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swanman

26th March 2005, 17:31

I think we should start a new thread for this for the aftermath analysis of the open day at Pukekohe.

Basically it was excellent. Little rain as we got together for the ride down then it cleared and was basically perfect conditions on the track. The turnout was ok if not huge. About 10 or so Kbers there.

Most of us did 3 sessions, though some stayed longer.

ANyway Mono was the first casualty. After deliberating wether to go on the track he did and couple of laps later was on his arse! After slipping on some cement powder on the hairpin. Tough one mate. I spent the first session hooning and wheelying in general.

Second session was marked early by a Chinese guy crashing hard before the start finish straight on a new CBR 1000. He was lucky he didn't take more riders out, but unlucky because he lost conscoiusness got cut by the armco and probably broke some bones too. We then after a pause for the ambulance got back out, and hey Mono was back out too. Well done.

Session 3. Time to get serious and put some times in instead of just arsing about. Lap times down (? the times to be honest), knees out, rev limiters in evidence....great fun basically. Then, fuck me I've hit reserve on my fuel, 4th session no chance.

Other observations: Frosty seemed to be broken down a lot; I outdrag Bugjuice on the back straight but he has higher top speeds???? I got my knee down on nearly every corner on the track, repeatedly, yay! Mono for crashing out and then fixing his bike, still smiling and still getting out, well done that man. Looking forward to seeing the pictures posted by Ming/Feint. He can even show video of a CBR1000RR riding the circuit without a rider; he also has a photo of Mono sliding on his arse. Cool. Oh it was my intention to wheelie the start finish straight, but ended up having to do it in 2 wheelies instead. Amazing really when you consider that my 1st time at Puke 5 months ago, I had never wheelied nor got my knee down, just shows you what you can achieve.

Basically an excellent ride, with great company.

ajturbo

26th March 2005, 17:46

Sorry state this boy!!!!!
but he was still smiling dispite hitting the tarmac.:ride: :killingme

NEW lid, after this??????

FEINT

26th March 2005, 18:16

I am in the process of uploading and re-sizing the photos.. you should get them in 15 mins!

here is a photo for your Fraser..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/swanman.jpg

sAsLEX

26th March 2005, 18:18

Lookin good Swanman!!!!

swanman

26th March 2005, 18:32

Sorry state this boy!!!!!
but he was still smiling dispite hitting the tarmac.:ride: :killingme

NEW lid, after this??????

Jeez I can't believe he lost control of a quad! That's got 2 more wheels than a bike (and only 50cc)!

Riff Raff

26th March 2005, 18:41

Sorry state this boy!!!!!
but he was still smiling dispite hitting the tarmac.:ride: :killingme

NEW lid, after this??????
Someone needs to tell that boy where he's supposed to be wearing that helmet!!

Suney

26th March 2005, 19:00

Hey
About that cbr1000 ridden by an asian guy.
Was he wearing rossi replica suit and did he have a grey bike or a repsol coloured bike?

FEINT

26th March 2005, 19:03

He had a grey coloured CBR1000RR and he was wearing the REPSOL coloured suit. His mate was also wearing the same suit but was riding a RED CBR1000RR.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/2603puke/015.jpg

Lord Pac

26th March 2005, 19:06

good camera there Feint! Nice shots :niceone:

FROSTY

26th March 2005, 19:21

Yea well I knew id be in the pits fiddling a lot . I diddn't expect to have a dodgy battery give me so much false feedback though. I was convinced I'd seized the motor about 5 times.It was a bloody long push back to the pits when it finally gave up the ghost.Still Ol mella yella has some life in him
I had a bloody great day acheiving exactly what I wanted to.
I got a solid 150km on mella yellas new motor and felt like I was getting back in to the groove even after some minor hickups. I was timed at a respectable 1.13 which is about 7 seconds faster than I was aiming for on the new motor and that was nursing the new motor a fair bit --gee willikers that back straight is bloody looooooong when ya rolling on and off the throttle.
I got out for one session on the SV and shit what a different bike --power everywhere -flat and easy to use. Took a lot of getting to gripps with after mella yella and Ill definitely be fitting a very thin seat base -that seat has to be about 6 inches thick. I felt like I was about 3 feet in the air when I tipped into corners.
the only pity was not riding with more KB ers.
As a side note --shit castol is SOOO nice now

mono

26th March 2005, 19:59

That was a great day... apart from the crash I had, I started of from pit lane repeating over and over " Don't go too fast, just learn the track, the bikes brand new" and managed to get two and a half laps in before the other voices in my head :devil2: got so loud I couldn’t ignore them any more, and my wrist wouldn’t let go of the throttle, then after about five or six more laps, I found myself crouched beside my bike inspecting my handy work, two fairings, an alternator cover, and a rear set, bugger. Still, I can’t wait to go again. Great picks from Feint. :ride:

Got some picks too, Had to zoom them heaps so there not that good.

ajturbo

26th March 2005, 20:25

[QUOTE=XJ/FROSTY
as for the falling off the quad bit --I wasn';t actually moving -just seeing how far I could hang my knee out on baby bikies quad.
[/QUOTE]

bull shit frosty!!!!!:whistle:
i missed the mono you pulled just before this shot....:whistle: :2thumbsup

good to hear dug let you go out on the sv!!!!!

:lol: :lol: :killingme

FEINT

26th March 2005, 20:44

http://www.sync.co.nz/ming/page_01.htm

that is the link to the photos.! there is quite alot of them, took me ages to re-size them and all..

Mono, i have a few shots of you coming off,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/2603puke/040.jpg

Get well soon Gary.... Take care out there...!

Riff Raff

26th March 2005, 21:05

Great photos Feint!
I checked up on Garry when I was at Muddlemore - still in surgery. He's going to be setting off metal detectors at airports after this! Fortunately it's not too bad tho.

Zed

26th March 2005, 22:31

http://www.sync.co.nz/ming/page_01.htm

that is the link to the photos.! there is quite alot of them, took me ages to re-size them and all...Excellent presentation of photos - you da man!

Now when's your turn for the track Feint? :whistle:

gav

26th March 2005, 23:04

Great photos, looks like the two repsol boys were putting on quite a show :niceone:

Zed

26th March 2005, 23:32

Great photos, looks like the two repsol boys were putting on quite a show :niceone:John, the one riding the red CBR1000RR (his 2nd one), is a talented wheelie freak! You might remember a KB ride last year around the Coro loop where a guy binned and wrote off his new Fireblade - that was John...nice guy! Don't think he's actually a KB member though?

limmy

26th March 2005, 23:56

Zed

27th March 2005, 00:25

i managed to come of my bike in the 4th session. the official reason for falling off was that baby blade decide to run out of gas halfway round the hairpin...

it was just a small fall and a few bits came off.

Thanks heaps to Frosty and his mates for helping get the bike going again. I owe you guys big time.

i've learnt my lesson...i should put a bloody fuel indicator on my bike.Sorry to hear that limmy. At least the excuse of running out of fuel is a reasonable one - the track tends to munch madly through fuel and tyres!

Good on ya for getting out there today with the big boys. :Punk:

slick

27th March 2005, 08:16

Hey guys, had a great day at Puke. Firstly thanks a lot to Frosty for letting me share his luxurious pit garage! Great to finally meet some KB'ers what a good bunch of blokes!

First time round Puke, bloody terrifying circuit... fast, bumpy, oily(thanks to the cars), and some very, very fast guys. Can't wait for the next adrenalin fix!!

Great pics Feint!! Thought I spotted someone hanging over the crash barrier. I am in the background of a couple of shots of other KB'ers, wondered if that was the complete collection or if there might be any others of a '95 Tigerblade?

Christ I ache all over this morning!

FROSTY

27th March 2005, 08:20

hey slick- ya ache now --imagine a full days riding :msn-wink:

Sparky

27th March 2005, 08:31

wondered if that was the complete collection or if there might be any others of a '95 Tigerblade?

Nice to meet you Slick, here is one, not an action shot but at least proof you where there :niceone:

FROSTY

27th March 2005, 08:46

say sparky -I couldn't remember your handle dude.
Thanks for the help yesterday
I was never riding with the other KBers so no pics of ol mella yella either.

Sparky

27th March 2005, 08:59

Howdy Frosty, here are a couple for ya
anyway gotto fly, gonna meet the boys at Westgate

FEINT

27th March 2005, 09:13

I checked and I am sorry but I don't have any FULL SHOTS of the Tigerblade. I only have a limited amount of storage on my camera and I mainly take wheelies or people I know.

Next time, come round and say hello and let me know which bike you are on. I will take some for you.. :) :niceone:

I am off to the cruise now! see ya! :2thumbsup

slick

27th March 2005, 09:44

Hey Sparky, thanks for the pic, I have a book called 'Kawasaki Racers' which has a good section on the KR250 GP bikes, if you're interested I could do you some pdfs, I have original files as I designed the book in a previous life!

Feint, thanks for looking for the 'blade, hopefully catch up with you next time... stunning pics, presume you're a pro?

ajturbo

27th March 2005, 10:22

I was never riding with the other KBers so no pics of ol mella yella either.

we got some ...but... when i can wake up BabyB, i will find the cable for the camera.

yep she is finaly awake!!!

here are a couple of photo's of "ol' mella yella" and by the way ...

is it just me or is frosty really pulling AWAY from Hoon?????????:whistle: :2thumbsup

also one dead cbr...(luke took this photo... he said that he was the 3/4th person to crash..!!!:confused: :brick: he told me that he had seen the whole thing... )sounds like a high side...ouch... hope he is recovering....

also i do hope everyone notices frosty's intence concentration while on the quad....notice where his tounge is.......:lol:
andy

bugjuice

27th March 2005, 10:38

what a bloody day! When's the next one?! I thought in terms of crashing, that's the worst open day I've been to. In fact, the amount of times I've been, I've only seen one crash when I was first there, and that's cos the guy was being a dick by sliding his bike in and out of corners and it highsided.. So crash wise, not so great..

As for anything to do with my sessions, I was a tad hesitant going hard out of most of the corners cos of how twitchy the front was and wasn't sure if the back tyre would be happy for me to throttle it and get the front up, so I didn't, plus no steering damper which I think would have helped me out there. May be next time. Kinda happy that my 'off-timed' laps were around 1.15 to 1.20 with heavy traffic, managing to get it down to consistant 1.10 to 1.15 for most of the first and third sessions, and managed to wow myself with times from 1.06.3 to 1.08 on the second session, and I still wanted to go harder, but didn't trust myself to. Also found the rev limiter twice - once on the start/finish in 4th, just forgot to change until it kicked in, then the second time, I caught the draft on the back stretch being a mate on the ZX10, which boosted me that little extra to bounce the limiter in 6th. Fastest I have ever been on 2 wheels to date, bouncing off the limiter, I swear I saw it flash either 282 or 285kph. At that speed, there's a lot going on, so it was a quick peek. I thought it said 285, but with it being digital and such a short look, I'd be happy to admit, it could have read 282kph. Now to get my speedo calibrated to see how far out it is. It would have made it itself, but the kink on the back was just putting me out a bit, so the drafting before the kink helped me out. Without the draft, I was seeing 260 to 270+ without a problem, did 277 before I backed off. Really surprised how hard it pulls all the way to the red line. Didn't think engines would have been able to do that.

Anyways, the rest of the guys on the track -
Frosty, I waited for ya, where were ya dude? And the amount of times you crashed on that quad, kinda scarey to think that's 4 wheels and you couldn't keep it together! Good entertainment while we were waiting tho! very good.
Mono, shit luck dude.. You got balls to patch her up and get back out there tho! Full credit there, and with no rear brake. Hope the repair bill isn't too much.. But you said you had fun, even if it was a touch expensive, so good on ya. May be better next time round, and we can do a little head-to-head, cos I'd be interested how you and I, and the bikes would fair up against each other.. Same for Quasi too, but I think he'd be a little hard to catch..
Limmy, dude... sux that you crashed out.. Did you get to learn anything from the crash? Did you learn much from the track before then? How's the cornering coming on? Now you have to take the experiance you learnt from the track (corners, your ability, your bikes ability etc) and start to apply it to the road, but not at those speeds!! Now you know what you can do, you might see that road riding will become a touch easier, now you know that you can lean a bit more..
Swanny, we should have done a few head-to-heads too.. Would have been interesting, but I really need to get some sliders..
FEINT, thanx for the pics, and taking footage with my cam. Haven't watched it yet, but good on ya..

fook, who else...?? everyone was really good out there, there weren't many slow ones, and the fast ones weren't overly boysterous, so I think it went well. Made me feel good that I was able to be overtaking other bikes now, every time I've been was on a CBR250, so now the extra power was a real eye-opener..

what a bloody day! When's the next one?!

Marmoot

27th March 2005, 10:58

Second session was marked early by a Chinese guy crashing hard before the start finish straight on a new CBR 1000. He was lucky he didn't take more riders out, but unlucky because he lost conscoiusness got cut by the armco and probably broke some bones too.

not again :brick:

That corner (last right) is pretty lethal as I remembered it, innit'? he's bloody lucky

bugjuice

27th March 2005, 11:02

not again :brick:

That corner (last right) is pretty lethal as I remembered it, innit'? he's bloody lucky
without too much detail, it *seemed* like a racing accident, hit tagged the back of another bike which sat him upright, and it looked like he tried to outbrake the corner as apposed to trying to get it back round again. Hard to say for sure, but he did hit at a bloody good speed.. Hope he pulls thru it ok, sure he will.. Just bad luck, poor dude..

FEINT

27th March 2005, 22:03

Feint, thanks for looking for the 'blade, hopefully catch up with you next time... stunning pics, presume you're a pro?

I am no pro... I just like taking photos of cars / motorbikes. My camera helps alot being quite fast. Bikes surely don't wait around for me to FOCUS then SNAP... Let me know next time and I will take some shots for you. :niceone:

I hope you all enjoyed the photos, and hopefully I will get more at the Taupo track day on the 10th. ;)

few more shots.. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/swanmanedit2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/bugedit.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/swanmanedit.jpg

babyB

27th March 2005, 23:55

good to meet some new faces. slick i have a blury pix of ya sorry bout that (will hold it if u want).

ok guya as u have have gathered i have some some photos ....(here are a few more (some not so good)........
if any of you out there have been to meetings & wanna know if i got pix of you. just ask with a description ie bike make,model,colour. helmit & leathers even better race number and meet date. ill check it out see if i got you.

i will be at taupo on the 10th, with camera.....i like close ups .... but not side swipes, ......oh and smile!!! :2thumbsup

babyb

bugjuice

28th March 2005, 00:10

cool, more nice shots! I like the one you got BB, of everyone waiting (or just pulling off) from the pit.. Would like to have seen that from the front too, may be next time

nice shots guys!

Krusti

28th March 2005, 00:44

Hey bugjuice when are ya gonna get some riding gear to match ya bike? :lol:

FROSTY

28th March 2005, 00:52

bugjuice--you REALLY need leathers mate.
as for waiting for me --dude i was running in a new motor.
I couldn't use full throttle all day. -But you knew that
I was IN FRONT of you in every session--except where the battery died comin outa castrol--sheesh --still reality is from my point of view I was happy it happened then not on race day. :Punk:

StoneChucker

28th March 2005, 08:20

Can you keep an eye out for me at the Taupo track day, April 10? I would love some good pics of me on the track. Feint, I can wheelie, but I can't hold it up so you're gonna have to be fast ;) If you are, you COULD make it look like I actually CAN wheelie :msn-wink: I'm on a red 04 R1. I don't know you fellas, so I can't come say hi on the day...

Nice pics, and apart from the bins looked like a nice day out there. I'm REALLY looking forward to the track day now. I also know I won't be going hard, but even so shit happens. Just hope it doesn't happen to me! :confused:

FEINT

28th March 2005, 08:34

yes, I can take shots for you. :) I will be there on the 10th. As long as you get the front up and I know which one you are, I will try my best and get you a nice shot..! :niceone:

slick

28th March 2005, 09:06

good to meet some new faces. slick i have a blury pix of ya sorry bout that (will hold it if u want).

Hey babyB, blurry's good for me, makes you look like you're going fast!! Wouldn't mind a look if you can post it up? Cheers

bugjuice

28th March 2005, 11:21

Hey bugjuice when are ya gonna get some riding gear to match ya bike? :lol:
yeah, tell me about it!! How stupid do I look? :o
I have some on order with Wildcat, so hopefully I'll look a little better. Also getting a new lid too, cos my one is just crap. Just focus on the bike, not the twat on top of it.. And next time, I'll get that wheel up under power off the hairpin, then it'll look a smidge better too..

loosebruce

28th March 2005, 17:13

Looked like a good day for all you's, marred a bit by a nasty crash. But god to see some guys getting out on the track for the first time, wish i could've been there myself, but the $$$ side of things and the bike isn't upto it, but come taupo :2thumbsup as my hands are still sore but feel good when riding my stand in ZXR250.

Ming you take some mean pics mate, keep up the good work. Who's gonna replace you when you're on the track though? Hows Rewa with the camera.

babyB

29th March 2005, 22:45

Hey babyB, blurry's good for me, makes you look like you're going fast!! Wouldn't mind a look if you can post it up? Cheers

here ya go slick...
the speed....wobbles..(mine) were a bit obvious that day.... or was it the nagging voice in my head saying ...." why the F###k aren't i out there!!! :angry2: :brick:

FEINT

30th March 2005, 11:45

Slightly off topic here, I was viewing my photos on a computer (LCD monitor)at Uni and the photos looked slightly pixelated and blury, do you guys seem to have the same problem?

http://www.sync.co.nz/ming/

The originals aren't blurry but during the re-sizing I think I have lost some compression in the quality :angry2: .... I never realised it. I will have to re-size them with high compression.... damn...

White trash

30th March 2005, 11:49

They are a little blurry but a hel;l of a lot better than the usual ones bandied around.

I particularly like number 46 or 47 of Swanman with an extremely elevated front end, shut throttle and (I assume) a puckered sphincter.

babyB

30th March 2005, 12:37

Slightly off topic here, I was viewing my photos on a computer (LCD monitor)at Uni and the photos looked slightly pixelated and blury, do you guys seem to have the same problem?
yer a little, but you have some awesome photoes there. :niceone:
watch the reolution when resizing them

White trash

30th March 2005, 12:43

Yeah, that reolution's a killer.....

FEINT

30th March 2005, 23:16

I thought the resolution was wrong... If I want to post so many on the internet, I have a problem with bandwidth.

So I re-sized them down to 1024 x 768 but on low resolution. This leaving the photos around 80kb instead of 400kb!

I have to originals which are 3008 x 2000 and on high resolution but they are at approx 4MB each, which I can't post 60 of them! :angry2:

Thanks for your replies, I will try and either make the photos smaller with better resolution or find more bandwidth.

Thanks!

bugjuice

30th March 2005, 23:20

for the site and those poor saps on dial-up (myself included), why not make the 800x600 then if anyone wants bigger ones, then just pm/email them.. make the res 100dpi (better for LCD screens) and in PS, just run something like Auto-levels and/or auto-ballance (?? can't remember, don't have it running at the mo), which will help the colours up a little.. Also, set up an action in PS, then when you open up a few that you want to post, just run the action..

FEINT

30th March 2005, 23:30

bugjuice

30th March 2005, 23:42

I had 60 photos (OUT OF THE 200shots taken :whistle: ) to go through and I couldn't be bothered - auto levels, adjust curve, adjust image size, save as file... then upload, create HTML file etc. :)

So I just re-sized them in ACDSEE to 1024 x 768 and I assume ACDSEE killed my compression leaving me with a SMALL file, but poor quality. :angry2:
just get PS to do it all for you.. Some sites it makes can be a little crude, but hell, saves a hell of a lot of time. I've done similar things before, I set PS to go for it, and see if I can make a coffee before PS is finished..

FEINT

31st March 2005, 00:40

might need some Photoshop lessons from you! :msn-wink:

here are a few more..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/bj.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/limmy.jpg

quality should be better.

swanman

31st March 2005, 09:26

Motoracer

31st March 2005, 11:04

might need some Photoshop lessons from you! :msn-wink:

here are a few more..

quality should be better.

WOW!!!! That's fuken mean as! FEINT, can you please please take some pics of me and my bike at Taupo? I need impresive stuff like this to show possible sponcers.

White trash

31st March 2005, 11:21

...and also possible sponsers.......

NhuanH

31st March 2005, 11:23

and sponsors even :banana:

White trash

31st March 2005, 11:25

Aggghhh fuck it. Too smart for me own good, what a wally.

Two Smoker

2nd April 2005, 14:23

ah shit i hope he is alright, has anyone told MR, its one of his mates... (Gary is his name) hes a really good rider and pretty damn fast...

SHIT Bugjuice, 1:06 is a fucking good time!!! Anyone else got times??? Were there any other F3 bikes putting down times???

FROSTY

2nd April 2005, 14:47

now we have a little discrepancy here mr bugjuice.
Im sure I was on the same track as you --and I know I was never passed by you except in that last session when my battery went by byes.
Funny thing --but The fastest I was clocked at was 1.10 with average lap being 1.13 -now on that basis ya shoulda lapped me or caught me at least once.
I felt like I was going faster than I have in the past so either my stopwatch or yours is up the wop
Please ohh please let it be mine

ajturbo

2nd April 2005, 15:50

bugjuice

2nd April 2005, 21:02

with each passing day, it's a little more cloudy. I should have taped the damn timer for proof on the camcorder, but I didn't.
Well, I guess the only thing to do is to get back down to the track when someone gives me a new back tyre.. well let this one slide then, and I'll see what happens next time round, and we'll see.
Frosty, the only way I can see it was the average times we were both putting in were about the same for most of the laps. Any of the quicker, then it's only a few seconds. I'd need to make up over a minute on yer ass to pass ya, which I would have needed more laps for, which we didn't get. I'll make a note of it next time to pass in a way you'll remember. If it helps, I don't remember seeing you push the bike to the pits.. but I guess I wasn't looking for anything going slower than 150ks...

but I did friken enjoy it, yeah! :Punk: