Racer? Me?

[Biggles08]

Well its all coming together for me at last. I have been attending motott track days for over a year now and have always had interest in eventually getting involved in racing....and it appears my time is nigh! :-)

I have been talking to some fantastic people involved in racing and I have purchased a lot of 'bling' for my road going 07 ZX6R from Jamie Rajek...a fucking faaaast man! I have now installed it all and taken it off the road indefinitely. Funnily enough, my decision to do this was re-enforced on my last ride on it on the road on my birthday...a parting gift from a friendly officer in the form of a fine of $120 confirmed my thoughts about why I now hate riding on NZ roads.

Sooooo...I have now got my race bike...my race license and my race number 808. I was wanting '08' but apparently I will have to earn that one :laugh:. I have secured great sponsorship from METZLER tires in which I am completely sold on. I used the Racetec's at the last Motott track day in Taupo and was blown away with their performance! And my bike isn't properly set up for me yet.

I'm a complete novice when it comes to racing and have no grand illusions of being anywhere near the front of F2, however I know I will have loads of fun out there and will do my best. I have been happy with my riding growth over the last few months in particular and would appreciate any further assistance from those of you who actually know what your doing :confused:.

A few people I feel I should mention here is the crew at Motott who run a great track day and are the reason I am where I am now....Mt Eden Motorcycles have always provided far and away the best service I have seen in the motorcycling world and now have committed to sponsor my racing! You guys rock!!! Forbes and Davies for taking a chance on me and sponsoring me with my first choice of tires METZLER....I hope to repay all of you with some sort of success...maybe that's just rubber side down!!!! hehehe.

See you lot on the track! woooooop! :Punk:

[Tony.OK]

Funnily enough, my decision to do this was re-enforced on my last ride on it on the road on my birthday...a parting gift from a friendly officer in the form of a fine of $120 confirmed my thoughts about why I now hate riding on NZ roads.


Thats damn near exactly what happened to me at the start of this year dude........just a bigger ticket:doh:
Good luck with your racing man.............they should issue warnings with your race licence though......"Using race licence may lead to an addiction":laugh:
See ya on track soon:niceone:

[Biggles08]

Thats damn near exactly what happened to me at the start of this year dude........just a bigger ticket:doh:
Good luck with your racing man.............they should issue warnings with your race licence though......"Using race licence may lead to an addiction":laugh:
See ya on track soon:niceone:

Yeah....and I got made redundant on my Birthday too!!!!:weep: was a shit day! At least the cop reduced my speed from 122kph to 120kph so I didn't lose my license completely....90 demerit points! DOH!

[DMNTD]

Onya my tow ball swallowing friend! :scooter:

So what sort of times are car pie if one wants to have a go in F2?

[Biggles08]

the times you are doing dumbmental! I have no idea bro....I was doing 1:41 around Taupo full track, appaerently that will be ok to hava go! :-) The top boys are doing 1:35's I think.

[t3mp0r4ry nzr]

p.b laptimes dont really matter in racing, as such. If you holeshot the start and block for the rest of the race, you will win. But this really happens of course, the fastest will also win. Its a massive gap between time trialling it and racing with 10 other nutters!!

you will probabley drop a couple of seconds straight away by following the experienced racers. so dont worry about what times you can do now, cos the eye of the tiger is worth at least 3 seconds or a free trip to the A&E. either way, its all shits and giggles!! enjoy

[Toast]

Good to see more getting in to racing :D

I'm just about to start using the Metzelers for upcoming races too, so good to hear that you enjoyed 'em :niceone:

[ArcherWC]

F1/F2 winning times at Taupo over the winter are around the 1:33 and Clubmans around 1:40.

[ArcherWC]

And give me a yell any time mate, i will help where I can

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Well done my little friend, I will be living vicariously through your experiences. Those not including towballs, that is...:eek:

[Clivoris]

Hehehe. Welcome to the buzz bro.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Well done mate, few years for me just yet, right now I'm experiencing the buzz of dirt riding !! spectacular driftage.....

[icekiwi]

Good one Biggles,go an give it shit...

[scuzeme]

Good one Biggles, you will do fucken awesom mate.
If you think your riding improved doing track days your in for a shock at how quickly you will move to the next level in the space of a race or two, looking forward to celebrating your progress in the next few months mate.

[kiwifruit]

Have fun Marcus :sunny:

[kittytamer]

This is a very familiar story. Doing the same thing myself on my R6. Looking foraward to popping my racing cherry next month! Good luck buddy

[Matt Bleck]

Good on ya Marcus! :niceone:

[Biggles08]

This is a very familiar story. Doing the same thing myself on my R6. Looking foraward to popping my racing cherry next month! Good luck buddy


Cheers bud....why not pop it at Taupo at the end of this month...there will be a few of us :-D:wari:

[BarBender]

Nice going Marcus.

Enjoy!!!:wari:

[DMNTD]

Cheers bud....why not pop it at Taupo at the end of this month...there will be a few of us :-D:wari:

Just heard that you've acquired another sponsor :shifty:


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[scrivy]

Good stuff!!

[scrivy]

Just heard that you've acquired another sponsor :shifty:


Just heard that you will be racing at Taupo too....... :first:

[Biggles08]

heres my purrty bike :-)
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=1118&pictureid=11053
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=1118&pictureid=11052
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=1118&pictureid=11050
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=1118&pictureid=11049
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[puddytat]

Good on ya man, Ive just done my first meeting 2 weeks back & the seconds this weekend....that first start is something you'll never forget.
Like others have said, youre times'll drop from pretty much the git go , mine did by 4 secs....Give 'em hell!!

[Sparky Bills]

Good luck with the new career path!
See you out there VERY soon :Punk:

[Tony.OK]

heres my purrty bike :-)


Noice dude...................love the Akra.....they are a work of art, I like just staring at mine:laugh: