Kaitoke 18 July - Fun Day with Karts

[Kendog]

18/07/2010
Fun Day meeting with the Karts.
Full nylon required. Bikes will be scrutineered.
Track open 7:30am.
Scrutineering 8:00 - 8.45am.
Rider Briefing 9:00am.
Entry $45.
Spectators free.

We will be there.
Who else is keen?

[F5 Dave]

Def as long as it isn't wet wet wet. Like yesterday would be nice. Time to try out my new touring footpegs

[hmurphy]

Yeeeeeeeeah I shooooooould be there. Will be at Steve's party so will probably be quite hung over and so will he. Might have the new carb finished by then too, the bike has shown promising improvements in speed but need more main jets to test with.

[Geriatric]

I'll be there rain or shine. Hoping to stay upright this time, still a bit sore from the Slipway.

[saxet]

I plan on being there for a wobble around.

[fi5hy]

yep keen as

[Kendog]

Long range forecast looks good.
Anyone else keen for a blast?

[Milts]

You guys don't mind clueless spectators do you?

I'm seriously considering getting into buckets (as stupid as it is given I'm still a student), and would be keen to turn up just to see what it's like, talk to some of the regulars etc. How long do you go until?

[Dutchee]

Kaitoki has benches where you can sit & watch most of the track, which is cool.
The one thing both of us thought (oops sorry, Henk and myself) was strange when down there at Easter was the amount of spectators there.
In Auckland, you do get spectators, but not staying as long, or as many.
The difference is, Kaitoki is the start/end of a good ride over the hills, Auckland is in the middle of a suburb/industrial area and near the most boring part of NZ - the southern motorway.

If you're seriously considering getting into buckets, go along and watch, they'll probably even love it if you hold a flag for a while. There can be some great racing, there will be some good people. Be warned though, it could become an addiction (gubberment warning will follow hahaha).
I know the Wellington mob will pipe in soon, but I thought I'd give you an outsiders' view as well :)

[ajturbo]

i have so much on this weekend.......

$45 for a fun day SHARED with karts....:pinch:

[Trudes]

You guys don't mind clueless spectators do you?

I'm seriously considering getting into buckets (as stupid as it is given I'm still a student), and would be keen to turn up just to see what it's like, talk to some of the regulars etc. How long do you go until?

Yeah man, come along, come down the pits and say hi and ask some questions. Sunday is just a piss about day so if it's wet there may not be too many of us there and the softies (like me) tend to bugger off early, but generally racing goes until about 4-4:30pm.

[hmurphy]

Hey man, I'm a student and I manage. It's called a student loan and life savings hahaha. Government money/the other riders tax money. The ones I can't beat on the track, I beat them in their wallets bahaha. Nah I promise I'm not toooo irresponsible with my student loan......

[Trudes]

Buckets can be as cheap or as expensive as YOU want to make it, that's what's so cool about it. To start off with you could have a $250 shitter and as long as it runs and you can ride it, chuck some nylon on it and you're away! Don't have to be flash and have expensive shit to still have fun (infact, some of the shittiest bikes are the funest to ride (just don't expect to win unless you're an amazing rider)), so don't worry about being a broke student.

[hmurphy]

Buckets can be as cheap or as expensive as YOU want to make it, that's what's so cool about it. To start off with you could have a $250 shitter and as long as it runs and you can ride it, chuck some nylon on it and you're away! Don't have to be flash and have expensive shit to still have fun (infact, some of the shittiest bikes are the funest to ride (just don't expect to win unless you're an amazing rider)), so don't worry about being a broke student.

Yeah! Look at my shitheap bike!! She aint pretty! It handles really well though which is the main thing in my opinion.

[fi5hy]

i have so much on this weekend.......

$45 for a fun day SHARED with karts....:pinch:

Mate you get as much if not more racing than the slipway on a real track. WE HAVE TO USE IT OR LOSE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get the point?

[hmurphy]

Hey I want to show up tomorrow but I have a problem. I found a completely ruined rear wheel bearing. I have a mates spare wheel that I could steal a bearing out of but I don't have a tool to remove bearings (slide hammer with the bearing removal bit). Can anyone help me out? Or does anybody have rear wheel bearings I could buy? 17mm axle and 40mm outer diameter. I think it's a 12mm thickness but that's just an educated guess. If anyone can help me I will show up tomorrow and fix up my bike in the morning. HELP HELP!! Cheers

[ajturbo]

i hear ya matey......

i have job to quote tomorrow unfortunatly... BUT i have ordered 4 new pistons..!!!!

yes that DOES mean i can have up to 3 bikes soon....

[Pumba]

Hey I want to show up tomorrow but I have a problem. I found a completely ruined rear wheel bearing. I have a mates spare wheel that I could steal a bearing out of but I don't have a tool to remove bearings (slide hammer with the bearing removal bit). Can anyone help me out? Or does anybody have rear wheel bearings I could buy? 17mm axle and 40mm outer diameter. I think it's a 12mm thickness but that's just an educated guess. If anyone can help me I will show up tomorrow and fix up my bike in the morning. HELP HELP!! Cheers

Why dont you just swap tyres on the rim for tommorow? Sounds a shit load easier than swaping bearing, and 9 times out of 10 you root them getting them out anyway.

When I have done wheel bearings in the past I have just used a punch as a drift and come through from the back of the bearing and tap it out as evenly as possible (you have to use the bearing inner which is why you normally fuck them)

[Trudes]

Turned out to be not too bad weather wise at Kaitoke, dried up nice. Pretty decent turn-out for a practice day with about 10 bikes. A few bike issues, a few crashes, the bum pants got shared about (we're thinking of making a "Tit shirt" to top off the look!)
I had a pretty decent day just pissing about really and enjoying having others enjoying my special little guy :D (That would be Rangi, not Nigel, he's my special big guy;))
Have GOT to sort out my forks though, I think we've got about a month till next round, so plenty of time.

[Kendog]

Yep, that was good fun out there today, especially once the track dried.
Had some video camera fogging issues at the start of the day damn it, so not the best for posting.
My best race was easily the last one, almost finished before Hamish caught me.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah the last race my bike ran properly for the first time. I'm starting to learn how to ride again but its taking time to get back to speed.:blink:

Didn't miss doing the first few slippery sessions & did my share of flag waving. Actually Karts are quite funny in the wet. There were ~10 that went of in my corner up the top. Had to help one lass out of the grass on two consecutive races. None of which was as funny as Fishe bailing out in a straight line.

[saxet]

Yeah the grip was variable over the day which caught alot of us out.
Poor Adrian must have thought eveyones out to get him, he had to run off track at least three times to avoid people crashing in front of him.He does it well though.

[hmurphy]

I had great fun considering the hang over. Would have regretted not being there though. Great racing by everyone, not too many crashes. I think Adrian, Fish and Tex did most of that for us haha. Thanks again Trudi for letting me have a blast on Rangi, 2 strokes are a heap of fun! It was great to see you out there on your 50 hauling some ass Dave.
When is Bayden gonna man up and admit that he has deliberately messed with the wiring on his bike so he doesn't have an excuse for losing? Nah hope you get that fixed soon mate, made it hard to battle with you when your bike was so much slower.

[hmurphy]

Oh and thanks to Euan for these photos.....:

http://picasaweb.google.com/euan.dykes/20100618Kaitoke#

He does an awesome job and doesn't get paid or even race with us!! Absolute legend! He even waves a flag for us every now and then. Cheers Euan!!!

[Geriatric]

Yeah the grip was variable over the day which caught alot of us out.
Poor Adrian must have thought eveyones out to get him, he had to run off track at least three times to avoid people crashing in front of him.He does it well though.

Didn't quite avoid everyone tex, your ankle makes an interesting judder bar. Didn't start hurting after the adrenalin wore off? Great day tho even if it was 10% motoX

[saxet]

My ankle is fine..no pain just a funny looking bruise.