Robbie Bugden takes NZ Superbike title again

[cowpoos]

Robbies done it again...taking both races this afternoon.

Gareth Jones has taken the SS title after a couple of thrilling races with sam smith...second race it was 0.004 of a second on the line!!

[cowpoos]

http://www.nzsbk.blogspot.com/

[NZsarge]

Saw some bloody good racing particularly in the superbikes at the Manfeild round, brilliant!

[sinfull]

Gareth Jones has taken the SS title after a couple of thrilling races with sam smith...second race it was 0.004 of a second on the line!!

Now that sounds like a race i wish i'd seen ! Good on ya Gareth !
(bloody Ausies lol)

[Mental Trousers]

Didn't see you hanging around Stroudie's pit. You gone soft or something?

Good racing. Buggie just pissed off and left everyone racing for 2nd. Scary how quick that guy is when you look at Gareth Jones, Stroud and Shirriffs. You wouldn't bet on Ray Clee coming in a lonely 4th at Puke, but that's how fast those boys are.

A shame to see the field is shrinking though. The economic climate is definitely hurting a lot of people.

[Duke girl]

Well that has just made my weekend hearing the great news about those fantastic Aussies winning the Superbike championship again. Well Done Robbie you did us Proud. And also Congratulations to yet another Aussie in Gareth Jones on a fantastic performance throughout the championship.
You got to hand it to them they sure do know how to ride to their limits and come out on top.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oye Oye Oye.

[Bren_chch]

Wish i could have gone and watched these rounds, congratulations to all who competed... you did it! :Punk:

Well done to all at Triple-r-super bike team. http://www.triple-r-superbike.co.nz/

Special mention to James Smith, well done James, I am proud to know you. You put in a great effort and were 100% dedicated with your pre nationals training and riding, ya bike blew at manfield and you were lucky to get a loaner for the rest of the nationals racing! Get that title next year ay?

[White trash]

Congratulations Robbie. He thoroughly dominated the class since Triple R unloaded the bike Friday. To give you an idea of how quick him, Andrew and Gareth were travelling today, all three of them lapped Dennis Charlet, the outgoing 600 Sport Production champion.

MASIVE respect to Sam Smith. After one of the hugest crashes yesterday you will ever see, Dave Cole must of worked literally all night to prepare him a bike. Sam rewarded his hard work with the most thrilling two races of the weekend, narowly beating Gareth to the line in Race 1 and sooooooo close in Race 2.

What a fan-fucken-tastic weekend.

[Clivoris]

Well that has just made my weekend hearing the great news about those fantastic Aussies winning the Superbike championship again. Well Done Robbie you did us Proud. And also Congratulations to yet another Aussie in Gareth Jones on a fantastic performance throughout the championship.
You got to hand it to them they sure do know how to ride to their limits and come out on top.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oye Oye Oye.

My Grandfather was Australian but I'm slow as a tax refund.

[Quasievil]

This Pic sums his joy over the win I reckon !

[puddytat]

. To give you an idea of how quick him, Andrew and Gareth were travelling today, all three of them lapped Dennis Charlet, the outgoing 600 Sport Production champion.



Thats IS fricken impressive!!!:shit:

[Bren_chch]

Thats IS fricken impressive!!!:shit:

well to be fair on dennis, its wasnt his bike, not set up for him and he aint ridden a thousand for about a year, but yeah i get what ya saying... FAST!!!

[Bren_chch]

This Pic sums his joy over the win I reckon !

thats a great photo... did u take it? can i use it?

[White trash]

And another point that needs mentioning. At the end of the 600 TT, Dennis was the only rider all weekend to do a rolling nurnout (albeit a small one)

All you other racers are homos.

[Quasievil]

thats a great photo... did u take it? can i use it?

Yeah Bro for sure, I aint no professinal lol, Im uploading the original (that was cropped) into Photobucket so I will put the link up soon.

[Bren_chch]

Yeah Bro for sure, I aint no professinal lol, Im uploading the original (that was cropped) into Photobucket so I will put the link up soon.


thanks, its awesome... the team will enjoy that!

[WarrenW]

For those that don't know what Robbie looks like without his helmet on.
Cheers
W

[CHOPPA]

well to be fair on dennis, its wasnt his bike, not set up for him and he aint ridden a thousand for about a year, but yeah i get what ya saying... FAST!!!

I read somewhere that he had been testing on it and had raced and won some ruapuna round..? If you look at his times he just cruised in the last few laps anyway, he was prob wrecked from intense 600 races!

[Bren_chch]

I read somewhere that he had been testing on it and had raced and won some ruapuna round..?

EDIT: ok from my poor memory - No.. he didnt.

Well done to you on completing the national series, impressive times everywhere! Same again next year?

[CHOPPA]

No.. he didnt.

Well done to you on completing the national series, impressive times everywhere! Same again next year?

Cheers mate! Similar next year, just better! ;)

[Toast]

Robbie's the man! It was a pity from a spectator's point of view that the other's didn't step up and really push him like they did last year. Still a good battle between Stroudy and Jones in race 2 to entertain us though!

[Bren_chch]

Robbie's the man! It was a pity from a spectator's point of view that the other's didn't step up and really push him like they did last year. Still a good battle between Stroudy and Jones in race 2 to entertain us though!

WOW.:mellow:.. they been pushing him at every round, this has been the closest series for the leaders! its not like they were not trying mate! :laugh:

[Bren_chch]

Cheers mate! Similar next year, just better! ;)

suzuki or yamaha lol

[Toast]

WOW.:mellow:.. they been pushing him at every round, this has been the closest series for the leaders! its not like they were not trying mate! :laugh:

Sorry, I should clarify...from a spectator at Puke's point of view...race one was close for a while until Gareths's bike crapped itself and held the rest up a bit.

It does sound like they were REALLY pushing him at the earlier rounds...wish I coulda been there to see it!!!

[wharfy]

Sorry, I should clarify...from a spectator at Puke's point of view...race one was close for a while until Gareths's bike crapped itself and held the rest up a bit.

It does sound like they were REALLY pushing him at the earlier rounds...wish I coulda been there to see it!!!

Fuck yeah..... they were banging fairings at Manfield, you could have thrown a blanket over the first three on the last corner of the race, It was REALLY REALLY good

[Robert Taylor]

Robbie's the man! It was a pity from a spectator's point of view that the other's didn't step up and really push him like they did last year. Still a good battle between Stroudy and Jones in race 2 to entertain us though!

There is also the little matter of the new suspension settings we installed into Robbies bike during the practice sessions, these offered a clear improvement and advantage. It actually would have been nigh impossible for the following riders to match the ultimate pace of Robbies bike.
Sam Smiths bike also benefited from a suspension upgrade to the front end ( although quite different to Robbies ) and to that end I am very happy that he was able to steal a win ( nearly 2 ) from Gareth who is very much on form.
Riders are part of the equation ( albeit a significant part ) but there is also a lot of development going on behind the scenes. In fact a lot more than people realise.

[svr]

Riders are part of the equation

Yes - but only until technicians get their way by the sounds of it!

[svs]

And another point that needs mentioning. At the end of the 600 TT, Dennis was the only rider all weekend to do a rolling nurnout (albeit a small one)

All you other racers are homos.

saw that, thought about it, then decided I'd probably fuck it up and make an arse of myself. sorry for being boring

[Robert Taylor]

Yes - but only until technicians get their way by the sounds of it!

Sounds good to me!

[Squid69]

Didn't see you hanging around Stroudie's pit. You gone soft or something?

Good racing. Buggie just pissed off and left everyone racing for 2nd. Scary how quick that guy is when you look at Gareth Jones, Stroud and Shirriffs. You wouldn't bet on Ray Clee coming in a lonely 4th at Puke, but that's how fast those boys are.

A shame to see the field is shrinking though. The economic climate is definitely hurting a lot of people.

I saw a yellow bike go past, smoking like a chiminey.

It was in 2nd, only a second or so back from bugden, with stroud and a shiffifs chasing it.

Next time they came past he was about 5 seconds ahead.
I presume that the yellow bike had somthing to do with him getting that much of a jump in one lap.