A night out with Sean Emmett & the VJMC.

It's pretty cool when you get to hang out with racing legends.

Since riding for Team Classic Suzuki it's become the norm what with Mick Grant mentoring me at the TT & Manx Grand Prix, Phil Read MBE popping round to the race-van for a cuppa and Brian Reid joining us for team meals.

Last night was no exception when I got to be a guest along-side former Grand Prix & BSB racer Sean Emmett at the monthly meet-up of the Northants section of the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club.

Emmett shared some great controversial and entertaining stories before we all headed to Steve Wheatman’s pub, the Three Horse Shoes, to carry on chatting long in to the night.

Sean’s will be competing at CRMC race meetings on a Team Classic Suzuki RG500 this year and guess who gets to be his team-mate? Yep, I’ll be joining him for a few rounds on the team’s Suzuki XR69.

It was a cracking end to a great day. [I’m sure it went on long after I’d headed home]. 

Now I’m really looking forward to racing some short-circuit meetings on the classic bikes.

Thanks to Doug & Steve for the invite to last nights meeting and to all the members I met and chatted to – what a fab club.

Watch this space for the race reports!