Well, that didn't work out but Griff is still keen to get a bit more involved with us, pass on his knowledge and help out.
The idea that he and I have been discussing is to run a Suspension Set-Up Day on a Saturday in the coming weeks before the fair-weather riders pack up for winter.
The event will almost certainly take place at his place in Fazeley near Tamworth.
There will be a small charge for this of £10 - mainly to cover the cost of putting together the workbooks that Griff will use to teach us about how to get our suspension set up. TBH I think this is a small price to pay to learn how to do this properly.
It's also a great opportunity for a forum get-together.
This post is a bit of a pre-announcement to gauge whether people are interested enough to give up a Saturday to meet up to do this.
Maybe people could indicate their interest and which of the Saturdays in October they may be available (though obviously Griff's availability is going to be key)
The Saturdays are:
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st though the 3rd is unlikely as we'll not pull it all together in time.
Once we've progressed this a bit further I'll advertise it to the whole forum but thought that first I'd get a feeling for whether this is a "goer" from the Aprilias.
For those that don't know Griff, here's his potted history:
Finished his first restoration of a motorcycle @14
Started working in motorcycle trade @16
M/c workshop manager @19
Numerous motorcycle racing teams privateer and professional national teams until 25 years
Started training to be a teacher then realised you cant hit the kids so finished that diversion. (his words)
AA patrol for 5 years motorcycle specialist
Honda uk Technical training officer for 2 years at chiswick and heathrow
Aprilia UK technical manager from 2002 till feb 2007
He then i decided that he'd like to try and turn his hobby into his profession and built custom cars and tweeked bikes for a living.
Griff has now evolved his Custom Resto & Race business into Aprilia Performance
