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Vickers gets off to a flyer

Pre-season shows RAF team in fine fettle as Silverstone opening round looms large

AIR POWER: Above and below, Vickers
showed pace and power at Silverstone
before a spill

PHOTOS: DHOLLANDPHOTOGRAPHIC

“A VERY successful pre-season,” The team unveiled new rider of out-going Jake Dixon, is the experience of the power, handling set-up adjustments over the two-
is how RAF Regular and Reserve Ryan Vickers at Silverstone on current National Superstock 600 and electronics came in Portugal. days at Portimao, before moving
team manager Lee Hardy the Kawasaki, for the 2019 British Champion. He won the title last He had a smile on his face after the to Silverstone, where Vickers
described his team’s BSB testing at Superbike championship. year in dominant style, winning first run that said one thing, ‘This could try the bike out in cold and
Monteblanco and Portimao tracks The Thetford rider from every race bar one, which he failed thing is very fast’.” rainy conditions. Showing strong
in Portugal. Thetford, Norfolk taking the place to finish. Over the three days at promise remaining within the top
Hardy said: “Vickers got his Monteblanco Vickers impressed 10 all day and even into the top five
hands on the Kawasaki for the not only Hardy, but most of at times, he was caught out at turn
Sports Lottery first time at the Monteblanco the BSB paddock and media. two where he crashed.
test, he had never sat on a British His initial pace was very impressive
Having walked away from the
29 March 2019 Superbike bike before let alone and feeling for the superbike came spill uninjured, Vickers and the
ride one in anger, this is a whole quickly and saw improvements team will return to the track for the
new challenge for him and his first every day. The team made several first round of the 2019 series.

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