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    Quote Originally Posted by cheese View Post
    Shit mate you're going to be like me and learn it the hard way.

    Tips - carbo load. Eat like a pig with good food before the race so you got energy.

    Hydrate yourself - when you dehydrate you will make mistakes, feel jaded and crash. so make sure you make yourself drink through the race.
    how did you find it once you were 10 mins into it im more doing it for a fun day riding never been in a race b4 and be good to see if i can 4 laps with just gas stops

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    Quote Originally Posted by jt119 View Post
    how did you find it once you were 10 mins into it im more doing it for a fun day riding never been in a race b4 and be good to see if i can 4 laps with just gas stops
    is it a time limited race or is it over when you complete the 4 laps?
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    To be honest the start is a massive rush, but then its like a giant trail ride. you get caught in massive bottle necks and you have to quick to get past. takes about 5km to sort out the bottle necks and the fortunate ones that got a good start. Last year they gave you some options on the start of a easy and hard route, I took easy and got caught in the massive pile up. Take the hard option!!

    Try to get on the front line for the start.

    Also alot of the track is flat out straights, gear your bike up. I needed a bit more on my CR with standard gear ratios.

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    After the race leader starts on the last lap, you have 30 mins to start your last lap. So that might be your 3rd of 4th depending how you go. Those guys leading are fucking quick too!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingcr250 View Post
    is it a time limited race or is it over when you complete the 4 laps?
    lol i dont no m8 cheese or boom would be the ones to ask

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    Quote Originally Posted by cheese View Post
    After the race leader starts on the last lap, you have 30 mins to start your last lap. So that might be your 3rd of 4th depending how you go. Those guys leading are fucking quick too!!
    my old cr would clean up my new crf id say ill only be doing 3 laps if thats how it works mind you that mite be a good thing ill be well fuck by that time

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    Quote Originally Posted by jt119 View Post
    my old cr would clean up my new crf id say ill only be doing 3 laps if thats how it works mind you that mite be a good thing ill be well fuck by that time
    i think with my unfit ass ill be happy with 2 laps . lol aim high.

    depends wht the weather is like i suppose
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    Quote Originally Posted by jt119 View Post
    lol i dont no m8 cheese or boom would be the ones to ask
    what cheese just said.

    it truely is awesome. do it if you can.

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    Quote Originally Posted by B0000M View Post
    what cheese just said.

    it truely is awesome. do it if you can.

    Seem to remember you did quite well last year didn't you, or was it the year before?

    Who did better out of Barty5 and Cheese????

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    i did better last year, but because i didnt cheat i got nearly last. had i cheated like almost everyone behind me i wouldve done well.

    the year before i cant remember where i got but it was mid 1 hundreds from memory.

    i cant remember who did better out of cheese or barty but i think it mightve been cheese,. - one of them will be able to confirm that.

    then bartys pile of shit commodore couldnt get out the driveway

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    how did thay cheat

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    well it got shortened down to a tarawera 75 last year due to poor weather.

    about 5-10 km into lap 3 there was a cunty chewed out uphill section which due to the wetness on the pumice ground was in a state where once 1 bike had gone up any particular line, that line was fucked. when i got to this mass hold up there were at least a hundred bikes qued up behind. me and all the other non cheaters practicly carried our bikes up this hill as the ruts were impossible to ride through and there was no room for more.

    after that point i got passed by about 2 other riders. however i was nearly last to finish.

    the reason why- everyone else had shortcut'ed along the train tracks cutting out nearly 30km of the track... the same 30km that myself and all the other non cheaters battled our way through to get to the finish.


    and allthough it sounds like fuck all, its pretty gutting to slog your guts our for hours in a race and carry your bike up a hill, only to find that all the people who cheated got a better result.

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    Quote Originally Posted by B0000M View Post
    i did better last year, but because i didnt cheat i got nearly last. had i cheated like almost everyone behind me i wouldve done well.

    the year before i cant remember where i got but it was mid 1 hundreds from memory.

    i cant remember who did better out of cheese or barty but i think it mightve been cheese,. - one of them will be able to confirm that.

    then bartys pile of shit commodore couldnt get out the driveway
    Cheese did better by bout 15 min i had some real bad off on the second lap and both legs cramped up real hard to ride when yah cant move yah legs not a reason for cheese beating me just what happened on the day if i remember he had a few bad offs as well.
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    no commodore defense?? lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by B0000M View Post
    no commodore defense?? lol
    What can i say it was a paddock full a mud 240kw at the wheels odds of getting trackion not every good we knew that when we got there luck to have got out at all. But at least i gave it a go most would have parked out on the road that cars been places most wouldnt dream of.
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