Nicksta's New Race Bike

[Frenchy]

While i'm sad to say that we no longer have tweety!! she has moved on to a new home...
but how ever we do have a new Toy for Nicki to play on, I originally bought it for my self but
Nicki seen it and wanted a ride and after a track day bought it of me :( any who... Nickis first race on
the bike is this weekend, its also the first race since her broken Pelvis so we are going to start out slow
and build up and get ready for the winter series.
A quick thank you To John (Pussy) Robert T and the Team from Kiwi Bike Insurance
Here are a couple of pictures of the bike

[Str8 Jacket]

Hey wow, that looks awesome!! Good luck for the weekend Nicki! Will we be seeing you guy's @ Manfeild 27/28th Feb?

ps, you might wanna out NWS on those photo's! ;)

[RDjase]

Cool ! :yes:
F3 or protwin for the new bike?
They go well those ER 650s , a mate has one,
Go Nicksta:2thumbsup will be good to see some Kwakas in front of the SV's

[R6_kid]

An ER6 with Gixxer fairings! That's wicked. Pro twins or F3?

[NinjaBoy]

Good luck for this weekend Nicki and good job as always Franz. Go team Green (or blue or whatever!)

[Matt Bleck]

Wow that looks awesome!!!

I dunno about the gixxer fairings on a kawaka tho...... :confused:


Good luck for the weekends racing Nickers!!!!

[Danger Dave]

Looks awesome, go the Kawasuki :Punk:

[Duke girl]

Bike looks Awesome Nicksta and will look even better with you on it kicking those guys you are racing against butts all the way around the track. Going to give this 1 a name?.
Goodluck for Sunday and I will see you there.

[Pussy]

A pleasure to help you, Franz!
Another VERY tidy job by you. Awesome, mate! :niceone:

[Deano]

Pro twins or F3?

Pro twins judging by the forks.

It looks the bizzo Nicki - see ya out there mate !!

[neil_cb125t]

Def step in the right direction - bigger than a 400 and a kwaka... and on DUNLOPS.... ill be watching!!

[Frenchy]

yep Deano hit the nail on the head! its a Pro Twins bike :)
and as for the suzuki Fairings on the Kawasaki well any one who knows me knows im a little strange (I own a Honda) and i think the ER suits the fairings more then the SV's

[Tony.OK]

Nice one guys......................."bought it off you" ??? you cheap buggar hahaa

Good luck for the weekend :)

[Her_C4]

While i'm sad to say that we no longer have tweety!! she has moved on to a new home...
but how ever we do have a new Toy for Nicki to play on, I originally bought it for my self but
Nicki seen it and wanted a ride and after a track day bought it of me :( any who... Nickis first race on
the bike is this weekend, its also the first race since her broken Pelvis so we are going to start out slow
and build up and get ready for the winter series.
A quick thank you To John (Pussy) Robert T and the Team from Kiwi Bike Insurance
Here are a couple of pictures of the bike

Oh WOW!!! That is a really GREAT looking bike! Best of luck (not that you really need it!) Nicksta for your first time back on the track since forever. The steed is indeed an impressive looking beast and I will have it lined up in my viewfinder in no time at all:).

Slowly but surely eh? Nice one:yes::scooter:

[nzkr1]

WOW cool looking bike, it's still no KR1 though, but a Kawasaki all the same. See you at the nats:Punk: GO Kawasaki

[Kiwi Graham]

Nice looking bike there guys good luck with it.

[stify]

(I own a Honda)

it's ok to own honda...I think(well pussy thinks so), good luck Nicksta :)

[Little Smurf]

Very groovy bike love the look you will look very smart out there chick, have fun :banana:

[roadracingoldfart]

Ohhh wow.
Its nicer than anything i ever gave you to race Nicki, all credit to Franz for the look i assume.

Only thing missing is a few more yellow and black stickers for Andrew lol.

All the best for the first ride Nicki , i agree with Chrissie's comment on progress.
I know you will do well and with such a great pit crew you cant fail , stick it up them girl.

Paul & Di.

[howdamnhard]

Nice looking bike, like the wallpaper too,ha,ha. Good luck Nicki with the racing this weekend.

[scracha]

Looks superb Frenchy. How's project teapot coming along?

[slowpoke]

Damn! I was gonna offer her a very low km RCMP GSXR1000K7....only used on sunday to send one (not so) careful owner to the moon.....

Swapsies? Gimme a call if you wanna come have a look at it, I've just gotta find a broom to sweep all the bits into the same general location:crybaby:

[cowpoos]

Looks bloody mint!!

[kiwifruit]

Yeah it looks cool! Good luck :)

[Trudes]

Now that's sexy!!!!
Enjoy Nicksta!!!!:wari:

[Cleve]

Looks great. All the best with racing on the new machine.

[Duke girl]

Nicksta you looked Awesome out there on Sunday and the bike looks and sounds Great. It was really good seeing back out there since Round 3 of the Winter Series last year.
I wish you all the very best with your Racing for 2010 and I am sure you will have a great time with your new bike and class.
Goodluck Chick.

[Frenchy]

yes she did very well in the wet for her first race on the new bike :) and im sure she'll do well in 2010

[Frenchy]

Looks superb Frenchy. How's project teapot coming along?

I'll take a photo and post it up for you later, its running quiet well now just put new Dyna coils and leads on with new plugs. made a big difference, now the flat slides all chatter in perfect harmony. I just need to find some wider rims now am looking for some of the 89 gsxr sling shot. do you know what the rules are on rims in pre 89? can you put in later model rims or does it have to be pre 89 also?

[Nicksta]

thank you soo much Frenchy for helping get this bike ready to race.......
thank you all for your encouraging comments... i had an absolute blast on the weekend.... I'm loving the new Kawasaki and can definitely see a lot of potential in the new bike... its a hell of a lot of fun to ride when i'm not mucking up the shifting..lol cant wait to get out there again.. watch out pro twins!!!

[Str8 Jacket]

thank you soo much Frenchy for helping get this bike ready to race.......
thank you all for your encouraging comments... i had an absolute blast on the weekend.... I'm loving the new Kawasaki and can definitely see a lot of potential in the new bike... its a hell of a lot of fun to ride when i'm not mucking up the shifting..lol cant wait to get out there again.. watch out pro twins!!!

O for oarsome!! I will be looking to you for pointers next year when I do pro-twins! ;)

[roadracingoldfart]

I'll take a photo and post it up for you later, its running quiet well now just put new Dyna coils and leads on with new plugs. made a big difference, now the flat slides all chatter in perfect harmony. I just need to find some wider rims now am looking for some of the 89 gsxr sling shot. do you know what the rules are on rims in pre 89? can you put in later model rims or does it have to be pre 89 also?

25-5-2 Wheels
Front wheel shall have a maximum width of 3.5” and minimum diameter of 16”.
Rear wheel shall have a maximum width of 5.5” and minimum diameter of 16”.
Wheels can be cast or spoke type.
Magnesium wheels are permitted. Carbon fibre wheels are banned.


Paul.

[Nicksta]

25-5-2 Wheels
Front wheel shall have a maximum width of 3.5” and minimum diameter of 16”.
Rear wheel shall have a maximum width of 5.5” and minimum diameter of 16”.
Wheels can be cast or spoke type.
Magnesium wheels are permitted. Carbon fibre wheels are banned.


Paul.

Hey Paul... this is how the GSX is so far :)

[chanceyy]

looked hot hot hot (even if it was wet on sunday) Nicki good to see you out & about without crutches and on two wheels again .. be looking forward to watching your progress over the winter series girl :hug:

[Frenchy]

25-5-2 Wheels
Front wheel shall have a maximum width of 3.5” and minimum diameter of 16”.
Rear wheel shall have a maximum width of 5.5” and minimum diameter of 16”.
Wheels can be cast or spoke type.
Magnesium wheels are permitted. Carbon fibre wheels are banned.


Paul.

So does it mater what year they come off?

[roadracingoldfart]

So does it mater what year they come off?


The way i read this reg is that if they are wire spoke type or cast type they are ok. The rules state a dimension limit on the lower and upper scale but dont stipulate age requirments as such.
Peroid is a bit of a moot point as the wheels used in the day were round and as far as i can work out are still round.
Age catagory for the bike is dictated by the " newest major component" which is basically , frame, motor casings , swingarm, gearbox. So the wheels are not date sensitive that i can work out.

Anybody here dissagree with that interpretation ????

Paul.

[Deano]

Hey Paul... this is how the GSX is so far :)

Will you get hassled for having a late model tailpiece like Chappy ?

[Frenchy]

Will you get hassled for having a late model tailpiece like Chappy ?

thats why there is only the tail on the bike, i thought about putting the front fairings on but then the may say that can help with the aerodynamics. as far as i can see unless im crossing the line backwards (i wouldn't rule that out either) it is of no advantage what so ever.

[roadracingoldfart]

thats why there is only the tail on the bike, i thought about putting the front fairings on but then the may say that can help with the aerodynamics. as far as i can see unless im crossing the line backwards (i wouldn't rule that out either) it is of no advantage what so ever.

That was Neils argument and he got told , "take it off or loose the points" so he had no choice. Its a crock of shit but im sure thats been discussed more than to death by now.

Paul.

[Frenchy]

That was Neils argument and he got told , "take it off or loose the points" so he had no choice. Its a crock of shit but im sure thats been discussed more than to death by now.

Paul.

i only have the tail no front fairings

[quickbuck]

Peroid is a bit of a moot point as the wheels used in the day were round and as far as i can work out are still round.

.
Well, yup... They have been round since the invention of the........ Wheel....

[quickbuck]

thats why there is only the tail on the bike, i thought about putting the front fairings on but then the may say that can help with the aerodynamics. as far as i can see unless im crossing the line backwards (i wouldn't rule that out either) it is of no advantage what so ever.

Well to be totally honest there Frenchy, it really made stuff all difference to the Aerodynamics / top speed/ Lap times on the 450.
Why there is a consistent 3 second difference on some of the Lap Time sheets for any given day was because we used to run a GPRa10 in Posties, and a slick in F3. This is because we needed to save the slick.
Also, there was no need for Neil to beat his brother by a huge margin in posties, so i used to have to slow him down.

It all worked, as the trophy cabinet says so.....

Anyhow, welcome to postie Racing, half of it is a mind game, and as Paul says, the fairing issue has been done well to death.
We will all get on, if the bits of fibreglass are replicas of the plastic fairings that came off the bike originally......
Well, all you really have to do is make it look like a Teapot, and nobody will question where the fairings came from.... Could go as late as 1998!

[Frenchy]

Anyhow, welcome to postie Racing, half of it is a mind game, and as Paul says, the fairing issue has been done well to death.
We will all get on, if the bits of fibreglass are replicas of the plastic fairings that came off the bike originally......
Well, all you really have to do is make it look like a Teapot, and nobody will question where the fairings came from.... Could go as late as 1998!


While fiberglass was available back in 89 so what if i make my own fairings from scratch no moulds of late model bikes??

[Benk]

While fiberglass was available back in 89 so what if i make my own fairings from scratch no moulds of late model bikes??

Rules are rules, and rules say fairings must look like they belong in the class period, whether they are taken from actual fairing moulds wont change the fact that thye look like late model gixxer fairings.

Its less about actual benefits of the bodywork, and more about the spirit of the class. Otherwise, the entire pre89 class would look like a slow arse version of F1. Still slower, but uglier as well, haha. Bottom line is, if you want to race in the spirit of the pre89 class, get some ugly fairings, otherwise any NZPCRA event you do, you'll get grief, which I think is a good thing for the class.

As everyone has said, this has been done to death, and Neil is now using old fairings on his bike, so obviously one person didnt think it was worth the hassle.

[quickbuck]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yup,
What he said.....

[scracha]

So would Frenchy get away with lookalike RGV250 fairings?

I don't recall any hotted up super motards either in 1989?

[Benk]

So would Frenchy get away with lookalike RGV250 fairings?

As long as they looked square and uncool, then most probably :)


I don't recall any hotted up super motards either in 1989?

Plenty of old motocross bikes road racing in the 80s man. Not motarding as such, just racing dirt bikes on the road.

[Frenchy]

Plenty of old motocross bikes road racing in the 80s man. Not motarding as such, just racing dirt bikes on the road.

Those sick bastards!! been around for years aye...

While i was trying to start an argument on here just had no idea really, but thanks for the input :)

[Benk]

While i was trying to start an argument on here just had no idea really, but thanks for the input :)

Sweet as, always good seeing more posties bikes out there :)

[Frenchy]

Was meant to say I " WASN'T trying to start an argument" not i was... lets hope i can race better then i can type!!

[Benk]

Was meant to say I " WASN'T trying to start an argument" not i was... lets hope i can race better then i can type!!

Haha, I figured that much. Unfortunately, my typing skills far outweigh my racing skills. Keen for a swap?

[Frenchy]

Haha, I figured that much. Unfortunately, my typing skills far outweigh my racing skills. Keen for a swap?

Na thats why i have Nicki.... She can race and type :)

[DEATH_INC.]

Na thats why i have Nicki.... She can race and type :)

So what is it you do again? :Pokey:
Can't wait to see how Nicki goes on that new beast.
And Frenchy should be bloody entertaining if nothing else.....Good luck guys. :niceone:

[roadracingoldfart]

Plenty of old motocross bikes road racing in the 80s man. Not motarding as such, just racing dirt bikes on the road.

Yer like uncool Kawasaki riders on KX250 and shit .... aye Pete. (waits for reply lol)

[scracha]

Yer like uncool Kawasaki riders on KX250 and shit .... aye Pete. (waits for reply lol)
But no huge singles with road hoops and slicks?

Frenchy: I'm not worried, there's no way a Suzuki will last 6 rounds.

[roadracingoldfart]

But no huge singles with road hoops and slicks?

. only if you dont count the TT500s and XR500s & 600s .

[scracha]

only if you dont count the TT500s and XR500s & 600s .
So people fitted cast wheels and ROAD raced XR500's and 600's back in 1989?

[slowpoke]

So people fitted cast wheels and ROAD raced XR500's and 600's back in 1989?

Yep, but even back then it was wire wheels from memory. I can remember a teenaged Shayne King in pre-World Champion days rockin' up to the Frankleigh Road drags in New Plymouth on a CR250 fitted with road rubber, and I can remeber seeing a few similar bikes at Wanganui and Paritutu.

[Billy]

Yep, but even back then it was wire wheels from memory. I can remember a teenaged Shayne King in pre-World Champion days rockin' up to the Frankleigh Road drags in New Plymouth on a CR250 fitted with road rubber, and I can remeber seeing a few similar bikes at Wanganui and Paritutu.

Yip and Brent Stephens (now Valentino Rossis technician) at The inaugaral Gumboot grand prix in 1986 on an RM250 or Steve Dundon winning numerous 125 grand prix titles in the 70s on his RM125

[Frenchy]

So what is it you do again? :Pokey::

someone has to hold her umbrella and change her tires :)