Tarawera 100

[Rupe]

Anyone going this year, never been before?

10 July apparently.

[flyingcr250]

last year was awesome, not a good time to sell the bike :(, give it a go i say!

[andy 101]

I am thinking about racing it this year,but by the time ya pay the $100 entry fee and accoadation and fuel and evey thing else it is bloody expensive. although it is a race you need to do at least once in ya life time.

[Rupe]

I am thinking about racing it this year,but by the time ya pay the $100 entry fee and accoadation and fuel and evey thing else it is bloody expensive. although it is a race you need to do at least once in ya life time.

That pretty much sums up what I was thinking. Can't make up my mind

[noobi]

possibly .

[cheese]

Too close to the baby for me this year. Next year I might do it again. I have to say that start of that race is the biggest rush I've ever had on my bike. The pile up that follows however is the most annoying think that I've experienced on my bike.......

[jt119]

possibly .

what you mean possibly

[Reckless]

can you enter more than one class or is each class another $100 bucks??

I can enter for about 4 classes if I could do 4 laps??
Was thinking I could enter my class do the 2 laps and see if I could go on from there??

Would like to do it just once just to be able to say I did it??

[scott411]

prettu sure you can only enter one class, but if you keep going after your class has finished if the track is still open

[A&R]

Can't do it this year...... busy...... but will sure be doing it next year.
So rick if ya can wait that long we can hold hands!!!!:sick::blink::love:

[Reckless]

So is the race actually 100k (ie Tawarewa 100) or a timed race you do as many laps as you can in??

And if I can do more than my class laps will my extra laps go towards the overall result??

How long was each lap and many laps did you and Cheese do last time Rupe??

[scott411]

it is 100 miles if you do 4 laps, so 25 miles a lap, (about 40km)

yes if you do more laps it will help your overall result

[Reckless]

it is 100 miles if you do 4 laps, so 25 miles a lap, (about 40km)

yes if you do more laps it will help your overall result

Ah ha! 100 miles, holly shit??? even the 200 can't do that on a tank, only one refill though!

Okay first goal make it through super vets, second goal do 3 laps????

My mate has a lake house in Rotoiti only 30 mins away?? I can prob get it cheap if its not booked!

Okay who's going??

thanks Scott for taking the time to share your infinate wisdom!!

[EXCDirt]

I want to!
Is it hard?

[Sunday Casual]

Yeah as Scott said, 100 mile for 4 laps. (160km). You refill at the end of every lap so not to worry.


I'll be there, entry sent and accommodation sorted too. They're limiting numbers to 300 this year so get in quick.

[Sunday Casual]

Yeah as Scott said, 100 mile for 4 laps. (160km). You refill at the end of every lap so not to worry.


I'll be there, entry sent and accommodation sorted too. They're limiting numbers to 300 this year so get in quick.

[Rupe]

So is the race actually 100k (ie Tawarewa 100) or a timed race you do as many laps as you can in??

And if I can do more than my class laps will my extra laps go towards the overall result??

How long was each lap and many laps did you and Cheese do last time Rupe??

Never done it mate. I don't think many get more than 3 laps in as once the leader has finished they close the race. If i'm told correct.

[flyingcr250]

Never done it mate. I don't think many get more than 3 laps in as once the leader has finished they close the race. If i'm told correct.

i think youve got 30mins after the leader has finished to cross the finish line to start your last lap, if that makes sence.

on another note does anyone need a pitbitch??

[scott411]

that is incorrect, in the past once the leader had finished it is over, you have about 5 minutes to get out of the pits if you had crossed the line before the leader,

last time i did it it took me just over 4 and a quarter hours to finsih it, normally about 50-80 riders do 4 laps,

[Rupe]

Ah ha! 100 miles, holly shit??? even the 200 can't do that on a tank, only one refill though!

Okay first goal make it through super vets, second goal do 3 laps????

My mate has a lake house in Rotoiti only 30 mins away?? I can prob get it cheap if its not booked!

Okay who's going??

thanks Scott for taking the time to share your infinate wisdom!!

Yep, would be good to get a group of us to go....

[scott411]

Yep, would be good to get a group of us to go....

i was wanting to ride the race but my old man has put his 60th that night, i was spewing when i found out

[cheese]

Next year I'm in. If you are going to do it, work hard on fitness now. Its a killer!!!!!! I've only managed 2 laps, the first year I could have done a 3rd, but I was fucking knackered and I thought my clutch was slipping, but it was the surface (its really weird shit to ride on). The second year they called the race early as it was too wet and too may cheating cunts.

[B0000M]

again on that, rick- you wouldnt get a 4th lap, i did it 2007 and 2008, - 2007 i just missed out on lap 4, and 2008 there wasnt a lap 4, but there was about 120 cheats who cut out most of the track on their 3rd lap. lazy bastards who wouldnt carry their bikes up a hill!

[cheese]

I don't know how people got stuck on that hill. I made it up straight away every time.

[Reckless]

yep I googled cheese's result for 07 I think?
He did 2 laps in about 3 1/2 hours. He's a lot younger than me and probably a little better ability so that would be my lot for sure!
Maybe I'll just aim at finishing the mega vets, I've omly been riding 3 years so best not get to big for my boots LOL!!.
You seem to have it nailed B000M I think your 100% correct in your assessment.

Holly shit I'm talking like I'm going already?? Better stop that I shoulda grown out of pipe dreams LOL!!!

[Crisis management]

Holly shit I'm talking like I'm going already?? Better stop that I shoulda grown out of pipe dreams LOL!!!

I looked at it then ran and hid under the bed........

I'm a similar age to you and know I can ride at race pace for an hour and I can stretch that to two hours with some more fitness but 3 to 4 hours? Someone take a camera!

[cheese]

07 was my first year where I could have done a 3rd lap, but was too fucked. 08 results is where I bet Aaron!! LOL!!!

[B0000M]

I don't know how people got stuck on that hill. I made it up straight away every time.

every 2 times?

lol, on lap 3, it was fucken pissing down, it was like trying to ride up a waterfall made of pumice, and every time a bike attempted to go up, it would chew out the hill so that no other bike could take that line. unfortunately there were only so many lines to be taken on that hill, so that meant a lot of pushing, pulling and dragging if you wanted to get up there. alternatively you could turn back bugger all, head along the train tracks, and then straight over the finish line. because cheating is evidently the way get good results!

and yes im still sour about it. but im still keen to go back for more- though i dont think finance will allow this year

[EXCDirt]

on another note does anyone need a pitbitch??

Yes please.

[Reckless]

Well the lake house is free and I've penciled it in! Sleeps 10 in beds and as many as you like with airbeds. Also enough room for the bikes and trailers 30ish mins from the venue!
Be a good place to have a piss up Sat night (if I'm awake) and depending on how many go prob only $30 a night or less!

Rupe you started this (and I'm getting cold feet know) are you going?? C'mon Crisis!

Is this going to be one of our Great KB trips!!!!

BTW: You Wellingtonions can finally join us too!!!

[EXCDirt]

How and where do you enter?

[Reckless]

here http://www.ttbrc.co.nz/index.php?block/11

[Reckless]

Right you slack Bastards!

Who's fucking coming!!

My Mate has confirmed his boy Jesse (he is a national top six rider and was a professional with factory bikes supplied) has entered and they are staying with us.
If I can find enough pit crew Sean (if he doesn't have to pit for Jess) may also race.

I have a 10 bed lake house in Rotoiti 30mins from the track booked for Friday and Sat night at very cheap rates!

We need riders, pit bitches and someone to bring us beer/bourbon on Sat night when we are stuffed and drunk!

Who else?? Taking bookings now!

P.S. Rupe you coming and sharing gas with me? You started this!! I'm sending my entry in tomorrow!

[Rupe]

Right you slack Bastards!

Who's fucking coming!!

My Mate has confirmed his boy Jesse (he is a national top six rider and was a professional with factory bikes supplied) has entered and they are staying with us.
If I can find enough pit crew Sean (if he doesn't have to pit for Jess) may also race.

I have a 10 bed lake house in Rotoiti 30mins from the track booked for Friday and Sat night at very cheap rates!

We need riders, pit bitches and someone to bring us beer/bourbon on Sat night when we are stuffed and drunk!

Who else?? Taking bookings now!

P.S. Rupe you coming and sharing gas with me? You started this!! I'm sending my entry in tomorrow!

Can't really book anything at the moment as it's a pretty expensive race.

[jt119]

Can't really book anything at the moment as it's a pretty expensive race. ya You started this

[flyingcr250]

ill come and be a pit bitch, but only if i can get drunk and make a fool of myself

[EXCDirt]

ill come and be a pit bitch, but only if i can get drunk and make a fool of myself

Done.
Get drunk at the finish?
I mean ON the finish?

[Reckless]

ya You started this

You and your mate staying with us JT??


ill come and be a pit bitch, but only if i can get drunk and make a fool of myself

Yep beds are free for my pit crew! and we drink together!

[flyingcr250]

Done.
Get drunk at the finish?
I mean ON the finish?

ill be drinking through out the day ha ha ha

[Sunday Casual]

So who's coming down?

[Reckless]

Me leaving friday Morning just putting tyres on the bike now!

You got somewhere to stay Sunday??

Going down alone meeting Jesse and Sean at the lake house.
Anyone wanna club together for the gas or be my pit bitch there's room on the ute and a place to stay??

[Sunday Casual]

Wicked!

Yeah I have jacked up a place in Whakatane for Friday night. Cheers anyway.

[cheese]

Good luck rick. Drink heaps of WATER 2 days before hand and keep drinking it till you pee clear. Don't drink piss till after the race and eat a good dinner the night before (not pizza and burgers).

[Katoomer]

What a day. Nice weather for change. Cody Cooper smoked the pack,even had enough of a gap to to chat to Neil Ritchie at his last pit stop. Still looked fresh at the end ,must be super fit as the track got really rough.
Shaun Fogerty2nd and Damien King 3rd

[jt119]

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[flyingcr250]

did they run it backwards to last year?

[jt119]

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[jt119]

did they run it backwards to last year?

ya some parts and some new track

[trailblazer]

awesome vids. I was the marshel at checkpoint 1. We had a few run off the road and end up in the tree's so what looked like a boring spot first thing turned out not to bad.

[cheese]

Hye JT, on your first viideo at 5 mins that down hill you turned onto thats where I did a massive flip and sprained my wrist. The track looked pretty good!

[Reckless]

Well I'm reasonably happy with my first effort.
I did 3 Laps, 120K's, 4hrs05m race time, but 3hrs 46 mins on my clock so there is 14m refueling, crash or two in there and one 2min stop for a power shot sachet other wise I just kept moving!
I was going to go much faster for the first two laps for a better class result but decided for my race I was going to try and go for as long as I could. So I paced myself from the start. Never ridden that long before so know I know what I have to work on over the next year. JT was 10mins a lap faster so I have to work on my speed and aggression! 8th in my class out of 13 so I was not last at least LOL!!!
Bloody good track nothing to hard it just never stopped and it got more whopped and rutted when you really didn't need it to. The last 20K I could still stand ok but my arms weren't strong enough to control the bike over the whoops!
What was the track like?? In the trees quite like the sandpit, in the open a bit like the A sections of a Mr moto ride but pumicey sand stuff!
Virtually no places to rest, while riding, it just kept at you all the time, the last 20k I just sat and let the bike beat me up I was stuffed mainly in the arms.
Only my second race event so I learnt a lot and it was a great experience! Haha now I've been there done that and got the T-Shirt LOL!!!
Ah well!! I've gone where I've never gone before on a dirt bike, mentally and physically, the bike didn't miss a beat and saved me on a few occasions!
Would I do it again too bloody right I would!!

[jt119]

hard old buggar does that mean ive got a place to stay next year friday night

[jt119]

ya once you turn down onto it you cant stop and its rutted out to sh..t would of been hard to keep going with a sprained wrist

[Reckless]

hard old buggar does that mean ive got a place to stay next year friday night

Yep! And saturday night if we can get enough Kiwibiker Pikers to turn up!
That lake house would be a lovely place to have a few beers and a get together after the race aye JT!!
Make a weekend of it!

[B0000M]

i was in whakatane on saturday, bored with time to fill.... and i didnt realize it was T100 weekend!!!

[Katoomer]

Great vids jt119. There were alot of helmet cameras there. The rider next to me at the start on a YZ had one too. Hopefully there will be more shown on youtube .

[Katoomer]

Great vids jt119. There were alot of helmet cameras there. The rider next to me at the start on a YZ had one too. Hopefully there will be more shown on youtube .

Here are some pics. A couple of drain landings look nasty.

http://www.limelightphotography.co.nz/gallery/index/gallery/Moto%20Cross/2010%20Tarawera%20100

[Shorty_925]

Where did everyone that took part finish?