In his latest update, rising 250 GP star Chaz Davies reveals his plans for the 2005 world championship season and his off season antics to date...
"First of all Happy New Year to everybody. I hope its a successful one!
"Things were pretty quiet here over the Christmas period. I've been keeping the training ticking over quite nicely and I got a proper Polar Heart Rate Monitor for Christmas so now when I go out on my mountain bike I can measure exactly how far I'm going and monitor exactly what my body's doing. It's pretty technical stuff but its all good.
"We went into the new year still torn between going to BSB or staying in GPs for another year. And now I'm pleased to say that I'll be in GPs for another year with Aprilia Germany once again.
"We had an e-mail just as we came into the New Year from my team manager Dieter Stappert and he said that he is still pushing Aprilia for some slightly better engine bits rather than just the standard kit so we‘re still a bit unsure of the outcome of that. I'll definitely be getting a newer chassis which is from 2003.
"My previous chassis was from ‘98 and now there going to retire it to a museum as its rotting away! Only joking! I don't know how good the chassis was or how bad it was, because, I've never tried anything else, but I‘m looking forward to trying something a bit newer (in the right decade!).
"Apart from that everything else is much the same. At the moment we're still sorting out leather and boots deals which shouldn't be too much longer. I'll be with Nolan helmets for the third year in succession. They give very good support at the races and are bringing out a new helmet for this year which they say is very good so I'm also looking forward to trying that.
