mossy1200
27th June 2009, 17:14
Early start Saturday morning with not much sleep.Still have pre race nerves etc.Drive up from Wellington in van.Sold the car and trailer last year as loading the van the night before is just so much easier.Set up in garage and look arround for familar faces.Awsume bunch in the posties.Niels bike to closely guarded to steel the air from his tyres.LOL
Qualify Superbike for the track time on long track as only seen it once in last years cancelled event.FZR was stable over the backtrack bumps so happy.
Posty qualify:2.06 which turned out to be my fastest time the whole event.
CV carb not having a bar of half throttle without airbox.Snap the throttle on then wait for the slides to to snap open(fully at once).200kg 140hp two stroke.Fun to ride but not helping with lap times.Pinking so add some race fuel to the 91octaine for first race.Normally run 95 so thought I would see how 91 went as FZR has fixed ignition timing.
Race one;Great start as the FZR is always a great bike to launch and only issue is not raising the wheel to high shifting into 2nd.First corner run slightly wide to let Neil get through safely and latch onto the back of him for as long as possible.Couple of juniors get through just keeping an eye on Paul each time through hairpin.Turns out his gear shift bolt fell of so he ran the race in fourth.First home posty senior and forth overall.
Race two: another great start.Left a little gap but no neil so kept going.there he goes arround the outside at the hairpin.Gave him a bit of FZR power down the straight before he shot through under brakes.Got a little lazy for a while as couldnt see Paul.turns out hes right behind me just playing around.He passes and I start to push to keep up looking to get him back.This peels my rear tyre apart.My on off switch throttle and the same tyre wear problems others are having destroys it within a few laps.2nd this time posty senior.
Race three:Great start.neil goes through but im holding onto him for pace with a new rear tyre .Red flag just as we get onto front straight and in Neil goes.Wish he had coasted past the line.
Restart.Awsume start.First and 2nd gear wheelie only half foot high and into turn one.Around the sweeper into esses.Front lifts slightly and out goes the front in the corner entry.First race crash and I think that I slid as well as most if not better.Ripple strip hurt a bit.Run over to bike and lift the FZR .Check whats broken.Not to bad.Rearset bent and looked as if it may contact swinger so opt out of rejoin for the 8 or so points for completion.Need a few more seniors as finishing last is still in the points.
Got the stage three jet kit coming with pods to fix my throttle issue.
getting brakes sorted as they started binding again.Seals done already .New master kit as the fluid pressure may not be returning 100%.
Mates doing repaint (whole bike) so expect a flash FZR for next round.
Got the fairings off and repaired and sanded at this stage.
Dyno jet and pods on the way.
Master kit on the way.
Love working on the bike.Just dont wanna fall anytime soon again.
Great racing guys.looking forward to round three.See you there.
Qualify Superbike for the track time on long track as only seen it once in last years cancelled event.FZR was stable over the backtrack bumps so happy.
Posty qualify:2.06 which turned out to be my fastest time the whole event.
CV carb not having a bar of half throttle without airbox.Snap the throttle on then wait for the slides to to snap open(fully at once).200kg 140hp two stroke.Fun to ride but not helping with lap times.Pinking so add some race fuel to the 91octaine for first race.Normally run 95 so thought I would see how 91 went as FZR has fixed ignition timing.
Race one;Great start as the FZR is always a great bike to launch and only issue is not raising the wheel to high shifting into 2nd.First corner run slightly wide to let Neil get through safely and latch onto the back of him for as long as possible.Couple of juniors get through just keeping an eye on Paul each time through hairpin.Turns out his gear shift bolt fell of so he ran the race in fourth.First home posty senior and forth overall.
Race two: another great start.Left a little gap but no neil so kept going.there he goes arround the outside at the hairpin.Gave him a bit of FZR power down the straight before he shot through under brakes.Got a little lazy for a while as couldnt see Paul.turns out hes right behind me just playing around.He passes and I start to push to keep up looking to get him back.This peels my rear tyre apart.My on off switch throttle and the same tyre wear problems others are having destroys it within a few laps.2nd this time posty senior.
Race three:Great start.neil goes through but im holding onto him for pace with a new rear tyre .Red flag just as we get onto front straight and in Neil goes.Wish he had coasted past the line.
Restart.Awsume start.First and 2nd gear wheelie only half foot high and into turn one.Around the sweeper into esses.Front lifts slightly and out goes the front in the corner entry.First race crash and I think that I slid as well as most if not better.Ripple strip hurt a bit.Run over to bike and lift the FZR .Check whats broken.Not to bad.Rearset bent and looked as if it may contact swinger so opt out of rejoin for the 8 or so points for completion.Need a few more seniors as finishing last is still in the points.
Got the stage three jet kit coming with pods to fix my throttle issue.
getting brakes sorted as they started binding again.Seals done already .New master kit as the fluid pressure may not be returning 100%.
Mates doing repaint (whole bike) so expect a flash FZR for next round.
Got the fairings off and repaired and sanded at this stage.
Dyno jet and pods on the way.
Master kit on the way.
Love working on the bike.Just dont wanna fall anytime soon again.
Great racing guys.looking forward to round three.See you there.