Road Racing Hill Climb - NZ National Championship

[Str8 Jacket]

Looking good Hels. You had a blast this weekend huh?

ummm, yeah I did, REALLY wish that you were though! :yes:

[Str8 Jacket]

Yeah your wheelie was higher, but my crappy camera skills didnt do alot of the action justice.

lol, all good dude. Its awesome to have a photo at all! :D

[skelstar]

ummm, yeah I did, REALLY wish that you were though! :yes:
Yep, me too. Me too.

[Sparky Bills]

Who was on Jarrod Love's old bike?

[Str8 Jacket]

Yep, me too. Me too.

There's lots of photos and camera stuff for you to see. I know it aint the same but it's something. I hope that you are feeling better mate! :hug:

[sisterecho]

Who was on Jarrod Love's old bike?

Scracha was riding that, but it was a 748 with Jarrods old race fairings :)

Jay

[merv]

lol, all good dude. Its awesome to have a photo at all! :D

Are you going tell us that couldn't be there today how you did?

[Dafe]

So who is the new King of the Hill????????????????? :corn:

BTW - Captain Andrey, Awesome shots mate!

[sisterecho]

So who is the new King of the Hill????????????????? :corn:

BTW - Captain Andrey, Awesome shots mate!

The lovely Mr Jay Lawrence is the new King. :love:

With much competition from Drew though.

[Clivoris]

Big thanks to the Cliff Hanger Crew. It was a great weekend and I learned heaps. Koba and Limbintimwin fought tooth and nail for the fastest 400 bragging rights while I observed from a safe distance. The highlights for me were the battles between the SV650s (Sully, Deano:first: and Mark); and Drew and Jay's:first: scrap over the crown. Such tension and it was great to so close to it. I will be back next year for sure.

[Dafe]

The lovely Mr Jay Lawrence is the new King. :love:

With much competition from Drew though.

Whats this :love: business? Are you a cradle snatcher?

[sisterecho]

Whats this :love: business? Are you a cradle snatcher?

Why yes I am. This was old news I thought.

[Str8 Jacket]

Why yes I am. This was old news I thought.

All the cool chicks are doing it! ;)

[Dafe]

Why yes I am. This was old news I thought.

Don't mind me, I'm well out of date now!

Congratulations to Jay. Sounds like it was a great days battle.

[Weaver]

Since there are, and will be so many more better pictures than the ones I took, I'll only post a few

[Kendog]

What a great weekend.

Had a blast taking photos, some are good. Will post a few next week (need sleep now)
I also enjoyed working on the timing system, was interesting being close to the results as they came in and how the riders were reacting.

Well done everyone that rode, the volunteers and the organisers. It really is a great show.

[Rob Taylor]

Got them all uploaded to my flickr account so you can download the full size photos.

http://flickr.com/photos/71396325@N00/

Tried doing some panning shots but some came out just too blurry. Sorry guys if i missed out someone, you were just going too fast :P

Those are excellant photos.Its good for us lot who couldnt make it down.The weather looks like it was ok too..Cheers for that bro:niceone:

[Rob Taylor]

Since there are, and will be so many more better pictures than the ones I took, I'll only post a few

Hey Weaver,Nothing wrong with your photos.They are great.Good for us "Jaffa's " who couldnt make it down.Post as many as you can.Drew did bloody well,second for king of the hill on a stock 999s.Again great photos:2thumbsup

[Deano]

Drew did bloody well,second for king of the hill on a stock 999s.

Don't forget Vikki, who took a close second in BEARS, against a 1098s !!

[wilber]

Sat was very hot ,sun overcast and the wind picked up as day went along.
As said above awesome 2 days, great crew running the show cheers guys, will post pics tomorrow got 68 to short out

[Weaver]

Hey Weaver,Nothing wrong with your photos.They are great.Good for us "Jaffa's " who couldnt make it down.Post as many as you can.Drew did bloody well,second for king of the hill on a stock 999s.Again great photos:2thumbsup

Cheers Rob. Those are they ones that arn't all blurry.
Here's a blurry one of Drew.

[Rob Taylor]

Don't forget Vikki, who took a close second in BEARS, against a 1098s !!

Yes ,of corse,Vicki (Flame).Well done girl,121hp against 160hp,:rockon: Thanks Deano,i needed that kick up the a--s:shit:

[Weaver]

Don't forget Vikki, who took a close second in BEARS, against a 1098s !!

Or Deano, who took not only F1 but F3 as well. Well done :niceone:

[Rob Taylor]

Thats a good one of Drew thrashing the shit out of a "borrowed" bike..:Oi: LOL Thats what its all about and he didnt even damage it in the event. Oh and congratulations to Jay (King of the hill).You did well and it wasnt easy.How did you go Deano?????

[Deano]

I'm guessing you've already heard, but for everyone else;

Jay and Drew both smashed Warren Turner's old record of 2.13s.....Jay with 2.09.684s and Drew 2.10.035s. This despite a not so perfect road surface on three corners.

[Rob Taylor]

Or Deano, who took not only F1 but F3 as well. Well done :niceone:

Bloody hell.Maybe i should read before i type. Deano,your the man.Still i would not have expected less from somebody who shares our pits.Bit of Ducati blood must be washing over you. LOL. The KTL pit crew were gutted they coudnt be there:crybaby: Maybe next time.

[Rob Taylor]

I'm guessing you've already heard, but for everyone else;

Jay and Drew both smashed Warren Turner's old record of 2.13s.....Jay with 2.09.684s and Drew 2.10.035s. This despite a not so perfect road surface on three corners.

No i hadnt.That is very close racing,under .03 between them.:niceone:I wanted to be there:crybaby:

[chanceyy]

Great results & awesome to see everyone out there having a blast & getting better & better as the weekend went on :)

can just see this event getting bigger & bigger :yes:

[Kendog]

Will post a few next week (need sleep now)

Here are some teasers, now I really am off to bed.

[Deano]

Bloody hell.Maybe i should read before i type. Deano,your the man.Still i would not have expected less from somebody who shares our pits.Bit of Ducati blood must be washing over you. LOL. The KTL pit crew were gutted they coudnt be there:crybaby: Maybe next time.

Cheers Rob.

We missed you - I had to take my bike off the stand myself a few times....:weep:


Great results & awesome to see everyone out there having a blast & getting better & better as the weekend went on :)

can just see this event getting bigger & bigger :yes:

Thank you very much for your help. I hear you got stuck on the bbq for most of the day (while I'm getting my jollies on the hill

If the event gets any bigger, Saturday may have to become 'qualifying day'.

[Deano]

Here are some teasers, now I really am off to bed.

That's an awesome shot of Sully.

[Mooch]

Just realized all the photos are out of order, if you view them in sideshow they are in order

http://flickr.com/photos/71396325@N00/sets/72157604125725154/show/

Wow , great shots ! I can see my eye balls on the bridge shot ..... looks like they are going .......farrrrrrrrrrrrrk :shit:

That's quite a steady hand and good gear you have there !

[chanceyy]

Thank you very much for your help. I hear you got stuck on the bbq for most of the day (while I'm getting my jollies on the hill

If the event gets any bigger, Saturday may have to become 'qualifying day'.

No probs Deano .. the masses needed feeding ;) apart fr the few glitches it was a well run weekend .. onwards & upwards can only see this being a draw card for the future

[limbimtimwim]

That's right, Mark bows down to my arse!
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[icekiwi]

Friend of mine was helping out over the weekend an said it was great...
She reckons i'll be down next year....
Saw that vid of the guy on an R6 looks like a nice ride.
Going to be down that way easter with the bike so will go for a liesurely ride on the course.
Glad everyone had a great time.....Barstards!!

[captain_andrey]

Wow , great shots ! I can see my eye balls on the bridge shot ..... looks like they are going .......farrrrrrrrrrrrrk :shit:

That's quite a steady hand and good gear you have there !

lol, you should have seen all the photos I had to throw out. You guys were going so fast that I had missed the bikes completely. I have a few of just the bridge :P

[Number One]

It was an interesting and at times very frustrating job being on the timing.... (now I know why the timing ladies always seem to be grumpy bitches! Sorry for being grumpy everyone but that was some pressure at times!) . AND by half way through Sunday I must say I was jealous as all hell at times watching all the riders come back into the pits amped up and grinning like mad things.

Luckily I had the best company to help keep me sane! It was a pleasure getting stressed out with you Trudy and you can be my cackle partner anytime :banana:

Between the two of us, ably assisted by Nigel (who was able to fix up some of the kinks for us and take over as needed and for being an at times calming influence) we managed to get the times all into the system and though these needed to be converted into seconds first we managed to get results in and reports spitting out at us on the printer (Sunday) by the time all the bikes were back in the pitts back. A few wee glitches in the system never quite had us getting everyone's results up for display but we knew who they were and were able to provide the handwritten timing for them direct....not sure why the PC didn't like your results Danny but sounds like these minor problems are all fixable so well done to Gary for getting that system sorted out! I can't say I would have enjoyed it so much if it was just all handwritten and worked out manually and all that.....there'd be a few more grey hairs on me I'd say!

Anyway - it was a great weekend and no doubt the Monster crew will be back next year....think I'll have to take MY bike out myself next time...

And on behalf of me and Sully if anyone has a fuel injected SV650 to give away - Sully is the man to give it to. But a respectable result on a bke that was thrown together on the Friday night including critical pieces of his 'over protective' wifes machine..."be sure to bring that back to me in one piece darling"....with that hanging over his head I think he did quite well and he certainly seemed to be enjoying himself!

Oh and BABE - THANKS FOR THE NEW SUSPENSION DARLINK :love:

For those of you that I tracked (you all know who you are) I'll flick you your run times via PM.

[chanceyy]

It was an interesting and at times very frustrating job being on the timing.... (now I know why the timing ladies always seem to be grumpy bitches! Sorry for being grumpy everyone but that was some pressure at times!) . AND by half way through Sunday I must say I was jealous as all hell at times watching all the riders come back into the pits amped up and grinning like mad things.

Luckily I had the best company to help keep me sane! It was a pleasure getting stressed out with you Trudy and you can be my cackle partner anytime :banana:

Between the two of us, ably assisted by Nigel (who was able to fix up some of the kinks for us and take over as needed and for being an at times calming influence) we managed to get the times all into the system and though these needed to be converted into seconds first we managed to get results in and reports spitting out at us on the printer (Sunday) by the time all the bikes were back in the pitts back. A few wee glitches in the system never quite had us getting everyone's results up for display but we knew who they were and were able to provide the handwritten timing for them direct....not sure why the PC didn't like your results Danny but sounds like these minor problems are all fixable so well done to Gary for getting that system sorted out! I can't say I would have enjoyed it so much if it was just all handwritten and worked out manually and all that.....there'd be a few more grey hairs on me I'd say!

Anyway - it was a great weekend and no doubt the Monster crew will be back next year....think I'll have to take MY bike out myself next time...

And on behalf of me and Sully if anyone has a fuel injected SV650 to give away - Sully is the man to give it to. But a respectable result on a bke that was thrown together on the Friday night including critical pieces of his 'over protective' wifes machine..."be sure to bring that back to me in one piece darling"....with that hanging over his head I think he did quite well and he certainly seemed to be enjoying himself!

Oh and BABE - THANKS FOR THE NEW SUSPENSION DARLINK :love:

For those of you that I tracked (you all know who you are) I'll flick you your run times via PM.

both you & trudie did an outstanding job on the timing duties :2thumbsup

was a blardy great weekend .. just glad I took today off to recover :killingme

[SKIDA//00]

cheers guys this was a very good weekend.deano and sully60 the compition was awesome,we pushed each other the whole way,bring on the winter series ay.....and to that comment from cowpoos i havent seen you back up anything you say yet....maybe if you stay on your bike next time you hit the track....an then i mite believe you?????

[SKIDA//00]

That's right, Mark bows down to my arse!
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a mitey fine ass it is to?????????????:msn-wink:

[fatboyzed]

Mummy says that i was the difficult one right from birth,good to see nothing has changed :-) .
Had an awsome time both days,and after some advice from Drew my times dropped rapidly (thanks again).
There may have only been two bikes in my class but im gonna call it second anyway and aim on that elusive first next year.
Cheers to all for an awsome weekend and see you there next year.

[CHOPPA]

you guys will have to keep your eye out for Johno Burkhart, he was 3rd overall and 2nd 600 in his first race only been riding for about 2 months.... i dont think being an ex nat mx champ helps haha anyways its good to see more and more mx boys doing well!

Another moto boy was skidda in 2nd f3 on a pro twin spec and another days practice im sure i would have been in the mix....?

Anyway it was a great event with an excellent atmosphere stoked i made the trip :)

[Trudes]

Well done everyone!!
Was great to watch and hear you all from the timing station taking off on your runs and returning amped and grinning each time. Sorry if I told any of you to F off, we were a little bit stressed and trying to do our best for you all making sure your times were correct before posting them up, promise we'll try to be more like the "well oiled machine" we were starting to become by the end of Sunday. It was wicked to see you all becoming faster as the day went on and also the friendly competition between riders to take out certain classes, very entertaining!! Glad you all had fun!:banana:

Edit: On a personal note.... A Huge Big Thank You to the lovely Number one, couldn't have done the timing with out you doll, you saved my sanity!!! And thanks to Carolyn too, you had this innate ability to appear just when we were in need of someone to lend us a hand and just do what needed doing without needing to be asked and hand-held, thank you SO much!!!:hug:

[limbimtimwim]

you guys will have to keep your eye out for Johno Burkhart, he was 3rd overall and 2nd 600 in his first race only been riding for about 2 months.... i dont think being an ex nat mx champ helps haha anyways its good to see more and more mx boys doing well! It was quite impressive. He got a free tyre from some kid for his efforts.

[Str8 Jacket]

It was quite impressive. He got a free tyre from some kid for his efforts.

Oh, I thought that was Hayden Fitzgerald?....

[Sully60]

Oh, I thought that was Hayden Fitzgerald?....

Bwah hahahahaha.

:rofl:

Cough, splutter.

[Fatjim]

Cough, splutter.

Your SV logging on now for you?

[Deano]

you guys will have to keep your eye out for Johno Burkhart, he was 3rd overall and 2nd 600 in his first race only been riding for about 2 months.... i dont think being an ex nat mx champ helps haha anyways its good to see more and more mx boys doing well!

Another moto boy was skidda in 2nd f3 on a pro twin spec and another days practice im sure i would have been in the mix....?

Anyway it was a great event with an excellent atmosphere stoked i made the trip :)

Johnno was very impressive - so were you with a 2.17s on your first time there !!

F3 was a hard fought battle (mine is a pro twin spec too by the way)

Be good to see you back next year - 12 months is too long to wait isn't it ?

[Drew]

Fuckin awesome weekend!!! Great to hang out with everyone, soo many people to thank for help so I'll do a report sometime soon.

Just had my times pmed to me, and after lunch on Saturday, the guy at the top taking all the info down still thought bikes were starting at 30 second intervills, I was second to run, and posted a time of 2m38.9s

Anybody care to do some maths?:weep:

I maybe shouldn't have kept making drastic changes to my rear suspension to try and find traction.:doh:

[Mooch]

On the up side I got a time of 2:16 with the timing at 30 seconds. That was a 40 second improvement on my last round which would have made me biggest improver. I fessed up and told them that in no way would I ever be able to do that kind of time.

[Drew]

Cancel my last, turns out there must have been other timing issue going on, with what others times came in. It's ok folks, I'm less gutted now.

[Sully60]

Your SV logging on now for you?
Only if it miraculously picked itself up off the floor and put it's own suspension and wheels on!

That was the "in" joke from Saturday, you had to be there. The butt of that joke did take it well I must say.



F3 was a hard fought battle (mine is a pro twin spec too by the way)
So mine was the actually the first F3 bike bike since you and Skidda were racing pro-twins?
Still clutching in vain at any hope of victory:crybaby:

Full in depth report of the scintillating Cliffhanger F3 Battle to come.

[merv]

Cancel my last, turns out there must have been other timing issue going on, with what others times came in. It's ok folks, I'm less gutted now.

Looking forward to seeing the real results posted :cool:

[Str8 Jacket]

Mummy says that i was the difficult one right from birth,good to see nothing has changed :-) .
Had an awsome time both days,and after some advice from Drew my times dropped rapidly (thanks again).
There may have only been two bikes in my class but im gonna call it second anyway and aim on that elusive first next year.
Cheers to all for an awsome weekend and see you there next year.

Hey mate, nice to meet both you and your partner! Cheers for the company at the start line! Ya bike looks mint! :niceone:

[koba]

+1

I should type up an effort at a report when I get enough time on the 'puter. I have to give a very excited young lady first dibbs.
She is still totally fizzing. :first:

[merv]

She is still totally fizzing. :first:

Riding a Fizzer does that I suppose :niceone:

[flame]

What a friggen AWESOME weekend! huge congrats to ALL you riders out there.
Was so cool watching the battles (and being amongst them). And a enormous thanks to ALL the great organizers and helpers.

Huge congrats to Jay! Well done, even tho I was hoping like hell that Drew would do it I was sure as hell pleased for ya. The 'KING' has gone to a top guy!! :2thumbsup, phewwwww ...I was just glad I didn't have to 'flash' at prizegiving!:lol:

And Drew..... mindblowing effort on a standard Duc! Your always the winner to me:hug:

Deano......your just blardy fast!!!!! and getting faster by the day. Cant WAIT to see you in Protwins

Grant on the 1098 (BEARS)......Congrats matie! and dam HOT BIKE!


And to all the others that had to settle for 2nd places ...we go get them next year eh! :woohoo:

Thanks EVERYBODY for a great weekend :first:

[CHOPPA]

Johnno was very impressive - so were you with a 2.17s on your first time there !!

F3 was a hard fought battle (mine is a pro twin spec too by the way)

Be good to see you back next year - 12 months is too long to wait isn't it ?


Its not gonna be 12 months, ill be back there practisin! (at road speed of coarse, would hate to upset old mate in the beemer) yeah i just read your bikes a pro twin spec as well! you guys put on a great show for us all up top just waitin for those times to come through! everytime you skanked poor skida by a second then he would come back at ya good times!!

[fatboyzed]

Hey mate, nice to meet both you and your partner! Cheers for the company at the start line! Ya bike looks mint! :niceone:

Not a prob,yeah got a few comments about it,was nice to meet you too.
will probably see you at the next event (sprints?).

[CHOPPA]

It was quite impressive. He got a free tyre from some kid for his efforts.

I was wondering what that meant till i spoke to jb, actually this weekend was the first time i actually got to chat with jay, after racing with him for the last 6 months... that sorta thing goes along way with people who are tryin to get into racin! what a good cat!

[limbimtimwim]

There is a link near the top of the page: http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/hillclimb/hillclimb.htm

[The Tazman]

It was a fanTAZtic day. Thanks to all the helpers as it couldn't be done without you.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the great biker community attitude there.

As for the computer program, it was the first time we used it at the Hill climb so we did have a few Technichal issues and I apologise for those. I will be working on getting those fixed up.

A huge thank you to Mrs Kendog for running the computer program for me so I could enter :D , to Numberone for helping Mrs Kendog with the timing and to Kendog (Mr) for all his technical help with some issues that he sorted out. I had a fanTAZtic day thanks to your help and support.

I would like to also thank Dina and Garry for letting me stay at their's.

Deano, what can I say all the work he puts in behind the seans on these events is amazing and on top of that he wins 2 classes. Thank you and well done mate.

Thanks to you all for coming along and making it the event it was. I am very proud to be involved and to know so many of you.

If any of you have any suggestions for the timing program please PM me and I will see what I can do. I am going to be running through things with the Kendogs to see how we can make things better but all suggestions welcome.

Thanks

Taz

[Deano]

Deano, what can I say all the work he puts in behind the seans on these events is amazing and on top of that he wins 2 classes. Thank you and well done mate.



Mate - all I can say is that many people doing a little can achieve great things.

This event and the sprints have really taken off over the past two years.

The computer timing programme developed by Kitty O'Shea's owner and yourself, the sponsors for getting behind the event, and all the people that help out on the day. It's just great to be a part of it.

I really enjoyed the comraderie that developed between the racers over the two days - I'm getting a bit soppy now (ghey) but I ride a Honda so it's ok.

[Drew]

Mate - all I can say is that many people doing a little can achieve great things.

This event and the sprints have really taken off over the past two years.

The computer timing programme developed by Kitty O'Shea's owner and yourself, the sponsors for getting behind the event, and all the people that help out on the day. It's just great to be a part of it.

I really enjoyed the comraderie that developed between the racers over the two days - I'm getting a bit soppy now (ghey) but I ride a Honda so it's ok.

A perfect open door to suggest more people get involved in the organising of said event.

Many minds will make light work of expanding the whole thing, to a televised even! (Even in second spot I would have gotten some coverage).

[flame]

There is a link near the top of the page: http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/hillclimb/hillclimb.htm

ARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHH! if ONLY I had entered Formula 2!!!
:angry2: I nearly swapped at the start of the day too:weep:
But had a ball in BEARs anyhoo's:banana:

[Str8 Jacket]

ARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHH! if ONLY I had entered Formula 2!!!
:angry2: I nearly swapped at the start of the day too:weep:
But had a ball in BEARs anyhoo's:banana:

Chick you did bloody well. You showed most of those boy's what was what!!!!

[wilber]

a few pics

[wilber]

some more from sun

[wilber]

and more.......

[Number One]

a mitey fine ass it is to?????????????:msn-wink:

Braw even..infact, maybe even brawer than mine and Vickys :eek:

[wharfy]

This was indeed a most excellent adventure ! Isn't adrenaline great ?
I will have to go to some track days to learn how to go round corners.
At least this year my top speed was slightly faster than the winners average speed :-)

[Clivoris]

This was indeed a most excellent adventure ! Isn't adrenaline great ?
I will have to go to some track days to learn how to go round corners.
At least this year my top speed was slightly faster than the winners average speed :-)

Welcome to the site mate. There are a few of us planning on doing some training, but it will probably be like me joining a gym. I'll do it tomorrow.

[Sully60]

There are a few of us planning on doing some training, but it will probably be like me joining a gym. I'll do it tomorrow.

Insert Tui add here....:whistle:

[ajturbo]

It was a fanTAZtic day. Thanks to all the helpers as it couldn't be done without you.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the great biker community attitude there.

If any of you have any suggestions for the timing program please PM me and I will see what I can do.
Taz

only let buells trip the beam?:devil2:

[scracha]

Braw even..infact, maybe even brawer than mine and Vickys :eek:

*** BLUSH ***.

[koba]

This was indeed a most excellent adventure ! Isn't adrenaline great ?
I will have to go to some track days to learn how to go round corners.
At least this year my top speed was slightly faster than the winners average speed :-)

Yeah mate, welcome along.
Good shit up there on the hill!
To meet a few more of us also check out the wednesday night ride leaving from avalon duckpond at 6:30, meet at 6pm.
Just a few more left while we still have daylight savings...

[Drew]

This was indeed a most excellent adventure ! Isn't adrenaline great ?
I will have to go to some track days to learn how to go round corners.
At least this year my top speed was slightly faster than the winners average speed :-)

Mate, the ol' hornet will surprise a lot of people up there, good to see ya again. Was your lady floating about on the weekend, I remember having met you both for the first time there last year, but dont think I saw her this time.

[Trudes]

Great write up Deano!:niceone:


Good pics too honey!:hug:

[limbimtimwim]

I hear you are sleeping with the photographer!!!

Scandal!!!

[Deano]

I hear you are sleeping with the photographer!!!

Scandal!!!

That's nothing - I'm sleeping with the author. mwahahaha

[Str8 Jacket]

That's nothing - I'm sleeping with the author. mwahahaha

EWWWW!! That's just plain gross :sick:

[Trudes]

That's nothing - I'm sleeping with the author. mwahahaha

Well I hope you gave him some extra special loving for your mentions!!!