Mark Woodage aka “Brains” from MJW Specialists Performance Racing Co has agreed to tune and develop Kyle’s new Honda Moto3.

We are really excited about Marks involvement with Kyle this season and just hope we can get the funds together to make this happen.

Marks background in motorcycle racing is really impresive as you can see below.

ABOUT

Mark Woodage aka “Brains”

After leaving FW developments Mark then worked 3yrs with Aprilia UK doing the European Championships and then moved with Honda into Moto gp as Crew Chief.

On returning to the British superbike series, Mark was Lead Technician for Ducati for two seasons, and then went back to Honda.

Mark worked with Honda back into the world supersport championship where in the last three seasons has finished runner up twice, Eleven race wins and twenty seven podiums.

Toping to his CV of three British championships, four Isle Of Man TT wins, and numerous international race victories.

www.mjwspecialists.com

Thanks

Team 77

We are pleased to anounce for 2012 Kyle will be fully protected in both British and Spanish CEV Moto3 Championships with Furygan race suits and gloves.

This is a fantastic deal for Kyle that will hopefully blossom into a great relationship for the future.

Kyle ” I had a great time at the Furygan factory in France with a guided tour by Jean-Marc and meeting some of the staff who will be designing and making my new race suits and gloves which im really looking forward to receiveing soon”

Kyle pictured with Jean-Marc Autheman from Furygan

Please take a look at there great products www.furygan.com

Kyle and RS Racing have decided to part company after there 2011 championship success.

RS Racing has provided Kyle with a fantastic bike throughout the season and has learned alot more

about riding, data, race craft and overall bike set up that we knew was in there but needed to be nurtured out

which they did with ease.

Kyle wishes to compete in the 2012 Spanish CEV Championship and RS Racings other comitments

in the BSB championship unfortunatley prevent there involvement with Kyle.

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We would like to thank Ryan and Alistor from RS Racing for a memorable season and wish them all the best for the future.

Get your hands on some Kyle Ryde merchandise.

kyle ryde british 125gp champion 2011 wrist bands

kyle ryde british 125gp champion 2011 official calendar 2012

In 2 weeks time Kyle will hopefully be racing at the last 2 CEV rounds in Spain which will also be the last time the 125′s will be ridden at this series as there being replaced with the new class of Moto3 which will be 250 four strokes.

90% of the feild will be ex GP bikes, Aprilia, Derbi and KTM’s so Kyle’s Honda will have to be on top form as its been all season in the UK.

Unfortunatley the team are struggleing to find all the funds needed to compete at these last 2 meetings and is seeking any fianacial support that would be available for Kyle to show what he can do in this series that is the stepping stone to Motogp.

If you could help please contact us at kyle.ryde@ntlworld.com

Thanks

Team77

Kyle Ryde becomes the youngest ever Motorcycle Road Racing Champion!

The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in Kent became the arena for the finale of the Sunoco British 125cc Motorcycle road racing Championships.

The series Leader 14 year old Kyle Ryde goes into this final round with an eleven point lead over Racing Step Foundation sponsored Wayne Ryan, who incidentally is on a new full specification Aprilia Grand Prix machine for this ultimate round.

Friday was the day for free practise and largely used for the set-up of the bikes. This day saw them using the 1.2mile Indy circuit. Due to the local council noise regulations, the qualifying sessions on Saturday they used the full Grand Prix circuit that come race day the riders will have to do battle on.  Fridays practise saw the main contenders for the championship title: Ryde, Ryan and local hero Rob Guiver, all putting in good lap times. However, towards the end of the free practise time Kyle dropped the bike at Druids; he himself was fine, just some minor damage to the machine.

Back out on track on Saturday, the two qualifying sessions saw the action become even hotter as the main two young Gladiators, Ryde & Ryan fought it out for pole position! The first session saw Ryan staying at the top of the Leader Board all through the 25minute session, with Kyle coming in a close second place with a 0.3 seconds difference. Rob Guiver was 0.1 seconds down on Kyle’s time making up the top three positions.

The second qualifying session was in the afternoon straight after the Superbike’s Qualifying session. Again the leading contenders were straight into the groove with Ryan, Ryde, Guiver, Hedger & Ray all showing their cards up front! As the second session developed though, you could see that it was going to be a psychological battle between the two youngsters at the front Ryde & Ryan, as lap by lap they became quicker & quicker, posting faster times through the various speed check sectors out on the circuit. By the ninth lap of this second session Ryan had been the quickest, but then Kyle managed to up his pace and put in a quick lap and by the tenth lap was 0.03 seconds in front! This was to be short lived as Ryan picked the pace up again on his new Aprilia machine and retained the top spot for the remainder of the session, finishing off by having a 0.6 second advantage over Kyle, who in turn has a 0.7 lead over 3^rd place man Rob Guiver.

The front row of the grid for the final British Championship 125cc race of the season was to be Ryan on pole with Ryde second, Guiver third and Hedger in fourth. Sunday’s race was delayed due to earlier incidents on the track during the previous races; it was also cut from twelve laps to nine. Kyle, for once, was nervous for the race and as he led the two sighting laps this didn’t really show as he was soon out there doing what he does best and that’s riding a motorcycle.

As the red lights went out the full pack of twenty-nine machines headed for the notorious right hand corner of Paddock Hill Bend.  Kyle led the pack down the hill and up to Druids corner for the first couple of laps but all the time Ryan & Guiver, his two nearest rivals in the Championship, were well on his heels! Eventually they both managed to get the better of Kyle, who only had to finish in third place to secure the Championship, so with the two contenders starting to really push the machines to the limits, Kyle just
took a back seat watched the action and enjoyed!

In the later stages of the race Kyle did start to come under serious threat from Luke Hedger & Bradley Ray who were having their own battle for fourth & fifth places and starting to reel Kyle in.

However, Kyle turned up the pace again and started to open up a safe gap between himself & Hedger in order to secure the Championship; this safety net paid off and he came through the chequered flag in a well thought out third place behind Ryan & Guiver thus making him the Sunoco British 125cc GP Motorcycle Road Racing Champion 2011!

Kyle’s achievement will go down in British Motorcycle Racing history as well as becoming the youngest to win a British Championship race  (5 in total now); he also becomes the youngest ever Motorcycle Road Racing Champion at 14 yrs 2 months and 17 days old!! Some achievement that will be very hard to beat!

Not only has Kyle won the British Championship, Kyle has also won the ACU Academy Cup, which is a separate Championship run within the 125cc Championship; this is especially for the young riders between the ages of 13 yrs of age & 16 yrs of age. For wining this title Kyle and the Team have the entry fees for the last two rounds of the Spanish CEV Championship paid for, which will be held at the Jerez & Valencia GP circuits during November.

Kyle and his Family would like to say a huge thank you to all the sponsors and Team 77 fans!

Four out of Four

Kyle Ryde’s racing ability grows from strength to
strength, as this past weekend saw him in action again at the Silverstone Grand
Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, for the penultimate round of the British
125cc Motorcycle Road Racing Championship.

After tasting glory in the last three rounds of this series, which is run along side
the British Superbike Championship, young Ryde set the early pace in free
practise on Friday, by setting the fastest times, but by the second free
practise, Aprillia Superteen Champion Wayne Ryan was gaining on Kyle and had
closed the gap for the next day qualifying sessions.

In the first Qualifying Wayne Ryan came out on top with Kyle a strong second
place, however Kyle only managed around half the timed session as he was
suffering mechanical problems, so the team were under a lot of pressure to get
the machine running right for the second session later in the afternoon.
However the team persevered and managed to put Kyle out for the thirty-minute
session and Kyle got onto the pole position for the race on Sunday by 1.25
seconds over Wayne Ryan, one of Kyle’s fiercest rivals along with Rob Guiver
for the 125cc Championship Trophy.

Sundays race day came and Kyle was second
fastest in warm up, as Wayne Ryan’s Aprillia was really going quick around the
GP circuit and Kyle was certainly going to have a battle on his hands with this
other contender for the 125cc Title.  The
race itself was to be one of the last of the day and didn’t start until around 5.15pm, so tensions were mounting
high in the paddock as these young guns waited for their turn to enter the
arena.

The 125cc machines went out on their sighting lap as the final Superbike Race
winners were being given their awards and celebrating their wins, whilst they
had done their work for the weekend, for the 125 racers it was just beginning.

As the red lights went out, it was instantly showing that it was going to be a two
horse race, Ryde versus Ryan!  Lap by lap
these two youngsters, swapped places. This was really entertaining for the
crowd, which had stayed on to witness these two young warriors fighting for
each bit of the tarmac course. Kyle couldn’t break Ryan’s pace, as the Aprillia
was fast on the straights, so what Kyle’s Honda machine lacked on the straights
he had to make up on the bends and this he did every time Ryan got the better
of him and this was how the race continued with the rest of the pack a mere
twenty nine seconds behind!

As the final lap arrived; Ryde & Ryan were still changing places by every
corner, with Ryde using all his knowledge and corner speed in order to get the
better of the quicker machine of Ryan as they entered the final corner towards
the chequered flag, Ryan was leading just! Kyle grabbed an opportunity with a
manoeuvre up the inside into the last corner and taking the Flag by a mere
0.067 seconds. Rob Guiver came home in third place twenty nine seconds down
from the two youngsters’; this is Kyle’s fourth win in a row in this British
125cc Championship.

Kyle has now extended his Championship lead over Wayne Ryan from six points to
eleven points, with Rob Guiver sixteen points behind. Kyle is also leading the
ACU Academy Cup from Wayne Ryan by seven points.

The final round of the British 125cc Championship series takes place 0n Sunday Oct
9th at the Brands Hatch circuit inKent.

Hurricane
Ryde!

As ‘Hurricane Katia’ started to hit the shores of the UK
over the weekend, another Hurricane in the form of a youngster called Kyle Ryde
was whipping up a storm at the Donington
Race circuit; in order to stamp his authority on the British 125cc
Motorcycle Championship aboard his Ryan Saxelby prepared machine.

Ryde started the weekend’s event in a strong third place in
the Championship standings with only six points between himself and the
Championship leader Wayne Ryan, with Veteran 125 racer and twice runner-up in
the series Rob Guiver in second place, only two points ahead of Kyle.

Kyle attacked the practise sessions as he meant to go on
during the weekend’s proceedings and quickly set the pace for others to try and
follow.  So with Guiver, Championship
Leader Ryan, Hedger, Ray and Lincoln’s Lee
Jackson making up the top six places, this set the front row’s of the grid for
Sundays race, which took place between the main British Superbike races. Kyle
by the end of the two qualifying sessions was on pole with a 1.9 second gap on
Guiver.

Sunday’s races looked liked they could be hampered by the
winds of ‘Katia’ and this would have especially affected these tiny 125cc GP
machine’s with their also light riders on them!
However the winds were breezy but nothing like what the forecasters had
predicted, this was both lucky for the riders and the teams alike, as finding
the right gearing for these bikes in blustery conditions can be a bit of a
nightmare.

As Ryde headed out on the warm-up lap of the 2.48.mile Grand
Prix circuit, he was soon to realise that he was having problems with his
clutch, as this was beginning to show signs of it starting to slip; this
dilemma came to his father attention once they reformed on the grid for the
start of the race. All that Sean could say to Kyle was that he would have to
ride around this problem and do the best he can with it!  This was going to cause major problems if he
didn’t take too much care, but as the red lights went out young Ryde just saw
the red-mist and off he went straight into the lead by Redgate Corner, the
first right corner on the circuit.

Kyle even with the severe clutch problem, stayed ahead
during the entire race and consistently put in good lap times.  Whilst further back; battles were taking
place for 2^nd 3^rd and 4^th and 5^th
places respectively. The first battling duo were Kyle’s ex-team mate from
several years ago Bradley Ray chased by Rob Guiver, with Ray having his best
ride all season and eventually brought his machine home in a very credible
second place, Guiver was third, with championship leader Wayne Ryan eventually
taking fourth place, Luke Hedger was 0.2 seconds behind Ryan crossing the
finishing line.

Ryde set up a 16.1 second buffer on the pursuing pack when
he came through the chequered flag, setting yet another very convincing win in
this championship, along with a new lap record in the process. He has now had
four wins, two second places, one sixth place and two DNF’s (Did Not
Finish).  This now gives Kyle a six point
lead in the 125 GP Championship with Ryan second and Guiver now in third
place.  Kyle is also now leading the ACU
Academy Cup by two points from Ryan, this Championship is run as separate
results, especially for the younger riders between the ages of 13 and 16yrs of
age. This Academy Cup has an end of season prize of two paid entries into the
Spanish CEV Championship, which takes place at the Valencia & Jerez circuits
in November.

Kyle’s next round is the penultimate round of this British
championship at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire during
the weekend of the 23^rd-25^th September.

                                                                                                                             Photograph
Kindly supplied by

Steve Gough

MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB FOR RYDE

Young Motorcycle ace Kyle Ryde; the 14 year old whiz kid
from Jacksdale in Nottinghamshire, has literally had a Mountain to climb this
weekend, whilst racing in the 9^th round of the Sunoco British 125GP
Championship Races, this being the Mountain Circuit of Cadwell Park in
Lincolnshire over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Ryde went into the weekends races placed in 3^rd
position overall in the Championship, with the Leader being Essex
veteran Rob Guiver with another young hopeful Wayne Ryan in 2^nd
place.

Kyle was looking to try and make his deficit points up,
which he has lost during his Moto GP Redbull Rookie races in Europe,
so that this puts him back in the running for the winners rostrum at the end of
the season.

Fridays free practise was just a warm up really for the
two qualifying sessions to come, with these it became a two man battle between
Kyle & Rob Guiver, as most of the other contenders were around two seconds
behind them both.

The second session was a wet one and this was worrying for
the team, as Kyle had lost much of his confidence in the wet conditions, after
his crash at Thruxton whilst in 3^rd place early in the season.
However; Kyle’s Father Sean had sent Kyle in the morning session out on slick
tyres on a damp track, this must have given Kyle his much needed confidence
back, Guiver didn’t go out in this wet session, however Kyle finished up in 2^nd
place 0.025 behind him. So with these two sessions out of the way, this set the
scene for them to do battle.  With Guiver
on pole position, Ryde 2^nd and placed in the centre , then Wayne
Ryan taking up the final slot on the front row of the grid.

Ryde had laid his cards out all weekend to the other
riders and after the morning warm-up on race day, Kyle commented on how good
the bike felt, he said it was handling much better than during the previous
qualifying sessions, this was soon to be reflected as he set the quickest time
in the raceday 10 minute warm up session and was 0.45 quicker than pole sitter
Guiver, whilst being 0.25 quicker than his best own qualifying time, this was
surely going to give him the edge that he required to win.

Race day and due to earlier incidents in the race schedule
tensions were running high in the Team 77 camp, so as the timetable for the event
was running late, the event organisers reduced the race laps by two to a twelve
lap race.

As the lights went out Ryde went for the hole-shot and
took the lead straight away, soon getting into a good race pace and setting
consistent lap times lap after lap, This was to leave Kyle out in front with no
worries of his race position being compromised.

Meanwhile, Guiver,
Ryan, Watson, & Jackson were all battling it out for 2^nd, 3^rd
4^th & 5^th respectively.  This became the scene for much of the race,
with Kyle gaining seconds on this pack by each lap, until on round ten, as
Guiver attacked the Mountain section his chain came off the sprocket and that
was to be the end of this round for the Championship leader.

By the end of the twelve-lap race, Kyle came through the
Chequered flag an astonishing fourteen and a half seconds ahead of the second
place rider of Wayne Ryan, followed by Watson, Jackson & Tom Carne in fifth
place.

This result has now put Ryde back into contention for the
Championship, he’s now in second place with only 6 points adrift from current
leader Guiver, with three rounds remaining it’s now anybodies for the taking,
‘watch this space’.

Kyle’s next race meeting is the Final round of the MotoGP
Redbull Rookies Cup at the Misano circuit in Italy
at the weekend.

Then he will contend the three remaining British Rounds at
Donington on the weekend of 9^th / 11^th Sept, Silverstone
23^rd / 25^th Sept and the Final round of the series at
Brands Hatch on the weekend of 7^th / 9^thOctober.