Kyle Ryde the man to beat entering final BSB test before season-opener

"Iꦐ rode the new bike and I wasn’t particularly a fan, I set a good lap time bu♎t it didn’t feel great"

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Kyle Ryde went fastest at the British Superbi꧙ke test at Donington Park and can la༺y down another marker this week.

The final BSB 20♏24 pre-season test is at the Circuito de Navarra from Tuesday-Thursd🎶ay.

The first round of the season then begins at the same lo༒cation 🦄this weekend.

OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing’s Ryde was quickest at last ye♔ar’s test at the Circuito de Navarra, too.

At Donington Park, as he edged out Glenn Irwin at the top of the timesheet, Ryde tried different specᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs of the Yamaha R1.

Ryde said: “I was in a very lucky position to have two bikes to test at Donington Park; one wasꦰ brand new and one was a Brands Hatch replica, so the same as last year.

“On the first dಌay, I rode the new bike and I wasn’t particularly a fan, I set a good lap time but it didn’t feel great, it was really tiring.

“So we went back to the old bike on day two and took each new part off and added it to t💯hat just to see which 🍰ones I liked and which I didn’t.

“I liked one thing and that’s what we stuck with for tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe rest ♊of the day.

“The confidence grew and grew and then foꦬr the last session, the weather wasn’t g🐓reat, but I thought, might as well have a go and see what I can do and did one lap and it was pretty good.

“I think my confidence 🥂isꦛ pretty similar to last season to be honest.

“The thing I’m more confident abou♉t now is the new parts we’ve got and I’ve found a bit of a window that I’ve not been in for a while.

“Look at Brands last year, Donington, Cadwell, I was in that window where I was getting trophies, but the rest of the time I was just out𒆙 o🌱f it and struggling to get a trophy. If I can try and keep myself in that window that I was in for the last hour of the first test, then I should be in for a good year!

“I have just got to stick with it, write down what ꧑was good and what was bad. We can always reflect on trying to 💃keep myself in that window.

“When you’re in it, it feels absolutely massive,ܫ b𓆉ut when you’re out of it, it’s so hard to get back in it.

“We’ve just got to sticꦑk to what we know, we know what bike works at Navarra and we can try this version and see 💯if it’s any better, if not, I’ve got a decent bike from last year.”

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