How did you get into racing?

[DELLORTO]

Just wondering how you guys got into racing, im sure everyone had a different path and id like to hear about it,

I personally got into racing by going to mt wellington to race my goped and then i saw pockets then i started racing them, and then i went from pockets to buckets,

so tell us your path, -max

[CookMySock]

We bought a bike and went racing. Not rocket science.

Steve

[puddytat]

Went to a trackday at Ruapuna & saw "the light"....made me realize that the tracks where's it at & that the road is for posing:nya:

[Wingnut]

Yep - What Puddy said!:confused:

[Biggles08]

Simple maths equation for me...no cops + No idiot car drivers = racing

I just followed the maths!

[TK3]

yup same as biggles here had a fast bike and was riding too fast all the time and doing crazy shit, went to one track day on the small track at taupo, then bought some race fairings put them on and never felt the need to take them off.

[TK3]

Simple maths equation for me...no cops + No idiot car drivers = racing

I just followed the maths!

Bro Qwik and Ezy I don't think your meant advertise that about yourself..... Keep it as a suprise:sunny:

[Harvd]

Crashed on the road. Called my dad to pick me up, He was in a meeting with a guy who races and he lent me a bike. just did the practice session i was hooked

[SWERVE]

Started as a flag marshall in Uk back in 1980:shit:. Watched some famous names(and picked them up) cutting thier teeth on 250/250 proddy racers.............. big Z1 kawas and the like............. transatlantic series (swantz/rainey etc) probebly one of the best series ever.:Punk::Punk:
Thought HEY i can do that<_<..................well i did do that.............. but not which a fraction of the talent that these guys had/have.:blink:
Crashed a lot........... written a few off............... but still doin it and havin fun........ now hoping my lad will follow in their footsteps instead:soon:

[Kiwi Graham]

loved motorbikes from a very young age.
got into schoolboy motorcross (as it was called then) at 12yrs because it was the only way the old man would let me have a bike.

As soon as I was legal to ride on the road I started exploring the limits of performance V ability and was encouraged by my local bike dealer to 'do it' on the track (all this before track days were invented) joined a club, hung round the pits, then bit the bullet and bought a bike! the rest they say is history. Thought I'd done my time and stopped racing years ago but guess who's lining up on the grid again this season! definitely older, maybe wiser, with shrunken balls but still have that NEED FOR SPEED!