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B&C Express Mike has been lucky enough to have sponsored support from B&C Express for the majority of his career; and I'm benefiting from Robert's support with sprockets and chains.
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Bike Wise - Durham Police Motorcycles Thanks to Bob Brown, and all the chaps that Mike met whilst doing their ACU training. When they found out about me they very kindly sent some sponsorship - cheers lads!.
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Colour It In Colour It In is
based in here in my home town of Harrogate; they have over 6,000 sq. foot of
production space, fulfilling a vast array of print requirements, from business
cards to building wraps. Their sign department have very kindly offered to do my
graphics - I hope they can come up with a design that will make me look 'spiffing'.
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Design Data Manager DesignDataManager is the Engineering Data Management and reporting system for the leading 3D Modelling solutions including Pro/ENGINEER, Solidworks, Inventor, Solid Edge and IronCAD They have kindly offered to cover my entry fees for the British Championship.
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Dunlop Tyres UK My Uncle Phil has kindly sent me some new boots so that I can get up and running in time for some testing somewhere nice and warm; I hope that he will be feeling just as kind to me for my boots for the rest of the season.
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Frost Mike Wood and his team at Frost have generously offered to supply me with the necessary goodies that will help Mike get my restoration off to a good start. Frost is the unique automotive and motorcycle restorers first stop for specialist tools and equipment. After being in the business for almost fifteen years, their business catalogue now contains over a thousand items, and has become the comprehensive manual that every serious restorer should own.
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Stuart Gregory Stuart Gregory has been a real friend to me, making sure
that the damage that Mike Edwards keeps doing is as little as possible! Stuart
makes Crash Protectors and Engine stands for the Honda RS125, he's been doing it
since 2003. Stuart's wife has a website, so if you want
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Guyson Tim from Guyson, has been
really kind to me. They allowed Mike in to their demonstration facilities and
use their equipment to clean up my 'bits and pieces'.
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G-Force Slipstream Systems The new exhausts I have are a Prototype set of exhausts developed and designed by Slipstream Tuning. The systems are completely British made and manufactured. G-Force Exhausts was taken over by some great friends of Slipstream Tuning and they have now finalised brand association with G-Force to develop a specialist part of our companies called "G-Force Slipstream Systems!" Exhaust specifications are designed at Slipstream and then the new G-Force factory use their expertise to craft the exhausts for them. The systems will be available for other Yamaha SZRs, the MZ Skorpion, MZ Baghira and MZ Mastiff...for now.
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Identity I have found some new very special
friends in Pam and all the Ladies that work at Identity.  |
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Jetmedia Darryl and Glynis in Leeds can supply all your computer consumables, CD media together with digital equipment and accessories. From printer supplies to calendar cases, give Jet Media the opportunity to quote you a good price.
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Norfolkline Ferries Uncle Wayne understands racing
himself, and although he is a very, very busy man, says that if I put the
Company name on my fairing, he will ship me places - and if absolutely necessary
he will let Mike come as well!
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Peter Day Peter Day is a ‘top shelf’ engineer and
motorcycle enthusiast who instructs at race schools. Peter's specialist subject
is Lotus engines - where his high quality machining and engineering skills are
in demand. He has a fabulous collection of OW01 Yamahas and can prepare a mean
motorcycle.
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PLJ Photo Paul and Linda Jones take fantastic
photographs. Luckily for me they will be attending all the Supermono
Championship events this year, so I will be able to get some great photos of
myself. Their excellent website is designed to allow media publications, riders
and their sponsors to have access to the vast library of bike and rider digital
files that PLJ Photo has built up as photographers for International BikeSport
News.
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Slipstream Tuning Martin, Roy and Mark at Slipstream,
are taking good care of my special bits.
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Sarah and Steve Jordan Steve and Sarah Jordan both have a
racing background so know just what is needed to produce a race machine, luckily
for me, they too jumped at the chance to help. They own and run a
Suzuki dealership in Great Bookham in Surrey; as a family run and owned
dealership, they are proud to be able to offer excellent friendly customer
service.
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Swagarama.biz Sometimes you just want that little
something special for your bike - a little bit of 'swag' that will make your
machine stand out from the crowd.
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Visordown Ben Cope runs Visordown - a most
comprehensive website, with a concept that is similar to an open book, that's constantly being written in - documenting biking,
specifically, UK biking.
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Watches of Distinction Giles Waite's business is in high quality watches; in addition to being expert in his particular field, he was one of Mike's competitors back in the late 80’s. It helps, as having being a racer, Giles understands all too well what is required to get on track. Giles' assistance has helped towards the realisation of the Gordon project.
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 Ian
Campbell
As a former SS600 competitor Ian knows all about racing - and he has very
generously offered to support me in my bid for British Championship success.
The sponsorship is dependant entirely on the inclusion of a very special, famous song please click on the photo of Ian for the lyrics and music: |
