Puke open-day, 11th of November

[Toast]

Ok peeps, I know it's early, but who's gonna go to this?

Auckland Uni students, you'd better have a real good excuse for not showing up! Almost everyone should have exams over by this time, and if you've got a Saturday exam, it's a great way to de-stress :niceone:

Mid-week open days are the bomb...hardly anyone there usually, and you normally get heaps of sessions. I think the last one I went to I got in about 300kms or so of laps, 'cos they only had car session the bike session and the occasional drifter inbred session (nah, some of them are good guys, just not in general).

[dss3]

yeah mate i'm in, you want me to show you some "secret" lines? hehe

Maybe come watch ya's anyway.

-Daryl

[Toast]

yeah mate i'm in, you want me to show you some "secret" lines? hehe

Maybe come watch ya's anyway.

-Daryl

Sure bro, I'll stick the knobblies on just for you :niceone:

(edit: actually I recall last time I was there I took a bit of a scenic route through the hairpin...twice...haha, I can't really talk aye :P )

Will be good if you're there aye...

[R6_kid]

i really need to sort my paper choices at uni... i got exams on the last two days ffs... thats friday and saturday after this track day :angry2:

[Toast]

i really need to sort my paper choices at uni... i got exams on the last two days ffs... thats friday and saturday after this track day :angry2:

Ok bro, I know a doctor who can get you a medical cert, no questions asked. Just don't make the same mistake next time, ai'i!

Oh well, looks like I might have the track to myself then :p Time to practice stoppies :)

[Keystone19]

Oh well, looks like I might have the track to myself then

I don't think so... :devil2:

[Blackadda]

Any BUNNY's allowed? Might try to come out for my first KB ride and see if I can stay upright!:Oops:

[Keystone19]

Any BUNNY's allowed? Might try to come out for my first KB ride and see if I can stay upright!:Oops:

Well, given that I am the biggest nana on the track, you should be fine...

[Toast]

Well, given that I am the biggest nana on the track, you should be fine...

Aren't you from that 'famous' racing team I've heard so much about? You're like, a pro...

Blackadda dude, you haven't been to the track before or just not with KB peeps? You'll be fine. If this is like other mid-week open days, there won't be many of us to hit/hit you aye...perfect introduction, and mo' fun to boot :D

[Blackadda]

Blackadda dude, you haven't been to the track before or just not with KB peeps? You'll be fine. If this is like other mid-week open days, there won't be many of us to hit/hit you aye...perfect introduction, and mo' fun to boot :D

Both! I'll be the true vestial virgin! Just getting back into bikes after a 15 year layoff. Now I'm older and wiser, hopefully will stay upright a bit better.

Might even give Keystone a run for her money :2thumbsup

Will bring my NANA plates just n case.:woohoo:

[Toast]

Both! I'll be the true vestial virgin! Just getting back into bikes after a 15 year layoff. Now I'm older and wiser, hopefully will stay upright a bit better.

Might even give Keystone a run for her money :2thumbsup

Will bring my NANA plates just n case.:woohoo:

Sweet mate, will see you there then :D

You live out South too, lucky bugger, don't have to suffer such a long and painful motorway trip. :crybaby:

[Blackadda]

I'll be drest in mi besd Janals, my thong n shorts, tite black t, gold chain n nike cap on sidewards yoyo!








......of course I'll have my Spool 2 piece Codura with armour over the top, Oxtar road boots, Leather Gloves with Kevlar padding and my lid. Does that count as suitable for Puke? I note on the web site it says full leathers!

Being a member of fBOB (Fat Barstards on BIkes) I ain't into Leathers?

[James Deuce]

Don't forget to have a minute's silence at 11am.

[Toast]

Don't forget to have a minute's silence at 11am.

Why is that?

[Hoon]

Yep I'll be there trying to brush off 8 months of cobwebs and get up to race pace for the following weeks race meet.

[James Deuce]

Why is that?

"It is calculated that New Zealand lost nearly one third of its entire male population to World War 1, taking the country over two generations to recover, and seriously impacting on the economy of the country for the next 30 years. During the Great War, New Zealand raised 110,368 troops for active service overseas, of which number 100,444 actually proceeded overseas for service. The number of New Zealand men killed, directly and indirectly in the Great War was over 17,500.

It is estimated that over 10 million men lost their lives in World War 1. Less than 30 (26% actually) per cent of French soldiers escaped the war without injury, Britain 58 per cent, the Serbs lost 35 per cent of their men, and Turkey 30 per cent. The figures are very difficult to grasp - two million German dead, 1.3 million French dead, 1 million British Commonwealth and Empire dead." http://www.uktravelbureau.com/battlefields/battlefields2.cfm

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 is the day WWI ended. That's when we choose to remember the people who died.

The irony of the fight between Germany and Great Britain is that their ruling houses were comprised of cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews. They were also fighting over utterly esoteric values and on territory belonging to both country's "natural" enemy, France. You'll note from the following source that the only country who suffered more casualties per head of combatant than NZ was France. See the following table.

Casualties of the First World War

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td>Country</td><td>Mobilized</td><td>Killed</td><td>Wounded</td><td>Total</td><td>Casualties</td></tr> <tr><td>Africa¹</td><td>55,000</td><td>10,000</td><td>unknown</td><td>unknown</td><td>-</td> </tr> <tr><td>Australia</td> <td>330,000</td> <td>59,000</td> <td>152,000</td> <td>211,000</td> <td>64%</td> </tr> <tr><td>Austria-Hungary^*</td> <td>6,500,000</td> <td>1,200,000</td> <td>3,620,000</td> <td>4,820,000</td> <td>74%</td> </tr> <tr><td>Belgium^*</td><td>207,000</td><td>13,000</td><td>44,000</td><td>57,000</td><td>28%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bulgaria^*</td><td>400,000</td><td>101,000</td><td>153,000</td><td>254,000</td><td> 64%</td></tr> <tr><td>Canada</td><td>620,000</td><td>67,000</td><td>173,000</td><td>241,000</td><td>39%</td></tr> <tr><td>The Caribbean²</td><td>21,000</td><td>1,000</td><td>3,000</td><td>4,000</td><td>19%</td></tr> <tr><td>French Empire^*</td><td>7,500,000</td><td>1,385,000</td><td>4,266,000</td><td>5,651,000</td><td>75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Germany^*</td><td>11,000,000</td><td>1,718,000</td><td>4,234,000</td><td>5,952,000</td><td>54%</td></tr> <tr><td>Great Britain^*</td><td>5,397,000</td><td>703,000</td><td>1,663,000</td><td>2,367,000</td><td>44%</td></tr> <tr><td>Greece^*</td><td>230,000</td><td>5,000</td><td>21,000</td><td>26,000</td><td>11%</td></tr> <tr><td>India³</td><td>1,500,000</td><td> 43,000</td><td>65,000</td><td>108,000</td><td>7%</td></tr> <tr><td>Italy^*</td><td>5,500,000</td><td>60,000</td><td>947,000</td><td>1,407,000</td><td>26%</td></tr> <tr><td>Japan^*</td><td>800,000</td><td>250</td><td>1,000</td><td>1,250</td><td>0.2%</td></tr> <tr><td>Montenegro^*</td><td>50,000</td><td>3,000</td><td>10,000</td><td>13,000</td><td>26%</td></tr> <tr><td>New Zealand</td><td>110,000</td><td>18,000</td><td>55,000</td><td>73,000</td><td>66%</td></tr> <tr><td>Portugal^*</td><td>100,000</td><td>7,000</td><td>15,000</td><td>22,000</td><td>22%</td></tr> <tr><td>Romania^*</td><td>750,000</td><td>200,000</td><td>120,000</td><td>320,000</td><td>43%</td></tr> <tr><td>Russia^*</td><td>12,000,000</td><td>1,700,000</td><td>4,950,000</td><td>6,650,000</td><td>55%</td></tr> <tr><td>Serbia^*</td><td>707,000</td><td>128,000</td><td>133,000</td><td>261,000</td><td>37%</td></tr> <tr><td>South Africa</td><td>149,000</td><td>7,000</td><td>12,000</td><td>19,000</td><td>13%</td></tr> <tr><td>Turkey^*</td><td>1,600,000</td><td>336,000</td><td>400,000</td><td>736,000</td><td>46%</td></tr> <tr><td>USA^*</td><td> 4,272,500</td><td>117,000</td><td>204,000</td><td>321,000</td><td>8%</td></tr></tbody> </table> ^*. Statistics cited from The Longman Companion to the First World War (Colin Nicholson, Longman 2001, pg. 248); they have been rounded to the nearest thousand. All percentages are my own; they refer to the % of the total mobilized.
¹. The figure of 55,000 refers to soldiers who saw combat; the number of Africans involved as auxiliaries or otherwise is likely to include several hundred thousand. Troops were drawn from Nigeria, Gambia, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Nyasaland/Malawi, Kenya and the Gold Coast. Figures for South Africa are given separately.
². The British West Indies regiment drew men from across the Caribbean, including Barbados, Bahamas, Honduras, Grenada, Guyana, Leeward Islands, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Trinidad and Tobago; the bulk came from Jamaica.

[James Deuce]

Sorry about the prevous post, but you asked Toast :) I know it's in the wrong place too but <shrug> we get bent out of shape about 1 death in our community every year or so, and 6 or so injury accidents. Imagine if a third of us died and two thirds of the rest of those left suffered a serious injury in the space of just 4 years.

[FROSTY]

Well anyhoo--Ill be busting my ass to be there.
Desperate to get some track time on this totally unsetup mystery machine.
Darn my knees are knocking already

[Toast]

Sorry about the prevous post, but you asked Toast :) I know it's in the wrong place too but <shrug> we get bent out of shape about 1 death in our community every year or so, and 6 or so injury accidents. Imagine if a third of us died and two thirds of the rest of those left suffered a serious injury in the space of just 4 years.

I did indeed ask, 'cos it was a fairly arbitrary comment at the time...but cheers for enlightening us now :niceone:

I'll definitely try to remember the minute of silence...not sure if the boy racer peeps will accept it the same but...

[matdebat]

I'm keen for Friday, never been to the track before though, where do you go to pay etc? do they also have a track briefing?

sorry for the dumb questions

[Toast]

I'm keen for Friday, never been to the track before though, where do you go to pay etc? do they also have a track briefing?

sorry for the dumb questions

You just pay at the little office on the inside of the track, sign your life away, get given a little sticker which you just stick in your pocket, and you're set.

They're pretty relaxed, and have no track briefings, but you'll be pretty sweet dude. Just gotta worry about your own lines (try to keep them smooth ofcourse), the guy behind you has the responsibility to pass safely...same goes for you if you want to make a pass.

Really not much to worry about though aye.

If you wanna cruise there together, we can meet in the city (I live in CBD) once you've crossed the bridge.

[FROSTY]

No its going to be too dangerous on friday.Threll be loose units on zxr400's and SV650's cannonning off each other with total disregard for other track users safety.
The guy on the Black SV-race no 20 is a total lunatic --and his mate on the yellow ZXR is just as bad

[Blackadda]

No its going to be too dangerous on friday.Threll be loose units on zxr400's and SV650's cannonning off each other with total disregard for other track users safety.
The guy on the Black SV-race no 20 is a total lunatic --and his mate on the yellow ZXR is just as bad

Oh aye you just don't want anyone there aye! Actually your probably right, with all us Newbies going, could be dangerous for the speedsters! :bash:

[Toast]

No its going to be too dangerous on friday.Threll be loose units on zxr400's and SV650's cannonning off each other with total disregard for other track users safety.
The guy on the Black SV-race no 20 is a total lunatic --and his mate on the yellow ZXR is just as bad

Whatever 'cannoning off each other' means it should be fun to watch at least :)

[matdebat]

hey Toast, keen to meet in CBD if you are still keen. I can't leave till around midday though and will be going from Telecom Building at the top of K'rd.

[Toast]

hey Toast, keen to meet in CBD if you are still keen. I can't leave till around midday though and will be going from Telecom Building at the top of K'rd.

Sorry bro...can't wait that long aye, I wanna be there when it opens...make the most of the day. You should have no trouble finding it though.

[FROSTY]

Oh aye you just don't want anyone there aye! Actually your probably right, with all us Newbies going, could be dangerous for the speedsters! :bash:
Nahh mate just HOLD YA LINE -thats honestly all anyone can ask
as for the cannonning --Im going out specificly to put the learn on doogal going through jennian.
--ok bullshit stopped--I was having a bit of trouble going wide through jennian and over the hill to pass someone i shoulda passed easily -so doug and I are gonna practice that.
as well as try to set up the gixxer front end :doh:

[FROSTY]

wooohooo---its partee time team :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Toast]

OH yeah...what a day...:D Better get my ass outta here...

[chickenfunkstar]

Have a good day guys. I really wish I was there.

[Toast]

Well, barring running out of gas in the 3rd session and nearly killing myself in the 4th, couldn't have been a better day really.

I'd like to take this opportunity to express just how careful one has to be with their line coming on to the front straight...wide ain't cool...and I thank God that the grass was bone dry else I may be bikeless...not to mention motionless somewhere...

Apart from that though, choice day. I got my braking a bit more sorted coming in to the hairpin, though I'm still pulling them on a bit too early, and my entry to the back straight could be improved. After that one major scare though, I sorted out the entry to the front straight pretty smartly :D

Good to meet you guys too, Jill, Frosty, and the rest whose names have slipped my mind for the moment...

Cheers,
Phil.

[Toast]

And one more thing...damn cool seeing Andrew Stroud there...I even got to follow him through Jenian and Castrol...I swear I was catching him too...yeah right :p Awesome to watch though.

[FROSTY]

Toast --If i were you boy --Id go buy a lotto ticket.
You are one fucken luckey SOB
You really have no Idea just how close you were to A --the wall and B getting bucked clean off ya bike.
I swear son the only thing attached to the bike at one stage was ya hands

Good day for ol frosty--getting my head around the new bike setup and how it turns and brakes and all that good stuff.
Stil WWAAAAAAAY off the pace -but what the hey consistant 1.10-1.11 aint too bad I sopose

[Keystone19]

What a great day.

First time out on the track with the SV. I was a bit tentative the first session, just getting a feel for the bike. Still about 4 seconds quicker than last time I was out on the 250 so I was pretty pleased with that.

Second session the advice went along the lines of 'time to be a bit more aggressive'. Ok, I can do that...

Well, those chicken strips are pretty much gone, dropped seven seconds off my first session times and clocked in at around 1.19. Woohoo! I was stoked!

Still heaps of places to improve on, got to get the braking right into the hairpin and a few other places but I had a ball! The bike did all the things it was supposed to so I'm really pleased with that.

Great to meet you Phil and yeah, some of those guys go pretty quick, including you! Best not to flinch when they go past...

Fun watching Frosty and Motobob duelling it out.

And guess what, Dveus got a whole session in without his bike dying...!

[Blackadda]

Bugga, sounds like i missed a gooden. Was looking forward to losing my virginity too.

Got a stone stuck in my rear brake pads. Stopped to try to remove it, no luck. Got out to Puke just in time to watch the last minutes of the first session. I've had a bad week, Murphy's law is sitting firmly on my left shoulder at the moment! :spudbn:

Decided not to bother, had to be gone by 1.30 anyways, so didn't think $90 for a session or two worth it. Will have to get better organised next time.

Off with the rear brake unit tomorrow.....F*#&n Stones!:doh:

[dveus]

And guess what, Dveus got a whole session in without his bike dying...!

Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.

[Keystone19]

Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.

Oh no! How did that happen? Sounds like the last session was pretty eventful for everyone who stayed!

Is the bike ok?

[2_SL0]

Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.


bummer dude.

[dveus]

Oh no! How did that happen? Sounds like the last session was pretty eventful for everyone who stayed!

Is the bike ok?

I dug a peg in the hairpin, then practised my flying, somehow I went over the front of the bike feet first. have been down and had x-rays done on my ankle and they dont believe it to be broken, just a decent sprain.

I haven't really had a good chance to check out the bike yet. It didn't appear to be to bad when I was loading it into the van.

[Keystone19]

I dug a peg in the hairpin, then practised my flying, somehow I went over the front of the bike feet first. have been down and had x-rays done on my ankle and they dont believe it to be broken, just a decent sprain.

I haven't really had a good chance to check out the bike yet. It didn't appear to be to bad when I was loading it into the van.

That sucks! Glad you're not too broken. Take care of that ankle though.

Any photos of the flying action?

[Quasievil]

Frosty ? you have your bike going ?? cool GAME ON THIS SUNDAY MY SON!!

Its a pity I missed it, I was talking to Stoud today at big boys toys, he was waiting for a call for him to test his new K5 bike, would have been good to see him going for it.

[FROSTY]

yea bikes going--badly --but its going ---ill turn up at taupo and see how I go

[Toast]

Toast --If i were you boy --Id go buy a lotto ticket.
You are one fucken luckey SOB
You really have no Idea just how close you were to A --the wall and B getting bucked clean off ya bike.
I swear son the only thing attached to the bike at one stage was ya hands


Yah Frost, and I know you were/are thinking: "Young, dumb and etc...."

I am thankful, but also gotta take some of the credit for getting the bike stood up right and keeping it there at 180km/h on grass...mostly luck though I will admit.

Proud to say that it did not happen again...and with that lesson in mind, will not...definitely the biggest cock up I've made on the track though.

[Toast]

Yeah but then after you left I threw it down the road just to finish the day off.

Oh dude that was you...bugger. Bike looked alright though, assuming that, that was just coolant that you left on the side of the track. Glad to hear that your body is alright dude.

[SPman]

Bummer mate. Just watch those ankle sprains - Im off a bike (if I had one) for a month - reckon it'll take 6 weeks to settle down, if I go easy on it! Ask phenoix about ankles !!!!

[FROSTY]

Yah Frost, and I know you were/are thinking: "Young, dumb and etc...."

I am thankful, but also gotta take some of the credit for getting the bike stood up right and keeping it there at 180km/h on grass...mostly luck though I will admit.

Proud to say that it did not happen again...and with that lesson in mind, will not...definitely the biggest cock up I've made on the track though.
actually mate--Nope --I thought "Ohhh Fuck the hill clams another victim"
I was getting ready to peel off right and yell for the medic
Hey Dveus --so how did the conversation go at 6 last night?