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GirrlRacer

21st August 2011, 20:50

After a week of shit weather and snow I was having doubts about good weather for VMCC round 4.....but good old manfield kept it clear (but cold)!! Friday night it took dad and I a good 10 minutes to get the bike to go as the bike was so cold:facepalm:.

We got to the track on Saturday for the track day at about 7.30, I looked like a giant marshmellow. Anyway I unpacked everything, Signed my life away and got ready to have fun!! Moto Academy Steve gave us all a braking exercise to do for a couple of sessions, after doing this i found i could move my breaking markers more into the corner:yes:.

Race day !!!
My aim for race day was to get down to low 40s and try beat Sue Forrest (#27 Mini Lite 250).

Qualifying:
First class out for the day, and the track was cold! Oh well what has to be done has to be done. I Qualified last with a 1.51, it was alright.

Race 1:
It was getting sunny, it was getting sunny:woohoo: My start was pretty good, I tried to keep up with Sue but she got away after a couple of laps damit. I did pretty good stayed upright, moved my breaking markers further up and did a 1.49, cool.

Race 2:
Whoop Whoop, knocked 4 seconds of my last of 1.48. to 1.44!! :wari: If i keep this up every meeting I will be faster than my dad in no time:laugh:. I hit neutral coming off the start line...again, I was reving the life out of my bike wondering why it wasnt going anywhere...duhh might help if it was in gear. I made up a bit of time and by the end of the race i was only 1 second off the back of the pack.

Race 3:
This by far was the funnest of all 3 races today. I got a excellent start and kept up with the back racers for a few of the laps doing consistant 1.44s!! i was hunting down Sue for the whole race, I was right behind her about to pass whan she would speed off on the straights (I really need to work on my corner exit speed), in the end there was 1 tenth of a second seperating Sue and I, and I was 2 seconds off the mid pack.

Overall it was a pretty bloody good weekend, got down to low 40s started getting my knee down, and had a hell of alot of fun:yes:.

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters: Wharfy, Ride Life, Motodynamix, Heidenau Tyres, ACR Fiberglass, Jeff Whitehead, and Moto Academy. Special thanks to Moto Academy Steve and Alex of Ride Life for your advice nd help through the weekend with my tyre pressures and speed:yes:.

Mihi

slowpoke

21st August 2011, 22:50

If i keep this up every meeting I will be faster than my dad in no time:laugh:.

You go girl! I've got a feeling your dad won't be smiling so much soon, and will be seriously looking over his shoulder, lol. Well done.

Billy

22nd August 2011, 00:08

chanceyy

22nd August 2011, 06:25

Awesome Mihi, as Billy said keep chipping away at it ... The fun factor & your grin would have said it all :)

well done honey :hug:

yungatart

22nd August 2011, 08:07

You looked good out there, keep it up girl. You are doing well!

SWERVE

22nd August 2011, 10:14

Well done Mihi,

Told you if you keep chipping away at it,Good things will keep happening,Keep listening too the more experienced riders around you,Theres plenty they can help you out with,Was planning on taking young Tyler Lincoln down too the South Island for RD 3 of the King of Levels,But had too put it on hold due to unforseen circumstances,Might try and make it to RD 3 and squeeze in a test day at Ruapuna while we,re down there,Sing out if your interested in making the trip with us,Weve got room in the van for 1 more,Keep up the good work.

Hey Billy.
You do realise that there is RD1 of KOR the week before RD2 of KOL.......and friday testing at ruapuna before both meetings if ya want to make a trip of it.
That goes for all of you guys up north i suppose.
Would be good to see ya.
I can look after / transport bikes and store them if you wanted to fly home in between.

wharfy

22nd August 2011, 11:02

Excellent stuff Ms Banks !

You live in a nice quiet street - you could practice your starts there :)

Mental Trousers

22nd August 2011, 11:53

Awesome :niceone:

Deano

22nd August 2011, 11:55

Great improvements ! Well done.

quickbuck

22nd August 2011, 13:52

Overall it was a pretty bloody good weekend, got down to low 40s started getting my knee down, and had a hell of alot of fun:yes:.

Knee down? Heck, my knee sliders are still new ;)

Well done Mihi, you are really climbing that learning curve, and great to keep it upright!
You will be in the 1:30's in no time if you keep on doing what you are doing.

Duke girl

22nd August 2011, 15:20

Mihi what more can l say to you other than....... YES you will 1 day very soon get past me and when you do it will be me chasing you down.
I was shocked to find out from you when l asked you were you were out there after we came in on our last Race as l thought that you must have gone back into the pits with bike trouble but that wasn't the case as you were right behind me.
Very impressed to hear that and also to hear of the time you got down to yesterday.
l'm sure that everything Steve Bagshaw is teaching you at the track is truely paying off and it shows every time you go out there.
Keep it going as you are doing extremely well in your 1st season of Racing and you will no doubt keep on improving the more you get out there.
Well Done Mihi and Goodluck in continuing to hunt me down and l look forward to Racing with you in the remainder 2 Rounds of this years VMCC Winter Season.
Go Hard.

lukemillar

22nd August 2011, 16:44

Good stuff and congrats on the improvements! :cool:

Billy

22nd August 2011, 17:42

Hey Billy.
You do realise that there is RD1 of KOR the week before RD2 of KOL.......and friday testing at ruapuna before both meetings if ya want to make a trip of it.
That goes for all of you guys up north i suppose.
Would be good to see ya.
I can look after / transport bikes and store them if you wanted to fly home in between.

I do now mate,

Just realised today that RD3 of KOL is the same day as RD 5 of the Actrix series,That sorta mess's things up a little,Really need to get young Tyler Lincoln some track time at Levels,Might try and do RD 1 of KOR anyway,Thanks for your offer,Peter Jones has offered too help us out as well,Cant get over how much easir the South Island guys are to work with,Will get back to you when I know more

ajturbo

22nd August 2011, 17:58

hey Matey.. great report...

Great to see your times are coming down and your fun is going up!!!

:Punk::Punk::Punk:

like billy said.. listen to the ones that know....it is good to see that you have a great team of helpers behind you....

GirrlRacer

22nd August 2011, 18:31

Thanks heaps everyone im loving it out there and the support im getting is just awsome.
and Billy i would be very interested in coming down if it is possible:yes:

rachprice

22nd August 2011, 18:35

Go you little champ

I always love reading your reports!! Keep them coming

Clivoris

22nd August 2011, 19:14

You go girl! I've got a feeling your dad won't be smiling so much soon, and will be seriously looking over his shoulder, lol. Well done.
Hehe. Not far off either. I'm already calling dibs on our bucket. I need the practice.

Sing out if your interested in making the trip with us,Weve got room in the van for 1 more,Keep up the good work.
She's very keen mate.

You live in a nice quiet street - you could practice your starts there :)
Even the :Police: up the road tolerate the occasional test run. Good neighborhood.

I confess to a slight bias here but I'm incredibly proud of how GirrlRacer is using the advice and support she is receiving. Humbled by that support too. This is a very steep learning curve considering she is learning to ride and race at the same time. I've watched how well she has managed the frustration of crashing, or coming last by focussing on the things that will improve her performance. Stoked.

Str8 Jacket

22nd August 2011, 19:23

I confess to a slight bias here but I'm incredibly proud of how GirrlRacer is using the advice and support she is receiving. Humbled by that support too. This is a very steep learning curve considering she is learning to ride and race at the same time. I've watched how well she has managed the frustration of crashing, or coming last by focussing on the things that will improve her performance. Stoked.

You should be, I am incredibly proud of her attitude!

Looking forward to watching you progress Mihi, go hard and have fun girl :)

Dutchee

22nd August 2011, 20:26

Righto Mr Banks. I need to have a word with you (or 10).

You have had your chance to race, now it's Mihi's turn. She should be riding the bucket, not you. Then again, her asking to borrow a bucket will probably produce better results than you - she's prettier. Luff you long time.

Mihi, it's great to see you having fun (even if not in real life - meaning me seeing, not you not having fun in real life lol). If you're at buckets in October, remember, you're meant to beat me. I've hit neutral so many times at the line. I broke my throttle cable (or rather, something went wrong with it) yesterday and instantly thought, oh bugger, neutral again, nope, that ain't right. So don't take any lessons from me on starts. Funny thing is I do practice them at traffic lights all the time, but that's definitely different.

Great report, and looking forward to the next step - you having Sue chasing you :)

Nicksta

22nd August 2011, 20:36

awesome stuff Mihi :)
its great seeing your progress.... great stuff all who are helping this cool chick get out there and have some fun :)
cant wait till next round to see you battle with Skip :D

GirrlRacer

22nd August 2011, 21:12

You go girl! I've got a feeling your dad won't be smiling so much soon, and will be seriously looking over his shoulder, lol. Well done. looking over his shoulder?? or...looking at my ass?? hehehe

Go you little champ

I always love reading your reports!! Keep them coming they will be coming for a while:yes:

Hehe. Not far off either. I'm already calling dibs on our bucket. I need the practice.

Even the :Police: up the road tolerate the occasional test run. Good neighborhood.

I confess to a slight bias here but I'm incredibly proud of how GirrlRacer is using the advice and support she is receiving. Humbled by that support too. This is a very steep learning curve considering she is learning to ride and race at the same time. I've watched how well she has managed the frustration of crashing, or coming last by focussing on the things that will improve her performance. Stoked. Yes you do need the practise, just as well hells and M came to my rescue and are going to lend me a bike to use muahahahaha:laugh:

Righto Mr Banks. I need to have a word with you (or 10).

You have had your chance to race, now it's Mihi's turn. She should be riding the bucket, not you. Then again, her asking to borrow a bucket will probably produce better results than you - she's prettier. Luff you long time.

Mihi, it's great to see you having fun (even if not in real life - meaning me seeing, not you not having fun in real life lol). If you're at buckets in October, remember, you're meant to beat me. I've hit neutral so many times at the line. I broke my throttle cable (or rather, something went wrong with it) yesterday and instantly thought, oh bugger, neutral again, nope, that ain't right. So don't take any lessons from me on starts. Funny thing is I do practice them at traffic lights all the time, but that's definitely different.

Great report, and looking forward to the next step - you having Sue chasing you :) yep, I will most likly be there in October:yes: I Will try to beat you at buckets, its on !!

awesome stuff Mihi :)
its great seeing your progress.... great stuff all who are helping this cool chick get out there and have some fun :)
cant wait till next round to see you battle with Skip :D I cant wait either :D will be alot of fun!!

Billy

22nd August 2011, 22:07

Thanks heaps everyone im loving it out there and the support im getting is just awsome.
and Billy i would be very interested in coming down if it is possible:yes:

OK,Just working through the details,Wanna try and fit in a trackday at Levels and raceday at Ruapuna so we'll have to juggle things a little.PM me your email addy,Ive got a new puter and it doesnt have all my old address's on it

koba

22nd August 2011, 22:14

It was great watching you battle it out with Sue.
Good times.

Duke girl

23rd August 2011, 07:03

And alot more to come too Aye Mihi??????? :)

GirrlRacer

23rd August 2011, 18:31

OK,Just working through the details,Wanna try and fit in a trackday at Levels and raceday at Ruapuna so we'll have to juggle things a little.PM me your email addy,Ive got a new puter and it doesnt have all my old address's on it Done:yes:

It was great watching you battle it out with Sue.
Good times. Yep it was alot of fun!! cant wait till next time..ill get her then:yes:

And alot more to come too Aye Mihi??????? :) heaps ow!! hehe

GirrlRacer

23rd August 2011, 18:47

Knee down? Heck, my knee sliders are still new ;)

Well done Mihi, you are really climbing that learning curve, and great to keep it upright!
You will be in the 1:30's in no time if you keep on doing what you are doing. yep it sure was good keeping it upright for a whole weekend!! mabe next meeting ill be down to 1.30s..just mabe ;)

RDjase

23rd August 2011, 19:01

yep it sure was good keeping it upright for a whole weekend!! mabe next meeting ill be down to 1.30s..just mabe ;)

For sure Mihi ! Looking good and getting faster and smoother in your riding every time

The trackday was great fun too, had a ball dicing with you on Tyler's Bike. The look of "How dare you pass me" was classic, then you kept passing me lol:Punk:

GirrlRacer

23rd August 2011, 19:09

For sure Mihi ! Looking good and getting faster and smoother in your riding every time

The trackday was great fun too, had a ball dicing with you on Tyler's Bike. The look of "How dare you pass me" was classic, then you kept passing me lol:Punk: it was alot of fun :) i think the "how dare you pass me" look was mixed with a bit of "who are you?" wasnt until after I realised it was you lol.

Clivoris

23rd August 2011, 20:06

Marknz

23rd August 2011, 20:34

Great write up and brilliant effort this weekend Mihi. Keep setting yourself goals along the way, and it will seem all the more worthwhile as you achieve each and everyone of them.

Dutchee

23rd August 2011, 21:14

:spanking: I can take it like a man :laugh:
I will forward your concerns to the complaints department but frankly I don't rate the staff there very highly. I heard that the department head is away racing this weekend and wont be available till next week. Bloody bureaucrats.
You mean you're not forwarding it to your wife then - chicken.

Wish the minefield was closer, so we could head down to spectate a bit more often, but maybe summer. In the meantime I enjoy reading the race reports from Mihi, Tyler, and the others :)

Clivoris

23rd August 2011, 21:23

You mean you're not forwarding it to your wife then - chicken.

Wish the minefield was closer, so we could head down to spectate a bit more often, but maybe summer. In the meantime I enjoy reading the race reports from Mihi, Tyler, and the others :)

I did try to forward it to the wife but realised that I didn't know where the kitchen was since our renovations.
AND, enough of that dirty talk about spectating at Minefield. Must be room for a streetstock bike in the garage if you stack the FXRs on top of each other? GirrlRacer would love the company.

GirrlRacer

23rd August 2011, 21:37

Great write up and brilliant effort this weekend Mihi. Keep setting yourself goals along the way, and it will seem all the more worthwhile as you achieve each and everyone of them. Slowly but surely getting there:)

I did try to forward it to the wife but realised that I didn't know where the kitchen was since our renovations.
AND, enough of that dirty talk about spectating at Minefield. Must be room for a streetstock bike in the garage if you stack the FXRs on top of each other? GirrlRacer would love the company. Oh boy I would love company :) the more girls the better.

Tyler117

24th August 2011, 19:29

Keep up the good work:scooter:

Sarah311

24th August 2011, 21:21

You're doing awesome, Just keep looking forwards Mihi, soon you'll find there is nothing in front of you, just the track, and all the boys will be behind you! Go hard girlfriend!!!

GirrlRacer

24th August 2011, 21:28

Keep up the good work:scooter: will do.

You're doing awesome, Just keep looking forwards Mihi, soon you'll find there is nothing in front of you, just the track, and all the boys will be behind you! Go hard girlfriend!!! Yeh one day :)

Duke girl

26th August 2011, 17:41

You're doing awesome, Just keep looking forwards Mihi, soon you'll find there is nothing in front of you, just the track, and all the boys will be behind you! Go hard girlfriend!!!

And me also. :):laugh::laugh::laugh:

GirrlRacer

26th August 2011, 21:46

And me also. :):laugh::laugh::laugh: behind me .... :):laugh:

rustys

27th August 2011, 12:05

Never mind Mihi, You and Sue look like your having heaps of fun regardless of who is in front of who out there and thats what its all about.
You just keep on going the way you are as you are doing very well Mihi and 1 day soon you will be able to go up a class.

GirrlRacer

27th August 2011, 20:21

Tyler117

28th August 2011, 10:04

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Looking Good Mihi !

GirrlRacer

29th August 2011, 18:09