A second place for Dean Harrison in the opening Superbike race at ꦓthe North West 200 came with so🍰me frustration at not being able to pass for the lead.

Davey Todd was victorious in the opening Superbike race, the 8Ten BMW rider describing it as a “special” w𒉰in.

Harrison was Todd’s closest challenger throughout the race, but was unable to ever get to the front as a r�🍌�esult of straight line stability issues whenever he would try to pull out of the slipstream.

“I followed him [Hickman] into York on lap one and he sort of overshot and we both went wide, and he [Todd] got a break on so I got my head down to bridge the gap and pull him back in,” Harrison told BBC Spo🍃rt NI after the Superbike race on Thursday.

“Bu♉t I was really struggling to make the pass; I had the slipstream but I was getting buffeted about so much🍌.”

He added: “I was sat there trying to figu⛦re out where I was going to pass him. I was struggling, I thought ‘I’ll have a go into Juniper𒈔 on the last lap’, and I ran real deep.

“I was struggling to get the drive out of Black Hill to get on the back of him, 🅠so I need to look at that for Saturday.”

Harrison was content with ⛄the second place, though, saying: “It’s a good start to the week, so thanks to evꦦeryone at Honda, they’ve given me a great bike.”

“Struggling to shift” in Superstock Race 1

Harrison was back on the podium in the Superstock race having missed out in fourth in Superspo🐈rt.

He admitted to having a poor start, dropping back to fifth place or so in the f♎irst corners.

The Honda Racing UK rider was eventually able to make his way up to second, passing Ian Hutchinson after Hickman ran long at Magherabuoy and Davey Todd overshot University when he was passed by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Dunlop, who went on to win – Harrison admitting after the race that he simply di๊dn’t have anything left to fight against Dunlop.

“I didn’t get off to a very good start, I was back in eighth and I🌱 thought ‘I’ve got some work to do here to try and chip my way forward’,” Harrison said after the Superstock🦹 race.

“Pete [Peter Hickman] overshot at Magherabuoy I think and then Davey [Todd] overshot at University, and ⭕that was two so that was good and then I just sort of picked my way through a bit.

“Then, I had nothing left at the end, to be fair, so that w🍨as it. I didn’t know how close they were behind me, so I carried on going to the end.”

Harrison added that a technical issue had cost him practice time on the Superstock bike, and he was struggling to shift in the fir🐈st three gears.

“We missed half the [practice] 💮session on the Superstock bike, we had a little technical problem so we went out there int𓃲o a bit of an unknown.,” he said.

“I was struggling to shift, the first three gears I’m struggling with so we need to go back to the drawing board tomorrow and make th🌞at a bit slicker for Saturday.”