prep for taupo the 10th

[mikey]

list of stuff for race prep, add your fav tips an tricks


ive been doing some prep work on my bike for taupo on 10th,
ive had my pissing oil fork seals replaced an new brake pads all round,

its quite surprising i can do stoppies now, brakes work!

ripped opff wind visor and all fairings in attemp at weight reduction,

im currently looking at making my throttle go from idle to full throttle in a tiny turn of wrist, not the 5 and a half revolutions it currently takes....... anyone know how?

im going to make my helmet like knew againh, get out the spray gun an spray over those nasty cracks that are reside around left ear down to chin from when nasty little coppers knocked me off

anyone know of where to get av gas in taupo early on a sunday morning?

oh and of course

sprinkle some p on kornflakes at breaky...

ill be a blasting around this track in my own little world, dont be interrupting me anyone

[Gixxer 4 ever]

list of stuff for race prep, add your fav tips an tricks

sprinkle some p on kornflakes at breaky...

ill be a blasting around this track in my own little world, dont be interrupting me anyone

Somebodyisexcitedaboutthetrackday.

Me 2

[bugjuice]

ive had my pissing oil fork seals replaced an new brake pads all round, its quite surprising i can do stoppies now, brakes work!

ripped opff wind visor and all fairings in attemp at weight reduction,

im currently looking at making my throttle go from idle to full throttle in a tiny turn of wrist, not the 5 and a half revolutions it currently takes....... anyone know how?
nice one on the brakes.. may be get rid of the parachute on the back..??

Ripping off your windsheild and farings probably won't save you a heap of weight, but what it does save will probably be lost in wind resistance. You'll have nothing to tuck behind. Then again, Taupo isn't much of a speed track, so you might not need to..

As for the throttle, you can get reducer kits which will reduce your turn of the wrist. Tad hard to explain, but can be done. If you can figure it out, you could probably knock something together yourself. Effectively, you need to exaggerate/magnify the turn of the throttle, but don't over do it so that it becomes unrideable..

[soundbeltfarm]

list of stuff for race prep, add your fav tips an tricks


ive been doing some prep work on my bike for taupo on 10th,
ive had my pissing oil fork seals replaced an new brake pads all round,

its quite surprising i can do stoppies now, brakes work!

ripped opff wind visor and all fairings in attemp at weight reduction,

im currently looking at making my throttle go from idle to full throttle in a tiny turn of wrist, not the 5 and a half revolutions it currently takes....... anyone know how?

im going to make my helmet like knew againh, get out the spray gun an spray over those nasty cracks that are reside around left ear down to chin from when nasty little coppers knocked me off

anyone know of where to get av gas in taupo early on a sunday morning?

oh and of course

sprinkle some p on kornflakes at breaky...

ill be a blasting around this track in my own little world, dont be interrupting me anyone

for the throttle i seen in fast bikes magazine that j in there put a thing on his throttle grip. i think it must work like a cam. instead of being round it might be cam shaped. it was made by hairy rs called 1/5 throttle turn and was 25 quid. it was way cheaper than all the other ways of doing it.

[MadDuck]

hmmm I think I am under prepared. I was gonna dig out the chain oil and oil the chain. Then maybe clean the bike :shake:

[StoneChucker]

I'm doing absolutely nothing, apart from printing and filling out my subway order form :msn-wink:

You can't improve perfection :love:

[bugjuice]

You can't improve perfection :love:
thanx sc, that's why I'm leaving it the way she is.. :shake:

[mikey]

nice one on the brakes.. may be get rid of the parachute on the back..?? ..

what shoot?




Ripping off your windsheild and farings probably won't save you a heap of weight, but what it does save will probably be lost in wind resistance. You'll have nothing to tuck behind. Then again, Taupo isn't much of a speed track, so you might not need to..

..


not really an attempt at weight saving, more a my fairings are all cracked cause they come in contact with things stronger than themselve every njow an then an then someone smashes them off with a hammer toi even it up.

[NC]

I'll make sure that I'm no where near you when you are on the track...

[Two Smoker]

I just spent $1600 on getting my race bike ready for this :crybaby:

[Quasievil]

nice one on the brakes.. may be get rid of the parachute on the back..??

Ripping off your windsheild and farings probably won't save you a heap of weight, but what it does save will probably be lost in wind resistance. You'll have nothing to tuck behind. Then again, Taupo isn't much of a speed track, so you might not need to..

As for the throttle, you can get reducer kits which will reduce your turn of the wrist. Tad hard to explain, but can be done. If you can figure it out, you could probably knock something together yourself. Effectively, you need to exaggerate/magnify the turn of the throttle, but don't over do it so that it becomes unrideable..

You will be pulling 200 on ZXR through the straight mate, so its a bit windy

[bugjuice]

You will be pulling 200 on ZXR through the straight mate, so its a bit windy
oh I kinda expect to, it comes up so bloody quick, I can almost do it before the end of my drive! I just wasn't sure if a 250 would be concentrating on speed over getting round the turns quicker..
you gonna show me the way then?

[NC]

oh I kinda expect to, it comes up so bloody quick, I can almost do it before the end of my drive! I just wasn't sure if a 250 would be concentrating on speed over getting round the turns quicker..
you gonna show me the way then?
See if you can get smoke coming off both wheels into the corners :confused:

[Gixxer 4 ever]

list of stuff for race prep, add your fav tips an tricks
me anyone

You inspired me. New front brake pads today. Air box out and cleaned the K/N. Must get some flushing fluid and oil for it. Plugs out and reset. Darn they looked good. Nice colour but big gaps so reset and installed. Drag down the drive and the new front brake pads are stoppy material. Think I better ride this week to get the pads bedded in. Got to love the track days to get the work done. Oil and filter later this week. Think it might get synthetic as the rev limiter seems to get used on the track. Wish I could see the tacko on this fecking bike.
See you in Taupo.

[bugjuice]

See if you can get smoke coming off both wheels into the corners :confused:
and stay rubber side down?

[Zapf]

ermm... wonder if I'll have a bike for taupo....

[Morepower]

You inspired me. New front brake pads today. Air box out and cleaned the K/N. Must get some flushing fluid and oil for it. Plugs out and reset. Darn they looked good. Nice colour but big gaps so reset and installed. Drag down the drive and the new front brake pads are stoppy material. Think I better ride this week to get the pads bedded in. Got to love the track days to get the work done. Oil and filter later this week. Think it might get synthetic as the rev limiter seems to get used on the track. Wish I could see the tacko on this fecking bike.
See you in Taupo.

You got time to look at the Tach ??? :2thumbsup

[FROSTY]

well it looks like Ill be there with another new motor -having just blown mine up racing today :shake:

[Mr Skid]

well it looks like Ill be there with another new motor -having just blown mine up racing today :shake:
Hell's bells! How many hours did you get out of this one?

[Gixxer 4 ever]

You got time to look at the Tach ??? :2thumbsup
No but I didn't want to admit that. :Oops: I was feeling guilty about not using mirrors last time but as Frosty said the people behind you will take care of the passing you just keep your line. So I am happy. I should change before the rev limiter kicks in. After all we are not racing :shifty: and the limiter really slows the bike down.

[bugjuice]

well it looks like Ill be there with another new motor -having just blown mine up racing today :shake:
you do know there's a gearbox on yer bike too...? :lol:

[Morepower]

No but I didn't want to admit that. :Oops: I was feeling guilty about not using mirrors last time but as Frosty said the people behind you will take care of the passing you just keep your line. So I am happy. I should change before the rev limiter kicks in. After all we are not racing :shifty: and the limiter really slows the bike down.

Fold the mirrors in , they will only distract you when the TL's are passing :banana: :killingme

[That Guy]

Hi guys - I'm by no means the fastest rider round Taupo - Motoracer etc kick my arse but I have learnt a few things about Taupo which if you may find of use to think about if you haven't been there before; or not!

I'd be interested to hear what other racers think about this too:

This is for me on an RGV so don't try this straight away on your GSXR1000!

Speaking in terms of doing a lap starting at the start/finish line:

Turn one - A fastish left hand sweeper that drops away from you just after the apex. Depending on your bike you should be able to keep the throttle pinned until the seal changes (you'll see the join) - pop up and brush the brakes while tipping it in, and change down (for me) two gears. Try to keep you weight off the front because if you load it too much you'll get into strife as the track drops away from the wheel. The corner opens up on you more than you think so you can keep a part thottle on through the turn and then pin it once you feel comfotable, for me the apex but I think braver riders start earlier. Try to keep it pinned after the apex all the way to the white line that is painted across the track then:

Turn two - left hand hairpin. BRAKE! Down one more gear (for me) A hair pin is a hair pin but don't go too wide on the exit and try to keep it smooth. Try to exit more or less in the middle and then keep the power on the whole way through the next set of esses:

Turn three, four, five (if you can call them that) - right hander with some good knee down action. If you exited the hair pin more or less in the middle you should be nicely placed to enter this turn - nice and flat and you are accelerating hard, up one, two then three gears into the next left hander and then again into a right. Unless you're on a big bike you should be able to keep accelerating hard the whole way through; at least keep the throttle on if not accelerating. The left has a little (Turn 4) bump and you need to watch not getting you knee caught in the grass/fairly high curb here. All the time through the esses think about your exit line through the lot of them into the final turn; the left handed sweeper. If you over cook the esses you can get into trouble quickly on the entry into the sweeper as a lot of riders run off the side of the track here having gone a bit hard thorugh the esses.

Turn Six - this sweeper is quite tricky to learn and I still aren't happy I've got it right. After coming out of the esses you should have the throttle pinned, and be more or less in the middle of the track. Once again there is a seal change that helps as a braking marker. On my RGV I try to keep the throttle pinned until I'm about 30 metres past the seal change; then on the brakes and go wide; missing where your brain tells you the apex is. Go out wide as if you're riding off the track, then peal it over and throttle on. Gear selection going into this turn for the exit is crucial. You can tell if you got it right 'cuase on the exit you'll be tucked in, accelerating as hard as you can onto the start/finish straight and at that time just getting to the edge of the track just where the curbing runs out, having apexed almost as teh straight opnes up. It's sort of a double apex turn but the first apex is imaginary - its not actaully the edge of the track its more like in the middle of the track. You can pass heaps of riders in this turn.

Other faster rider's comments welcomed on the above - hope you might point out where I can go faster.....!

Have fun. my funds can't stretch to being there. :Punk:

[scroter]

Hi guys - I'm by no means the fastest rider round Taupo - Motoracer etc kick my arse but I have learnt a few things about Taupo which if you may find of use to think about if you haven't been there before; or not!

I'd be interested to hear what other racers think about this too:

This is for me on an RGV so don't try this straight away on your GSXR1000!

Speaking in terms of doing a lap starting at the start/finish line:

Turn one - A fastish left hand sweeper that drops away from you just after the apex. Depending on your bike you should be able to keep the throttle pinned until the seal changes (you'll see the join) - pop up and brush the brakes while tipping it in, and change down (for me) two gears. Try to keep you weight off the front because if you load it too much you'll get into strife as the track drops away from the wheel. The corner opens up on you more than you think so you can keep a part thottle on through the turn and then pin it once you feel comfotable, for me the apex but I think braver riders start earlier. Try to keep it pinned after the apex all the way to the white line that is painted across the track then:

Turn two - left hand hairpin. BRAKE! Down one more gear (for me) A hair pin is a hair pin but don't go too wide on the exit and try to keep it smooth. Try to exit more or less in the middle and then keep the power on the whole way through the next set of esses:

Turn three, four, five (if you can call them that) - right hander with some good knee down action. If you exited the hair pin more or less in the middle you should be nicely placed to enter this turn - nice and flat and you are accelerating hard, up one, two then three gears into the next left hander and then again into a right. Unless you're on a big bike you should be able to keep accelerating hard the whole way through; at least keep the throttle on if not accelerating. The left has a little (Turn 4) bump and you need to watch not getting you knee caught in the grass/fairly high curb here. All the time through the esses think about your exit line through the lot of them into the final turn; the left handed sweeper. If you over cook the esses you can get into trouble quickly on the entry into the sweeper as a lot of riders run off the side of the track here having gone a bit hard thorugh the esses.

Turn Six - this sweeper is quite tricky to learn and I still aren't happy I've got it right. After coming out of the esses you should have the throttle pinned, and be more or less in the middle of the track. Once again there is a seal change that helps as a braking marker. On my RGV I try to keep the throttle pinned until I'm about 30 metres past the seal change; then on the brakes and go wide; missing where your brain tells you the apex is. Go out wide as if you're riding off the track, then peal it over and throttle on. Gear selection going into this turn for the exit is crucial. You can tell if you got it right 'cuase on the exit you'll be tucked in, accelerating as hard as you can onto the start/finish straight and at that time just getting to the edge of the track just where the curbing runs out, having apexed almost as teh straight opnes up. It's sort of a double apex turn but the first apex is imaginary - its not actaully the edge of the track its more like in the middle of the track. You can pass heaps of riders in this turn.

Other faster rider's comments welcomed on the above - hope you might point out where I can go faster.....!

Have fun. my funds can't stretch to being there. :Punk:

for me entry into the hairpin from the middle of the track(blocking) then exit in the middle or wider if you need to block the entry to the right. exiting esses run over to the left entering sweeper from left this is again for blocking but also gives you more exit speed from the esses. brake through the sweeper until you get to about the last grey line pointing at the suzuki sign then let off on the gas the bike will drop in all by itself. hope this helps, im not a racer but am just about nudging the high 44 sec laps at taupo. my funds also cant stretch being there (my tyres are buggered) but may come along and help out.

[That Guy]

Yep agree with the blocking lines if you're being chased - gotta keep that pesky competition outta the way :shake:

Suzuki Sign? I'm way to busy to notice that (didn't know there was one!) but I'll have a look next time and see where it puts me.