Sloan in Australia at the end of last season
Photo: Nick Edards/Half Light
Sloan: Well, I might be able to stay on the
thing. happen for you. Do you have a name for
your bike?
Boris: Yeah, they aren’t all that quick. But
they’re all retro. You could grow a beard
and put pomade in it. Smash some avocado.
Maybe exhaust wrap is the way forward? Sloan: I had a name for the bike I just sent
back to NZ. Some of my competitors even
started shouting my bike’s name at me in
Tailem Bend when it was blowing clouds
of blue smoke. I have a brand spanker for
Darwin, I think I’ll call it Sue.
Sloan: I’m not sure I even know where this is
going…
Boris: When you win an ASBK title you’ll be
able to pick who interviews you. Until that
happens, it’s me. Shut-up and answer the
questions. When you come through customs
do they strip-search you with gloves and
lube? Is that really why you keep coming
back? Because it sure isn’t winning races
that’s doing it.
Sloan: I certainly get some crazy looks
and pissed-off baggage handlers, but I can
confidently confirm you can get 90 per cent
of a superbike into three Ogio bags, and
two rear and three front tyres just makes
the 23kg luggage limit. I am eagerly awaiting
the cavity search they promise on all the
signage.
Boris: I will make some calls. Make that
Boris: Sue is a great name for a bike. But
just so I’m up to speed, what’s gone wrong
for you so far in this year’s ASBK campaign
and are you looking forward to more of the
same?
Sloan: It’s just been hurdle after hurdle and
I just can’t catch a break. Customs didn’t
release my bike for Round One. Round Two
clashed with NZSBK. My bike got held up in
Customs again before the Adelaide test and
when it finally arrived I thought I had to set
the lap record on Lap Two and destroyed
the bike. So we worked all night and
arrived back for the round and in the first
practice an oil line that was damaged in the
previous crash blew, pumped out all the oil
(completely contained by the way) and blew
up the engine.
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