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koba
29th September 2008, 20:21
THIS is a Long report!

Prep.


I really, really stuffed up rebuilding and engine for str8 Jacket before the event.
After heaps of late nights I finally got the engine running on wednesday night, rode it home and it seemed mint, much better than my own :pinch:
Everything seemed gravy I was happy to finally be done.
I started it up on thursday morning, all good, pootled out of the driveway and then shhhhhhhhhhhpwing CRACK!.






The fingertight bandit strike again.

I'm lucky I have an understanding boss that had just mentioned I need to burn up some of my excessive accrued annual leave...

So with a begged two days off I managed to pull the enige apart and after a bit of a panic and a call to Peter Jones knowing we had a back up plan with a spare engine possible though him I was able to settle down and crack into it.

Luckily (in a way) because the damage was all gearbox based due to some idiot :whistle: leaving a balancer shaft nut fingertight the big end and tope end were fine meaning I had enough parts spare to make one complete engine.


The Engine was started about 5pm On friday and ran mint, Sorted!





The Actual Race Day.

I was worried somthing mechanical was going to go wrong but apart form a NAST grabby homemade clutch cable on my bike everything wroke out fine in the mechanical department.
That was one big win for the day :eek:

Qualified 5th on grid, 3rd 150.
I came ahead of Zane Brookes, (normally much faster than me) I was surprised.

Tazman was in 7th, I was determined not to let him beat me in his first race but I was starting to get worried...


Race 1.

Usual Story,
Really Bad start,
Make up a few places in the first lap.
Work real hard to make up a few more over the rest of the race.
Tazman made me work HARD to beat him by a wee bit I think this may have been the race I got past him when he ran wide on the hairpin?
Scary moment apexing splash at the wrong point due to traffic, out of the seat over that ripple strip lump bit.

Race 2
Worse start.
Thankfully I had more laps (15) to try claw back but the Christchurch riders were making that a real task, they are FAST espcially with less pactice on our lovley track!
Huge epic battle with Taz that I hope is on video...
The White stuff on the hairpit and Higgins really got to me!

Race 3
Best start yet, cocked it up after that tho by getting a bad line out of turn one, a CHCH rider with spyke leathers, the CHCH NSR150, the KTM orange #16 CHCH rider, a Beutiful Blue CHCH bike with a rear bubble and that DAMN TAZ all got past me between the exit of turn one and the end of splash.

I was caught in a pack with these riders, except the NSR which made a nice clean break.
we battled it out while the lead pack dissappeared into the distance.

It was great fun because we were all around the same speed and it was very close dicing.

Battled TAZ for a bit, right on him until he asked a fraction to much from his front tyre tipping into the hairpin and washed out.

Bugger!

Managed (just) to not follow him.

Got clear of the orange and blue bikes by a tiny weeny bit to beat them to the line by way of a Scary fast sweeper entry.

The finish was SOOO close between the 3 of us:
57 Malcolm Nabbs 9:30.755
20 Matthew Hoogenboezem 9:30.902
16ch Cameron Hudson 9:32.411


Apart from the injuries sustained by others (get well soon guys!) It was a pearler of a weekend.
I was stoked with the close racing and the great fun, Str8 was happy as to have had such a great time and while TAZ was fair gutted about binning it I think he enjoyed it alot overall.

When I was tying the bikes onto the trailer they called my name out.

They thought I came first for the weekend, I went to tell nasty she must have got it wrong, I got 3rd, 3rd and 4th. Surley not enough for first place.
She showed me the paper and said somthing like "Nope, you won by 2 points."

Yeehaaa! :first:

Consistency is all I could say!

Upon reflection it was pretty much bum luck that worked in my favour with Speightsbud breaking down in race one and a few crashes putting people out and some of the faster CHCH guys not competing in all the races.
Im happy to take it any way I can get it tho!! :headbang: :apint:

Thanks heaps to:
All the other streetstock riders, It is mint racing against so many good people.

The CHCH riders for coming up and giving us a good schooling, it was humbling to be having such great close racing against young up-and-comers.


The pit. (Hells, Paul, Gary, Deano, Luke, Vicky, Drew, Kerry and KTL, Rob, Cherry and the Anglo American Motorcycles Crew, Tony, Marty the typeface guy and Alan the pitbitch legend!)
You guys make the race day, the social side of this scene is so shitloads better than sentances with eccessive esss sounds.

Peter Jones for all the work he unselfishly puts into the streetstock class, the man is a true legend.

Marshalls and volunteers for making the event happen, you guys - and gals rock!

The fingertight bandit for leaving us alone for this race.

You poor bastards reading this ramble

Weaver
29th September 2008, 20:30
Fucken well done that man. You proved that to finish first, first you must finish. Was a great weekend watching you battle it out with Gary.

Clivoris
29th September 2008, 20:30
Outstanding result Malcolm. Is it true that the secret to your superior speed is Hutt Valley Mullet, or is it something about that bogun missus?

flame
29th September 2008, 20:31
You did so well Malc! I was so stoked for you getting 1st overall. Not only do you race blardy well, but you prep yours and Hel's bike, and support her so much too. You deserved your win on both accounts. And It was just wicked to see you both finish the day with huge smiles.

Great having ya's company at the track and afterwards....shit that bourbon was nice :) ! Bring on round 6!

Kendog
29th September 2008, 20:32
Was good watching the battles between you and Taz. Clearly it was serious stuff ;)

ajturbo
29th September 2008, 20:40
was great to see the racing... you guys were flying!!!

am glad i wasn't!!!

well done matey!!

koba
29th September 2008, 20:43
Was good watching the battles between you and Taz. Clearly it was serious stuff ;)

Seriously Good Photography!
Cheers!

Hehe Look at my left hand...

koba
29th September 2008, 20:48
shit that bourbon was nice :) ! Bring on round 6!

mmm, the good stuff! :woohoo:

Must start better, looking at the lapcharts in all the races I finished lap one in 11th!

chanceyy
29th September 2008, 20:52
awesome write up Malc :D .. great stuff seeing you & Hels buzzing for the weekend & whew the bike went .. at least it went kaaaapow before the weekend & not during it :laugh:

koba
29th September 2008, 20:55
awesome write up Malc :D .. great stuff seeing you & Hels buzzing for the weekend & whew the bike went .. at least it went kaaaapow before the weekend & not during it :laugh:

hehe yeah, hopefully we will even be able to cobble together a spare engine out of the reamains of the won I blew for next season.
Sounds like a good Idea with our track records...

chanceyy
29th September 2008, 21:00
hehe yeah, hopefully we will even be able to cobble together a spare engine out of the reamains of the won I blew for next season.
Sounds like a good Idea with our track records...

always good to be prepared, but hopefully the track/racing curse is broken :Punk:

koba
29th September 2008, 21:04
always good to be prepared, but hopefully the track/racing curse is broken :Punk:

and the road one! :laugh:

quallman1234
29th September 2008, 21:51
Awesome stuff man.

Congrats!

Nasty
30th September 2008, 06:47
Crikey no one ever believes me ... and they really should!!!

Well done Malcolm that was an awesome result!!

sels1
30th September 2008, 06:56
Well Done mate. Good writeup too.

Trudes
30th September 2008, 07:11
Well done Malcolm you legend!!! You seemed to have mixed some bucketing styles into your racing..dodgy clutch cables, fingertightened nuts, getting things workable at the last minute and still pulling out a win. Good for you!:rockon:

koba
30th September 2008, 09:19
Crikey no one ever believes me ... and they really should!!!

Well done Malcolm that was an awesome result!!


Well Done mate. Good writeup too.

Cheers for supporting!

koba
30th September 2008, 09:19
Well done Malcolm you legend!!! You seemed to have mixed some bucketing styles into your racing..dodgy clutch cables, fingertightened nuts, getting things workable at the last minute and still pulling out a win. Good for you!:rockon:

It wouldn't be quite as exciting if it was all business and easy aye!

wharfy
30th September 2008, 13:03
Im happy to take it any way I can get it tho!! :headbang: :apint:



A win is a win is win :)

Deano
30th September 2008, 16:25
Great stuff mate. It was greta having the RG trilogy pitting with us.

I'm loving the mullet too bro. I reckon it'll catch on.

Str8 Jacket
30th September 2008, 16:52
Hell yeah! I am sooo proud of you, you soo deserved that 1st!

Thanks for all your hard work and tireless efforts just to get me out there! You're riding so well, im stoked that you only lapped me once. BUT, if you do it again im gonna kick you off your bike! :p

koba
30th September 2008, 17:37
A win is a win is win :)

Hell yeah!


Great stuff mate. It was greta having the RG trilogy pitting with us.

I'm loving the mullet too bro. I reckon it'll catch on.

I just wish I could match it with some homo handles! :crybaby:


Im stoked that you only lapped me once. BUT, if you do it again im gonna kick you off your bike! :p

Bitch!

driftn
30th September 2008, 17:44
Really good job out there mate. Our pit was quite sucsesful.
You with a first, Paul on the even older gixxer than mine 1st and we all got a new PB wicked. Now park the bikes up and dont touch them untill after round 6

koba
30th September 2008, 17:56
Really good job out there mate. Our pit was quite sucsesful.
You with a first, Paul on the even older gixxer than mine 1st and we all got a new PB wicked. Now park the bikes up and dont touch them untill after round 6

haha Good call!

Thats the plan, except for the clutch cable; it is homemade and I don't want to rely on my first bike cable making effort...
A new clutch cable and removing the speedo so the cable can get a smoother run to the clutch housing are the only things on the list before the next round, all to try and improve those diabolical starts!

Str8 Jacket
30th September 2008, 18:02
Really good job out there mate. Our pit was quite sucsesful.
You with a first, Paul on the even older gixxer than mine 1st and we all got a new PB wicked. Now park the bikes up and dont touch them untill after round 6

You are a wise man! Im not so sure that Malcolm's gonna listen though... :pinch: