madbikeboy
29th October 2007, 21:24
10 things I learned at Kiwibiker's Taupo Track Day:
1. Vespers are cool. They provide comedic relief, and just like court jesters they should be actively encouraged to bike events just for the giggle factor.
2. Pulling wheelstands between Vespa's is a no no. We know this because Frosty told us "not to fucking do it because it's a lack of respect".
3. Frosty didn't say anything about passing between Vespas at 200 plus KPH. It wasn't disrespect, it was comedy. And they were about 10 feet apart. Doing about 70 kph. Okay, maybe 75 kph. Those little buggers are brave and they can LEAN
4. Kiwi motorcycling has the best looking (coolest, and most down to earth) spokesperson. Despite her diminutive proportions, she was able to hustle her R6 around the track in good pace, looking like a better groomed and more understandable Valentino Rossi on the track. It's a hard road to finding the perfect woman (sigh).
5. It's not a lack of respect. It was contempt. :o)
6. Tires don't last long at Taupo. I'm thinking that the road surface must be extra rough or something. For some inexplicable reason, my rear dissolved over the space of a day? Aliens? Labour Policy? My ascerbic wit? Note to prospective GSXRthou owners, don't expect more than 2-3000 k's. Or one track day and a couple of momentary and accidental loses of traction (hey, chicks dig burnouts). Nothing worth having is ever cheap. Except this one chick I used to know, she was a westie and cheap, and she had this thing for... Oh, wrong forum.
7. My mates use skill. I use horsepower. God bless checkbook racing and Yoshimura.
8. Swallow your ego, ride in the SLOW group. No one wants to be in the slow group, it's less fashionable than leprosy, smart teenagers, or honest politicians. But, and I'll share this secret with you - the slow group has perhaps 10 riders. Which provides loads of space to expirement with lines, pace, the gentle balance between throttle, lean angle, and tire life (ahem). Or you can hang with the fast boys and divide the racetrack into smaller portions than a treaty settlement (and a similar amount of contraversy).
9. Company cars can tow more weight and drag than your own car. Use a small trailer, furniture trailers have the aerodynamic properties of a parachute. I found that this causes the car to run out of gas. VERY quickly. And literally, I coasted into the servo at maramarua... Thank fuck for checkbook racing, Yoshimura, and company fuelcards.
10. Frosty and his merry and slightly sarcastic (in a humorous way) helpers are fucking fantastic. Thanks mate, and good on you. www.bikestore.co.nz isn't it. Whens the next one? Thanks also to ZXRIDER, U1AGO, and Phil for a good night out (next time, don't touch the girls, sick of you all getting us kicked out). In case your wives read this - I'm kidding!
:o) Ride safe and watch out for cages and women of low moral fibre (your mum was right on that one, but for the wrong reasons).
MadBikeBoy,
laughing like a loon, passing on the inside, outside, rythmn starting to flow, riding safe, riding smooth.
1. Vespers are cool. They provide comedic relief, and just like court jesters they should be actively encouraged to bike events just for the giggle factor.
2. Pulling wheelstands between Vespa's is a no no. We know this because Frosty told us "not to fucking do it because it's a lack of respect".
3. Frosty didn't say anything about passing between Vespas at 200 plus KPH. It wasn't disrespect, it was comedy. And they were about 10 feet apart. Doing about 70 kph. Okay, maybe 75 kph. Those little buggers are brave and they can LEAN
4. Kiwi motorcycling has the best looking (coolest, and most down to earth) spokesperson. Despite her diminutive proportions, she was able to hustle her R6 around the track in good pace, looking like a better groomed and more understandable Valentino Rossi on the track. It's a hard road to finding the perfect woman (sigh).
5. It's not a lack of respect. It was contempt. :o)
6. Tires don't last long at Taupo. I'm thinking that the road surface must be extra rough or something. For some inexplicable reason, my rear dissolved over the space of a day? Aliens? Labour Policy? My ascerbic wit? Note to prospective GSXRthou owners, don't expect more than 2-3000 k's. Or one track day and a couple of momentary and accidental loses of traction (hey, chicks dig burnouts). Nothing worth having is ever cheap. Except this one chick I used to know, she was a westie and cheap, and she had this thing for... Oh, wrong forum.
7. My mates use skill. I use horsepower. God bless checkbook racing and Yoshimura.
8. Swallow your ego, ride in the SLOW group. No one wants to be in the slow group, it's less fashionable than leprosy, smart teenagers, or honest politicians. But, and I'll share this secret with you - the slow group has perhaps 10 riders. Which provides loads of space to expirement with lines, pace, the gentle balance between throttle, lean angle, and tire life (ahem). Or you can hang with the fast boys and divide the racetrack into smaller portions than a treaty settlement (and a similar amount of contraversy).
9. Company cars can tow more weight and drag than your own car. Use a small trailer, furniture trailers have the aerodynamic properties of a parachute. I found that this causes the car to run out of gas. VERY quickly. And literally, I coasted into the servo at maramarua... Thank fuck for checkbook racing, Yoshimura, and company fuelcards.
10. Frosty and his merry and slightly sarcastic (in a humorous way) helpers are fucking fantastic. Thanks mate, and good on you. www.bikestore.co.nz isn't it. Whens the next one? Thanks also to ZXRIDER, U1AGO, and Phil for a good night out (next time, don't touch the girls, sick of you all getting us kicked out). In case your wives read this - I'm kidding!
:o) Ride safe and watch out for cages and women of low moral fibre (your mum was right on that one, but for the wrong reasons).
MadBikeBoy,
laughing like a loon, passing on the inside, outside, rythmn starting to flow, riding safe, riding smooth.