Gp 2014

[Henk]

Not long now, get it together folks. If you need a one event licence do it now.
Free camping all weekend and if you beat us down there on Friday hop the fence and put your tent up.

GP riders you will need the shark fin and lock wired caliper mount bolts.

Friday nights programme consists of drinking beer and talking shit.

Saturday
Practice, sidecar GP, more practice and some shits and giggles sidecar races followed by port on the corner

Sunday
Practice and qualifying
F5 GP
Formula Tokoroa (anyone not GP)
F4 GP
Clean up and go home.

A request to all. Take your own rubbish home and flag when you can.

[Henk]

Of anyone beats us down and wants access gime me a call on 021 145 3090 and I may be able to get you sorted with the gate key before we get there.

[F5 Dave]

So what time do we kick off?

[Henk]

Bit of guesswork on my part here.

We'll run with the Mt Welly standard no engines before 9:30 rule and once we have sign on sorted I'd expect to see people on track for open practice around 10:30ish.

I'll ask the rest of the guys what they think since they will be the ones sorting out signing people up and issuing transponders and the like.

[Henk]

Sign on will open 9:30 10:00 to give the people involved time to drive down from Auckland. The wireless router will be there, sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't although range shouldn't be such as issue at Toke. If you want to make use of this the race monitor app seems to work well. Grab this and all things going well you will be able to track of your lap times during the day without hassling the folk stuck in the chook shed.

[Henk]

Tentative programme for the weekend

Saturday 8 March
10:30 - F4 practice 1
10:45 - F5 practice 1
11:00 - FT practice 1
11:15 - SC practice 1
11:30 - F4 practice 2
11:45 - F5 practice 2
12:00 - FT practice 2
12:15 - SC GP
Lunch
1:30 - F4 practice race 1
1:45 - F5 practice race 1
2:00 - FT race 1
2:15 - SC race 1
2:45 - F4 practice race 2
3:00 - F5 practice race 2
3:15 - FT race 2
3:30 - SC race 2
3:45 - free practice
Sunday 9 March
9:30 - F5 practice 3
9:45 - FT practice 3
10:00 - F4 practice 3
10:15 - F5 practice 4
10:30 - FT practice 4
10:45 - F4 practice 4
11:00 - F5 qualifying
11:15 - FT qualifying
11:30 - F4 qualifying
Lunch
12:45 - F5 GP
1:15 - FT race 3
1:45 - F4 GP


We reserve the right to make changes at any stage due to unforeseen events, acts of god or disorganisation.

[F5 Dave]

Sign on will open 9:30 10:00 to give the people involved time to drive down from Auckland. The wireless router will be there, sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't although range shouldn't be such as issue at Toke. If you want to make use of this the race monitor app seems to work well. Grab this . . . .

ya what?

so for those who aren't from auckland. . . what the heck are you on about & where can I load this app from?

[Pumba]

We got this on email a little while ago.




If you would like to access live race timing at the Tokoroa GP Meeting*, this is how to go about it.

First, you need an app.

If you have an Android phone, you can download a free app called RaceMon by Team TDR.

If you have an iPhone, there will probably be something similar available.

If you have a Windows laptop, there is a free application called RMonitor.exe. If you can't find it via Google, contact Tim Fraser (mit.resarf@gmail.com) and he can email the installation file to you.

If you have a Mac laptop, you're on your own :-)

When you're at the track, get into your wifi settings and connect to "Auckland Buckets". The Auckland Buckets network will normally be active shortly after riders briefing. The wifi key is PORTONACORNER (all in capital letters). It works well along the pit wall, and should probably work in most places in the pits that have a clear line of sight to the timing shed (aka the chook house). The wifi signal is not hugely strong so if you're in your car or facing away from the chook house, the connection might break.

Once you're connected to Auckland Buckets, do this:

If you have a phone, start up the RaceMon app. Press the menu button, and select Settings. Set the IP address to 192.168.0.100 and leave the port set to 50000 (the default value) and then press the Save button. Press the menu button again and select Connect.

If you have a Windows laptop, click Settings then click Communication. Set the IP address to 192.168.0.100 and leave the port set to 50000 (the default value) and then click the OK button.

You should now be able to see the details of any race or practice that is currently under way. This includes who is in what position and their best lap times.


There are a couple of things to note:

1. Live timing is just that - live timing. When a race or practice is not actually under way, there will be no race or practice details on the screen of your phone or laptop. However, we will normally post printed results on the wall of the sign-on shed shortly after a race or practice is completed.

2. The Auckland Buckets wifi network has no internet access. This means that while your phone is connected to Auckland Buckets, it will still work as normal as far as sending or receiving calls or texts are concerned, but you will not be able to access the internet and you may not receive email alerts if you have that set up.

*Changed for Daves benifit

[chrisc]

Just FYI, this is android only. I couldn't find it on the apple store and a quick google search confirmed it.
Lame.

[Henk]

Have a look for race monitor by karting coach inc on the app store. I think it was about $5. I have it on my iThing and when I've been able to get a connection it has worked well.

[F5 Dave]

Thanks guys. With. Bit of dikn around found the right app free on play store.

[Henk]

One more sleep.

[Pumba]

I am assuming all the one day license request went through ok?

[Henk]

I am assuming all the one day license request went through ok?

Yep. Kamil has all the relevant paperwork back from MNZ.

[F5 Dave]

8:30 last night was a bad time to find I'd forgotten to sharkfin the 50. I'd drilled the 50 calliper bolts at the same time as the 100 just before the BoB in case it became relevant there & made a shark fin as prototype but forgot I didn't replicate it for the 50. Oh well some scrap was found & another one made & fitted.

[kel]

8:30 last night was a bad time to find I'd forgotten to sharkfin the 50.

Still have to do mine. There's such a small space, with the silencer and swinarm in front of the chain and sprocket its going to have to be tiny, more of a guppy fin than a shark fin.

[agman]

Quick question. Where is the track exactly? What street?


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[Bert]

Quick question. Where is the track exactly? What street?


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Moffart Rd.
Southern end of tokoroa by the aerodrome.


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[agman]

Moffart Rd.
Southern end of tokoroa by the aerodrome.


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Thanks man. Got there in the end.


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[Bert]

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NZ F4 GP results.


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[Grumph]

Looking at the results I can see there's going to be some stories coming.....

For the benefit of those of us not there or not familiar with the individuals, can someone post a list of who rode what please.

[jasonu]

Looking at the results I can see there's going to be some stories coming.....

For the benefit of those of us not there or not familiar with the individuals, can someone post a list of who rode what please.

Nathaniel rides an 85cc 2 stroke Derbi with maybe 20hp. Simple, lightweight, good handling, well ridden.

[Rick 52]

What a fantastic weekend, sorry for Scott after a stunning 16 laps, Hard luck to Rich after he batteled so hard with Caleb and others to chase the leaders down, great effort sorry to see you on the ground, Aaron had such a good race, learning a complicated track in one day on a bike he has only ridden a hand full of times, finishing 2nd after hunting down and passing Reagan. Brilliant !!
Nathaniel is a bloody hero, to win from pole the F5 GP 30laps and then do 40laps in the F4 GP and dominate the race is amazing and we think has never been done before ..I am over the moon to Finnish 4th with a PB lap time in a field of talented riders ...thanks to Mel,Tim,Brian, Kamill, amcc bucket committee and Cully did a fantastic job controlling us all, a thankless task, a struggle to do right from wrong he did a magic job !

[mr bucketracer]

Nathaniel rides an 85cc 2 stroke Derbi with maybe 20hp. Simple, lightweight, good handling, well ridden.some how has 24 now he was saying . so as we lifted are bikes by 3 he went 4 lol . was a heap of fun

[mr bucketracer]

as rick was saying thanks to cully, Mel,Tim,Brian, Kamill and Michelle .. kamill was rideing very well .. anyway after not ever getting into the 43 sec mark i some how did, was over the moon yippy can i go home now lol then in the first practice went over a sec a lap qicker again holy crap 42.6 something , anyway put my self on 4th on the grid thought that was cool been with my brother beside me in 3thd , owell so thought just go for as long as i can before i clap out , somehow ended up in second place by the first lap then thinking i'm not ment to be here lol , 4-5 laps into it kind of stayed with him thinking come on brother please take over(-: .put a good gap from the rest of the feild for around 10 laps after that knowing the rigamortis was going to set in( my neck started to kill me ) need some higher bars i think . i just started slowing up everywhere . good thing been i may have somthing left in my buggerd body if i loose some weight and get fit or put celib .andew a's son on it next year ..ha ha .. had a great time see you all next year or before

[Dutchee]

did anyone see what temperature it was yesterday? it wasn't muggy, just stinking hot, and I was glad I. Didn't have to wear leathers.
Rick, you need to get young William to write a report about his race.

[Henk]

Awesome weekend, rolled up Friday to be greeted by the biggest line up of bucket sidecars I've ever seen and the set wasn't close to complete yet. Got the tent up and started catching up with folks from around the place.

Saturday morning arrived after a not so flash nights sleep after the air bed went flat.
Pulled the bikes out, did all the usual pre race checks and into it. I can't remember what order things went in so will go by class.

F5 I took the bike out for a few laps to make sure it would go and left it at that. The old XR powered FXR frame isn't that fast but still fun but with a lot of riding on the schedule for the weekend didn't want to completely wear myself out.

F4 used the practices to find my way around the track again and find some speed, things were sliding around a bit so the new tyres that I been saving for the GP went on.
Race one was entertaining with a bit of sliding around while the tyres scrubbed in. I'd also gone down two teeth on the rear sprocket at the same time to try and save the up and down shift coming up the hill, that worked but it was woes everywhere else so I pulled in early to change the gearing back.
Race two was much better and I tacked onto The back of Rod which helped me find a bit more pace and some speed heading down the hill through the right hander, man that corner is fast.

Sidecars we went out for practice one which was also qualifying and Rick immediately started smashing in hot laps, the thing was sliding all over the place and flying the rear wheel in places as well as the side wheel, in hindsight that should have given us pause for thought.
GP rocked round and Pumba monster end us off the line and made the battle truck as wide as he could, we couldn't find a way past and the Lawrences slid past us and the pace was up. It was down to two at the front when Carl and Ieda threw a chain and we got past the Lawrences with a bit of yellow flag confusion and then pulled a gap. Once we had a comfortable lead Rick slowed up, normally I'd be encouraging him to push as hard as possible anyway but was glad to just maintain the gap and take the win, good thing in this case as after the race we saw that the welds at the front of the rig had cracked and if we had kept pushing would probably have had a failure very similar to the one on the battle truck.

Sunday

F5 ken and I were on grid spots five and six with qualifying times exactly the same to withing a thousandth of a second so it looked like an interesting race. He got me off the start and led me around the track for the whole race with never more than about six feet in it. I got ahead for half a lap at one stage and spent the rest for the race trying to find a way through, great fun, the F5 bikes are huge fun to ride and way less physical that F4 and quite relaxing because of it, still seems odd how much the things are a wide open throttle. Result of fifth behind ken by not very much and really happy with that.

F4 with the new tyres scrubbed in and gearing right I managed to drop quite a bit of time and went faster than I ever have at Toke, I don't keep much track of lap time but I've never been into the limiter on the front straight before the hairpin before. Qualifying went well with the guys I consider my main competion (Malcolm and Rod) behind me on the grid.
Off the start Malcolm got an absolute flyer and shot past into turn one and I settled in behind him for what felt like a lot of laps trying to find a way past before I managed to out drive him onto the straight and then put my head down trying to pull a gap. Since he's on a two stroke he can be right on my back wheel and I have no idea he's there. As the race wound down he must have faded more than I did since I could see him coming into the hairpin as I was heading down the back straight so I knew I had a bit of a gap which was a relief as I was running out of steam and making mistakes two or three times a lap, not getting on the lines I wanted, braking both early and late and forgetting to up shift coming up the hill, with about four laps to go the bike started getting louder and louder as the header started to part company with the head and the bolts rattled loose. Must lock wire those two bolts. Nursed it home for tenth and was damn happy to cross the line with the bike still going and still able to ride, the last ten laps were an absolute mission with my knees, back and arms all starting to feel like they were made of jelly. You know things are getting close to the point of give up before you crash when you are breathing like a train through your mouth and all you can taste is salt.

Stoked with my results for the day and I shouldn't be that suprised to be feeling smashed after close to seventy laps of racing.

Huge vote of thanks again to all the guys that organised, Robyn for being the steward, Cully and Michelle for standing in the infield all day, Mel and Brian for sign on and running around even thought they weren't riding and Tim for sitting in the chook shed all day doing the timing.
Bloody good weekend all round.

[Pumba]

Looking at the results I can see there's going to be some stories coming.....

I can tell you mine very quickly (Bike 84, DNF). It stopped and dont go no more.

Well looks like my bad luck at Tokoroa continues (4 meetings I have been too, and I dont think I have finished the main race of the day at any of them), which sucks because I love that track!

Big thanks to all that made the event happen. Roll on next year.

[F5 Dave]

Well what a weekend. It really was a Fiasco for me. Sat went out found my way around the track again, did 2 practices on the 100 and was 2nd fastest in the first & fastest in the 2nd. but the 100 was a beast to ride in the bottom 1/2 of the track, the power hits so hard and the corners are so tight & close together you find yourself leant right over in a low gear. It just goes vertical and sideways at the same time. I was even getting headshake accelerating of the top of the hill corner onto the finish straight as the front went up.

The first race I lead for 2 or 3 laps but scared myself silly, almost pooped myself & ran out of any remaining talent so I let everyone past & became a gibbering mess. I never got back to the same laptimes (only high 43s) I was doing at the first practices. Instead of getting faster learning the track that I don't have many miles on, I was getting slower & feeling old.

The 50 broke the backing plate so I drove into Tokaroa to try find some chap to weld it with some loose instructions. I didn't find the place but got a number. A 2nd trip into town later I got him on the run but he kindly fixed it. Much missed practice & turns out I couldn't even match my 50s times from last year. Nathanial was like over 2s a lap quicker at 54 flat. Decided I needed to think about it.

Next day a new attitude and want to concentrate on the 50 & just ride the 100. Helmet toppled off seat and pinged off the visor shooting bits everywhere. both practices missed finding parts and McGivoring them back with springs from ballpoint pen.

50 started making sense & I was at least back at 46,5. Went out on 100 & it was messing with my head so I pulled in after 3 laps of qual.

Start of 50 race and even in warm up laps I could tell something was up. Start of race and I got a good start but Nathanial just pulled away every gear. Again & again. You know that almost made me feel better. Sad fat old man yes, but what I need is more power to redress the inequity & then maybe it will be a race. Race itself went easy.

F4: Due to my 3 terrible qual laps & was 18th on the grid with only a couple behind me. I got a crap vertical start & blocked so I circulated & picked people off. I'd decided to only do 1/2 the race but pressed on as I was feeling ok. Bike was pretty slow by now & Cully held out a board that I couldn't read despite slowing for it but he waved me on & onwards I went. Towards the end I got some step-outs from the rear. I'd been avoiding looking at the rear slick as I knew it was worn pretty bad, just haven't had the pingas to replace it. Same 2nd hand one I had last GP & its done BOB & club racing as well.

The board said 'smoking' apparently. Sure was no issue with impromptu wheelies any more, just slow.

Ended up in 8th, but was pretty sore of wrist after braking for that ridiculous downhill hairpin for 2 GPs worth of racing.

[F5 Dave]

Oh yeah, towards the end there was some smash near the start finish & I saw a blue bike perhaps being carried off?

[jasonu]

some how has 24 now he was saying . so as we lifted are bikes by 3 he went 4 lol . was a heap of fun

Yeah I think you are right. Maybe it is DD's 80 that has 20hp.

[Dutchee]

Oh yeah, towards the end there was some smash near the start finish & I saw a blue bike perhaps being carried off?
definitely carted off. Dave Manuel's bike. hopefully Gary will come in and explain what happened as Henk told me what arsebook says! but I hate arsebook and hate the way that this stupid iPad now puts in extra punctuation and has decided that exclamation marks are cool.

[F5 Dave]

Ahh, yeah, DaveM said his shock/mount bolt broke & next second the bike was a chopper. He was glad it didn't happen on a corner


Nataniel was riding his Dad's bike which is the more powerful of the two.

[F5 Dave]

Oh yeah, Ken's bike was like scary to watch. - Nothing, Everything, Nothing, Everything,.

You could see the jerking the rear wheel was getting. Must say I decided to give a wide berth. Brave man, for however long that lasted.

[Pumba]

........for however long that lasted.

4 and remainder laps it apears.

[Grumph]

Well Dave, looks like you've got a big track motor there....Am I right in drawing the conclusion already that mid 20's HP with a wide powerband may be the recipe for Kart tracks ? Well ridden of course....

Oh shit, where have I heard that before ?

[F5 Dave]

Old school transfers, limited blowdown make for hard hitting peaky power. My engine is unashamedly old school proof of concept get it going & see if the case reed bottom end is viable then build another barrel & matching pipe. Hasn't happened yet & the old barrel is a liability from a sealing point of view. New plans (from 4 yrs ago) being modified and redrafted after a phone call this morning.

BTW Nigel sez we must be so scared that we kept the GP a secret from him so he wouldn't show up.:lol: Well he said that was his excuse for not showing up.

[Farmaken]

Oh yeah, Ken's bike was like scary to watch. - Nothing, Everything, Nothing, Everything,.

You could see the jerking the rear wheel was getting. Must say I decided to give a wide berth. Brave man, for however long that lasted.



Ken's bike was scary to sit on too..
After 4 laps it was obvoius I was just going to cause other people problems so was heading for the pits when it just stopped for good. Will do a post-mortem later in the week

The mighty 50 however was a whole other story - 4th place in the GP is a pretty good first race result with next to no set-up time and I am very grateful to Michelle for not letting Henk ride her bike - that race was a lot of fun.. Cheers Henk !!

[speedpro]

I was helping Team Schnanny but only know what was up until I departed Tokoroa. I'd built an engine for Gary's bike from a bottom end he found and Dave's H100 cylinder. It was blowing a little smoke from the get-go but seemed to be running OK when first tried at Mt Wgtn and later at Tokoroa. Funny spots on the plug and piston but the pipe exit looked good. We fired it up Sunday and I reckoned it was a bit noisy in the bottom end so checked the gearbox oil which was well down. We topped it up and Cricket went out for the first Sunday practice and all good, though it was blowing smoke again. Then Gary went out but came back 2 laps later saying it started making an awful noise. We whipped the clutch cover off to find the brand new transmission oil was now a lovely grey colour with a silver fleck that sparkled beautifully in the sun. End of the meeting for #3.
#94 has my good engine in it though it is a bit down on hp after the last rebuild. As per facebook the shock mounting bolt broke.

Pretty annoying all round as DaveM was keen as, and a lot of effort had gone into sorting Gary's bike for him and Cricket.

Big thanks to Gary for letting Cricket ride his bike at every recent meeting.

[TZ350]

I had a great time peddling around in the F5 GP, first time on a bike in quite.

[chrisc]

I had a great time peddling around in the F5 GP, first time on a bike in quite.

And you were looking pretty good out there too :ar15:

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/tokgp14/_MG_3607.jpg

[koba]

BTW Nigel sez we must be so scared that we kept the GP a secret from him so he wouldn't show up.:lol: Well he said that was his excuse for not showing up.

Same track, same weekend...
Would be good to see him back in the mix.


4th place in the GP is a pretty good first race result with next to no set-up time and I am very grateful to Michelle for not letting Henk ride her bike - that race was a lot of fun.. Cheers Henk !!

Amazing effort!
Good 100 or bad 100 Henk smashed me all the same :violin:



Big thanks to Gary for letting Cricket ride his bike at every recent meeting.

Most Improved Rider - Ever
Shit, he looked to be flying!


I had a great time peddling around in the F5 GP, first time on a bike in quite.
I had a bloody good time chasing you down!
How much power is that old girl packing?

[cotswold]

I had a bloody good time chasing you down!
How much power is that old girl packing?[/QUOTE]

14 and change I believe :shit:

[koba]

I had a bloody good time chasing you down!
How much power is that old girl packing?

14 and change I believe :shit:[/QUOTE]

Surely not!

It was fast but couldn't have been 14+?!?

[koba]

The Chairs
We went far slower than expected in the Sidecar GP.
Brenton's Rig was running well up until the main race, we qualified 3rd.
Then it ran like shit.
Then the gear lever came off.
Alan shifted and we made do with about half or less power.
Found out later the choke was on.

Bugger!
Luck attrition meant we still ended in :third:!
:woohoo:


F5
Bike wasn't running that great, expected it to load up off the line and die a bit but it was really bad.
Stuck at the back I managed to catch Rob and had a good battle, the others were all too far gone though.
I had an absolute blast riding this thing, I loved the different 'buzz' quite meditative, avoiding 'the scrub' at all costs!


F4
So Tired.
Too Tired, faded bad, body stopped working, couldn't shift right any more kept making mistakes.
Huge Credit to Nathaniel who did the F5/F4 double and won both, that's great endurance!
Ended in 11th.

Henk beat me in 3 out of 3.
HE deserved the 'wins' too.
I owe him a few drinks now...

[Henk]

Cheers mate.

Positive the only reason I got you in F5 was that I was on a bike that I knew and was set up for me so I didn't have to battle with ergos on a small bike, diesel 100 is super easy to ride and really quite relaxing, less gear changes per lap than on the 150.
Also suspect that the only reason I Beat you in F4 is that I started the race less tired than you were, by the end I was making all sorts of stupid errors through sheer exhaustion, think I started fading about five laps after you which was enough to give me a buffer.

[TZ350]

14 and change I believe :shit:

It was a borrowed bike, I had a great time and now will have to build an F5 for myself.

[Henk]

It was a borrowed bike, I had a great time and now will have to build an F5 for myself.

Was certainly not short on poke and you found a heap of pace by race end, when we caught you with a couple of laps Togo I couldn't find a way past.

[Henk]

Full results are on mylaps here

http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/991403

If anyone hasn't found them yet.

[racer40]

Poor young Koba got worn out Eh ! . We have already got our sidecars pretty much ready for the next GP. Have managed to fit abit wider tyre on front of mine, but more importantly its not 20 years old, its a nice sticky one, also done some work on brakes so disc bolts are not rubbing on forks like they were. Richard has fitted a new master cylinder to front so he has brakes, & is also putting some more plates around front end to stop the twisting & wobbling that was going on. On Johns Scooter we have fitted another sidecar tyre as the one on it ran out of rubber & punctured in endurance race.

[Gazzza]

Hey Chris, sounds excellent, I don't even know where that tire came from, it was an odd ball size and yep it must have been decades old. That rig was built very similar to the one I built that Rick and Henk now run and that was built similar to my blue rig so all things being equal with your new sticky front end we should all be running pretty much the same times... Should make for some great racing! Picked up the blue rig tonight from Des, will seriously look at adding bracing to the front after seeing Carls mishap and watching Rick weld up a couple of down tubes at Tokaroa.
I still have my new build underway, it's Rv90 short rig and leading link, powered by a GL145, it's only being built to sell so if any one is interested let me know, I'll try and post some pics showing progress as it happens, so there is one more for the next GP.

[racer40]

Come on in Danger Dave, Gazza building a bike just for you. I will talk to him in Aussie next week, & give him your contact details Brenton

[koba]

Poor young Koba got worn out Eh ! . We have already got our sidecars pretty much ready for the next GP. Have managed to fit abit wider tyre on front of mine, but more importantly its not 20 years old, its a nice sticky one, also done some work on brakes so disc bolts are not rubbing on forks like they were. Richard has fitted a new master cylinder to front so he has brakes, & is also putting some more plates around front end to stop the twisting & wobbling that was going on. On Johns Scooter we have fitted another sidecar tyre as the one on it ran out of rubber & punctured in endurance race.

I'm not as young as I look but yes, I did get worn out.

Was pretty scary going into F4 40 lapper when I was already struggling to hold my arms up! :violin:
Still, glad to have done the full set, hugely satisfying.

Thanks heaps to all the people that made this happen, Chrish, Brenton and others. It's getting momentum now, keep pushing!

[F5 Dave]

So who else had their bike go naff & pushed it in a corner without looking at it yet?:rolleyes:

But I have been working on the 50.

[koba]

So who else had their bike go naff & pushed it in a corner without looking at it yet?:rolleyes:

But I have been working on the 50.

Mines in pieces after the last club round. (Planned)

[F5 Dave]

Fitting the 118 barrel huh?

What about your 50:whistle:

[koba]

Fitting the 118 barrel huh?

What about your 50:whistle:

It's only 115!

[kel]

So who else had their bike go naff & pushed it in a corner without looking at it yet?

You can add me to that list. I knew something wasn't right during the race and sure enough there was a nasty surprise when I unloaded from the van. Will post some pics in a couple of weeks.

[Pumba]

Haven't even looked at the bike. Shit took a good week to get everything off the trailer. Sidecar has had the engine removed and has been sent off to a mate to straighten out an weld up.

[Henk]

Unlike you slackers, I went into the shed for about 15 minutes last week and bolted the exhaust back on, I even lock wired the cap screws that hold the sucker in, topped up the oil in the 100 as well.

[Farmaken]

Getting the mudbug sorted but have been starting the 50 every day .......................... just because I can :bleh:

[cotswold]

Getting the mudbug sorted but have been starting the 50 every day .......................... just because I can :bleh:

Not fair, I have 2 engines for my 50 and both are in ice cream containers, bits are being sourced from Japan, Holland and the States, when you live in Europe you don't realize how lucky you are when it comes to buying parts.

[Henk]

Not fair, I have 2 engines for my 50 and both are in ice cream containers, bits are being sourced from Japan, Holland and the States, when you live in Europe you don't realize how lucky you are when it comes to buying parts.

Typical whinging pom :)

[Pumba]

.......buying parts.

Cheque book racer

[Henk]

Cheque book racer

I feel a protest coming on. Preferably somewhere I'm one of the officials :)

[cotswold]

Cheque book racer

Ok walked into that but if you can knock me up a con rod kit and a nice single ringed piston for my 50 then I'll shout you a dozen Waikato Browns. While you are at it I need a swinging arm and shock for the RS frame.
You are lucky that you are a skilled sidecar manufacturer or else you would have had to buy a rig. Did you see the Scooter rig that finished the GP? :lol:

[cotswold]

I feel a protest coming on. Preferably somewhere I'm one of the officials :)

Get your cash ready, you will have a couple of months to save up. When working up filthy diesels are the cams called RACE cams or re-profiled??

[F5 Dave]

I've been working on stator plate conversion for my 50 engine. Bit at a time though. Have kids by myself all weekend as wife at the old's batch with her mummy mates getting pissed up. This is my swapsy for going away for a weekend racing at the GP. Note how early I'm up:weep:. That said the other dads are paying for my racing too effectively. Haha.

[mr bucketracer]

sidecars in the shed dead .the engine was vibrating bad . maybe the crank has twised , the 50 water pump stops after 30 seconds of starting it every time

[F5 Dave]

Pull it apart and check connections. Mine died of vibration but was fixable to make it more robust. Guess they never expected it to be on a bike engine. If can keep away and just hold by hoses may be better isolated. Actually mine has cable ties to a frame plate.

[Gigglebutton]

I have found it hard to work or sleep since the Gp. All I want to do is build a better bike. I spoke to every guy I know that builds race cars, bikes or engines. Ran ideas past mechanical engineers, industrial chemists, metallurgist and Rob/Tz. Been on line for hours reading all I can from Bell and Blair. Looked at photo's and video's of engines, intakes, exhausts, carbs, cams, gears, bearing, seals any thing I could find.

Then Annie said "You have to stop now" :nono:

I wrote down all the stuff that's in my head, now I'm sleeping again :)

I have an Fxr motor that is proper fucked. I pulled it down and looked at every part of it to see what we can do to improve it or if it is worth doing any thing to it. I cut the head in half to get a good look at the ports.

Hopefully we can build an engine as good as the Rich and the Scott's.
Now I have to stop looking at the Fxr295121 head on my desk and get back to quoting

The Darkside
Fuck yeh
:devil2:

[mr bucketracer]

I have found it hard to work or sleep since the Gp. All I want to do is build a better bike. I spoke to every guy I know that builds race cars, bikes or engines. Ran ideas past mechanical engineers, industrial chemists, metallurgist and Rob/Tz. Been on line for hours reading all I can from Bell and Blair. Looked at photo's and video's of engines, intakes, exhausts, carbs, cams, gears, bearing, seals any thing I could find.

Then Annie said "You have to stop now" :nono:

I wrote down all the stuff that's in my head, now I'm sleeping again :)

I have an Fxr motor that is proper fucked. I pulled it down and looked at every part of it to see what we can do to improve it or if it is worth doing any thing to it. I cut the head in half to get a good look at the ports.

Hopefully we can build an engine as good as the Rich and the Scott's.
Now I have to stop looking at the Fxr295121 head on my desk and get back to quoting

The Darkside
Fuck yeh
:devil2:and all i have to do is lose 55kg's:laugh:and do more than 16 laps before dieing:eek: and 1hp per 7 kg's you have already past me and rich:mellow:lol

[F5 Dave]

I have found it hard to work or sleep since the Gp. All I want to do is build a better bike. I spoke to every guy I know that builds race cars, bikes or engines. Ran ideas past mechanical engineers, industrial chemists, metallurgist and Rob/Tz. Been on line for hours reading all I can from Bell and Blair. Looked at photo's and video's of engines, intakes, exhausts, carbs, cams, gears, bearing, seals any thing I could find.

Then Annie said "You have to stop now" :nono:

I wrote down all the stuff that's in my head, now I'm sleeping again :)

I have an Fxr motor that is proper fucked. I pulled it down and looked at every part of it to see what we can do to improve it or if it is worth doing any thing to it. I cut the head in half to get a good look at the ports.

Hopefully we can build an engine as good as the Rich and the Scott's.
Now I have to stop looking at the Fxr295121 head on my desk and get back to quoting

The Darkside
Fuck yeh
:devil2:ooh well there's your problem right there; ports should be in the cylinder wall, not the head. Silly man.

[Gigglebutton]

ooh well there's your problem right there; ports should be in the cylinder wall, not the head. Silly man.

Henk would say we are both wrong, "ports comes in a bottles" :drinknsin

[F5 Dave]

I thought it was corners:confused:

[Gigglebutton]

You know Henk , "Any time any place" :)

[mr bucketracer]

You know Henk , "Any time any place" :)but your always a day late:confused:

[Gigglebutton]

but your always a day late:confused:
:puke:

Im white trash enough, without a belly full of cheap port :puke:

[mr bucketracer]

:puke:

Im white trash enough, without a belly full of cheap port :puke:gpr home brew is better:yes:

[Pumba]

gpr home brew is better:yes:

But that Navy Rum was the pick of the weekend.

[mr bucketracer]

But that Navy Rum was the pick of the weekend.yes it was nice stright ! i dont nomaly have it stright . i gave some of my rye whisky to cell and he liked that as well

[Pumba]

Ok walked into that but if you can knock me up a con rod kit and a nice single ringed piston for my 50 then I'll shout you a dozen Waikato Browns. While you are at it I need a swinging arm and shock for the RS frame.
You are lucky that you are a skilled sidecar manufacturer or else you would have had to buy a rig. Did you see the Scooter rig that finished the GP? :lol:

Can make all those parts for you (about to open a can of fruit salad for desert, there is the piston sorted) however the come with no grantee that they will even resemble the specification which you require. Actually their is more chance of me getting them to you if you deliver the beer up front. Beer helps with the inspiration.

It was touch and go it finishing, cause I nearly smacked into the back of it at least once, but yea kind of walked into that.

[Henk]

Pumba

What was up with your FXR that made it not finish? Or have you not worked it out yet?

[Pumba]

Pumba

What was up with your FXR that made it not finish? Or have you not worked it out yet?

I suspect it was fuel. I checked the carb at the side of the track and didn't see anything obvious, but when I took it off the trailer I noticed it had dislodged its self.

Haven't looked any harder than that.

[cotswold]

I suspect it was fuel. I checked the carb at the side of the track and didn't see anything obvious, but when I took it off the trailer I noticed it had dislodged its self.

Haven't looked any harder than that.

Shit should have fined you $400

[Pumba]

Shit should have fined you $400

Shit loads of it in the tank, it was the metering device I suspect that had issues. Captn Fingertight strikes again.

[mr bucketracer]

Pumba

What was up with your FXR that made it not finish? Or have you not worked it out yet?i flicked his kill swich of when i went past:devil2: