Paeroa BOTS 18 February 2007

[Sparky Bills]

Paeroa Battle of the Streets
18^th February 2007


17 races of motorcycling mayhem! The Battle of the Streets is an institution in Paeroa.
Check out New Zealand's top riders as they tear up the street circuit set through central Paeroa.

Yay!
I've entered, and I'm looking forward to it!
Have entered in F2 on the mighty CBR600rr #55.
Haven't done it on a 600 before, so am a little nervous about it, but either way, I'm going to have some fun!

I'm just hoping I have my forks done before then!
If not, its going to make life very interesting :innocent:



Anyone else going? Register your attendance here. (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=1057&day=2007-2-18)<br /><br />

[kickingzebra]

yeah mate, I'll be there on the old 6 hundy, keeping you honest ;)

number 132 btw

[babyB]

well be supporting ya all from the sidelines:yes:
love n light
itll be a hell of a day

[Sparky Bills]

The weather is always good!
Any young ladies want to help out with holding an umbrella for me?
You have no idea how much of a difference it makes while on the dummy grid!:innocent:

[Joni]

Not this year for me :cry:

But From a sidecar point of view its going to be a goodie... a great field... with some South Island representation!

Good luck to all the riders participating!
See you guys @ Puke for the Nationals in March!

[saul]

The weather is always good!
Any young ladies want to help out with holding an umbrella for me?
You have no idea how much of a difference it makes while on the dummy grid!:innocent:


Can't help ya with the lady thing mate but will be cheering you on:rockon:

Ask Boomer he might be able to help, there is some rumers about something written on the wall in the toilet at the Okaroie last Thursday.:innocent:

Its gonna be great:love:

[RC1]

will be there,you guys who are racing should post up your bike numbers beforehand so i know whos photos im taking,

[babyB]

The weather is always good!
Any young ladies want to help out with holding an umbrella for me?
You have no idea how much of a difference it makes while on the dummy grid!:innocent:young... um compared to who:laugh:

[Kickaha]

with some South Island representation!

Sidecar #27 :banana: I'm really looking forward to it

[MOTOXXX]

id go but im in europe as of sat for a long needed holiday

ps your gay

.............zap

[madandy]

Best wishes to all racers:rockon:

[Sparky Bills]

young... um compared to who:laugh:



Well im 22, so somewhere around there haha:innocent:

[Kornholio]

Does anyone know what bikes are going to be doing demo laps....apparently there is a couple of special ones going to be there......

[Deano]

will be there,you guys who are racing should post up your bike numbers beforehand so i know whos photos im taking,

Deano - Forumla 3 - # 180

I've just painted it up so it should be a lot prettier than it was at Wanganui.

I'll probably crash the thing now........:shutup:

[Highlander]

ANy Ideas on what Gate entry costs and what time do I need to be there (to watch).

[kickingzebra]

25 bucks tops... Practice starts at 9 ish, racing at 11 or 12 ish. But one never knows with the streets!

[Maha]

ANy Ideas on what Gate entry costs and what time do I need to be there (to watch).

$20 will get you in.......Practice is at 8.30am......racing starts at 11.30am....:scooter:

[babyB]

Well im 22, so somewhere around there haha:innocent:oh is nothing unconditional these days :(aww i just wanted ta suport me old # & honda:not: go hard guys/gals see ya there

[Motoracer]

Just in case if anyone was wondering. I wont be able to make it to Paeroa this year.

Good luck to thoes who are racing.

Cheers.

[Goblin]

Does anyone know what bikes are going to be doing demo laps....apparently there is a couple of special ones going to be there......
Yeah...there's this really sexy little ZXR400 going to be doing some demo laps in the F3 races. #255. :headbang:

[Kornholio]

Yeah...there's this really sexy little ZXR400 going to be doing some demo laps in the F3 races. #255. :headbang:

Nice one Kel...will be having several bourbons for ya seeing as you err cant :p :D

[jimbo]

Yeah...there's this really sexy little ZXR400 going to be doing some demo laps in the F3 races. #255. :headbang:

On ya Kel:scooter: :rockon:

[steveyb]

Sparky Marty, you better lose some weight first!! www.tyrewarmers.co.nz will be there with new high quality tyrewarmers for sale, so check out the website and bring some pingas with you and buy that pre-easter present for yourself or sig other.

[Steve_R6R]

I'm in, its not my first time:shit: anymore so I have a good idea of what the heck is going on. Its goona be fun!!!!:Punk:

[Sparky Bills]

Sparky Marty, you better lose some weight first!! www.tyrewarmers.co.nz will be there with new high quality tyrewarmers for sale, so check out the website and bring some pingas with you and buy that pre-easter present for yourself or sig other.


Geez mate! Im trying!
I can hardly afford to race! How would i afford new warmers!?:nono:

See you there Steve!:Punk:

[Toast]

Good luck peeps who are racing there. Would love to come along for a watch but need money so am working that weekend.

Go hard :niceone:

[Kickaha]

Sidecar #27 :banana: I'm really looking forward to it


change of plans and we wont be there, we're saving ourselves for Manfield now

[Goblin]

Ten sleeps 'til Paeroa!!:banana: :2thumbsup

[Krusti]

Ten sleeps 'til Paeroa!!

Do ya need me to start making the trophy cabinet?

You go girl...:zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: :zzzz: RACING!

[saul]

Ten sleeps 'til Paeroa!!:banana: :2thumbsup

I'll be cheering you on kel :yes: #255 :rockon:

[Goblin]

Do ya need me to start making the trophy cabinet?
Somehow I dont think I will be bringing any trophies home this time...give me a season or two and I might even surprise myself. :eek:


I'll be cheering you on kel :yes: #255 :rockon:
Cheers Glen! Make lotsa noise for me eh.:headbang:

[DUCATI*HARD]

see you all there on one wheel.

[MidnightMike]

Me, Quartermile and bungy mungy are there for sure.

[DingDong]

Somehow I dont think I will be bringing any trophies home this time...give me a season or two and I might even surprise myself. :eek:

Good on ya Kel... we B yelling and scream'n... just for you! #255

[Kornholio]

see you all there on one wheel.

Why's that? you riding a unicycle? :sunny:

[FROSTY]

Im gonna be there --lets see if that darn hill scares me as much as it used to

[babyB]

Im gonna be there --lets see if that darn hill scares me as much as it used to......... um :no: i aint cleaning them leathers then:shutup:.
youll be all good frosty. we'llsee ya there

[Cajun]

Me, Quartermile and bungy mungy are there for sure.

Let us know if ya wanna ride there mike.

[Sparky Bills]

Not long now people!
My bike is even ready already! Its crazy!
Ive got to have forgotten something!

[DingDong]

Not long now people!
My bike is even ready already! Its crazy!
Ive got to have forgotten something!

Given traditional weather:

12volt fridge full of ice blocks would good...
some dry socks and undies are worth their wieght in gold when driving home...

[sidecar bob]

change of plans and we wont be there, we're saving ourselves for Manfield now

Yo Kick, yeah were saving ourselves too, the s/c's are a bit too fragile too be tharashing around a street circiut one weekend & trying to win a national points round the next, Ask Stu Prentice.

[FROSTY]

well theyve accepted my application --and friggin changed my number
Dunno how Terry N jason and co are gonna take it but Im in F3
and they made me er number 2
So watch out for a slow old bloke on a PINK SV 650 WITH NUMBER 2 ON IT

[Kornholio]

Given traditional weather:

12volt fridge full of ice blocks would good...
some dry socks and undies are worth their wieght in gold when driving home...

Roger that dingdongholio...she'll be a pearler :D

[jimbo]

Roger that dingdongholio...she'll be a pearler :D

:yes: Ill get dragonfly to do us a weatherforcast Korn.W'ell see what dem bones say:rockon:

[MidnightMike]

:shit: 6 sleeps to go. :D :Punk:

[wybmadiity]

:yes: Ill get dragonfly to do us a weatherforcast Korn.W'ell see what dem bones say:rockon:

Her bones could be more accurate but here you go anyhow ... another typical paeroa .... :sunny: http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forecast1.php?type=rain&region=swp&tim=132

[Joni]

This press release came through from the Jared Love camp... thought you guys might find it interesting:

Next Sunday, the best of the best of NZ Motorcycle racing will fight it out for the 2nd and final round of the Battle of the Streets. This is always a popular day out with over 15 thousand attending each year.

Jared is feeling confident and determined he can win the last round of the streets for the season. The Ducati is looking good with new graphics and a new sponsor in Power Horse Energy Drink joining the team.

Paeroa is Jared's favourite event and a track he likes to beat after suffering life threatening injuries racing here a few years ago. His determination and fight to survive have carried on in his racing and he is guaranteed to be pushing it to the limit for this years racing.

So far this season the bike and Jared have suceeded many times, breaking a number of lap records in both NZ and Australia and we would like to finish up the season the way it started, with a win.

We hope you can all make it to Paeroa next Sunday and the team look forward to seeing you all there.

[NotaGoth]

I will try and make it down..... Just spent 5 days all up down Palmerston way and New Plymouth.... And brought some gear.... So we shall see...

[flyingscotsman]

Good luck to all those taking part. Sorry I can't be there to share the moment (the joy of being self-employed I guess) Give it heaps.:rockon:

[Sparky Bills]

Well ive been ready for a week and a half now!
WHAT AM I FORGETTING??

I cant be ready yet!

Am starting to feel the nerves, but think its more excitment to be racing in F2 at the famous Hacksaw Street circuit!:Punk:

Have only dont this once before on the 900ss, so should be a bit faster this year.

See you all up there!

Martin Billing, CBR600RR #55

[Edbear]

The Missus and I will be there, got a call from my Sis last night and 2 of my sisters and Bro-in-laws coming down up and over to it! Be a diverse triple of bikes - mine, a '97 Softail Custom and a new C90 Boulevard!

First time I'll have been there for it so looking forward to the day! Where's the best place to get a good view?

[Sparky Bills]

First time I'll have been there for it so looking forward to the day! Where's the best place to get a good view?

There are a few good places to watch. The Hairpin has some cool backing in points, the main straight is fast as hell, the back straight is bumpy as shit, so the front wheels are in the air most on the time.

If your in the middle of the track, you can walk to the start/finish straight and the Back straight without a problem. It will take a bit to walk around the outside of the track, but there are some good viewing points all around it.

Dont think it matters where you go. Its great viewing everywhere:Punk:

[V4ME]

Thanks for posting all your numbers etc - look forward to supporting all of you, and go well. It's gonna be good.

:first:

[Edbear]

Dont think it matters where you go. Its great viewing everywhere:Punk:



Cool! One of the Bro-in-law's sisters lives in town so no probs with parking the bikes and gear. Not sure which end of town she lives in though. Just txtn my sister now to finalise plans.

[scott411]

im racing, #411 in the motard class on a RMZ450

[Kwaka-Kid]

Heya Peeps!

Lettuing you all know i will be racing there

#5 Formula 3, Blue Yamaha FZR400
Usually #35 but they made me change it darnit!

Oh and if anybody has an obaord cam setup they want on a bike? :innocent: I wouldnt mind throwing it on (im looking @ you HOON)

Kirk, catchya up again this time around huh!

cucu

Logan

[Mumbles]

You guys who are racing are the shit! :Punk:
How do you manage to sit on ya bikes with balls that big :not:
This will be my first ride up from Palmerston instead of the 90min ride down from west auckland, think I will be walking funny :eek5: after this
MY WIFE thinks im :weird:
Going to :spanking: the ZXR on the way up and hope not to have to see the :doctor: or the :nono: :Police:

So you all need to :Playnice: and not suck the :baby:

[Edbear]

and not suck the :baby:





Don't you mean, "spit the...."

[Finn]

I'll be going and I'm easy to spot. I'll be the guy sitting on Dover's shoulders.

[Meekey_Mouse]

I might be going :woohoo: Will have to see whether it's the BOTS or Coro loop though :confused:

If I do go to the BOTS... Where is it? :mellow:

Hope to see some of you guys/gals there :rockon:

Jas

[babyB]

wishes at ya all . hope all goes smooth for ya's
cheers at ya's for a fantastic day guys n gals
stay safe oks. & see ya there:Punk:

[Waylander]

Anyone know roughly what time the racing finnishes?

[bistard]

Depending on any incidents,about 5.00

[kevfromcoro]

wots going on..about a 1000 bikes passed here today..mainly Harleys..is there a ride on that we didnt no about..mayebe is a gathering for the races to-morrow..Thames is full of bikes to-night..makes for an interesting ride in the morning...hope to catch up with a few KBs to-morrow...Keep the power on.......kevthekiwi

[emaN]

go hard you lot!
gob, look forward to seein' ya take it to the streets!

[MidnightMike]

Saw a group of bikes ( maybe 10 or more ), heading to Tauranga today when we were going for a ride to rotorua, was that anyone on here? We were in a group of 3.

[Madmax]

saw three honda 750 Fours in athenree today all looked in mint condition
They all had touring gear on, Bloody good to see:yes:

[crashe]

Good luck to each and everyone of you lot that are racing.

I shall be down there watching you all.... and cheering you all on.

Im gonna cruise on down there in the morning...... on the motorway and H2 to get to Paeroa.

[Kittyhawk]

Good luck to everyone racing!! It's goin to be an awesome day.

See ya all tomorrow!!

[Brett]

To be honest, I find that the fact that they charge a fee to watch the racing a bit off considering they close and use public roads and facilities. Maybe charge a fee for some prime viewing, but they should have a whole lot free for the public.

[Kickaha]

To be honest, I find that the fact that they charge a fee to watch the racing a bit off considering they close and use public roads and facilities. Maybe charge a fee for some prime viewing, but they should have a whole lot free for the public.


And how will you fund the Tv and prize money and all the other associated costs?, or should someone else wear all that just so you can get in for free?

[Kyle]

Right then, no more dreaming, worrying, considering or gassing. get moving!! im about to walk out the door myself and ride over for a looky. Will be the first time at a street circut for me. Am i evil for hoping i see a crash? or is that normal? Anyway i hope everyone does well and doesnt get hurt.

[MidnightMike]

Well well, that was my first BOTS and damn was it cool! :Punk:

Stroudy was gunning it down that main straight. ( my fav bit ) :first:

Also checked out the back straight where I heard all the wheelies happen, that was wicked too, especially the guy on the aprillia. :rockon:

Overall excellent! :yes:

[Kyle]

Ok so that was cool. It wasnt crashs that i wanted, it was thrills, close calls and stuff, And there sure was alot of those. high lights for me was seeing two guys collide coming out of the hairpin in practice session. They didnt crash or even slow down, but one of them lost something off his bike.
Then later i seen one of the classics blow up right in front of me, droped its oil all over the place.
The racing was exciting. Tight and lumpy ment the f1 f2 and motards were on one wheel often, And i suspect a little bit of showing off, because that was one big crowd watching.
But what most impressed me was when i walked over the hill and stumbled upon the bike park. Id guess at least 10,000 bikes, maybe more. They were lined up three or more rows deep for the entire length of the course. Problery one of every model, every different color and condition. Throw in a splash of customs and some real old timers. It looked more like a massive bike show than a carpark.
Then there was the free bike mag BRM given to me. The food places every ten paces, the loverly lady selling ice cold beer right out the doorway of one of the bars. Just when i was about to pass out from heat exhaustion too, life saving coolness.
Oh and the holden commodore monster truck was neat.
Well organized and executed id say, think i`ll have to become a regular. And the ride there and home wasnt half bad either.

[Kyle]

And the guy on the motard, that was doing huge rolling stoppies, should be given a crowd pleasing trophy too. He problery didnt notice the mexican wave of grins, cheers and 'nice stoppie' following him along.

[Warr]

Good day out and weather was hot as.
Shame there was such big delays between races

[EroSamnin]

Was my first street race since I was like 6. AWESOME day, perfect weather, loads of people, insane bike riders. Truely awesome. Can't wait till next year!

That bike park.... Never have I seen so many bikes. I don't think I have seen that many bikes collectivly in my entire life EVER. I think I had one of the only Hyobags there. I saw only one other :(

I have also come to the conclusion that sidecar racers are missing the part of their brain which controls fear of death. I almost died from just watching them :shit:

What speed would those big bikes be doing do the straight? I have never seen anything like it. They were going past so quick! Didn't have to wait long at all and they were coming past again!

Aweosme awesome awesome!

[Waylander]

Took nearly 200 photos, will post them up after I get my computer to talk to the new camera.

[Kyle]

Id say the top guys in the F1 class, the 1000cc bikes, would be hitting 200 down the main straight, problery faster.

[Waylander]

Oh and the holden commodore monster truck was neat.
Well organized and executed id say, think i`ll have to become a regular. And the ride there and home wasnt half bad either.
Funny how it said Pontiac on it though.....

[marty]

wots going on..about a 1000 bikes passed here today..mainly Harleys..is there a ride on that we didnt no about..mayebe is a gathering for the races to-morrow..Thames is full of bikes to-night..makes for an interesting ride in the morning...hope to catch up with a few KBs to-morrow...Keep the power on.......kevthekiwi

they probably left a day early so they had time to push the broken ones to paeroa.... :)

[Waylander]

they probably left a day early so they had time to push the broken ones to paeroa.... :)
And get there before the traffic so the chances of bananna peels was less.

[scott411]

well my first visit to the hack saw went alright

i had not been to the pearoa street race for about 10 years, the last time i went i was working for bel-ray, and they were the major sponsors,

the learners practise and our motard practise went well, i had scored alright at wanganui so i was off grid 8 for race 1, i was 12 fastest in qualifing but spent most of the time in traffic after overshooting turn 1 early on,

race one and i got a good jump, i was 6th though turn 2 with Mitch Rowe ahead, a couple of the bigger bikes got me on the main straight, i lost a few places in the post office left hander after running very ride and getting 2 close to the bails, i got really wide off the kink on the back straight before the haripin, i was in the gutter and clipping the wool sacks with my footpeg, i thought i had lost it but manages to get it back on the track, Scotty Moir got next to me coming on to the front straight after this, he managed to outbrake me into turn one, i still could not get mitch in front so ended up 10th in this race, not to bad, but i new i could do better,

race 2 was the last race of the day, i got a good jump off grid 10 but Nick Payne on the black husqy got a shokking jump right in front of me, i ended up in a race long battle with Mitch Rowe and Squid on another RMZ450, Squid got me at one stage but i got him back into turn one, taking the white flag right next to mitch i though i could get him, however he was a bit later on the brakes into turn one and i never got close enough in the haripuin to have another run at him,, Briggs crashed out of so i think i got 9th in this race, i would have liked ot be a couple of places hire in each race, it showed that i had not raced on tarmac since wanganui and i still lack corner speed, need to get to some more race days

It was a long day for two races, i think i might need to get 2 bikes and do 2 classes next year, great day, big crowd in,

Auckland club and pearoa trust did a good job, still i can not get over the messing around between races in road racing, i am used to mx that is a bit more quick fire, maybe i need to turn the a d d down a bit and relax,

i had a digital video camera on board, which worked fine on the the dummy grid but i kept going blank as soon as i got going on the track, so no video's sorry,

[saul]

Id say the top guys in the F1 class, the 1000cc bikes, would be hitting 200 down the main straight, problery faster.

Quite a bit faster:yes:

[Mrs Busa Pete]

some pics from the day

[What?]

wots going on..about a 1000 bikes passed here today..

T'were a poker run around the peninsula and piss-up up the Kaueranga.

[Edbear]

Awesome day! Couldn't believe how fast the Super-Motards were! Especially number 23! What the heck was that?

Is this a pic of NZ's fastest Indian? Amazing acceleration from the start!

[APPLE]

Id say the top guys in the F1 class, the 1000cc bikes, would be hitting 200 down the main straight, problery faster.

i would like say? 250k faster

[Brett]

And how will you fund the Tv and prize money and all the other associated costs?, or should someone else wear all that just so you can get in for free?

I didn't realise that they gave a lot of the proceeds tohe voluntary organisations that help on the day. Big ups for that.
At $20 an adult, and $10 a kid plus gas money and food (if bought) make for a quite expensive day out for a large family. With 15,000 people, surely they could have enough revenue with $10 adults and $5 kids with a $30/$40 family pass? (not that I have a family, but just mindfull of these things!)

However, as I said, bigups that they put the extra dosh back into the local community, and that they actually plan these sorts of things, I mean look at how Auckland went on the V8 street racing, it would be brilliant if we could organise a similar sort of event...we have plenty of possible venues...

[Brett]

Also, forgot to mention, it was an awesome day. Some of those guys have some serious skill.

[Meekey_Mouse]

Wow!!! My first Street race... defintly not going to be my last :rockon: :woohoo: I'm still on a high!

Deano, Goblin, Frosty, scott411, Kicking Zebra, Sparky Bills, Nicko and every one else who was racing today... You guys/gals are totally awesome!!

Big thanks to Jon, Vaughn, Jeff and Tony for lettin me tag along :2thumbsup

I have heaps of picks, most aren't all that good but there are a few that are OK... The people who were racing could they please PM me if they want copies?

Here are a few any way :yes: I've lowered the pixels in it so they open easier, they might not be as clear though

The second to last one is what I came home to (taken at the lookout)... I love this place :rockon:

[kickingzebra]

That was some good fun today... Wheely bars everywhere... hard to keep the front down out of the hairpin onto the main straight, It ain't just showing off!!

220 down the back straight, and 245 was the best I saw on the front straight, hard to look at the speedo though, concentrating on avoiding crashes everywhere!!

Hard luck award goes to (in my books) Jason Hulme - Just got his bike back together after dropping a valve at Levels, and then under a red flag a certain rider ran up his arse, sending him flying, and putting the bike out of commission.
And Jared Love, the brother broke his leg hard out. Will go say hello to him tomorrow, and see how he is getting along.

Was an OK day for me, not spectacular, in terms of results, but not bad. Next year should be better, as it takes a while for me to cement circuits into my head. Would be real nice next year if no one drops oil in critical drop in points!!! might have broken into the 50s if not for that!! Next year shall be 47s at worst. Ended up with 51s, and a tenth. Had fun, and learnt lots though, starting to watch racing for the nuances of body and bike positioning, instead of just the crashes ;)

Big ups to Stroudy, for helping Paul and I out with the bike, what a legend!

My utmost thanks go to Graham Cole, pitted for me, and was right there with good advice for this slow learner!

[Motoracer]

What was the fastest 600 of the day Jonno? Lap times?

When I was racing in 04, it was Sheriffs doing 46 and that was pretty insane!

[kickingzebra]

Andrew clocked a 45.2, just checking to see if they are up on mylaps yet... Bloody fast out there!!
Sorry to all those I missed, I was lucky to be parked right on the pit lane, so never missed a race, and could keep the tyre warmers on till the last few seconds!

[EroSamnin]

Holy crap thats fast. 50 secs for a lap?! Thats awesome. You guys have nerves of steel. Was awesome to see.

Anyone know who the chap was with the helmet cam? Man I want to see that vid lol. I cant even remember the colour of the bike. Think it may have been yellow... I have the most shocking memory ever. Next time I will have a camera to remember for me!

[Sparky Bills]

Holy crap thats fast. 50 secs for a lap?! Thats awesome. You guys have nerves of steel. Was awesome to see.

Anyone know who the chap was with the helmet cam? Man I want to see that vid lol. I cant even remember the colour of the bike. Think it may have been yellow... I have the most shocking memory ever. Next time I will have a camera to remember for me!


The one and only Jarod Love!
996R Ducati #69

He came off, and now has a broken leg! Hope he heals up fast.

Great shots Jasmine! Good to finally meet you!
Glad to hear your hooked on street racing now!

[Lou Girardin]

Hard luck award goes to (in my books) Jason Hulme - Just got his bike back together after dropping a valve at Levels, and then under a red flag a certain rider ran up his arse, sending him flying, and putting the bike out of commission.


That was a bit worrying, the 'certain rider' was heading straight at me, but managed to miss the barriers. Jason's bike hit the barriers on the other side, which then hit two gate marshalls and sent them flying.
Perhaps there needs to be flag recognition lessons.

[Dazza]

To all you bistards that did runners from the cops on the the way to Paeroa, thanks a bloody lot. Pulled over by a nice police officer as I thought hey you've got your lights on & I'm 500m's fm. Paeroa, it's a nice day and I wasn't speeding exccesively so i'll pull of the main drag and go to park on this side road, well bugger me that was not good as he thought I was going to do a runner ( would I have been braking and indicating if I was going to run ) so does the old rolling block & forces me off the road (nearly stopped I might add). Poor bugger was that wound up so I asked him to settle down please, he explained that there was heaps of bikes that had done runners this morning hence the rolling block, he did state"hey we cannot use spikes on you guys" I said "thank fuck for that officer Ted".Anyway you always take your medicine in these instances and wished the officer a nice day. Once he'd settled down he wasn't to bad a bloke that was just doing his job. His aggressive tactics did freak me out initally but hey they deal with alot of arseholes.:yes:

[scracha]

Was sat hafway up the Kaimai's for a while. Fak me there were lots of bikes REALLY going for it on the way home. I mean...how dumb is that? It's farken obvious there's gonna be loads of cops for miles on every road around Paeroa.

[Dazza]

Was sat hafway up the Kaimai's for a while. Fak me there were lots of bikes REALLY going for it on the way home. I mean...how dumb is that? It's farken obvious there's gonna be loads of cops for miles on every road around Paeroa. Yeah that's dead right, but hey I didn't think it was me he wanted to stop, but "do the crime do the time":yes:

[Bytor]

Was sat hafway up the Kaimai's for a while. Fak me there were lots of bikes REALLY going for it on the way home. I mean...how dumb is that? It's farken obvious there's gonna be loads of cops for miles on every road around Paeroa.

Nah, took SH2 all the way back to Auckland and didn't see one cop. Maybe they concentrated on your lot and left us Orks to have some fun:whistle:

[boomer]

i didn't see many, although at those speeds i didn't see much to be thruthful ... lol @ the runners

[MaxB]

Nah, took SH2 all the way back to Auckland and didn't see one cop. Maybe they concentrated on your lot and left us Orks to have some fun:whistle:

I caged it back to Auckland and saw 1 cop outside Paeroa and that was it. Plenty of bikers prepared to give us a bad name though. Not so much speeding but stuff like overtaking into blind corners, cutting up cars and so on. Makes it tough for the rest of us, eh?

A great day out. Took my son, his mate and my Dad to watch. Great racing. Thanks to everyone who gives up their time and money top make it happen. I'm definitely riding next year.

[RiderInBlack]

Well Trish, "Roxanne" and I have just got back from Paeroa. We all pretty naffed. Trish was Flag Marshalling with me at "Point 4" (half way along Princess St, up pass the Post Office).
Main problem was fu*ktards crossing the "Track" while it was closed for racing. Don't they get it? One Dead Fu*ktard would be all OSH needs to close this race permanently.
Poor old "Point 5" (first part of the Suzuki "S" Bend, Corner of Princess St and Wharf St.) started their day putting lime down on Hydraulic fluid. Some twit thought it might be cool to cut the media cherry picker's hose overnight. Hope they are caught and charged with attempted man slaughter. Would have contributed to Chris Seaton "talking to the hay bails" there during Formula Paeroa.
One of the Sidecars must have sprung a leak as all the "Ponits" had a trail of oil around the whole track to lime after one of their races.
"Point Nine" had the hardest day, but I will post about that later (got ta get some work done).

[bistard]

To all you bistards that did runners from the cops on the the way to Paeroa, thanks a bloody lot. Pulled over by a nice police officer as I thought hey you've got your lights on & I'm 500m's fm. Paeroa, it's a nice day and I wasn't speeding exccesively so i'll pull of the main drag and go to park on this side road, well bugger me that was not good as he thought I was going to do a runner ( would I have been braking and indicating if I was going to run ) so does the old rolling block & forces me off the road (nearly stopped I might add). Poor bugger was that wound up so I asked him to settle down please, he explained that there was heaps of bikes that had done runners this morning hence the rolling block, he did state"hey we cannot use spikes on you guys" I said "thank fuck for that officer Ted".Anyway you always take your medicine in these instances and wished the officer a nice day. Once he'd settled down he wasn't to bad a bloke that was just doing his job. His aggressive tactics did freak me out initally but hey they deal with alot of arseholes.:yes:

Hey Dazza,watch who you are calling a Bistard
I wasnt even there,was the first time I had missed it in about 6years & I still get the blame
Its not easy being a Bistard you know
All jokes aside,looked like a great day,pissed off I missed it
Will be at Manfield next week with bloody bells on

[kickingzebra]

44.7 was the fastest lap time, Andrew Stroud on the thousand.

[oldguy]

The only pic I have of you, Sparky Bills, the second pic is an edit of the first, the original pic is 2.55mb would have to email it to you if you want.

cheers John

[Motoracer]

The only pic I have of you, Sparky Bills, the second pic is an edit of the first, the original pic is 2.55mb would have to email it to you if you want.

cheers John

I hope you don't mind me editing your lovely photo John.

But I just "airbrushed" it for our mate, Sparky Billy. You can show this one to your sponcers.

[oldguy]

I like it :niceone: :niceone:may be I can do that to my avatar

[What?]

Was sat hafway up the Kaimai's for a while. Fak me there were lots of bikes REALLY going for it on the way home. I mean...how dumb is that? It's farken obvious there's gonna be loads of cops for miles on every road around Paeroa.

The only plod I saw on the way home was in suburban Te Aroha. And he had a car pulled up...

[charles23]

good stuff, another mx'er does it well on the tarmac.

[APPLE]

Hey Dazza,watch who you are calling a Bistard
I wasnt even there,was the first time I had missed it in about 6years & I still get the blame
Its not easy being a Bistard you know
All jokes aside,looked like a great day,pissed off I missed it
Will be at Manfield next week with bloody bells on

you and me both man,1st time i've missed paeroa in 7yrs.GUTTED?

[Mom]

well my first visit to the hack saw went alright
It was a long day for two races, i think i might need to get 2 bikes and do 2 classes next year, great day, big crowd in,
Fantastic you had agood day, I love watching the motards race!

Auckland club and pearoa trust did a good job, still i can not get over the messing around between races in road racing, i am used to mx that is a bit more quick fire, maybe i need to turn the a d d down a bit and relax,

MX is so different from the street racing...street racing come with its own special features, thats what makes it so wonderful

i had a digital video camera on board, which worked fine on the the dummy grid but i kept going blank as soon as i got going on the track, so no video's sorry,
Murphy is such a prick sometimes!

Glad that you had a good day, seems there were a few of us that did :Punk:

[Motoracer]

What did you do to the tyres? Now it looks superimposed. Think you farked something up there, does not look right.

If you pay me for the work, I'll do a pro job. Just takes hours (recreating pixels to generate shadows and alter lighting from all angles just to make it seem natural for the viewer). It's not worth it just for the hell of it.

[Dutchee]

I don't get it. $20 adult & whatever for kids. Starts around 8am & finishes after 5. Full on entertainment for the whole time (excepting the short breaks so people can cross the track).
How much for movies? Which happen to last, at most, 2-3 hours (most shorter than that).
If you've got a large family, that's your problem & apart from the beach, nothing's going to be cheap or free.
The amount of organisation that goes on behind the scenes is impressive - have a read of the FREE programme that you got, which explains about what the locals do on race day. St Johns is probably volunteers, but St Johns proper do charge for their staff/volunteers.
Oh, FREE parking. That's becoming an oddity in itself.
Yeah, it cost us $40 in entry fees, plus food & drinks & petrol to get there, but it was fun.
As for cops, I think I might have seen one, but don't quote me. Didn't do any runners (pretty impossible anyway).

Scott, your comment about 2 races - that I do understand. Almost needed to be 2 days with twice as many races for you guys - hell of a cost to get there & set up with so little time on the bike.

First time I'd been there (been meaning to get there for years, but never seemed to make it). The one thing about the day that I thought sucked was the ride down from Auckland - what a bore. Teleporting would definitely be better for places like that. Sorry, I hate straight boring roads - yeah, we could've gone another way, but I knew I'd be lucky to even find Paeroa. Will be back at some stage, but now at least I've been to a street race. Next on the list is a rally, then longtrack, then .....

[Ixion]

Sigh. Xtrop complaining. At least you folk got to go, I was just too sick to make it down, and even if I had I'd never have made it home again.

Which was really disappointing. So you folk that were able to get there, be grateful. And stop whinging. Or alternatively, maybe post what an utter boring miserable waste of a day it was and then I won't feel so pissed off about missing it.

[Brett]

Go back and read the progress of the posts about cost guys.:yes:

[RiderInBlack]

OK back ta poor old "Point 9". "Point 9" was the Pirelli Hairpin. Yep, the most likely ta see the off, but on top of that it is right next ta the Paeroa Hotel. Yep you guessed it, pissed fu8ktards. Just what every Marshall needs ta be dealing with while looking out for the racers. At one stage some pissed prats had pinched the Marshalls' fire extinguishers and was firing them off. That nearly had the race stopped. The Police were called for but were slow ta get there (probably not their fault as they were probably dealing with trouble elsewhere).

But yer in saying all that Trish and I still had an awesome day. Thanks to the KB'ers that stopped ta say "hi". Great ta see ya there. Thanks to the racers for putting on a good show for us:Punk: .

Trish and Doug

[RiderInBlack]

Will have ta ask a racer how his bike ended up nick named "Priscilla" by the Marshals:dodge:

Got an awesome view of the bikes coming out of the "Westpac Corner" ("Point 3", Corner of Arney St and Princess St) has they hit the dip. Surprised no-one came off there, as a few had a fair shake on as they hit it. One of the "Old School" dirt track sidecars had a good old tank-slapper going on there. They where getting a good three wheel drift going on as they exited that corner too. Awesome ta watch.

[Kornholio]

Awesome day! Couldn't believe how fast the Super-Motards were! Especially number 23! What the heck was that?



That was Paul Brown on a Husaberg 650.... had a few practise rides with him around Coro with him on his race bike.....Top man, had a broken face tho after being clipped by a steel bar whilst working under a bulldozer :mellow:
Didnt slow him down none tho :D

[Highlander]

OK back ta poor old "Point 9". "Point 9" was the Pirelli Hairpin. ...At one stage some pissed prats had pinched the Marshalls' fire extinguishers and was firing them off. ... The Police were called for but were slow ta get there (probably not their fault as they were probably dealing with trouble elsewhere).



Police were on the other side of the road outside the Hotel at the time. Dipstick had done a runner well before they got over the road and left his mates to talk to the coppers.

[Edbear]

That was Paul Brown on a Husaberg 650.... had a few practise rides with him around Coro with him on his race bike.....Top man, had a broken face tho after being clipped by a steel bar whilst working under a bulldozer :mellow:
Didnt slow him down none tho :D



I got RESPECT for these guys! That's tough!

I just stood there :gob: at the sheer speed down the straights! He was faster than all the other Motards by a margin! I'd heard about how quick these bikes are but until you see it for yourself... Noticed the one-armed guy as well, he did well and like OAB I'd hate to give him and armwrestle! Takes real strength to race a bike like that!

Again, what a great day and I'm sure we'll be at the next! Was amazed and real pleased that the Missus loved the day too! Especially the antics of the sidecars! Looks like Darby and Joan got things in common we can enjoy without the kids! (Mind you, the kids may want to come along next time too...Son-in-Law is drooling over our new bike and wants one...:yes: )