Auckland Buckets final Round

[Captian soup]

as we all know its John Connors last time running the show... how we will survive without him? i sure as fuck dont know.
ANYway, Brian and i were thinking that on the Sunday at riders breifing we could have a nice big cheesy group photo, which we can then print and give to him, with a nice big "THANKS" underneath for al his time and effort at the track, in his shed or in long and strenuous emails and phone calls. im sure hell put it up next to the many signed posters of thanks from past champions ect in his man cave.

SO!! even if you dont plan on racing this weekend, show up on sunday, thank the bloody good bugger and maybe hang around for a beer afterwards, which im sure there will be lots of!!

oh and Henk n Michele, charge your camera

[Dutchee]

oh and Henk n Michele, charge your camera
It should be charged after last month's fiasco, but I'll get Henk to double-check it.

Pretty sure we'll still see JC, but probably more in the pits, rather than trying to organise us mottley lot.

He'll definitely be missed and we still need to organise ourselves as to who's doing what and where it's going to go from here.

There is also a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE thank you to Wendy for years of lap-scoring, so any last-minute ideas, post them here.

I think a lot of us are enthused enough to step up, but, for me, I've spent about 10 years organising trailrides, and don't want to get to the point I turn up as a spectator/organiser and don't get to ride (whichever) my bike I decide on the day.

Saturday we have to skive off early due to another commitment, but Sunday is all good :)

I first heard JC comment about how he wanted to get out of it when I first turned up to ride (the Banana), and wondered then who would take over. Fast forward about 5-6 years, and I don't think we'll have a choice but to step up.

Righto, anyone with an interest to help out, please talk to Henk on the weekend. I really don't want a 2nd job again (unpaid), so if we can spread the load, it'll be all good (it'll work).

I can get a print done at work (next week), so as captian_soup says - TURN UP :)

[Voltaire]

Great Day at Mt Welly today, I took a bit of low kwality vid and some pics, I have a few more I might post up.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/rednzep/20-2.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/rednzep/20.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/rednzep/th_MOV04728.jpg (http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/rednzep/?action=view&current=MOV04728.mp4)
Vid gives you an idea of the track.

[Henk]

Bloody good day with huge turnout

[Dutchee]

Bloody good day with huge turnout
Thanks everyone for a great weekend. There was some awesome battles across all the grades.

Hope everyone manages to fix the bike in time for next meet.

We had FOUR females riding, with two others doing practice. JC was saying at briefing there were 41 riders practice day, with 45 on race day.

Thanks to Sarah, once again, for an awesome cake.

One thing that really impressed me was flagging. For once we were pretty good. Near the end of the day, for C grade and F5, it got a bit more difficult to get flaggies, but it was a lot better than we usually are. I started to wonder if I'd even get a go, and when I did, DM didn't let me down and had a beauty crash (bugger I had been loving watching the battle he was having with Max when I had a chance).

Two strokes were a bit temperamental with two seizing - DM & Cully - hope you both get it going soon enough. Cully, missed you in F5, but was having fun with Alistair. My darling husband needs to work out if he wants dinner or not for the next week - lap me again mister, and you're going to fend for yourself hehehe

[F5 Dave]

So does Max have his 50 going?

[Dutchee]

So does Max have his 50 going?
Not sure. He's had it at the track, done the virgin crash on it, haven't seen it back. ;) - so it has lived. Hopefully it's not another 20000000000 page thread about when he'll get it ready hahahahaha

[Moooools]

So does Max have his 50 going?

It was raceable. But foot pegs are a bit high and a brand new custom made leathers weren't helping me squeeze on. Ended up smashing the foot pegs up in a couple of crashes.

I was going to make some new hangars and plastic pegs but ran out of time in between exams and the like. Hopefully will be going for next meeting. I might even have it ready for Taupo 8 years from now.

[jasonu]

I might even have it ready for Taupo 8 years from now.

Bazinga:killingme

[skism]

i love mt welly buckets, hows the track these days?, last time i rode thea it was soo bumpy i bent mettams bike into scrap

[cotswold]

i love mt welly buckets, hows the track these days?, last time i rode thea it was soo bumpy i bent mettams bike into scrap

Very grippy and oh so smooth

[F5 Dave]

-yeah all the new bumps formed a chaos theorem alternative implementation & raised the track level an inch but perfectly smooth. :msn-wink:

[Henk]

-yeah all the new bumps formed a chaos theorem alternative implementation & raised the track level an inch but perfectly smooth. :msn-wink:

Is that big words for "God made it better"?

[Rick 52]

Is that big words for "God made it better"?


Hahaha Is that why I hear so many people say "OH MY GOD" on the Mt welly track?

[Pumba]

Not sure about that phrase Rick. I know I have said the odd quick preyer to the big fulla as I am starting to leave the track:eek:

But back on topic. The track is in great condition, never been worse

[boxxer_boy]

Any one know the guy that was there taking photos on the track. and if so would i be able to get some photos off him?

[cotswold]

Any one know the guy that was there taking photos on the track. and if so would i be able to get some photos off him?

That would be Damien Toman ( spell check ) and he takes the best pictures ever at a very reasonable price

[skism]

That would be Damien Toman ( spell check ) and he takes the best pictures ever at a very reasonable price

very true that, i brought a whole lot off him when he first started, i find the funniest thing is hes just a guy doing it on his own with his brother who was taught by damien, and together they make all the professionals look like idiots.

[F5 Dave]

So a shocking late development. The front runner has been stripped of 117 points for illegally using a 50cc bike to compete several races in the F4 class. Clearly it was shocking that Young Nat was able to exploit the advantage of a bike, 2 or in most cases 3 x smaller in capacity to drubb the field. Maybe they shouldn't have been so open about it.

Resulting in: - no change to the results, just a much smaller margin.

I hope whoever complained about it is suitably proud of themselves.:lol:


Well done young man & Go the 50!

[Rick 52]

I'm not sure why the rule was ever written.
Well done Nat anyway :first:

[cotswold]

So a shocking late development. The front runner has been stripped of 117 points for illegally using a 50cc bike to compete several races in the F4 class. Clearly it was shocking that Young Nat was able to exploit the advantage of a bike, 2 or in most cases 3 x smaller in capacity to drubb the field. Maybe they shouldn't have been so open about it.

Resulting in: - no change to the results, just a much smaller margin.

I hope whoever complained about it is suitably proud of themselves.:lol:


Well done young man & Go the 50!

He does ride it awfully quickly surely that's not right or proper, youth of today