flat track racing canty

[robajs]

anything happening In the canty area at all?

[robajs]

well the trackmaster is now up and running so will be looking at going for a skid.
I now have a cell phone number and will see what happens!

[ellipsis]

If anybody else in Canterbury is interested in giving the dirt oval a crack, it is still a happening thing. More numbers are required to get it back to where we had it running at a level where the flat trackers were being invited to play on a few of the closer speedway tracks.

I have three XL 250 FT bikes that have been sitting in a shed for a while now. They need work and out of the three there would be two ready to race with some time spent on them. I raced one of them as well as an XV750 and I know which one I had the most fun on, on the short tracks that we have to play on.

If someone wanted them and were prepared to commit some time and get out there, I would give them to those who may be interested. The proviso is that they must be raced at whatever events my mates get sorted for the future.

I have just pulled them out of a shed and will post a pic of them later when I get a bit of work done around here.

This is a perfect opportunity for some young chaps to 'just do it', and have a whale of a time for very little effort and expenditure.

Good on you Rob.

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There is a spare engine for parts, the red one was a runner but prob a little seized through inaction, the gold one was making a noisy knock the last race it did and the other is a good runner. My son was bored a while back and made it run, it has a sticky oil ring through inaction but a good runner.

[robajs]

talked to dennis during the week and found out that he needs ten riders to fill the requirements at ellesmere and oxford speedways, he currently has seven..... so he needs more people..... kbers have been offered some FREE bikes.. how about it team a cheap sport to fill in the dull moments!:cool:

[Boff]

Hi! myself and a fellow rider are interested in flat tracking, whats the details??
We have both been riding dirt for years, some road riding. Flat track racing sounds like a blast!
How often are meets and races?
What is the cost per meet/race?
Can we use our own bikes? (although I like the idea of one of the XL250s)
Based in Christchurch, riding most weekends.

Cheers!
-Boff

[ellipsis]

Hi! myself and a fellow rider are interested in flat tracking, whats the details??
We have both been riding dirt for years, some road riding. Flat track racing sounds like a blast!
How often are meets and races?
What is the cost per meet/race?
Can we use our own bikes? (although I like the idea of one of the XL250s)
Based in Christchurch, riding most weekends.

Cheers!
-Boff

...will PM you a phone number of someone who is one of the riders, organisers...they can answer all your questions...to answer the question of how many and how often all depends on getting enough riders doing it consistently enough to get back onto a speedway tracks timetable of events...if you are into it, your input is necessary to get it rockin again...

[Boff]

Is this still happening? Made the phone call about a month ago, maybe more.
Said it was going ahead but never heard back..

[robajs]

any one keen on ding a track hire at oxford for a bit of fun?

[robajs]

day in the dirt 1st weekend in November!!!
get your sideways on people. will see you all at ellesmere:Punk:

[Grumph]

day in the dirt 1st weekend in November!!!
get your sideways on people. will see you all at ellesmere:Punk:

Bump...Sunday Nov 5th at Ellesmere raceway. Come and have a look.

[ellipsis]

...it's not one bump... it's a series of ongoing bumps and lack of grip and smart cunts who have flasher pieces of shit than you and too much fun to not want everyone to share...If all goes well with Velo prep before Manfield on 27th, I may put at least ten minutes into one of the XL's...I was never going to do it again but I may need to...

[robajs]

of course you need to.......if only to laugh at me & blag a ride on the trackmaster!!!!
go on you know you want to ! :soon:

[robajs]

practice went ok apart from a slipping clutch and a fat 50 year old body:crazy:
heading out to ellesmere today to race for the first time.....should be a blast:woohoo:
will be on number 24 trackmaster if you want a laugh.

[robajs]

race day went well mid pack finishes me and the bike in one lump :headbang
some mods to do but on the whole a bloody good day out!!!!
only one prang but dennis was walking to the medic with the big tits so maybe not too bad lol.

[ellipsis]

race day went well mid pack finishes me and the bike in one lump :headbang
some mods to do but on the whole a bloody good day out!!!!
only one prang but dennis was walking to the medic with the big tits so maybe not too bad lol.

...The Menace doesn't need big tits as enticement to have a big prang...I was looking after my crook wife today so no motorbike shit for me...glad to hear you got your bike and yourself out there...hooked now?...Dennis rung and said that there was genuine XR750 turn up?...he wasn't pulling my tit to get me out there was he?...

[robajs]

no tits were being pulled .....but a few people looked like they needed a dark corner so they could
re- adjust their pants when it started up!!!!!
rob Selby has a loan of it by one of his clients. it had never seen dirt until Saturday arvo, still had the original tyres and had been fitted with lights and taken for the odd squirt on the road.
will see a little bit of use now and then at different events.
sounded very cool as it fucked off into the distance.:headbang:

[robajs]

24th march fun day at ellesmere speedway some flat tracking may just happen.........
will practice turning left after giving the trackmaster a squirt!!!!!!

[ellipsis]

24th march fun day at ellesmere speedway some flat tracking may just happen.........
will practice turning left after giving the trackmaster a squirt!!!!!!

...there's only one way to do it Rob...go fast, turn left, repeat...

[robajs]

the next vintage fun day is on the 29th of april .... the last one was rained off due to four inches of slush on the track!!!!!!:mad:

[robajs]

days in the dirt will be on the 11th of November this year!
see you all there.:Punk:

[robajs]

due to the deluge we have had the day in the dirt has been postponed until the 2nd of December!!!!:mad:
which clashes with the southern classic......will go to the southern classic instead!

[robajs]

dirt quake at moore park speedway sunday …..check it out will be taking the trackmaster for a skid should be fun:Punk:

[robajs]

day in the dirt will be on the 10th of November this year:Punk: come get your side ways on!
modern dirt bike based flat trackers will also be welcome......had them at the vintage speedway today at ellesmere andand all went well.

[robajs]

day in the dirt is on at ellesmere speedway tomorrow !vintage tqs and midgets plus hot rods all having a go.
some classic speedway bikes and classic and modern flat trackers.
come and watch the fun!

[ellipsis]

..what time is sign on?...

[scott411]

im coming down to do bike night at ruapuna speedway on the 21st with 2 other guys from auckland, be cool to see south island flat track in action,

[robajs]

bike night on 21st dec at ruapuna speedway will be fun !!!! lets get our sideways on !
will have the trackmaster there and will wobble my way around
come out and watch us or point and laugh ...just get your bums on seats.

[scott411]

bike night on 21st dec at ruapuna speedway will be fun !!!! lets get our sideways on !
will have the trackmaster there and will wobble my way around
come out and watch us or point and laugh ...just get your bums on seats.

sweet, should be a good night, 4 of us coming down from auckland, already 15 bikes entered,

[Kickaha]

bike night on 21st dec at ruapuna speedway will be fun !!!!

Where's the info on this meeting? classes, cost etc ?

[scott411]

Where's the info on this meeting? classes, cost etc ?

http://www.ruapunaspeedway.co.nz/race-calendar

as far as i understand, its Sidecars, Modifeid Sprints, TQ's, qauds, Flat track bikes and maybe solos,

[scott411]

Current Flat track entry list (at least as current as i have) Ruapuna 21/12
• 411 Scott Wilkins
kawasaki kx450f

• 92 Matt Wortman
Yamaha Yz450f

• 30 Cameron Kay
KTM 300

• 44 Kyle Smith
Suzuki Rm 250

• 99 Craig Ellis
SMR 450 - Kxf450

• 351 Tony Cutler
KTM 350sxf-ft

• 58 Jonny Brasell
KTM 525

• 24 Rob Stowell
Triumph Trackmaster

• 992 Luke Ramsey
Kawasaki Kxf450

• 5 Blake Gillard
KTM 450

• 72 Wayne Drake
Kawasaki 650

• 1 Millie Drake
Kawasaki lifan 200

[ellipsis]

...I'll be there with my flat tracker, and some other mates...how do we go about entering Rob, or do we just turn up and sign on...

[ellipsis]

...a few from down here had a bit of a practice at Ellesmere Speedway yesterday...can't wait for next Saturday...it's been a long time since I played at Ruapuna...close to two decades, but my old fucked bones are ready...they may be lying also...it's funny how the prospect of racing coming up, masks the fiscal and physical drawbacks that are associated with it...

[scott411]

...a few from down here had a bit of a practice at Ellesmere Speedway yesterday...can't wait for next Saturday...it's been a long time since I played at Ruapuna...close to two decades, but my old fucked bones are ready...they may be lying also...it's funny how the prospect of racing coming up, masks the fiscal and physical drawbacks that are associated with it...

bike leave thursday, im flying down as i have to work, be a fun day

[ellipsis]

...it's gonna be a cool day...catch you then...

[ellipsis]

...that was cool...two flat track classes...racing against old mates on the dirt...made an older cunt feel just like a younger cunt...I had a blast...felt like real speedway happening...I even a had a couple of Tai Woffinden moments flash through the haze of hurt...

...big ups to John Brassil from down here and the Norfies who made the effort to come South...and a young girl called Millie from Timaru who was out there in FT Group 2 with me and my friends...good shit...:first:

[robajs]

well...… the north islanders were the class act of the night with well sorted bikes hard charging riders and big smiles
all day !
it was all the southern team could just to keep them in sight . two classes were run ..g1 moderns and g2 being classics and young millie drake( 14years old) .every person there had a ball!
a big thank you to the ruapuna speedway club for inviting us ! the president said they will have us back again
so get some bikes sorted people and come enjoy the fun!!!:Punk:

[ellipsis]

...I thought I had given the dirt oval away twenty years back...obviously not...I'm a born again flat tracker...yeehaa...don't feel half as bad in the bones this morning as I had expected to be...

[scott411]

awesome day , cool to see near 20 bikes out there, Drakey flew the flag for the southern guys on a bike that would owe him less than a 1/4 of what some of our bikes are worth,

full video here, i know the flat track feature is at 3.16 in .
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[ellipsis]

...thanks for putting the effort in to come down...you three put on a spectacular show...ft racing downunder, at it's best...track kind of came right, but the hallowed ground of Ruapuna is predominantly a tin top track...you made it look easy but it was everything but...you'll be back...I'm just re-evaluating my racing priorities and after last night's shits and giggles, I'm coming back to the dirt... I gave it away 18 years ago, it seemed like it was pushing shit up hill with a pointy stick to get FT racing a happening thing but more events like that will only do wonders...

...I'm gonna buy a new motor* for an old flat tracker I had 22 years ago, that has been leaning on a shed for 18 years now...Joel in Group 2 who ran an old time piece of shit wasn't far off the best speeds all night...I remember him as a young boy who came out to make up numbers all them years ago...fantastic effort all round to promote the grandest of motorcycle racing forms on the planet...I went out to make up numbers and have a bit of fun and see if the bones would handle the dirt again and all I wanted while I was on track was more horses, cubic capacity and to keep ahead or try and catch up...:niceone:


*( my xmas present to me)

[robajs]

practice at ellesmere on the 15th feb.

[ellipsis]

...thanks Rob...

[pete376403]

...thanks for putting the effort in to come down...you three put on a spectacular show...ft racing downunder, at it's best...track kind of came right, but the hallowed ground of Ruapuna is predominantly a tin top track...you made it look easy but it was everything but...you'll be back...I'm just re-evaluating my racing priorities and after last night's shits and giggles, I'm coming back to the dirt... I gave it away 18 years ago, it seemed like it was pushing shit up hill with a pointy stick to get FT racing a happening thing but more events like that will only do wonders...

...I'm gonna buy a new motor* for an old flat tracker I had 22 years ago, that has been leaning on a shed for 18 years now...Joel in Group 2 who ran an old time piece of shit wasn't far off the best speeds all night...I remember him as a young boy who came out to make up numbers all them years ago...fantastic effort all round to promote the grandest of motorcycle racing forms on the planet...I went out to make up numbers and have a bit of fun and see if the bones would handle the dirt again and all I wanted while I was on track was more horses, cubic capacity and to keep ahead or try and catch up...:niceone:


*( my xmas present to me)

I rode at Te Marua (mostly) 40 years ago. Jawas and (when it would keep going) Weslake. Like you, would love to have another go. Not sure though if the body could keep up with the mind.

[robajs]

practice ells mere 19th feb 930 am to 3pm drinkies at leeston pub after! unfortunately I will be at the sound of thunder so wont be there:mad:

[ellipsis]

...pussy...

[ellipsis]

...it's also a fucking Wednesday ...you're not with ISIS are you?

[ellipsis]

...we all had a very cool day at Ellesmere on Sunday at the Day in the Dirt...

...some of the action here...


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[Calix Lee]

I can't click the link, you should probably just attach the photo on this forum.

[ellipsis]

I can't click the link, you should probably just attach the photo on this forum.

...its some vids...just copy the link...

[husaberg]

...its some vids...just copy the link...
Looks fun whats the rules. plus the classes.

[ellipsis]

...no brakes...no knobblies...go fast, turn left, repeat...-

[Kickaha]

...no brakes...no knobblies...go fast, turn left, repeat...-

Sounds dangerous, I might stay at home

[ellipsis]

Sounds dangerous, I might stay at home

...nah...it's just pure fun ...and the hotdogs taste the same...a nicer bunch of people would be hard to find...spectators and competitors alike... apart from the roadrace sidecar bunch, who play the game in the same spirit...

[husaberg]

So what are the tires du jour.?

[ellipsis]

...Dunlop K180s are my choice but Shinko do a pretty cool tyre too...but at the moment my rear is a very sticky Dunlop TT900...remnants of road racing shit hanging around, but it works on the dirt ok for me...but then again I am only playimg on my old bucket engine in a very little XL125 frame... my new bike is always ten minutes away from being finished which really means 10 to 100 hours...it has got 18 inch K180s on it though...it's real good fun, running midfield on my pitbike tho... you can never be too old to remember being silly and how good it feels...

[ellipsis]

...great turnout for a big practice day at Ellesmere yesterday...my first outing on the new ft bike...very happy with the way it worked...only one smallish adjustment on the redundant left side footpeg that was digging a furrow through the corners...wondering if I should refit it higher or just forgo it completely...

...great to see some new bikes and riders out there...

...we are one of the support classes next saturday at Moorepark for the National Solo Champs...

:niceone:

[ellipsis]

...go to this link to catch up on Flat Track Racing here and up north...we are rolling along and picking up more impetus and riders...recently we have been a support class at Moore Park for the National Solo Champs, the Ronnie Moore Memorial meeting and next week the SI Solo Champs...Ellesmere Speedway the following week and Ashburton Speedway the week after that for another National Title event...come and have a look at how much fun we are having and maybe you will want to join us...


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