advice along with grafters James and Carl. The weather was on our side and the first sessions went well apart from ...
Don Johnson and Oulton Park
13th March 2009
Jet (CSS riding coach) was holding his house warming party after 3 years of toil converting the village school he used to attend as a pupil into his bespoke luxury home; it’s impressive to say the least, good work fella. As the theme was 70's or 80's I headed off to several fancy dress shops and came up with Don Johnson!! Yellow suit, rolled up sleeves, shades and no socks, winner I thought, only when I arrived there ...
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The Birth of Racer33
10th March 2009
Hi, my name is Alan Dodd and I was born in Chester on 7th October 1973, I first started riding at age 16 on a Honda MT50 which I bought off my brother. I liked the look of it but it was embarrassingly slow, so much so that when I passed a crowded bus stop I'd bend down pretending to fiddle with the fuel tap as if was running out of fuel but I had it pinned at about 27mph!
A few years later my brother Ian said he was going to take his restricted bike test which would allow him to ride up to a 250 ...
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Archive...
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- Rounds 4/5 at Anglesey, return to form
- Round 3, Point to Point and Other
- Oulton Park - Disaster
- Anglesey Round 1, Kiddies 1st Holiday
- Expensive Off Season, Arabian Nights
- Hayden & Chloe Born / GSXR For Sale
- Finally A Trophy
- Anglesey Grand, Jonny Haynes
- First Tattoo, Mark Emigrating
- The Proudest Dad, Anglesey, Snowdon
- Brands, Scotland and New Leathers
- Anglesey, Round 3
- Oulton Park, Round 2
- Camping, Jerez and Leon Camier
- Anglesey, Round 1
- Don Johnson and Outon Park
- The Birth of Racer33