Racey Rider
6th April 2007, 14:31
The last PMCC round at Taupo was to good to miss as a trial before the first round the Vic club winter series that starts in Taupo on the 20th of May. :ride:
This was my first time out on a track since breaking my finger in September, and the great weather on the day made for a good cobweb blow-out for me and ‘Blue Thunder’ (Kr150).
I had a few things to sort out about Taupo before starting my main racing series there. How would the elevation of Taupo affect the carb jetting I had chosen? Would standard gearing suit the tight track? Where did the track go anyway? Would this old BT39ss rear be a ok backup tire? Could I still hold any reasonable corner speed after my last big crash?
Not having my regular competitors there was a good thing to allow me to concentrate on the learning the track for the first time rather than trying too hard to keep up. Although one certain young chap was there on his RG150. A chap that in Dec 05 had told me to ‘Get a real bike’.
And now here he was joining me in Streetstocks on a Suzuki of all things!:buggerd:
(who’s laughing now Terdboy!)
I told myself throughout the morning ‘I’m not here to race Mudboy (Luke) today’ Keep focused on the plan. Learn the track. Race Mudboy on the 20th of May!
After the first race warm up lap I stopped at the back row of the SS grid to let those who had series points already to take the front spots. Luke was on row 2 and should have made a good start, given the fact that he’s had heaps of bucket racing experience and is lighter that a can of Ginger Beer. But as I passed and was pulling away from him down to the first corner, I couldn’t help but reach out my left hand to offer a tow if he needed it.. Sadly he was already to far behind me to latch on,, and then I was gone.
We caught up to the back end of the classic bikes by the first corner (they start on the same flag drop in front of us), and somehow Luke got a better run through them than I and was away. But the damage to his reputation had already been done at the start line,,, I was happy.:yes:
After a bit of :Pokey: about his starting technique, the presser was really on Luke to start well in race two. But what do you know.?.. The same thing happens.. As I’m passing him off the line I think to myself,, Should I really insult his fragile young ego by offering my hand once again to tow him??? Well why not......:shake: and my glove extends out in ... what truthfully was, more of a wave than a offer of help.
I got the slip on Luke for this race and he was a ways behind. But a crash by a couple of bikes caused a yellow flag out for two laps at the tire wall main track re-entry. The unscrupulous young racer used this to his advantage by catching up to me while I idled through this point. A few corners later and he had made a pass on me. Well I wasn’t going to let my yellow flag slow down dictate this race:oi-grr: , so kept on Luke’s back wheel for the next half lap till I made a ‘Rossi’ like pass AROUND THE OUTSIDE of Mudboy though the far sweeper on the last lap:wari: . T’was a beautiful thing to behold. (unless your name is Luke I guess) ( Feel The Burn!!!!!!):o
So I came home before Luke, and the score for the day was Mudboy 1 / Racey 1.
As you can image, I was keen to get race three underway. Thought I might go passed giving him the, "two handed guns firing" :2guns: thing. But I noticed this time Luke had weaseled his way into the front line of the grid. Add to the his Blatantly jumping the start, and it was all I could do to get on his back wheel by the first corner. This race was reduced to a four laps as the day was disappearing. We both had issues with two of the classic bike holding us up in the corners. (more power than us, but slower riders).
After some time Luke managed to get passed them and started making a gap while I was still stuck in Classic bike bondage. and that’s where it ended
2/1. well done that Boy. :not:
Things I learnt:
The track is cool on a small bike. Though that tire wall is a bit doggy. Surprised too that the track is so patched already.
The KR gearing is wrong for that track as I never hit sixth gear all day.
That old rear tire just would not heat up properly, even when run as low as 22psi in the last race. Jetting was good. Front brake was not! I’m sure there must be marks in my handle bar from the brake lever being pulled right into it all day. Brakes seem to fade to sweet stuff all after a lap or two. Must get that sorted out before it lands me in trouble ploughing into the back of someone.
I hope to be in the Vic club series. Still looking for another sponsor for the right hand side of my bike if anyone would benifit from getting onboard..
Cost goes up, and now my track time has been halved as we are not allowed to run in F3 any more with Vic club. (Though I can’t remember the last time I was lapped so don’t know what ‘danger’ I am?)
Good to see so many other KB’ers out there.
Thanks for reading.
Racey
This was my first time out on a track since breaking my finger in September, and the great weather on the day made for a good cobweb blow-out for me and ‘Blue Thunder’ (Kr150).
I had a few things to sort out about Taupo before starting my main racing series there. How would the elevation of Taupo affect the carb jetting I had chosen? Would standard gearing suit the tight track? Where did the track go anyway? Would this old BT39ss rear be a ok backup tire? Could I still hold any reasonable corner speed after my last big crash?
Not having my regular competitors there was a good thing to allow me to concentrate on the learning the track for the first time rather than trying too hard to keep up. Although one certain young chap was there on his RG150. A chap that in Dec 05 had told me to ‘Get a real bike’.
And now here he was joining me in Streetstocks on a Suzuki of all things!:buggerd:
(who’s laughing now Terdboy!)
I told myself throughout the morning ‘I’m not here to race Mudboy (Luke) today’ Keep focused on the plan. Learn the track. Race Mudboy on the 20th of May!
After the first race warm up lap I stopped at the back row of the SS grid to let those who had series points already to take the front spots. Luke was on row 2 and should have made a good start, given the fact that he’s had heaps of bucket racing experience and is lighter that a can of Ginger Beer. But as I passed and was pulling away from him down to the first corner, I couldn’t help but reach out my left hand to offer a tow if he needed it.. Sadly he was already to far behind me to latch on,, and then I was gone.
We caught up to the back end of the classic bikes by the first corner (they start on the same flag drop in front of us), and somehow Luke got a better run through them than I and was away. But the damage to his reputation had already been done at the start line,,, I was happy.:yes:
After a bit of :Pokey: about his starting technique, the presser was really on Luke to start well in race two. But what do you know.?.. The same thing happens.. As I’m passing him off the line I think to myself,, Should I really insult his fragile young ego by offering my hand once again to tow him??? Well why not......:shake: and my glove extends out in ... what truthfully was, more of a wave than a offer of help.
I got the slip on Luke for this race and he was a ways behind. But a crash by a couple of bikes caused a yellow flag out for two laps at the tire wall main track re-entry. The unscrupulous young racer used this to his advantage by catching up to me while I idled through this point. A few corners later and he had made a pass on me. Well I wasn’t going to let my yellow flag slow down dictate this race:oi-grr: , so kept on Luke’s back wheel for the next half lap till I made a ‘Rossi’ like pass AROUND THE OUTSIDE of Mudboy though the far sweeper on the last lap:wari: . T’was a beautiful thing to behold. (unless your name is Luke I guess) ( Feel The Burn!!!!!!):o
So I came home before Luke, and the score for the day was Mudboy 1 / Racey 1.
As you can image, I was keen to get race three underway. Thought I might go passed giving him the, "two handed guns firing" :2guns: thing. But I noticed this time Luke had weaseled his way into the front line of the grid. Add to the his Blatantly jumping the start, and it was all I could do to get on his back wheel by the first corner. This race was reduced to a four laps as the day was disappearing. We both had issues with two of the classic bike holding us up in the corners. (more power than us, but slower riders).
After some time Luke managed to get passed them and started making a gap while I was still stuck in Classic bike bondage. and that’s where it ended
2/1. well done that Boy. :not:
Things I learnt:
The track is cool on a small bike. Though that tire wall is a bit doggy. Surprised too that the track is so patched already.
The KR gearing is wrong for that track as I never hit sixth gear all day.
That old rear tire just would not heat up properly, even when run as low as 22psi in the last race. Jetting was good. Front brake was not! I’m sure there must be marks in my handle bar from the brake lever being pulled right into it all day. Brakes seem to fade to sweet stuff all after a lap or two. Must get that sorted out before it lands me in trouble ploughing into the back of someone.
I hope to be in the Vic club series. Still looking for another sponsor for the right hand side of my bike if anyone would benifit from getting onboard..
Cost goes up, and now my track time has been halved as we are not allowed to run in F3 any more with Vic club. (Though I can’t remember the last time I was lapped so don’t know what ‘danger’ I am?)
Good to see so many other KB’ers out there.
Thanks for reading.
Racey