Grand Designs

I took on the Husky FC350 as a long-termer with grand plans of racing it in the open class at the local track. The idea was that I would get out there and mix it with the local heroes to see how the 350 would go in the predominately-450 class, a bit like Tony Cairoli used to do.

Then, once I had got comfortable on the 350 and established how I performed on that bike, I would swap it for an FC450 and go racing on that for the second half of the year to see whether my results would improve or go backwards. I spent a few weeks over Christmas getting accustomed to the 350 and before I could even line