A trip to GB Racing yesterday

stewygriffin

Fancied a little spin up the M25 yesterday to visit GB Racing and see how they make the engine casing covers and crash mushrooms for all the different bike.

Its all done by injection moulding at high pressure.

Got a little tour of the factory and got some stuff on the cheap too.
Stopped off at a Ducati dealership in New barrnet aswell,some nice bikes in there.




CNC milling machine for making the moulds




Mould for 2017 GSXR1000




Injection moulding machine




2015 R1 cover




Ducati Dealership











Huge traffic jam on the M25 heading back home.

You move to the UK?

stewygriffin

Fox Uptight Writer wrote: »

You move to the UK?

Nope.

punisher5112

Is that the ducati shop from YouTube where guys done a grab of bikes on a load of scooters.

They didn't bargain on staff and passers by going at them.

Some cool pics and would say was interesting to see the workshop.

Fireblade77

No , that was in Croydon, south London. i think. That wasss a mad robbery.

GerryDerpy

Is this a paid promotion?

stewygriffin

GerryDerpy wrote: »

Is this a paid promotion?

Well if it is,then Im owed alot of money from alot of companies Ive visited in the UK and taken pics of.;):D

Hodge32

Thanks for sharing. Its great to see so much stock in a shop. That shop alone probably sells twice as much Ducs as all of Ireland.

GB Racing, I bet was interesting..

stewygriffin

Hodge32 wrote: »

Thanks for sharing. Its great to see so much stock in a shop. That shop alone probably sells twice as much Ducs as all of Ireland.

GB Racing, I bet was interesting..

Ah the Uk is a different ball game to little ole Ireland.
Much bigger market over there.
GB racing was a mix old school tooling and hand operated machines and new CNC and CAD machines.
Nice combination and the lads n lasses who work there very very friendly to me.
Got a nice little discount too,for paying in person with cash..:)

Max Headroom

How are you allowed into these places to take pix...just curious..:)

stewygriffin

Max Headroom wrote: »

How are you allowed into these places to take pix...just curious..:)

By showing a genuine passion for my motorbiking,curiosity as to how various aftermarket parts are produced,and by being nice and polite too.:)

I allways ask if Im allowed to take pics.

In the case of Austin Racings exhaust production factory,I was only allowed to take "certain" pics by Richard,the company owner.;)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=101594020

stewygriffin

A little momento.






Isle or Wight in the distance





Irish Ferries Swift below,powering towards Dublin Port.

Max Headroom

stewygriffin wrote: »

A little momento.






Isle or Wight in the distance





Irish Ferries Swift below,powering towards Dublin Port.

That Jonathan Swift aint no Jonathan Rea for sure......:D