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Everything slowed down for a moment, as the sounds of revving motors all around me lost their bark. I took one big deep breath and let the clutch go in unison with the flag drop.

Ah, race day. I wanted to leave nothing to chance today so got up early and made sure that I had my mind around everything.

Although I suspected that the rider's meeting would be much the same as yesterday and still in French, I dutifully attended and as expected, left non the wiser.

So there I was. Sitting on the pre-grid, rain pouring down, heart beating at redline, as the ASM official dressed in a swanky green garbage bag conferred with the riders in front of us as to whether to give it fifteen minutes or have them start - now.

(Read Part 4 here) SIZING UP THE COMPETITION JP avec silly hat. At the Mosport round we thought it would be a good opportunity to have a...

Suddenly, I’m there. Dressed in fancy new leathers, boots and gloves, perched atop a new BMW R1100S, I'm about to enter the infamous Mosport race track. "I don’t belong here," I think to myself as the race official turns to open the track access gate. I can't afford this bike. Even the gear is a stretch. Bloody hell, I can’t even race.

At this point in the series I think it's safe to say that Buell meant it when they initially told us to sod off. A subsequent (and more polite) call, left us with the distinct impression that we might be able to get something, but they would let us know.

Contrary to popular belief, we're full of good ideas (among other things) at CMG and don't always get what we want. And sometimes, we just don't have the time or organisational abilities to get anything started (easy to believe, and very true).

Ideally we should have got them all and done a "Boxer Blowout Super Comparo Battle of the Titans Bollocks" type of test. But that would involve actual organisation and planning - two attributes that we simply haven't yet perfected ... or more accurately, even understood. For now, enough of the rambling intros, let's get down to the R1100S versus the R1100R.