Kickaha
23rd July 2005, 21:17
King of Levels Rd 1
I was up at 5.30am loading up as I really couldn’t be stuffed doing it the night before and then after micro waving last nights burger I shot off to pick up Dangerous, arrived at his place and tossed his bucket and gear onboard and off we headed to Levels, we arrive at he track just after 8.00am grab our gear shoot down and do sign in, gear check and scrutineering and then get set up for the day
Riders briefing comes and goes and we’ve fired the bikes up and made sure they at least run, with the buckets running in with street stock 150/250 four stroke it’s looking like a big field as there was a training day for the young guys the day before and they’re all set to go, K14 is busy changing his numbers with his classy ice cream lid number boards
We line up and head out for practice and my bikes running like crap as it gets up in the revs, I slow down a bit and let Dangerous pass me and have a bit of a play to make sure I’m going to be able to nail him during the racing, Cotton comes smoking past on his MB/RS100 while my bikes coughing and spluttering up the straight, practice over and we’re back into the bits, Dangerous notices a bit of oil over my back wheel so I pull off the side cover, change the air gap on the trigger wheel and adjust the timing and seal it back up again
Race 1
We get into it right from the start and it’s a scramble into turn 1 and we’re in amongst the 150’s right from he start, we hit the straight and they start clearing off, I have a sudden attack of depression when first Dangerous and then K14 come streaming past and that little snot nose K14 gives me a wave as he goes by, I’m not having any of that and as we hit the end of the straight and turn in I keep it pinned and ride around the outside of Dangerous and cut back across and take K14 on the inside of the next left and get it nailed, across the start line through the right left and then back around on to the back straight again K14 comes past again and I chase him to the decreasing radius and go up the inside again, he comes back at me on the start/finish straight and leads me onto the back straight and I’m thinking I’m screwed as he pulls away but I close him down from the end of the straight and get by him into the decreasing radius again and pull a little gap and beat him over the line to finish second bucket behind Cotton
Race 2
I hit turn one with the throttle against the stop and just about rear end a youngster on a 150 who cuts straight across in front of me as I back off to avoid collision and Cotton, Dangerous and K14 motor on past on the outside of me, I chase them down the straight and hit turn 4 at full noise down into the left hand turn 5 and pass all three of the into the decreasing radius as they get baulked by a slower rider, Cotton comes past on the straight but neither of the others do and as we complete another lap I see Dangerous parked of the side of turn 3, Cotton is getting bored by himself and slows to let me pass and for the next few laps we trade places on every lap and get in to some of the 150s with him leaving just enough in reserve to beat me over the line with another 2nd place finish
Dangerous stoppage turns out to be a complete act of incompetence on Diesel Pigs part :clap: when he assembled the motor for Dangerous with a tappet lock nut coming loose and disappearing down inside the motor, K14 manages to drop his bucket and break his brake lever off so scavenges the one of his RS125 as he has decided not to ride it for the day as his newly healed wrist cant handle the loading it puts on it
Race3
I just about contact the same 150 into turn 3 and then he pisses off down the straight with Cotton in hot pursuit, I pull a gap on K14 then get bored by myself so slow up and let him in front so we can have a bit of a play we swap places a couple of times and as we pass the line I notice the white flag out, my timing obviously isn’t as good as Cottons as I stuff it up and let K14 pull to much of a gap and he beats me to the line and gets 2nd bucket home, I’ve done the let then get in front and have a play thing a few times now and always stuff that bit up ,I must be a bloody slow learner
Race 4
We have a swap around I hop on Cottons MB/RS100 Dangerous jumps on my GNR140, K14 keeps his bike cause no one else wants it and Cotton is on K14s RS125 after scavenging a brake lever off Kev who crashed the race previous, the organisers decide it’ll be a Le Mans start and we park the bikes up with a helper holding it, the organisers also have a sense of humour as well as being the other side of the track we have to climb over the other side of the wall, the lady says go and everyone hesitates for a sec as they expected a flag fall and then start scrambling over the wall, Cotton pops a muscle in his calf as he clambers up and K14 hops over the wall and falls on his face :rofl: , I’m across the track on the bike and away, Cotton is still hobbling across the track but still beats K14 who’s picking himself up off the ground and manages to be 2nd to be last away in a 20+ bike field , Dangerous passes me almost immediately but I hard on his back wheel onto the straight and motor on past and head out after some 150s, Cotton blows past me on the RS125 and not long after a 750 and 400 come past and I give chase, I’m easily as quick around the corners and close in a bit but every straight they pull away, as I come around the decreasing radius I notice K14 off the side having just been hit and knocked off the track by another rider, all to soon the race is over and we’re back into the pits and I’m trying to straight my legs from the cramped riding position K14 is giving the guy who hit him a mouthful :mad: and Cotton gets off the RS125 and say “I want one”
All in all a bloody good days racing with a lot of fun and excellent weather
Roll on the next round :yes:
DISCLAIMER
All the above events may not in anyway actually be true or correct and could all be figments of my imagination, but the others will be along to sort that out
I was up at 5.30am loading up as I really couldn’t be stuffed doing it the night before and then after micro waving last nights burger I shot off to pick up Dangerous, arrived at his place and tossed his bucket and gear onboard and off we headed to Levels, we arrive at he track just after 8.00am grab our gear shoot down and do sign in, gear check and scrutineering and then get set up for the day
Riders briefing comes and goes and we’ve fired the bikes up and made sure they at least run, with the buckets running in with street stock 150/250 four stroke it’s looking like a big field as there was a training day for the young guys the day before and they’re all set to go, K14 is busy changing his numbers with his classy ice cream lid number boards
We line up and head out for practice and my bikes running like crap as it gets up in the revs, I slow down a bit and let Dangerous pass me and have a bit of a play to make sure I’m going to be able to nail him during the racing, Cotton comes smoking past on his MB/RS100 while my bikes coughing and spluttering up the straight, practice over and we’re back into the bits, Dangerous notices a bit of oil over my back wheel so I pull off the side cover, change the air gap on the trigger wheel and adjust the timing and seal it back up again
Race 1
We get into it right from the start and it’s a scramble into turn 1 and we’re in amongst the 150’s right from he start, we hit the straight and they start clearing off, I have a sudden attack of depression when first Dangerous and then K14 come streaming past and that little snot nose K14 gives me a wave as he goes by, I’m not having any of that and as we hit the end of the straight and turn in I keep it pinned and ride around the outside of Dangerous and cut back across and take K14 on the inside of the next left and get it nailed, across the start line through the right left and then back around on to the back straight again K14 comes past again and I chase him to the decreasing radius and go up the inside again, he comes back at me on the start/finish straight and leads me onto the back straight and I’m thinking I’m screwed as he pulls away but I close him down from the end of the straight and get by him into the decreasing radius again and pull a little gap and beat him over the line to finish second bucket behind Cotton
Race 2
I hit turn one with the throttle against the stop and just about rear end a youngster on a 150 who cuts straight across in front of me as I back off to avoid collision and Cotton, Dangerous and K14 motor on past on the outside of me, I chase them down the straight and hit turn 4 at full noise down into the left hand turn 5 and pass all three of the into the decreasing radius as they get baulked by a slower rider, Cotton comes past on the straight but neither of the others do and as we complete another lap I see Dangerous parked of the side of turn 3, Cotton is getting bored by himself and slows to let me pass and for the next few laps we trade places on every lap and get in to some of the 150s with him leaving just enough in reserve to beat me over the line with another 2nd place finish
Dangerous stoppage turns out to be a complete act of incompetence on Diesel Pigs part :clap: when he assembled the motor for Dangerous with a tappet lock nut coming loose and disappearing down inside the motor, K14 manages to drop his bucket and break his brake lever off so scavenges the one of his RS125 as he has decided not to ride it for the day as his newly healed wrist cant handle the loading it puts on it
Race3
I just about contact the same 150 into turn 3 and then he pisses off down the straight with Cotton in hot pursuit, I pull a gap on K14 then get bored by myself so slow up and let him in front so we can have a bit of a play we swap places a couple of times and as we pass the line I notice the white flag out, my timing obviously isn’t as good as Cottons as I stuff it up and let K14 pull to much of a gap and he beats me to the line and gets 2nd bucket home, I’ve done the let then get in front and have a play thing a few times now and always stuff that bit up ,I must be a bloody slow learner
Race 4
We have a swap around I hop on Cottons MB/RS100 Dangerous jumps on my GNR140, K14 keeps his bike cause no one else wants it and Cotton is on K14s RS125 after scavenging a brake lever off Kev who crashed the race previous, the organisers decide it’ll be a Le Mans start and we park the bikes up with a helper holding it, the organisers also have a sense of humour as well as being the other side of the track we have to climb over the other side of the wall, the lady says go and everyone hesitates for a sec as they expected a flag fall and then start scrambling over the wall, Cotton pops a muscle in his calf as he clambers up and K14 hops over the wall and falls on his face :rofl: , I’m across the track on the bike and away, Cotton is still hobbling across the track but still beats K14 who’s picking himself up off the ground and manages to be 2nd to be last away in a 20+ bike field , Dangerous passes me almost immediately but I hard on his back wheel onto the straight and motor on past and head out after some 150s, Cotton blows past me on the RS125 and not long after a 750 and 400 come past and I give chase, I’m easily as quick around the corners and close in a bit but every straight they pull away, as I come around the decreasing radius I notice K14 off the side having just been hit and knocked off the track by another rider, all to soon the race is over and we’re back into the pits and I’m trying to straight my legs from the cramped riding position K14 is giving the guy who hit him a mouthful :mad: and Cotton gets off the RS125 and say “I want one”
All in all a bloody good days racing with a lot of fun and excellent weather
Roll on the next round :yes:
DISCLAIMER
All the above events may not in anyway actually be true or correct and could all be figments of my imagination, but the others will be along to sort that out