NZ Mini TT Champs 2012, 14-15 July

[raglanash]

So who's keen this year??

[scott411]

I hope to get down there

[Ivan]

ill be back in again

[CHOPPA]

Count me in! Craig Shirriffs will be keen and Glen Skatchill. Hopefully get some more road racers on board

[raglanash]

Awesome! Have to catch up for some hydration down there.
Seems to be getting later and later in July, more chance of snow...
Anyone planning on camping?
Tokaanu is a good spot to stay if not.

What classes you guys going to run? I'm going Intermediate and Vets, 10 races pheew!

[scott411]

Awesome! Have to catch up for some hydration down there.
Seems to be getting later and later in July, more chance of snow...
Anyone planning on camping?
Tokaanu is a good spot to stay if not.

What classes you guys going to run? I'm going Intermediate and Vets, 10 races pheew!

i may campervan it, if it looks like there will bea few people staying there,

ill be racing national 450, 6 months to young for vets, maybe look at bringing a smaller bike as well if i can get hold of one,

[Crasherfromwayback]

Shit I'm keen. Don't have a modern 450 at the mo...but may drag out an old YZ465 for a hoot!

[raglanash]

Shit I'm keen. Don't have a modern 450 at the mo...but may drag out an old YZ465 for a hoot!

There's always guys there on all sorts of machinery, bring it out!
A full gate with 40 bikes off the start is a bloody hoot all right!

[Crasherfromwayback]

There's always guys there on all sorts of machinery, bring it out!
A full gate with 40 bikes off the start is a bloody hoot all right!

Oh yeah. I love TT's mate! Never ridden up there, but I'm assuming I'll need some gearing? Maybe 80-90mph worth?

[raglanash]

I don't know about the speed but a 450 with a 14 48 combo is about right.
Tapped in 5th at the end of the start straight. Hootin!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I don't know about the speed but a 450 with a 14 48 combo is about right.
Tapped in 5th at the end of the start straight. Hootin!

Yeah well I'm thinking most 5 speed 4 fiddy's will run to around 90mph with std gearing anyway...so if you're gearing 'em up and still tapping out top, you may be getting close to 100mph. Fun.:Punk:

[CHOPPA]

Yeah baby just done the deal for a new weapon!!!! Ill be there on a 2011 KTM380SX!!!! Yes you read that right....

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah baby just done the deal for a new weapon!!!! Ill be there on a 2011 KTM380SX!!!! Yes you read that right....

Awesome. Gizza ride Mr.

[scott411]

it scares me how fast my 450 goes now, i do not want to gear it up any more, i think 90mph may be pushing it but its prob not that far off, may put full power mode back on for this tho,

bring on the 2t Choppa, its been a while since we rub'd some plastic,

[Crasherfromwayback]

it scares me how fast my 450 goes now, i do not want to gear it up any more, i think 90mph may be pushing it but its prob not that far off, may put full power mode back on for this tho,

bring on the 2t Choppa, its been a while since we rub'd some plastic,

Well a KX500 will do an honest 70mph revving to 7500 in top. No reason a 450 that revs to 11500 won't do 90.

[raglanash]

I dunno about 90-100mph, there is still heaps of wheel spin even at that speed, and awesome stinging roost..
The place chops up bigtime, its all pumice topsoil with the occasional turnip chucked in.. using a sand/mud tyre is a good idea.
Still need some grunt though, the place gets so soft and chopped up, especially the berms, you can disappear into some of them and bog down if your geared to high.

I'm getting stoked just talking about it..

[Crasherfromwayback]

I dunno about 90-100mph, there is still heaps of wheel spin even at that speed, and awesome stinging roost..
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Sounds like the good old days of beach racing!!

[raglanash]

Yeah, roost, huuuge braking bumps and big straights, love that shit!
You so have to get good starts or it's an ugly first couple laps..
Track changes so much over the weekend, the poor paddock gets fu#ked right over.
I'll try find some pic's..

[Ivan]

fucken is nuts watching Mason Wilkie last year at the end of straight full tit was so fast!!!! Im doing intermediate again yeah the gates are awsome just dont flip it into the ditch in front of everyone like i did last year haha sorry if any of you are the ktm I took out with me

The track is so nice up there the dirts just fluffy as and is so nice to ride on that final corner was bermed up hard by the end of sunday!!

How do I go about sorting out head shake i couldnt go tapped down the striaght cause the headshake was so bad

[Crasherfromwayback]

fucken is nuts watching Mason Wilkie last year at the end of straight full tit was so fast!!!! Im doing intermediate again yeah the gates are awsome just dont flip it into the ditch in front of everyone like i did last year haha sorry if any of you are the ktm I took out with me

The track is so nice up there the dirts just fluffy as and is so nice to ride on that final corner was bermed up hard by the end of sunday!!

How do I go about sorting out head shake i couldnt go tapped down the striaght cause the headshake was so bad

Yeah his old man was just as loose.

If you can't/won't fit a steering damper...maybe drop the rear of the bike a lil or push the fork legs down through the clamps to raise the front a lil? Give it a lil more rake?

[raglanash]

OK if this doesn't get you stoked your dead..
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Top pic is the old track, they run it on the other side of the fence now top right. Same wide open shit though.

And Scott if you see you mate #9 Mr moto kawi, I think his name is Able?? tell him to stay out of the intermediates the bloody sock cutter!!

[CHOPPA]

That looks sick!! Now that is my sort of track!

[Crasherfromwayback]

That looks sick!! Now that is my sort of track!

Wot he said.

[scott411]

OK if this doesn't get you stoked your dead..
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Top pic is the old track, they run it on the other side of the fence now top right. Same wide open shit though.

And Scott if you see you mate #9 Mr moto kawi, I think his name is Able?? tell him to stay out of the intermediates the bloody sock cutter!!

His name is Luke Temple, and he had forgotten his MNZ liceicne so they would not let him ride the championship class, (but let him by a day liceince to race the non championship class) he is was the real number 9 in the 450 class at the time,

[raglanash]

Ahh haha sweet. He smoked us all. He did look a bit bored...

[Crasherfromwayback]

His name is Luke Temple, and he had forgotten his MNZ liceicne so they would not let him ride the championship class, (but let him by a day liceince to race the non championship class) he is was the real number 9 in the 450 class at the time,

Is there an old broken man on an old bike class?

[scott411]

I do not think they run a vintage class, however I think you would be competitve in teh support class, esp early on before it gets to rough, drum brakes normally means hell corner speed,

thinking about it i might even run support, i have not raced a national event in a long time,

[CHOPPA]

I do not think they run a vintage class, however I think you would be competitve in teh support class, esp early on before it gets to rough, drum brakes normally means hell corner speed,

thinking about it i might even run support, i have not raced a national event in a long time,

You and I both Scotty! That would be fun!

[CHOPPA]

I do not think they run a vintage class, however I think you would be competitve in teh support class, esp early on before it gets to rough, drum brakes normally means hell corner speed,

thinking about it i might even run support, i have not raced a national event in a long time,

When was the last time we raced together in a national event? Must have been Pro 125 in 99? It was a terrible year haha I did get a couple of top 10s but im not gonna comment on our overall placings....

It was my first year in the seniors and I got a beating! Leon Andrew took me down hard and chipped a bone in my elbow at Whangarei. Oh and remember Chad Reed taking the big ass short cut the cheating c*&t

[Crasherfromwayback]

I do not think they run a vintage class, however I think you would be competitve in teh support class, esp early on before it gets to rough, drum brakes normally means hell corner speed,

thinking about it i might even run support, i have not raced a national event in a long time,

Correction. A 31 year old YZ465 might be a lil, but a washed up unfit piss drinking 45 year old most certainly won't be!

Guys of your ability, along with Chopper, can fuck off and play with the big boys!:innocent:

[scott411]

When was the last time we raced together in a national event? Must have been Pro 125 in 99? It was a terrible year haha I did get a couple of top 10s but im not gonna comment on our overall placings....

It was my first year in the seniors and I got a beating! Leon Andrew took me down hard and chipped a bone in my elbow at Whangarei. Oh and remember Chad Reed taking the big ass short cut the cheating c*&t

i was thinking the same, i rode so crap that year i think I only scored points in 3 races, and they tried to cancel the points in one of them,

that track at whangarei was really cool but so easy to cut the track, mess (cameron laird) did the same thing, making up about 5 places in the 1st lap,

[Ivan]

clubman class probably close to vmx

and that track got me all excited its so awsome i love it

[raglanash]

Used Bridgestone M 102 rear in the past, seemed to go very well down there.

Any other suggestions??

[Ivan]

a black one that goes round and round is what i use

[scott411]

Used Bridgestone M 102 rear in the past, seemed to go very well down there.

Any other suggestions??

i normally run Bridgestone M404's nearly everywhere, i might think about a m204 is it has been a bit wet in teh weeks leading up to it

[CHOPPA]

Gotta keep this on top!

[raglanash]

Yeah! Still haven't seen an entry form come up anywhere yet..

[Crasherfromwayback]

I've gotta talk nicely to my boss to see if I can have the Sat off!

[raglanash]

I've gotta talk nicely to my boss to see if I can have the Sat off!

You are not looking well mate, you might be too sick to work..

[Crasherfromwayback]

You are not looking well mate, you might be too sick to work..

Always a tricky one that. Pulling a sicky then turning up Monday with a broken collar bone/wrist etc!:innocent:

[kiwifruit]

What is a Mini TT? Where can i learn more about this?

[Crasherfromwayback]

What is a Mini TT? Where can i learn more about this?

Think road race track in a dirt paddock! Choice!

[kiwifruit]

Is this it?

http://www.taumarunuimcc.com/mini-tt.html

http://www.mnz.co.nz/download/2012_NZ_MiniTT_Champs_Entry_Form.pdf

[scott411]

yes it is,

[raglanash]

Wow shes spendy this year! Hot showers might make the sub zero camping a bit better though.
And its in the original paddock, just the same as the previous racerX photo I posted, 4th gear tapped sweeper as the first corner. Quad carnage right there!
Picked up Shane Van Gisburgen off the ground there one year, quads were flying everywhere 3m off the ground!

[raglanash]

Well its getting bloody chilly eh. Snowed in 08.. Just sayin..:cold::cold:
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[oldguy]

got a mate trying to drag me along, and go clubman with him:lol::lol::lol: told me one year he rode there, on the line on one side of him
was a CR500 and the other side a KX500:shutup:

[raglanash]

got a mate trying to drag me along, and go clubman with him:lol::lol::lol: told me one year he rode there, on the line on one side of him
was a CR500 and the other side a KX500:shutup:

Get down there OG! Always plenty of big bores there, comes with the territory. There's plenty of room for everyone on the track.

[raglanash]

OK, pulling the trigger and entering next week, who's in?????????

[Crasherfromwayback]

OK, pulling the trigger and entering next week, who's in?????????

I'm not happy. Unbeknown to me the other salesman here has already asked for (and been granted) time off then. Spewing in fact. Had spent a few bucks making sure my new (old) 465 was ready to rip too.

Have fun.

[raglanash]

I'm not happy. Unbeknown to me the other salesman here has already asked for (and been granted) time off then. Spewing in fact. Had spent a few bucks making sure my new (old) 465 was ready to rip too.

Have fun.
Mate you are not looking well... Got anything on this other salesman you can use to persuade him it would be a good idea to let you have the weekend off instead..??

[Crasherfromwayback]

Mate you are not looking well... Got anything on this other salesman you can use to persuade him it would be a good idea to let you have the weekend off instead..??

Don't think for a min I haven't already tried! But it's the boss's son, so makes it a bit harder than usual too. Mind you...I was able to convince him to let me go to PI in Oct rather than him...so can't win 'em all.

Lots of pictures please!!??

Pete

[raglanash]

Anyone want to pit with us? Going down Friday lunchtime with the danger tape to claim a good spot on the fence.
If anyone's keen let me know and I will rope off some extra. If not come have a yarn anyways, black Hilux, CRF 272 and the bro is 310.
Doing Vet 35+ and intermediate, hoping for a top 10 overall in both. 10 races is going to be a mission though.
Staying in Tokaanu. Definitely be some re-hydrating going on there Saturday night.

Getting amped! Just put a fresh piston in, got my 14 tooth ready and the new tire is on order. Game on!

[scott411]

Anyone want to pit with us? Going down Friday lunchtime with the danger tape to claim a good spot on the fence.
If anyone's keen let me know and I will rope off some extra. If not come have a yarn anyways, black Hilux, CRF 272 and the bro is 310.
Doing Vet 35+ and intermediate, hoping for a top 10 overall in both. 10 races is going to be a mission though.
Staying in Tokaanu. Definitely be some re-hydrating going on there Saturday night.

Getting amped! Just put a fresh piston in, got my 14 tooth ready and the new tire is on order. Game on!

I am riding MX1 and 125's (5 months off being vet, so time to play with the youth) going to be camping at hte track and be with teh Kawasaki Boys for obvious reasons,

[raglanash]

I am riding MX1 and 125's (5 months off being vet, so time to play with the youth) going to be camping at hte track and be with teh Kawasaki Boys for obvious reasons,
Sweet, ha your still a young fella then!! See ya there.

[raglanash]

Two more sleeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Drizzle Saturday turning to rain on Sunday, things are going to get messy..

[kiwifruit]

Great event. Took lots of photos. www.nearlythere.co.nz

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[scott411]

well it was awesome saturday but the rain came in today and i was out of there after the first race,

got my ass smoked in MX1,

good to see Ben Thomasen back on a MX track after his massive near death crash at the MX Nationals a few years back, even if it was in a fast golf cart,

[raglanash]

Great event. Took lots of photos. www.nearlythere.co.nz

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Nice work on the photos man, challenging conditions on Sunday to say the least.
Stoked with the Int photos of my holeshot, that was the closest to the front I got all weekend.

Lucky you left when you did Scott, it was carnage trying to get out of the pits later in the day.

[scott411]

Nice work on the photos man, challenging conditions on Sunday to say the least.
Stoked with the Int photos of my holeshot, that was the closest to the front I got all weekend.

Lucky you left when you did Scott, it was carnage trying to get out of the pits later in the day.

i had to get towed out at that time, camper had no tracktion, (did find a use for the oversize golf carts tho)

[raglanash]

i had to get towed out at that time, camper had no tracktion, (did find a use for the oversize golf carts tho)

Yeah man it was a swamp by 3 pm.
The golfcarts seem to have taken over the dickhead mantle from the quads eh, hooning around the pits and doing donuts in the farmers paddock.
A couple ended up with their wheels pointing upwards on Sunday.. But you would have missed that eh ya piker! haha... I did like their shotgun race starts though.

Cambridge MX Sunday!

[kiwifruit]

Nice work on the photos man, challenging conditions on Sunday to say the least.
Stoked with the Int photos of my holeshot, that was the closest to the front I got all weekend.



Thanks! It was a valuable experience. Pretty happy with the shots. Check out our facebook promo for free full res.

[oldguy]

dame wish I had got my shit together, looked awesome could of done Endro/Vets 50+:( nice photos kiwifruit:niceone: