MSS Colchester Kawasaki's Simon Andrews is pleased. During both legs of the British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park, the Evesham rider showed the crowd, the paddock and the factory riders what the combination of him and the new ZX-10R is capable of.

Andrews was at the sharp end of both races at the Cheshire track, even though he is still injured from his Mallory Park testing crash and despite the fact he had to switch off all the electronics on his bike during qualifying - which played havoc with the setup.

"We struggled with the electronics, to be honest. All of the bits have to work together, in harmony, or it just doesn't go together. We had them all on in free practice and I couldn't quite get it all right," said Andrews, talking to bikesportnews.com this afternoon.

"So, after the first part of qualifying, we switched the lot off and I went into the second part without any of the traction control or other help. It was nice to have it all in my right hand but it played havoc with the setup.

"Because the electronics smooth stuff out, taking them away means the shock and forks were working differently so I just had to ride round what they were doing in the last two parts of qualifying.

"I was gutted when I came back to the pits to find I had been knocked from third to fifth in the dying seconds of the session but it was great to be on the second row and we showed everyone what we could do.

"In the first race, I ran into that corner too hot because we didn't have a lot of engine braking, the bottom of the fairing hit the kerb and lifted the front wheel off the ground. I went down on my right side so it didn't hurt my shoulder too much.

"I was so pumped in the second one. I was running the same lap times as everyone else but my quickshifter was cutting in and out, and then it stopped working altogether, so I had to shift manually and blip the throttle manually. We just lost time coming out of every corner but I am pretty happy with what we did."