'Sometimes the quickshifter worked, but not very often.' 😬 peterhickman60 revealed he had to battle a quickshifter problem and an “unnerving” brake issue in Sunday’s ttracesofficial Superbike race, in which he was second ⬇️
, 8.2 seconds adrift, and came close to posting a new outright lap record after a final tour at 135.445mph.
This achievement was made more impressive by the fact he was “beaten right from the start” as his bike developed an intermittent quickshifter problem. To add to his woes, Hickman also noted he had “no brakes” every time he went into a corner because his BMW continually knocked his brake pads back.“Right from the start I knew I was in for a very long race. We went off the start and before we’d even got to St Ninians the quickshifter had stopped working.
“I had no quickshift and no [throttle] blip. Sometimes the quickshifter worked, but not very often. So, it was going to be a tough race. Right from the start we were beaten really as far as winning the race was concerned.“The next problem I had is I got no brakes. Every time I went for the lever, there’s nothing there, the lever’s coming back to the bar because the bike was headshaking so much, it’s so violent over the bumps, that the bike keeps knocking the pads back.
“So, every time there’s a braking zone I have to pump [the lever] three times to get brakes. So, that is unnerving for a start and it’s super difficult to be fast.”
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