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Black Knight
12th February 2016, 10:48
Looking at the long range Met Service forecast for next weekend it looks like there could be showers on race day which would be a real bummer considering 25th anniversary and all that.Also the Cyclone heading this way is not the best news.Lets all hope for nice weather and not a repeat of last year-would the organisers change the date if need be?
Danger Dave
12th February 2016, 10:54
From what i have been told there is a plan in place this year incase of rain which will allow the race to go ahead however it won't be needed as it will be as hot as ever :yes:
Gremlin
12th February 2016, 11:11
The only forecast is "fucken awesome weather"

Anyone predicting something else gets a hiding :stoogie:
cynna
12th February 2016, 14:31
the burt munro goes ahead rain hail or sunshine....

port nelson had rain this year....
Mental Trousers
12th February 2016, 16:54
Paeroa is the only race I don't take my wets to. If it rains I pack up and go home. Screw that.
sidecar bob
12th February 2016, 17:25
We nearly slipped over walking to Mc Donald's for breakfast last year on the wet road.
What possible plan could make it an all weather circuit? I'm sceptical, but prepared to learn, and pack up & head home also.
jellywrestler
12th February 2016, 17:27
Looking at the long range Met Service forecast for next weekend it looks like there could be showers on race day which would be a real bummer considering 25th anniversary and all that.Also the Cyclone heading this way is not the best news.Lets all hope for nice weather and not a repeat of last year-would the organisers change the date if need be?

no, the 25th anniversary was last year, but it was wetter than a spastics chin and called off.....
jellywrestler
12th February 2016, 17:35
From what i have been told there is a plan in place this year incase of rain which will allow the race to go ahead however it won't be needed as it will be as hot as ever :yes:

i asked them years ago when they were out all night sandblasting the paint from the track in the rain why they don't turn right at the kink in the back straight, slow that down and onto the front striaght, slow that beast down. Tehy wouldn't as the hairpin pub was a main sponsor. Interesting, it was either have one sponsor not excited, by an act of god, or stop the whole thing and they said they'd rather do that.

problem is the fact it's a main road and all the exhaust fumes, deisel etc adhere to the road, when it's wet it floats to the surface and will cause mayhem...
it used to be at the overhead bridge on the cemetery circuit that the towns bus depot was there, during one day there were abot 150 bus movements in and out of there, 30meters from the apex, every bus would drop a drop of oile and/of deisle so it was greasier than a butchers prick when wet, it's a bit different now of course.
jellywrestler
12th February 2016, 17:40
the burt munro goes ahead rain hail or sunshine....

port nelson had rain this year....

and wanganui except when barriers are floating down the track. it's about terminal speed and run off on the fast corners, a different beast totally.
Grumph
12th February 2016, 18:37
i asked them years ago when they were out all night sandblasting the paint from the track in the rain why they don't turn right at the kink in the back straight, slow that down and onto the front striaght, slow that beast down. Tehy wouldn't as the hairpin pub was a main sponsor. Interesting, it was either have one sponsor not excited, by an act of god, or stop the whole thing and they said they'd rather do that.

problem is the fact it's a main road and all the exhaust fumes, deisel etc adhere to the road, when it's wet it floats to the surface and will cause mayhem...
it used to be at the overhead bridge on the cemetery circuit that the towns bus depot was there, during one day there were abot 150 bus movements in and out of there, 30meters from the apex, every bus would drop a drop of oile and/of deisle so it was greasier than a butchers prick when wet, it's a bit different now of course.

Any of you lot been to Dunedin when they're burning the rubber and oil off the motorways ? There's not a lot of level motorway there (pretty much none...) so when it freezes the roads get bloody slippery. In the summer, they drag a steel frame which is one lane wide and about 2 meters long behind a truck - with a fire burning on the road surface. Smoky as fuck but it leaves a very grippy surface. Very open and porous to look at.
nodrog
12th February 2016, 19:01
they have a big tarp.
jellywrestler
12th February 2016, 19:30
they have a big tarp.

that's for the bukake party i heard
sidecar bob
12th February 2016, 21:13
that's for the bukake party i heard

It's Bukkake.:facepalm:
RGVforme
12th February 2016, 21:59
It's Bukkake.:facepalm:

Would have thought with a profile pic like jellys he would have got that right...Perhaps he had 'something' in his eyes at the time.:blink:
Kickaha
12th February 2016, 22:19
Paeroa is the only race I don't take my wets to. If it rains I pack up and go home. Screw that.

You sound like a bit of a pussy
Grumph
13th February 2016, 06:02
You sound like a bit of a pussy

I'm assuming he's never done Greymouth....
Black Knight
13th February 2016, 06:27
My how things can change-this mornings Met Service forecast is saying fine and hot for both Sat and Sunday,yippee.-I have been attending the last 10 and it really is a great weekend.A bit of a pisser last year after a long ride from Norfland only to have it cancelled but the reasons were fully understood by the bulk of the crowd.
Kickaha
13th February 2016, 06:42
I'm assuming he's never done Greymouth....

He'd be too scared to travel that far South
wildman
13th February 2016, 19:24
no, the 25th anniversary was last year, but it was wetter than a spastics chin and called off.....

Not sure on that one, the original organisers got together and planned it in 1991, hence this year 25th anniversary. However first actual race meeting was 1992 Dave and Vince won the sidecar class that year and came back and repeated it in 1993, probably one of their last meetings on the Agip sidecar. Which would fit with when my parents moved to Paeroa ,the old man was pissed to find ouit they were going to run a race meeting through the middle of town. My parents retired to Paeroa thinking it would be a nice quiet town and no chance of any form of motorsport HAHA I got the last laugh.
Laava
13th February 2016, 20:26
It's Bukkake.:facepalm:

Only when it gets splattered on your face.
Mike.Gayner
13th February 2016, 20:40
Honestly who the fuck starts this thread and tempts fate?
jasonu
14th February 2016, 07:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIj-l3nykw
Black Knight
14th February 2016, 07:52
Honestly who the fuck starts this thread and tempts fate?
Twas me-but how the fuck can a topic on next weekends weather develop into Bukkake-only on KB eh?
Katman
14th February 2016, 13:56
Twas me-but how the fuck can a topic on next weekends weather develop into Bukkake-only on KB eh?

Blame all the 2 strokes.
Mental Trousers
15th February 2016, 20:07
You sound like a bit of a pussy

You'd know.


I'm assuming he's never done Greymouth....

Greymouth isn't anywhere near as fast as Paeroa.


He'd be too scared to travel that far South

It's the banjos of anal doom that scare me.
Voltaire
16th February 2016, 05:47
It's the banjos of Anal Doom that scare me.

Are they a Greymouth Mumford and Son Tribute band?
Grumph
16th February 2016, 08:21
Greymouth isn't anywhere near as fast as Paeroa.

Lap speed, yes, terminal speed, the seaside straight with a downhill braking zone is probably right up there. Scared me watching a big postie braking duel with rain bouncing high off the track. Diesel Pig may tell how far you slide if you drop it there at speed...



It's the banjos of anal doom that scare me.


Are they a Greymouth Mumford and Son Tribute band?

Pretty sure they're from Waimate...