Meremere night drags

[chickenfunkstar]

Anyone planning to go down this friday? I'm looking to bettering the time which I set last time.

One of my friends thinks his silvia turbo will beat me down the 1/4 mile. I've bet him a bottle of whisky that it won't, so it's showdown time for me:2guns:

Its the second to last meeting for the year, should be good fun.

[R6_kid]

how much is it to race? Might come down and keep you company.

[bladez]

good luck and have fun drinking the winings:scooter:

[kiwifruit]

what time does it start/finish?
could be keen on coming 4 a lookie

[Lazy7]

Anyone planning to go down this friday? I'm looking to bettering the time which I set last time.

One of my friends thinks his silvia turbo will beat me down the 1/4 mile. I've bet him a bottle of whisky that it won't, so it's showdown time for me:2guns:

Its the second to last meeting for the year, should be good fun.

i have a mate who did 12.8 in his silvia and its pretty quick. how fast is your bike?

[magnum]

my best time is a 11.8 and im a slim 105kgs:drinkup:

[Lazy7]

my best time is a 11.8 and im a slim 105kgs:drinkup:

on the 6R?

would be interesting to line you up then...

meremere be about the only place you can really open a bike up properly.

how did you find the launch? bit slippery? or all sweet?

and yeah, your mate in the silvia better be packing some serious mods. my mates silvia has just on 200kw at the rear wheels and its only just enough for 12.8... dont think i have ever seen a silvia crack an 11 - and i am down there quite a bit.

[Riff Raff]

For all of you who are keen to get your bikes on the drag strip, don't forget to register for the stunts and dragwars day on 8 April. Motorbikes only.

[Lazy7]

well it would be good.

having never actually rung my bike out yet - it would be one hell of an experience.

[chickenfunkstar]

how much is it to race? Might come down and keep you company.

I think its $25 on top of the $10 it costs to get in.

You should come.

[chickenfunkstar]

i have a mate who did 12.8 in his silvia and its pretty quick. how fast is your bike?

Haha, my best time so far is a 12.9. Since I went down last time i've got more aerodynamic gear and a 2 tooth bigger rear sproket. Last time I was a little too conservative on the starts as it was my 1st time.

I doubt he's packing 200kw even at the flywheel although he'd probably be close. He's mentioned slicks but i don't think he'll get hold of any. It should be close but i'm fairly confident i'll win.

Kiwifruit - I think practice starts around 5 pm, racing starts around 9 and goes till around 11 or 12 or even later.

[kiwifruit]

hmmm
thats a little past my bedtime...
might just wait for the KB day

have fun drinking your winnings btw :first:

[Lazy7]

Haha, my best time so far is a 12.9. Since I went down last time i've got more aerodynamic gear and a 2 tooth bigger rear sproket. Last time I was a little too conservative on the starts as it was my 1st time.

I doubt he's packing 200kw even at the flywheel although he'd probably be close. He's mentioned slicks but i don't think he'll get hold of any. It should be close but i'm fairly confident i'll win.

Kiwifruit - I think practice starts around 5 pm, racing starts around 9 and goes till around 11 or 12 or even later.

most silvias with stock turbos (plus all the usual mods like exhaust, filter, boost tap and intercooler) go about 13.5 when driven reasonably well, so you should have him

[magnum]

aye 11.8 on the 6r,should go even better as ive dropped 1t off the front[pulls a lot better]only the hot v8s were in the 12s or lower.

[Lazy7]

aye 11.8 on the 6r,should go even better as ive dropped 1t off the front[pulls a lot better]only the hot v8s were in the 12s or lower.

on a typical night wars there will be a few 11 second imports and a few 10second ones as well. just make sure you choose your rival cage wisely

[R6_kid]

i thought that you either went in bikes, or dial your own, and in dial your own dont you race yourself (try to get close a time without beating it)

[chickenfunkstar]

Yeah its pretty much like that except in practice you can race against other cars.

I'm going in DYO as I won't stand a chance against most of the other bikes that show up. Last time I was at Meremere there was a turbo busa which ran a 9.37 :eek:

[Devil]

I should really learn how to launch my bike oneday, and hopefully not skyward.

[R6_kid]

cfs and I are leaving from shell westgate at 5.40pm, if you are going to be there text me on 0272532246 so we can meetup down there.

[chickenfunkstar]

Well, i'm now a bottle of whisky better off!

Met up with Gareth_d at Westgate then rode to st johns to pick up tristank. (I don't think Yamaha really had really designed the R6 for passengers, particularly tall passengers :killingme ). Rode down SH1 into what appeared to be increasing darkening skies, was all good when I got there though. Did a few practice runs which ranged from 13.2 to 12.8. I'd entered DYO as i'd have no chance against pretty much all of the other bikes there. Had a bit of a disaster in the first round when the thing which holds the clutch didn't work properly:whistle: . I think I ran an 18.xx :doh: .

My friend in the Silvia's best time was a 13.3, so it was sort of close but not too close for comfort.

Nice meeting ya Road Rash, hope to see you on a bike again sometime soon.

Its the last meeting for the year on the 17th so i'll probably go down then, not sure if i'll race or not. Maybe on ride around Queen st tonight and do some 1/4 mile sharking or something.

[kiwifruit]

congrats
enjoy that whisky! hehe

[N4CR]

Good to see you there CFS, got your launches nailed impresively.. and those times. ITS A BLOODY 650 TWIN! Nice times man... nice!

Cheers for the ride gareth.

Edit: fastest time of the night went to the insane drag bus.. 9.96 I think, closest cage was 10.6, some noisy hideous batmobiel thing.

[R6_kid]

yeh good shit tom!

hopefully those blokes on the 600'd will show up to the drag/stunt day because one had a modified redbull gsxr600 and loved the drags, the other guy was on a stock alstare 600 and loved wheelies!

good to see the road legal busa's having a play too!

[ZeroIndex]

Well done for sticking to the turbo cages :D

[Momentum]

both the guys on the 600's are mates of mine.

the guy with the red bull bike owns both of them
the lucky punk

I will pass on the info to them both about the stunt day and try and get them to come along

the modded 600 did like 11.5 and the other one got like 11.9
but both times were with the guy who loves mono's ridding

[R6_kid]

were you there by any chance? I remember talking to road rash... he was hanging with them.

They know about the site already... but if you could get them to come that would be good.

The Mr 'i love to do monos' guy was a navy bloke from auckland.

[Big Chim]

Yeah it was awsome to meet some more Kb'ers .

CFS- your launchs were getting pretty sweet there. enjoy the whisky.

Garth-d and Tristank see ya there in april or the next one. was awsome talkin to you guys

[Momentum]

nuh i was not there ay.

had other things to do that night.

I am going to try come to the drag day myself but i dont know if i will put my bike down the strip.

I am trying to save as much cash as i can for going back to the States for 4 months again