Drags at meremere

[Cajun]

Okay who and now many are interested in heading down to meremere one day/nite for a bit of fun?

We can hire it out for day at $1000
only other times avaiable at moment are the night wars

Night Speed Drag Wars
5 November, 19 November, 3 December, 17 December, 7 January, 21 January, 4 February, 18 February, 11 March, 25 March
http://www.championdragway.co.nz/night/dragwars.htm (dates are old) these are gates open 5pm, raceing starts at 6.30 finshed normal around midnightish

[Hoon]

The drag nights are good fun. You get in shitloads of runs (about 10-15) basically as many as your clutch can handle. Does wonders for your launching technique too which is a big help for race starts.
I'm planning to head out there this summer for a bit of jetting/top end tuning - way cheaper than a dyno and lots more fun!!

[scroter]

hey cajun $1000 sounds a bit steep to hire it when it only costs about $25 to enter the drag wars which are very well run and you dont have to do anything they give you print outs certificates if you win or come second etc. they have practice and qualifying goes on for a while then eliminations and if you still aint had enough they have grudge racing before the burnout comp. if you wanna do a drag i would reccomend these. i did one at meremere there were 50 other vehicles and i never felt like i had to stand in line for too long or that i dint get my fair share of races.

[Cajun]

hey cajun $1000 sounds a bit steep to hire it when it only costs about $25 to enter the drag wars which are very well run and you dont have to do anything they give you print outs certificates if you win or come second etc. they have practice and qualifying goes on for a while then eliminations and if you still aint had enough they have grudge racing before the burnout comp. if you wanna do a drag i would reccomend these. i did one at meremere there were 50 other vehicles and i never felt like i had to stand in line for too long or that i dint get my fair share of races.

Sweet as scroter i just rang them and those details they told me, CK was thinking of going and i be interested be great it we can get a good bunch of us together and have a bit of fun down the strip

[Coldkiwi]

yeah mate. Half the fun would be toasting all the rice boys though so I'd be keener to get down there when all the egotistical little squirts have their shiney cages out!

[JohnBoy]

just give me a confirmed time and date and ill come up.
would be nice to race other bikes and not some limp wristed mumma's boy in some jap crapper.

[Madmax]

I have a old kawasak h1 triple that needs a run
would like to see what the ZX10R would do
:)

[Kwaka-Kid]

considering it... prolly with dragbike though....

if i did throw the viffer on there Hoon (as you seem a little experienced) how long can i expect the clutch to last? like is it going to be fairly wearing on the old girl or are the breaks inbetween runs enough?

[Drunken Monkey]

yeah its good fun - done it a few times in both bikes and cages.

it's actually a lot harder to run down the track close to the 'magazine' times than you think...the track is usually slippery (did a 90' fish-tailing burnout one morning - was the first on the track that day!), you've got to find that balance between putting enough power down to go fast without popping the wheel up too high...

[Hoon]

Yep its not as easy as it looks and it does reqire shitloads of practice to get good. Just like any race discipline a good rider on a 600cc can embarass a noob on a 1000cc.


if i did throw the viffer on there Hoon (as you seem a little experienced) how long can i expect the clutch to last? like is it going to be fairly wearing on the old girl or are the breaks inbetween runs enough?

Yeah you just need to let it cool down properly (i.e. 15-20 mins between runs) and you'll be alright. You know things are getting bad when you go to do your burnout but the clutch spins instead of your back wheel!

[Two Smoker]

ill try get all three bikes down.....

[Cajun]

I have a old kawasak h1 triple that needs a run
would like to see what the ZX10R would do
:)

Could have my brother in law on his zx10r for ya to take on if ya want madmax he has done meremere before year or so ago on his zx9r

[Cajun]

SO i guess need to decide a date of boy racer thrashing aye

I put my thinking cap on and come up with a date

[scroter]

only done the drags at meremere once on a TL-S, i creamed all those buggers in tin tops. there were a few quickish cars there though including a skyline doing high 11 sec runs. i tell you its bloody cool too here you got the fastest time of the day over the loud speaker so everyone can here it. :scooter: :first:

[magnum]

hey scroter,why dont you mention the tok drags??? :bleh:

[k14]

This sounds like a pretty cool plan.

I'm going to be in New Plymouth from about the 12th of November so if you have any after that I would be keen to come up for them. Should take around 3 hours to get there from NP so if i leave after work I could probably be there around 8 or 9ish.

Any firm dates yet?

[Cajun]

This sounds like a pretty cool plan.

I'm going to be in New Plymouth from about the 12th of November so if you have any after that I would be keen to come up for them. Should take around 3 hours to get there from NP so if i leave after work I could probably be there around 8 or 9ish.

Any firm dates yet?

nah been busy at work so not had much chance to work out a firm date

[scroter]

hey scroter,why dont you mention the tok drags??? :bleh:

cause they suck and i got beaten

[magnum]

cause they suck and i got beaten
not by a little itty bitty sixhundred was it???? :whistle: