MotoTT Trackday 26th Sept

[kiwifruit]

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$95 pre pay (due by 22/09/08)
$120 on the day

http://www.motott.co.nz/
email booking enquires to Peter: ride@motott.co.nz

See you there :sunny: :sunny:

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The Taupo Track is offering half price garages to MotoTT trackday customers, $50 a door instead of $100! :)
You can arrange one on the day by seeing the track staff in the small building by the main gate or pre book one, contact Jacki on 07 376 5033 or jacki.hanning@tauporacetrack.co.nz

[scuzeme]

I will be there with bells on, then off to Palmy to watch round 5 of the winter series should be a fantastic weekend.

Ive booked garage 19 at Taupo ill be there all by my lonesome.

[emaN]

will someone be available to kindly show me lines around the racing track?

[seens]

Yep I be there rubber side down all day dis time He He
Cant wreck da new bike too soon:baby:

[kiwifruit]

will someone be available to kindly show me lines around the racing track?

yes, there will be riders circulating wearing "lines" vests, feel free to ask for assistance :)

[emaN]

yes, there will be riders circulating wearing "lines" vests, feel free to ask for assistance :)
oh, i see..
but i am worried that any such riders wearing "lines" would prove a 'distraction' from the job at hand

[st3f]

Anyone from Wellington have "contingency" room in their trailer for the trip home?

I rode up for the July session and spent far too much time worrying about how I was going to get the damn thing home if I crashed.

[sinfull]

Anyone from Wellington have "contingency" room in their trailer for the trip home?

I rode up for the July session and spent far too much time worrying about how I was going to get the damn thing home if I crashed.
Wouldn't let it stress ya man ! Chriss Mitchell will store any bikes at his shop till ya arrange to get it !
I'm more concerned with gettin the bike up there lol was gonna skip this one and wait till oct when i can ride it up but mehhhhh can't wait that long, i want in !!!

WTB one Van pls !

[Matt Bleck]

oh, i see..
but i am worried that any such riders wearing "lines" would prove a 'distraction' from the job at hand
ma ma mia!!!

[kiwifruit]

50% sold out :)

[El Dopa]

Anyone from aucks going down with a trailer or van, who wants to share petrol, etc?

[Benk]

Sweet, registered and ready for action. Hopefully the old mans fzr1000 will be going so I can take that for a thrash as well!

[Xile]

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Stop putting pics of your boyfriend to sale things Allan, that's disgusting!! Does he know about it at least???

:whistle::girlfight::hug:

[jrandom]

Stop putting pics of your boyfriend to sale things Allan, that's disgusting!! Does he know about it at least???

The use of eye-catchingly sexy imagery in advertising is generally accepted these days. Keep up at the back, Madame Crapaud.

On another note, young miss fireball will be marshalling on the 26th, and needs a ride down. Either pillion or cage, she's not fussy. She has no internets at the moment, so if any of y'all would be able to assist with getting her from East Tamaki to Taupo and back again, could you let me know?

:sunny:

[kiwifruit]

3/4 sold out :)

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Enjoy yourselves you lucky bastards, I'm out for this one :weep:

[DMNTD]

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Hmmmm...looks like I'm in :eek:

[Kornholio]

Yep I be there rubber side down all day dis time He He
Cant wreck da new bike too soon:baby:

That would be a bonus :p .... Me and the Fishy one are in... Looks like I get to putt around on a gay Honda while Fish learns how to ride a real bike for the endurance race :Pokey:

EDIT: Fuckety Fuck Fuck, we happen to be moving shop that day and I cant get the day off GODDAMMIT!!!

Am a little filthy at the moment

[Benk]

Group 2 DMTD? Ill keep my eyes peeled :laugh: :devil2:

[kiwifruit]

Group 2 DMTD? Ill keep my eyes peeled :laugh: :devil2:

n'awwwww! You leave poor DUMPTY alone ya big meanie

[Aero165]

Ooooh! I'll come! My R1 is back together now too!:eek:

[SeppoDave]

Hypnotising tone: Sell the sportbikes, keep the motard, sell the sportbikes, keep the motard

[Shaun]

FOR SALE @ Motott track day

2007 GSXR 750

Arrow race pipe
Yoshimura footpegs
Race body work

NO ROAD GEAR

$ 9500-00

Come see it, it will be the bike I am riding there on the day.

Sorry for the thread jack.

[kiwifruit]

Not many places left, get in while you can :sunny:

[Goblin]

Anyone going down from Rotorua or Tauranga that could take a bike and some boxes of bits for me please?

[kiwifruit]

Anyone going down from Rotorua or Tauranga that could take a bike and some boxes of bits for me please?

Uncle? :cool:

[Shaun]

Anyone going down from Rotorua or Tauranga that could take a bike and some boxes of bits for me please?




Hope you can help for this.

If Not, Do not panick, I can come over and collect all in a couple of weeks from now!

[fireball]

sorry i couldnt make this one im gutted!

but picking up brand new bike today so will be able to get down there for the next one!:niceone:

[discotex]

You kids have heaps of fun!

I can't really ditch my own birthday party and I've got to grab a few bits for the bike before I head down to the next one.

Aiming for next month tho :headbang:

[Goblin]

Hope you can help for this.

If Not, Do not panick, I can come over and collect all in a couple of weeks from now!No worries Shaun...Ive just borrowed my mums car and trailer for Friday. Wont have to dismantle it and bring it in my car.:sweatdrop

[Shaun]

No worries Shaun...Ive just borrowed my mums car and trailer for Friday. Wont have to dismantle it and bring it in my car.:sweatdrop



Sweet, see you friday

[marcdufresne]

On another note, young miss fireball will be marshalling on the 26th, and needs a ride down. Either pillion or cage, she's not fussy. She has no internets at the moment, so if any of y'all would be able to assist with getting her from East Tamaki to Taupo and back again, could you let me know?


hi , a couple of us are going down thursday arvo back sat morn -- happy to oblige with transport. 027 202 1996 marc -- and anybody else want to ride down let us know.
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[marcdufresne]

couple of us doing down thursday - happy to oblige with transport 027 202 1996

[erik]

Well I've installed some Racetech emulators (2 turns of preload, 10W oil, rebound holes brazed shut and stock fork springs) and put on a new front tyre, a Diablo Rosso 120/70-17 vs the Diablo 120/60-17. So it's going to be interesting to see how the bike performs. I went for a short ride after fitting the emulators and I think it isn't diving and mushing around so much going into corners, but it felt like it needed a little more effort to countersteer it after braking. I thought it felt like the front needed more weight on it, but it might've been in my imagination, I have to ride it more and read up more about suspension tuning.

:banana:

[saul]

Weeeeeeeeeee...new tyres ordered and will be fitted tomorrow so a scrub up will be in order tomorrow night. :rolleyes:

Roll on Friday :cool:



Hmmm hrumph:baby::(

Trackdays arn't that great anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[DMNTD]

Hmmm hrumph:baby::(

Trackdays arn't that great anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! :devil2:


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[kiwifruit]

One more sleep! :sunny:

[nodrog]

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[Kornholio]

Hmmm hrumph:baby::(

Trackdays arn't that great anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I hear ya :Pokey:


Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! :devil2:


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Thats just past Coroglen isnt it .......

[kiwifruit]

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[Aero165]

I wish I understood that:(

[saul]

Hope you all have a great time wish I could be with you:niceone:

Gotta be in court tomorrow sigh when will they learn:(

[Kornholio]

Hope you all have a great time wish I could be with you:niceone:

Gotta be in court tomorrow sigh when will they learn:(

You leave me out of this :p

[jrandom]

Sue VFR sold her soul to the devil in exchange for weather-control powers

I know. Creepy, aye?

[Goblin]

Yet another excellent MotoTT Trackday.:sunny: Huge thanks to kiwifruit for letting me out of my cage in the arvo.:hug: Also to Shaun for a go on your awesome bike! Looking forward to seeing you racing again.

Took my girl out for her first time on a track. Think I frightened her a wee bit.:Oops:
Had fun playing with Matt Bleck and DMNTD even tho I couldnt keep up.

Thanks to the MotoTT team for all the work you do. :rockon:


Oh and turn 2 should be named Ben's corner. Really gutted for ya Ben. Hope your not too sore today and the bikes are easily fixed.

[DMNTD]

Hell yes what a wickedly good day all thanks to the MotoTT Crew and a big thanks to all of those in the "background" that enabled the rest of us to fang our bits around Taupo.

Starting to get a bit more confidence on my fag bike thanks to some suspension set up and decent tyres.
Oh well...will try and make the next one too :woohoo:

[Benk]

Yup, thanks to motott for another good one.

Although I wasnt exactly on my game doing some damage to the vfr, then crashing dads bike on the same corner on the warm up lap. Got it on camera though <_<

[sinfull]

Yup, thanks to motott for another good one.

Although I wasnt exactly on my game doing some damage to the vfr, then crashing dads bike on the same corner on the warm up lap. Got it on camera though <_<
Awww aye two bikes in one meeting ! Legend



Waits patiently to see the evidence !

[discotex]

Yup, thanks to motott for another good one.

Although I wasnt exactly on my game doing some damage to the vfr, then crashing dads bike on the same corner on the warm up lap. Got it on camera though <_<

:Oops:

On turn two as mentioned above? Not exactly where I'd expect.

[Benk]

:Oops:

On turn two as mentioned above? Not exactly where I'd expect.

First one was because I did turn one too good, I normally run it deep and miss the apex, but I got it right for once, but it set me up too wide for turn 2 (which I didnt realise at the time), staying on the gas right through didnt help either. Nothing but my fault on that one.:bash: Video to come...

Old mans bike was a different story though, front just tucked on me, wasnt on the brakes, wasnt on the gas, wasnt goin fast.

Talking to Chris (one of the main motott men) and he reckoned the mis match in front and rear tyres would have been the main cause, I would have gone around that corner faster in the wet on my GSX250 and it wouldnt have fallen over.

If you need an excuse any excuse will do.....but Im sticking with it, as the old man has done the same thing on turn 6, lost the front and didnt know why. Lucky I didnt do too much damage to his bike :whistle::whistle:

Still felt like a salmon though....

[Benk]

Oh and turn 2 should be named Ben's corner. Really gutted for ya Ben. Hope your not too sore today and the bikes are easily fixed.

Shoulders sore but nothing too bad. Not as bad as my pocket bike injurys in any case. Bikes wont be too much of a problem, straigtn the back brake lever on the old mans bike, and new handlebar pipe, foot peg bracket and some fibreglassing work for the vfr and she'll be gravy. Could have been alot more damage.:wari:

[kiwifruit]

Great day! :sunny:
Benk, lol, i'm glad you are ok... looking forward to the video

[Benk]

Tell us the truth dude...it was your hair that saved ya eh? :shifty:

Well...... thats obviously what I meant, I mean........I could have damaged my hair. Think of the consequences. I cant even bear to think of it. It keeps me awake at night....

[sinfull]

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Yo mon i want ma money back !

[Benk]

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[erik]

First one was because I did turn one too good, I normally run it deep and miss the apex, but I got it right for once, but it set me up too wide for turn 2 (which I didnt realise at the time), staying on the gas right through didnt help either. Nothing but my fault on that one.:bash: Video to come...

Were you on the brakes and gas at the same time? Or was there crap on the track that made the front wheel lose grip? It went down quick and the bike was fairly upright before it let go. Good luck with getting it and your dad's bike fixed.


I'd like to say thanks to MotoTT for another awesome day!

I had my first go in the yellow group, I think it suits me better, I didn't have to do as much passing and I didn't get passed as much as I thought I might.

The emulators seemed to help keep the front end more controlled going into and through corners, it was good, plus the new front tyre made a big difference, the bike felt a lot more neutral handling. And the chicken strips on the front and rear match better now, with the 60 profile front there were no chicken strips on the front while the back still had them which made me worry about rolling off the edge of the front.

Here's a couple of videos from the day:

Session 2 yellow group:
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Session 3 yellow group:
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[Benk]

Were you on the brakes and gas at the same time? Or was there crap on the track that made the front wheel lose grip?

Nar, just had the wrong line and tried to fix my mistake mid corner, and it just pushed the front end. Maybe it was crap on the track come to think of it? Same reason why though, too fast on wrong line.

Front tyre was getting worked to the edges more than it had previously, but I think I just needed to give myself more time to adapt to my suspension changes (stiffened the rear up a little, added more preload to the front [inch and a half maybe]), it felt better with more ride height, but definitely turned in slower and I had to setup my line better before heading into the corner.

On the plus side of the changes though was weight transfer on the brakes and coming out of corners, felt better I think. Need a little more time to get used to it though.

[sinfull]

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Cheers for throwing that up man ! Crazy the way ya front let go there ! Though ya go back a couple o turns and i cant help but think how'd ya end up on the edge there ? Seemed to be totally on line for a good exit and next thing ya in the rough !

[Benk]

Though ya go back a couple o turns and i cant help but think how'd ya end up on the edge there ? Seemed to be totally on line for a good exit and next thing ya in the rough !

To wide coming in, and too early on the gas. Fucked up that corner lots yesterday.

[erik]

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Front tyre was getting worked to the edges more than it had previously, but I think I just needed to give myself more time to adapt to my suspension changes (stiffened the rear up a little, added more preload to the front [inch and a half maybe]), it felt better with more ride height, but definitely turned in slower and I had to setup my line better before heading into the corner.
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An inch and a half (about 38mm) sounds like a lot of preload. With that much preload, there will still be a lot of force in the springs when the forks are fully extended (it must've been hard to get the caps on) so when you're accelerating and there's not much weight on the front wheel, the suspension might be too stiff to follow bumps etc. Maybe that contributed to the front wheel letting go? If that's the case, you might need stiffer springs which would require less preload to get the correct sag.

[Benk]

An inch and a half (about 38mm) sounds like a lot of preload. With that much preload, there will still be a lot of force in the springs when the forks are fully extended (it must've been hard to get the caps on) so when you're accelerating and there's not much weight on the front wheel, the suspension might be too stiff to follow bumps etc. Maybe that contributed to the front wheel letting go? If that's the case, you might need stiffer springs which would require less preload to get the correct sag.

Suspension isnt stiff anymore, was really stiff in the front end beforehand, felt like it was bottoming out, hence the additional preload and travel. Im no expert though.

[Sue VFR]

Thank you KBs another awesome day. The sun came out and the track warmed up. Everyone sorted themselves out in the morning and the afternoon riding was excellent (on the whole!) At lunch time we did the "Major Prize Draw" and a regular trackdayer from Taranaki won the set of Conti Sport Attacks. We have another great major prize to be one by someone who attends any of the next four trackdays and Kiwifruit will post that on the web site next week.
I was in the control box when Benk did his second off on the same corner... he was so funny. We could hear his f..ing and blinding muffled only by his helmet, he stomped his feet, spat the dummy and through all his toys out of the cot. :lol: He got his Dad's bike out of harms way and spent the rest of the session parked up by the amco. Glad you are okay Benk.
Thank you again Goblin, Matt Bleck, and Kiwifruit for the excellent work you do.
xxx Sue

[discotex]

If you need an excuse any excuse will do.....but Im sticking with it, as the old man has done the same thing on turn 6, lost the front and didnt know why. Lucky I didnt do too much damage to his bike :whistle::whistle:


Pretty unlucky to be the same corner huh! Can fix the bikes. Main thing is you're ok (apart from the bruised ego)


Were you on the brakes and gas at the same time? Or was there crap on the track that made the front wheel lose grip? It went down quick and the bike was fairly upright before it let go.

Looked quite strange huh? Was almost like there wasn't enough weight on the front so it slid out as the cornering forces started to come onto it. Wasn't that far over when it just dropped the bike.

I'm jealous as my camera had run out of memory when I lost the front on turn 5. Makes cool footage :)

Nice vids both of ya. So hope I can make the next one.

[Shaun]

Yet another excellent MotoTT Trackday.:sunny: Huge thanks to kiwifruit for letting me out of my cage in the arvo.:hug: Also to Shaun for a go on your awesome bike! Looking forward to seeing you racing again.

Took my girl out for her first time on a track. Think I frightened her a wee bit.:Oops:
Had fun playing with Matt Bleck and DMNTD even tho I couldnt keep up.

Thanks to the MotoTT team for all the work you do. :rockon:


Oh and turn 2 should be named Ben's corner. Really gutted for ya Ben. Hope your not too sore today and the bikes are easily fixed.




Hey Goblin, you were really smooth and rather fast- impressed the heck out of me with ya little effort there, glad you enjoyed it

PS, the Continentall tyres are great eh

[Goblin]

PS, the Continentall tyres are great ehHell yes! As I was sitting waiting to start, I was looking over the bike but couldnt see any tread from on top of the bike so assumed they were slicks. You may well have another convert.
Thanks so much for the chance to try out a well set up, full on race bike! I was well impressed.

[DMNTD]

PS, the Continental tyres are great eh
I'll be trying out some Conti Race's for my next set of hoops ;)

[Shaun]

I'll be trying out some Conti Race's for my next set of hoops ;)





Moto-Dynamix is now a Continental tire agent!!! As I am going to race on them as well this season:2thumbsup

Get in touch closer to the time ( Via PM or email or phone)of wanting some Conti's, and I will respond with a price for them

[Matt Bleck]

Yup another great day thanks MotoTT!!!

Oh and I seemed to have lost my licence somewhere along the way home..... :confused:

[jrandom]

Oh and I seemed to have lost my licence somewhere along the way home..... :confused:

WLenuBXt2RE

[Devil]

Hrmph, I have no idea when i'm going to be able to make it to the track next :(

[emaN]

Oh and I seemed to have lost my licence somewhere along the way home..... :confused:
well hop back on yer bike & go for a ride to look for it & quit whingeing about it

[kiwifruit]

well hop back on yer bike & go for a ride to look for it & quit whingeing about it

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[emaN]

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dang Fruity One....stuff like dat should be illegal!:sick:

but I'll be sure to pass on to him your views on things when I'm 'round there for the GP later on :shifty:

[Benk]

I was in the control box when Benk did his second off on the same corner... he was so funny. We could hear his f..ing and blinding muffled only by his helmet, he stomped his feet, spat the dummy and through all his toys out of the cot. :lol:

:baby::baby::baby:

haha, must have looked funny. I felt like smashing my helmet on the ground, but managed to restrain myself. :pinch:

Not touching the old mans bike till he has matching tyres and tyre warmers :yes:

[Biggles08]

Well as everyone has already said....AWESOME DAY! yet again the weather Gods shone down thier approval on the motott Trackday goers....although it was a tad cold in the morning.

As for my day I was well happy with my performance. My goal for the day was to ride smoother lines and seemed to achieve that so I was very happy with myself. I felt very comfortable out there too...and seemed to have managed to find a next level compared to my previous trackdays...all in all I'm very happy...bring on October's Motott day!

[Unit]

I'm never going again without taking my bike :no:

[kiwifruit]

Sample photos up now. We didn't have professional photographer Alick Saunders this time sorry.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Awesome day, my first track day after 5 months... was gr8 .. good to catch up with all the TT organisers as well as others... my goal for the day was not to bin and have fun and I did just that!

Will try make the next one too.

YR64L.

[FzerozeroT]

If anyone did take photos on the day could they please let me know. (Silver SV1000 and green jacket)

[Benk]

moto tt website (http://www.motott.co.nz/26sept_samples.zip)

[MidnightMike]

Well I've installed some Racetech emulators (2 turns of preload, 10W oil, rebound holes brazed shut and stock fork springs) and put on a new front tyre, a Diablo Rosso 120/70-17 vs the Diablo 120/60-17. So it's going to be interesting to see how the bike performs. I went for a short ride after fitting the emulators and I think it isn't diving and mushing around so much going into corners, but it felt like it needed a little more effort to countersteer it after braking. I thought it felt like the front needed more weight on it, but it might've been in my imagination, I have to ride it more and read up more about suspension tuning.

:banana:

How much it cost for all that fancy stuff?

My forks could use some more goodies, just put 15w oil in them for now.

[erik]

How much it cost for all that fancy stuff?

My forks could use some more goodies, just put 15w oil in them for now.
the emulators were US$204.92 incl postage.