Mans Dirt Bike... no boys aloud

[DingDong]

The best of both worlds... this was a sh@t load of fun:banana:

Beachracer... would hit 200 (+on a good day) over 800mtrs on sand.:blip:

[nudemetalz]

Blimmin' 'eck....:shit:

Makes CR-500's look like steppies...

[White trash]

That's nice. Although Pete Krinkles CR500 was geared for 130mph and there wasn't a knobbly on the planet that would last a meeting.

Rode the thing around the Big Fresh carpark one day, scared the fucking shit outta me.

[cowpoos]

That's nice. Although Pete Krinkles CR500 was geared for 130mph 130mph = 208kmph.... :spudwhat:

[White trash]

Yeah. You're point?

[Skunk]

Beachracer... would hit 200 (+on a good day) over 800mtrs on sand.:blip:Any other info to go with that?
And bugger doing 200 on sand...

[T.W.R]

interesting wee toy:eek5: very very similar to the KLR1300 a dutchman made back in the 80s with a highly modded Z1300 suspended with KLR600 gear :yes:

[nudemetalz]

There ya go, Bill...put some knobs on the ZXR....and REALLY freak out Dev Esq !!!

[Deviant Esq]

I'd be like :eek5:

Those things are just lunacy. I'd scare myself shitless trying to ride one of those I reckon. Either that or develop a sudden lust for dirt and turn into a raving mad lunatic [like Motu... :nya:], looking for anything vaguely looking offroad-like with which to kill myself...

Nah, think I'll stick with road bikes, thanks. Barely had mine two weeks! :scratch:

[Motu]

Where were you beach racing? Do they still have it down your way? I think beach racing has finaly fizzled out in the Auckland area - Muriwai many,many years ago,and Kariotahi just in the last few years.Probably no interest these days.

60s and 70s were the prime years for beach racing - all the obsolete road racers ended up on the beach,and a lot of specials were made specificaly for beach racing.I've owned a couple of ex beach racers.We used to go down to Kariotahi and watch my mate racing - one year he won the 350 Champs ahead of Ginger Molloy.Forrest Cardin made a JAP VTwin powered featherbed,it was a real monster - you'd see it coming down the beach just loafing along...then he'd drop it into top! The revs would drop and the bike would lift itself out of the sand and really start to move! Kinda like that part in the Worlds Fastest Indian when Burt changes gear on the salt flats.The JAP would dig a hole a foot deep at the turn pegs...I stood in one.I rode my mates beach racer down the course - oh,scary shit man!

I think Beach Racing started to fade when Classic Racing started in the late70s,maybe 1980 or so.The road racers that were retired to the beach were spruced up and put back into road racing trim.

Anyway - good to see a ''modern'' beach racer.

[T.W.R]

There ya go, Bill...put some knobs on the ZXR....and REALLY freak out Dev Esq !!!

Geez i'd probably freak myself out in the dirt :lol: make the old XR500 look like a pw50 :blink:

wont need anything extreme to shock the lad to much, a internal helmet cam to get the expressions when he gets slung on the back would be worth a laugh though:blip:

[Deviant Esq]

It'd look something like this: :devil2: :pinch: :shit: :D :drinknsin

Either that, or the camera would mysteriously get coated in this foul smelling liquid... where the hell did that come from?!? :puke:

[marty]

The best of both worlds... this was a sh@t load of fun:banana:

Beachracer... would hit 200 (+on a good day) over 800mtrs on sand.:blip:

in your speedos of course

[nudemetalz]

in your speedos of course
Dunno whether riding a bike like that would give you a woody or severe shrinkage.....:confused:

[skidMark]

That's nice. Although Pete Krinkles CR500 was geared for 130mph and there wasn't a knobbly on the planet that would last a meeting.

Rode the thing around the Big Fresh carpark one day, scared the fucking shit outta me.

something that scares even you...oooo now i wan't one, because it must kick some serious ass....

not like you can buy one like that off the shop though what mods had he done to it other than gearing?

[DingDong]

That's nice. Although Pete Krinkles CR500 was geared for 130mph and there wasn't a knobbly on the planet that would last a meeting.

Rode the thing around the Big Fresh carpark one day, scared the fucking shit outta me.
I raced a few national events with him... he could rearly make 200kph because of the short track length, however 180kph with a bike that turns on a dime... he kick my arse plenty:doh:

[DingDong]

Any other info to go with that?
And bugger doing 200 on sand...
GPz900R, KTM front, spiked 21" front, stepped seat so you dont slide off and you thrash the shit out of it!

[DingDong]

Where were you beach racing? Do they still have it down your way? I think beach racing has finaly fizzled out in the Auckland area - Muriwai many,many years ago,and Kariotahi just in the last few years.Probably no interest these days.


Yeah, raced at Kariotahi and Gizzy... I sold this to a guy down south once the council slapped $2000 pa resource consent contract that we obviously couldnt afford... so beachracing died, Gizzy still do it and Im keen to enter in this years nationals, I have the remains of a GPz750 beachracer... see how I go.:second:

[DingDong]

something that scares even you...oooo now i wan't one, because it must kick some serious ass....

not like you can buy one like that off the shop though what mods had he done to it other than gearing?
I doubt Peter would give out that info... there was another guy on a KX500 who was just as fast, but I dont think he and Peter ever raced.
Delme Young (Paeroa this weekend) was the beachracing master... one of the best riders Ive ever seen on a CBR600

[flash]

so where do you take it? obviously not here in tauranga, our sand is too beautifully soft and white :p, you musta taken it on the west side

[DingDong]

so where do you take it? obviously not here in tauranga, our sand is too beautifully soft and white :p, you musta taken it on the west side
Ive riden beachracers in Auckland, Gizzy, Opotiki and wanted to race here (it could be done) but there are too many tities to distract you... you need your witts on these bikes, they tend to buck you off:blah:

[mr me]

Any 1 to go over 130kms on sand has either got no brain or big balls :scooter:

[Coyote]

That would be bloody awesome!! I want one

[Buddha#81]

I did the last beach race at Nelson's back beach......some PC whale saving pinko lesbian tree hugger ruined our fun.....bring it back i say. Dust off anything with tons of HP strap on a Knobbly and go racing, a Busa would be the No1 beach race weapon.

I question the sanity, 200kph with that front gaurd. My old XR600 at a ton was pretty untidy the front gaurd would tuck under with no warning (it was a good way to keep ya on ya toes).

[DingDong]

I question the sanity, 200kph with that front gaurd. My old XR600 at a ton was pretty untidy the front gaurd would tuck under with no warning (it was a good way to keep ya on ya toes).
The gaurd was pretty good...

Any 1 to go over 130kms on sand has either got no brain or big balls
There was a GSXR1100 in Auckland that consistantly hit 240kph... I was not the fastest by a long shot:(