Scracha PMCC rd 1

[scracha]

Test day Saturday. Felt OK. Sun finally came out and on went the Dunlop slicks. OMFG
Sooooo much grip. Handling all to $hit as profile of the tyres so different from the Dunlop GPR A12's I'm used to. Much more acceleration, must be the less weight and I basically spent the rest of the day and race day braking far too early. Drunk far too much untll Billy kicked me out his garage at 1am and back to my freezing tent.

Racing....well I canned F2 as I was loaded with man flu and didn't feel up to it.
Pre89 qualifying: Followed Webster's ZXR750 for about 3 laps and got a decent tow on the final one. Felt pretty good speedwise. Pulled in as feeling exhausted as unable to breathe in through my nose. 7th on grid. 2nd pre89 junior

Race 1: Held on final light for ages. Everyone crept. Terrible start, wheelied, wheelied again, hooked 2nd, it jumped out, hooked 2nd again, jumped out again, FFS. First couple of laps battling the traffic that had passed moi. Ant Montgomery (bloody fast and well presented VFR450) flipped me the bird as he passed me. This upset Frankencane so the old beast bounced off the rev limiter a few times thus allowing me to reciprocate a lap later....good times. Pushed on past George Gaisford's KR250. Ernie Cudby's FZR6/4 was within sight but unable to close gap the whole race. 1.20.4 best lap and 2nd in Pre89 Junior.

Popped over to Ant's garage to do a victory dance. Neil Chappel arrived with 45 tooth sprocket that Paul Martindale had machined and loaned me to try. Frenchy very kindly swapped my slick onto the better rim.

Race 2. Fooking hell going from 42 to 45 teeth was making it wheelie badly. Major difference in gearing meant I was hooking 6th and took a few laps to figure out I was gonna have to drop down 4 gears instead of 3 on some of the corners. Better start but Ant and George were going hell for leather having just came in from an F3 race. Reeled em in again and got George by sliding it up the inside of Splash. Spent next 2 laps "breaking" them. Lapped traffic taking bizzarre lines meant they caught up with me a few laps later so I had it all to do again. Again 1.20.4 best lap but wasn't pushing as hard due to light rain. 2nd in Pre89 junior again.

Bike feeling "wooly" after a few laps and getting worse as race continued. Coolant OK. Suspect either fuel pump issue or more likely simply running lean. Handling fooked by the slicks (so much grip but making everything shake when pushing) so it'd be a tough choice between what to fix first were it not for the face I'm totally skint. No PB's today then but the bike was certainly capable of it, even with the above issues. Need to get head around being able to brake about 0.25s later on every corner.

Lot of racing for a measly $150, free camping.....keep up the good work PMCC.

[Toast]

About time you gave that thing some gas, eh :)

[Frenchy]

nice work i can't belive how quick that bike of cudbys is!! are we sure its a 600???

[scracha]

About time you gave that thing some gas, eh

Umm...mibby. You know the racing comes second to getting on the piss


nice work i can't belive how quick that bike of cudbys is!! are we sure its a 600???
He'll be smoking on my fumes once I get the flatslides and Paul works his magic.

[nzkr1]

You're a lucky bastard able to get slicks! What rims are you using?
And I'll think you'll find the F3 race was after the posties and I missed the first F3 race due to carby issues. As for that thing of Ernie's it's a flippin rocket!

[scracha]

You're a lucky bastard able to get slicks! What rims are you using?
And I'll think you'll find the F3 race was after the posties and I missed the first F3 race due to carby issues. As for that thing of Ernie's it's a flippin rocket!l
Rims, Nc23 fronts. Rears we think are Nc29 and CBR600F2. Upon casual inspection they look the same but the spacers, hubs, sprocket carriers etc are totally different which is a complete PITA.

At least Chappy never made me swallow for the slicks.



I missed the first F3 race due to carby issues.

Must have been nice for the marshalls hearing both our bikes running like shit.



As for that thing of Ernie's it's a flippin rocket!

I think Ernie's spent 21 years testing and developing that bike and he wasn't even trying on Sunday. Bike needs about same amount of money I've already spent on it to compete with Ernie's rocket (and the Sales chook chaser) but at least with Pre89 you're not pissing (too much) money away every 2 years. I have no idea why some clever bugger in NZ doesn't set-up a factory in China to make flatslides for 1/4 of the price of the Japanese. Wonder if anyone would notice if Paul squeezed a CBR750 motor in there.

[Matt Bleck]

not bad for a pommie git!

[scracha]

not bad for a pommie git!

Want a fight?

[boostin]

Nice report Stevie.

Do F2 next time ya soft cock.

[Matt Bleck]

Want a fight?

Wanna root? :love:

[roadracingoldfart]

Wanna root? :love:

And if he says yes i hope you dont have to do all the driving :innocent::shit::gob:

[roadracingoldfart]

Umm...mibby. You know the racing comes second to getting on the piss

Thats a bad outlook junior.

He'll be smoking on my fumes once I get the flatslides and Paul works his magic.

Yamahas dont get smoked by Hondas , they get thrashed matey. You give me the budget and ill give you one better than Ernies . You gotta ride it like ya stole it though.

[scracha]

Wanna root? :love:

Have a shave and I'll think about it.

[codgyoleracer]

Yamahas dont get smoked by Hondas , they get thrashed matey. You give me the budget and ill give you one better than Ernies . You gotta ride it like ya stole it though.

Man you talk some shit :-), It will be nice when Honda win a GP or SBK championship again one day..........

[Deano]

Good stuff Stevie - when are you going to break the 1.20's or have you already ?

[scracha]

Good stuff Stevie - when are you going to break the 1.20's or have you already ?

5 thou's off a 1.18 at last vic club (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/130107-Scracha-VMCC-round-6) round. Think Frenchy did 1.18 at round 5.

[roadracingoldfart]

Man you talk some shit :-), It will be nice when Honda win a GP or SBK championship again one day..........

Ahhh shuttup :shutup: ya young novice ... im talking posties so watch out when i build the next bike and i will spank you with a junior class bike. Remember the old F2 bikes matey lol. :yes:


Now go sit in the corner .

wonders if he will actually listen to an old fart hahhh probebly not.

[codgyoleracer]

Ahhh shuttup :shutup: ya young novice ... im talking posties so watch out when i build the next bike and i will spank you with a junior class bike. Remember the old F2 bikes matey lol. :yes:


Now go sit in the corner .

wonders if he will actually listen to an old fart hahhh probebly not.

Haha, whilst sitting in the corner i may just start on my draft of my postiejunior bike for next year............ & no, - just in case you were wondering it does not have an H in the name.

[scracha]

Haha, whilst sitting in the corner i may just start on my draft of my postiejunior bike for next year............ & no, - just in case you were wondering it does not have an H in the name.

Chappy's and Deano are one thing, but I'm not letting a ginger beat me.

[roadracingoldfart]

Haha, whilst sitting in the corner i may just start on my draft of my postiejunior bike for next year............ & no, - just in case you were wondering it does not have an H in the name.

Yer i heard you dont build "H" bikes (Hotrods ) but they do look pretty :innocent:
Just copy Ernies recipe , then ill have a build challenge to meet.


Chappy's and Deano are one thing, but I'm not letting a ginger beat me.

Dont worry Steevie , i can fit your leathers and i could always go spank him for you aye.

[crazy man]

Haha, whilst sitting in the corner i may just start on my draft of my postiejunior bike for next year............ & no, - just in case you were wondering it does not have an H in the name.have to be a k then but what would l know l dont live on this planet!

[codgyoleracer]

have to be a k then but what would l know l dont live on this planet!

A K ?, those days are long gone.......

[codgyoleracer]

Yer i heard you dont build "H" bikes (Hotrods ) but they do look pretty :innocent:
Just copy Ernies recipe , then ill have a build challenge to meet.

Of course it would only take a box of Heinekin & a fast bike to convert me back to a Honda, that was the deal maker for Craig a s well.

[scracha]

Of course it would only take a box of Heinekin & a fast bike to convert me back to a Honda, that was the deal maker for Craig a s well.

S'awright, according to a certain magazine I was on an FZR600

[Frenchy]

5 thou's off a 1.18 at last vic club (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/130107-Scracha-VMCC-round-6) round. Think Frenchy did 1.18 at round 5.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THINK!!! you know it :)

its good to know these old boys on here can smack talk with the best of us.

[roadracingoldfart]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THINK!!! you know it :)

its good to know these old boys on here can smack talk with the best of us.


Who are you calling old youngster ???:spanking::bash:

[Frenchy]

Who are you calling old youngster ???:spanking::bash:

do you have no mirrors at home?? :shit:

[Mental Trousers]

do you have no mirrors at home?? :shit:

Must be something like this

<img src="http://www.rwashburn.com/personal/funny/mirror.jpg" />

[roadracingoldfart]

do you have no mirrors at home?? :shit:


Must be something like this

<img src="http://www.rwashburn.com/personal/funny/mirror.jpg" />


You will both keep , i will exact revenge for this uncalled for blemmishing of my age and looks .
When did you sneak into the room for that photo ?? Frenchy looks good aye .

[codgyoleracer]

You will both keep , i will exact revenge for this uncalled for blemmishing of my age and looks .
When did you sneak into the room for that photo ?? Frenchy looks good aye .

Its not a problem paul, - by the time they are as old as us they will be as fast as us...... , but can you image how quick we will be at 70 ?........ Holy shit!:shutup:

[roadracingoldfart]

Its not a problem paul, - by the time they are as old as us they will be as fast as us...... , but can you image how quick we will be at 70 ?........ Holy shit!:shutup:

HELL , I retired (for the 2nd time ) for a good reason :facepalm: and i worry about you if your still planning on doing it for another 15 years when your 70. :yes:

F3 will have to be renamed to F3.5 (Post Classic overaged zimmer class.)