11 Feb Bucket race meet

[F5 Dave]

Well did a search & can't find reference to it elsewhere (well, except in the unmentionable thread about page 506).

Anyways cut & paste from Bayden's email:

We have a great new venue to race at. We are looking to be here for the next 2 years!!! OR more. We are having a fun day on the 11th of Feb 07 at the Wellington wind turbine ( long valley ) and then follow the signs! It starts at 12:00 noon. This is to see how it all goes. The surface is all new and a great location. Please come and support the kick off of buckets & motards for 2007.

[ajturbo]

bugger.. think i may be in Auckland... might even come home a day early....

[Skunk]

I'll be there. Two bikes I hope (one for RG)

[speedpro]

Me and #6 will be there. Might even pay Bayden the money I owe him from the previous round.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Awesome.

See ya there,

[Ivan]

yep ill be ther hopefully 1 fast bucket :shit:



:done:

[Fatjim]

I'll be there. Two bikes I hope (one for RG)

RG can get in the queue behind me mate.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Im cool.

You're too slow to even get to the que mate.

:bleh:

[Fatjim]

watchit little fella. There's a natural order of things.... until we get on the bikes of course.

[Skunk]

Me and #6 will be there. Might even pay Bayden the money I owe him from the previous round.

Be good to see you. Found any carbs yet? I have one but has a size issue. The float bowl is 3mm too deep to clear the engine/gearbox casing.


RG can get in the queue behind me mate.Sorry. Who are you again? :shutup:

[Ivan]

Be good to see you. Found any carbs yet? I have one but has a size issue. The float bowl is 3mm too deep to clear the engine/gearbox cases:



Grind the cases:gob:


Might just work

[F5 Dave]

Drain pipe can be filed off, had to do this for the RG, careful clean & devcon/file might be the go. But having them touch is not preferable for vibration frothing fuel.

[Skunk]

Drain pipe can be filed off, had to do this for the RG, careful clean & devcon/file might be the go. But having them touch is not preferable for vibration frothing fuel.
I'll take a pic tonight and see what you think. Too hard to explain the issue in words. And, yeah, frothing the fuel is what I'm trying to avoid.

It's not really clear in this (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=51971&d=1169796313) pic.

Are you saying I don't need a drain hose to a catch tank for the carb?

[F5 Dave]

That drain is only open when you turn the screw so no you don't need that or to route that to a catch bottle. You do need to on the breather tubes, but they are half way up the carb.

[Skunk]

Cool, I'll grind the bottom off the carb then. Breather is done (just not on that photo). Still need an idle screw too, doh! Thanks Dave.

[bistard]

Bayden strikes again,the place is actually called Long Gully!!,up by the wind turbine,what surface is up there,I remember a carpark & then turns into Watsons farm

[bistard]

Oh,forgot,also is the same day as the Sprints in the Wairarapa

[Skunk]

Oh,forgot,also is the same day as the Sprints in the Wairarapa
The old airstrip - it has tarmac.

[bistard]

The old airstrip - it has tarmac.

Since when??
Its a bit of a ngarly road from the carpark to the airstrip

[Skunk]

OK, it's 1/3 tarmac. Since a short while ago.

Watson's son wanted a drift pad I believe.

[F5 Dave]

apparently the airstrip has been resurfaced so one of the kids can practise Drifting, whatever that means.

But the road in there is likely the same.

opps beat me skunk. Savour this moment, it will be rare.

[granma2]

Well done guys.
Glad you have a race venue. :done:
If Steve and I weren't going to the Westpac Helicopter Charity Ride, here in Auck's, we would have come down.
Looks like we have to put your dates on the calendar now too. Yeah! :rockon:

Have fun down there!

[ajturbo]

well... if i cannot be there in person.. at least my bike will be there,
yes i have conned a friend into picking up luke and both bikes...
so watch out.... luke will be giving everyone the learn!

thanks quassi for the leathers.. and sliders...lol

i want photo's!!!

AJ

[Madness]

Bayden strikes again,the place is actually called Long Gully!!,up by the wind turbine,what surface is up there,I remember a carpark & then turns into Watsons farm

Yeah, that's the one up the gravil road?

[Skunk]

opps beat me skunk. Savour this moment, it will be rare.
I beat F5_Dave! Whoot!


It'll never happen again

[Sketchy_Racer]

things can be arranged Skunk :sly:

[bistard]

I beat F5_Dave! Whoot!


It'll never happen again

Hey,I have beaten F5 Dave before,when his bike has broken down!

[k14]

Dang, if only it was the weekend after I could have made a guest appearance and kicked all your arses.

Have fun guys

[Ivan]

No Ivan this time round:bye:

I am riding my 125 that day:rockon:

Going back to regain my:first: place again down a nice straight stretch of road.


any way its only half a day at buckets and costs full price day so it dont overly worry me ill let you guys end up on ya asses this time round:Punk:

[Sketchy_Racer]

fuck, you're a winner Ivan.

It must take some serious skill to win a race in a straight line.

Stop beign a poofter, and come ride around corners.

Or are you asshamed of getting lapped 4 times in 10 laps??

[Ivan]

Nope I aint afriad,
I will definatly be doing all the other rounds but I hope theres a Championship.
I still hold the #3 Wellington F5 bucket class championship plate:whocares:


And I am ahead of F5Dave:rockon: but really:whocares:
because its only a one off
And missed :second: place by 1 point to hamish:shutup:
Allbecasue my choke was jammed on and killed my motor in theraces and I couldnt get any more points:bye:

[k14]

I still hold the #3 Wellington F5 bucket class championship plate:whocares:
Yeah gotta love it when there's only 3 people in the championship.

[Ivan]

nope there was 9 bikes!
I only got it from being consistent and finishing every race,
I didnt do to bad in the open class either 11th I think.

Bring on this season

[gav]

nope there was 9 bikes!
I only got it from being consistent and finishing every race,
I didnt do to bad in the open class either 11th I think.

Bring on this season

So you got 11th out of 9 bikes then? :whocares:

[k14]

So you got 11th out of 9 bikes then? :whocares:
Gee thats a good effort. I don't even think dangerous could manage that :rofl:

[Sketchy_Racer]

nope there was 9 bikes!
I only got it from being consistent and finishing every race,
I didnt do to bad in the open class either 11th I think.

Bring on this season

you didnt 'get' third place, you defaulted to third place.

You were slow a poo back then (as was i)

What i was referring to, about the getting lapped, was the most recent bucket racing, were the track was 19seconds, and i lapped you 4 times in 10 laps.

Even when we swapped bikes Jay and I still lapped you twice. I hope your a bit faster now

[Ivan]

What was I riding?
Lol I cant remember I got pissed of riding the 50 and ended up riding everyone elses bike that day? When I went on Jays 50 tho you didnt lap me at all we were on the same lap. That was fun lol

Kinda sucked tho when I rode the FXR and got lapped by my 50:dodge:

[Skunk]

AJ got whipped by his bike today... once when he was racing on it, and once when he was racing against it.

Both my bikes came home broken... slightly melted piston on the AX and broken exhaust stud on the ZXR. And I wasn't riding them when they broke.

[Sketchy_Racer]

haha,

just the way buckets are supposed to be huh..

Your ZXR is one fine machine, i would have loved to see what it was like with the warpped disk off.

And thank you so much for the opportunity to semi melt your piston. it was my pleasure... ;)

haha... AJ fell off... haha what a legend!!

oh and the track!! how much fun can you have!! it was great!!! Baydens already getting the calender sorted so we can have oodles of fun!!

My day was interesting... i had No bike, yet everyone seemed to come to the party and lent me thiers over the day. i love riding diffferent bikes.

my sum up

Skunks AX: it great.. till it goes bang(ish) yawn next
Skunks ZXR: it awesome! fast and handles great untill i hit the brakes and it tries it best attempt to spit me off
Andys GT125: awesome. a bike like that, should not got that fast. it just wrong. I love it
Mudboys RG50: it prooves that yes you can power slide a 50cc.. soggy standard shock, and a less than average rear tyre.. great fun!! its a good teacher
Bung Bungs H100: Scares the crap outta me quite frankly. Its fast, like a light switch. fun, but scary
F5 daves RS50: That is one seriously cool bike. extremly hard to ride fast. Cred to dave who makes it look easy!

Yeah, really wanna thank the peoples that let me out there. my day would have pretty boring other wise.

Next time when i have my purple rocket out there, feel free to come ask for a ride.. dont be modest.. just demand. I think i'll apoint it to be the club slut

cheers,

-Glen

[ajturbo]

haha,

just the way buckets are supposed to be huh..


Andys GT125: awesome. a bike like that, should not got that fast. it just wrong. I love it
Mudboys RG50: it prooves that yes you can power slide a 50cc.. soggy standard shock, and a less than average rear tyre.. great fun!! its a good teacher


Next time when i have my purple rocket out there, feel free to come ask for a ride.. dont be modest.. just demand. I think i'll apoint it to be the club slut

cheers,

-Glen

THE crash....
i managed to get my knee down (hope no-one has photo's as i think the bike was preaty much up right at the time...)and so i was pushing it harder and next thing the front went AND the back....and due to lack of riding ablity... the bike and fell over... but this was only AFTER the flag marshall had packed his bags and was walking away...:sunny: i actully thought that was the funniest part.

it was good to see my bike ridden so well. to be able to see the potenial of the thing was great.

as for skunks bike....thanks matey for the ride!
what i would change if it was mine?.... lower the rear end... and the colour.
and i think i could love it.
thanks to baydon for finding a great fun place to race.... now how can we change it:innocent:

[Ivan]

sounds like fun Im real keen to end up out there with you guys on the AX,
Aj youl have to let me take the GT for a spin you can take my mighty AX out if you like,


Glen make that thing go fast of yours



Pictures anyone

[ajturbo]

sounds like fun Im real keen to end up out there with you guys on the AX,
Aj youl have to let me take the GT for a spin you can take my mighty AX out if you like,


Glen make that thing go fast of yours



Pictures anyone
but the rules of using my bucket are... that you have be able to go faster than me......

[Skunk Control]

Yeah yeah, pictures anyone... Missed out on the day due to my chores not being done :doh: haha just kidding

[Skunk Control]

Hey Dave missing any red paint from your van?

[F5 Dave]

um, don't fink so [goes looks] erm seems ok. . . why?

[Ivan]

but the rules of using my bucket are... that you have be able to go faster than me......

Yeah sounds fair,

The rules for riding my bucket is you supply the gas because Im a poor student who cant afford petrol :done:

[Sketchy_Racer]

no your an idiot ivan that needs to get a job.

And i'm not looking foward to you been there, a mobile chicane is bad enough, but you.... well... lets not go there

I still cant get over how much grip there was. that surface felt really oily, but in saying that, it was a little un-predictable at times.. i had a few slides i was not expecting...and then some that i really should of had... but didnt...

weird... it will be interesting in the wet...

[F5 Dave]

Didn't really see much bad when I walked around picking up bits of rubber. Very few people fell off so is a good indication. When we held a couple of races in the Riverbank carkpark people just couldn't stay on. Esp in hot tar.

[Ivan]

no your an idiot ivan that needs to get a job.

And i'm not looking foward to you been there, a mobile chicane is bad enough, but you.... well... lets not go there

I still cant get over how much grip there was. that surface felt really oily, but in saying that, it was a little un-predictable at times.. i had a few slides i was not expecting...and then some that i really should of had... but didnt...

weird... it will be interesting in the wet...


No Im not an idiot im at tech to get qualified and learn lots of things, then get a job,

No I am not a mobile chicane either

[Sketchy_Racer]

Ok so it was YOUR choice to go to tech.... dont hark at us cause you have no money. We dont wanna hear it.

And the riders around you will decide if your a mobile chicane or not.

[Ivan]

hey dont go getting upset, AJ was joking around and so was I just cause your having your period doesnt mean you have to spaze.


Riders around me, far coming from the professional racer,
I think I will listen to guys like Adam and that and they dont have any complaints

[Sketchy_Racer]

Thats cool.

You'll listen to the guys around you that arent blunt enough to say what they think.

You're ok on the RS... but on buckets, your plain dangerous at times!

[Ivan]

:tugger: guys who aint blunt enought to say, I think the guys would say something if they had a complaint which they dont, I think I could ask a few KBr's who were at the track day I was at what they think and they woldnt say I was slow or dangerous...............


Buckets what Ive raced when lately............................... I havent raced a bucket for ages becasue I couldnt because of my elbow,


And the sad thing about this is your saying it and your the only person,

Man your not even that good,


Mr I was power sliding a 50:tugger:
More like the tires were losing grip on the oily surface from a new seal, kind of like a road when the seal is laid the oil sits on the surface it needs a few good rains on it to get the oil of the track.
A new track seal is not being used as much as a road so it is going to take longer toscrub the top oily layer off and get into the grippy ness

[Sketchy_Racer]

Didn't really see much bad when I walked around picking up bits of rubber. Very few people fell off so is a good indication. When we held a couple of races in the Riverbank carkpark people just couldn't stay on. Esp in hot tar.


Yeah, it was great to see very minimal crashing. I think that the high tyre walls may have slowed a few people down. I know it certainly slowed me down at certain parts.

[wilber]

Ok got some pic ,some the hill looking above

[Ivan]

looks awsome, looks like not muchrun off at points but still looks fun

[wilber]

pic 1 looking south /2 ,RG100 getting towed in after he broke it

[wilber]

some more pics

[wilber]

some more,AJ ,rg100 ,MUDBOY & ? by van ,mudboy got the prize for falling off first he wearing it

[Skunk]

um, don't fink so [goes looks] erm seems ok. . . why?
I have some on my door... :lol:

[Buddha#81]

Looks like fun.....eeer where is the 300 meter straights you have a rests on? A fat buggar like me would get all skinny.:gob: I can see a north v south challenge, sprint racing up there and a enduro BOB at Ruapuna winner can sleep with Dangerous.:love:

[bungbung]

I have some on my door... :lol:

There was another red van there as well as Dave's

[F5 Dave]

ahh whatever, its a workhorse. I was in between the other red van, - even though it did have hideous scratches down the side.

Sheesh the race out of the place was pretty frenetic, a couple went the slow way & I followed Craig down the twisty way at a speed I wouldn't have gone without someone ahead of me. Skunk in pursuit. Then we waited at the lights for ages for everyone to catch up, all was fine away from there until Skunk slipstreamed me (at 40kph) & made a block pass. Beaten again. . . :o

[Skunk]

That must be when we swapped paint... And you said me beating you would be a rare thing.

[Skunk]

some more,AJ ,rg100 ,MUDBOY & ? by van ,mudboy got the prize for falling off first he wearing it
And Skunk...

eeer where is the 300 meter straights you have a rests on?
Straights are for gheys...

[ajturbo]

cool photo's... BUT can ya make em smaller for us on the old cup and string conections... it has just taken 5min to down load 1 photo.....

[Skunk]

cool photo's... BUT can ya make em smaller for us on the old cup and string conections... it has just taken 5min to down load 1 photo.....
You still upset about crashing?

[Rashika]

ohhhhhh now THAT looks like fun, a track with a view... buuuuuutttt how the hell do ya know where to go, where the arrows?? :gob:
I'd be in trouble, unless I had Thunder or TonyB there to guide my way...till the end when i would sneak past them :dodge:


in my dreams

[mud boy]

some more,AJ ,rg100 ,MUDBOY & ? by van ,mudboy got the prize for falling off first he wearing it

i was going too hard at it, back tyre let go:whocares:

[mud boy]

pic 1 looking south /2 ,RG100 getting towed in after he broke it

NO it is a photo of glen holding andrew's butt!!! and loving it!!!:love:

[wilber]

AJ Shunk has disc with pics so give him a call

[Skunk]

AJ Shunk has disc with pics so give him a call
Putting them up on my server as I type. I'll update this thread with a link shortly.

And here's the update: http://www.skunkworks.net.nz/gallery/br09. They're all up.

[Ivan]

what classes are we running this year?
Still got a seperate 50 class for us guys who want to race in 2 classes?

[Sketchy_Racer]

Why do you need to know Ivan?

Your just a poor student that can't afford to race anyway, so you dont need to know.

[Skunk]

NO it is a photo of glen holding andrew's butt!!! and loving it!!!:love:
I know I enjoyed it...

Anyone got tips on removing small broken studs in cylinder barrels... PM me please :(

[Ivan]

haha
same as me,
I have that same issue try give it some heat and if you want smak around the stud with a punch to break any rust off it really works well

Then a nice pair of vice grips and gently move it out slowly does it.

[Ivan]

Why do you need to know Ivan?

Your just a poor student that can't afford to race anyway, so you dont need to know.

Umm I do need to know thats why I asked you fool

[Skunk]

OK, Google Video is hosting this wobbly video of a 'test session'.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319448009589390249
7319448009589390249

[Skunk Control]

Thanks Wilber for the pickies :niceone:

[Ivan]

very cool video track looks fun, Cant wait to go to next round, WIll have toget my AIG and chuck the barrel back on my bucket, and come racing with you guys,


Did you find the circuit tight corners or fast that corner closet on the video looks semi tight but Dave flys through there

[Skunk]

Did you find the circuit tight corners or fast that corner closet on the video looks semi tight but Dave flys through there
That's the sweeper...

[Ivan]

oh ok looks awsome my ax should be sweet around there

[Skunk]

Anyone got tips on removing small broken studs in cylinder barrels... PM me please :(
Thanks for the advise. Got the thing out OK. No damage to cylinder thread. :)

eeeywe, I quoted myself.

[Ivan]

sweet thats good to hear my boss taught me that trick works well,
What ignition are you running, sounds like your lucky the piston didnt blow a hole in it andget metal filings every were

[saxet]

Just be lookin at SCS.net. Theres dates for the Waipawa bucket racing. Looks like they've had the track resurfaced, could be worth a look. The tracks not big,approx 22 sec lap record but it is very demanding.

[ajturbo]

very cool video track looks fun, Cant wait to go to next round, WIll have toget my AIG and chuck the barrel back on my bucket, and come racing with you guys,


Did you find the circuit tight corners or fast that corner closet on the video looks semi tight but Dave flys through there
dave flies thru EVERYthing...

[Ivan]

thanks AJ for being nice in my flame warrior namination:rockon:
Skunk skunk skunk how could you:innocent:
I honestly thought young RG would be nominating me first not any of you guys,

[Sketchy_Racer]

I guess im not the only one that thinks your a idiot, at the best of times.

Too bad they don't have one for dumb-ass it would be more fitting.

[JayRacer37]

I guess im not the only one that thinks your a idiot, at the best of times.

Too bad they don't have one for dumb-ass it would be more fitting.

OHHH!! snap!! and true....:yes:
naaa, we love ya really Ivan...I think?

[Ivan]

Dude...................... Dont get gay on me,
Hahaha

Nah all good I dont worry what people say, so long as I can still ride my 125 im happy,