ermm... wonder if I'll have a bike for taupo....
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ermm... wonder if I'll have a bike for taupo....
Rest In Peace
You got time to look at the Tach ???Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever
gee wizzz
well it looks like Ill be there with another new motor -having just blown mine up racing today
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
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Hell's bells! How many hours did you get out of this one?well it looks like Ill be there with another new motor -having just blown mine up racing today
We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department is fucked. It's the biggest cock-up ever. We're all completely fucked.
-Sir Richard Mottram
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No but I didn't want to admit that.You got time to look at the Tach ???I was feeling guilty about not using mirrors last time but as Frosty said the people behind you will take care of the passing you just keep your line. So I am happy. I should change before the rev limiter kicks in. After all we are not racing
and the limiter really slows the bike down.
frequent infrequenter
you do know there's a gearbox on yer bike too...?well it looks like Ill be there with another new motor -having just blown mine up racing today
Rest In Peace
Fold the mirrors in , they will only distract you when the TL's are passingNo but I didn't want to admit that.
Hardcore Biker
Hi guys - I'm by no means the fastest rider round Taupo - Motoracer etc kick my arse but I have learnt a few things about Taupo which if you may find of use to think about if you haven't been there before; or not!
I'd be interested to hear what other racers think about this too:
This is for me on an RGV so don't try this straight away on your GSXR1000!
Speaking in terms of doing a lap starting at the start/finish line:
Turn one - A fastish left hand sweeper that drops away from you just after the apex. Depending on your bike you should be able to keep the throttle pinned until the seal changes (you'll see the join) - pop up and brush the brakes while tipping it in, and change down (for me) two gears. Try to keep you weight off the front because if you load it too much you'll get into strife as the track drops away from the wheel. The corner opens up on you more than you think so you can keep a part thottle on through the turn and then pin it once you feel comfotable, for me the apex but I think braver riders start earlier. Try to keep it pinned after the apex all the way to the white line that is painted across the track then:
Turn two - left hand hairpin. BRAKE! Down one more gear (for me) A hair pin is a hair pin but don't go too wide on the exit and try to keep it smooth. Try to exit more or less in the middle and then keep the power on the whole way through the next set of esses:
Turn three, four, five (if you can call them that) - right hander with some good knee down action. If you exited the hair pin more or less in the middle you should be nicely placed to enter this turn - nice and flat and you are accelerating hard, up one, two then three gears into the next left hander and then again into a right. Unless you're on a big bike you should be able to keep accelerating hard the whole way through; at least keep the throttle on if not accelerating. The left has a little (Turn 4) bump and you need to watch not getting you knee caught in the grass/fairly high curb here. All the time through the esses think about your exit line through the lot of them into the final turn; the left handed sweeper. If you over cook the esses you can get into trouble quickly on the entry into the sweeper as a lot of riders run off the side of the track here having gone a bit hard thorugh the esses.
Turn Six - this sweeper is quite tricky to learn and I still aren't happy I've got it right. After coming out of the esses you should have the throttle pinned, and be more or less in the middle of the track. Once again there is a seal change that helps as a braking marker. On my RGV I try to keep the throttle pinned until I'm about 30 metres past the seal change; then on the brakes and go wide; missing where your brain tells you the apex is. Go out wide as if you're riding off the track, then peal it over and throttle on. Gear selection going into this turn for the exit is crucial. You can tell if you got it right 'cuase on the exit you'll be tucked in, accelerating as hard as you can onto the start/finish straight and at that time just getting to the edge of the track just where the curbing runs out, having apexed almost as teh straight opnes up. It's sort of a double apex turn but the first apex is imaginary - its not actaully the edge of the track its more like in the middle of the track. You can pass heaps of riders in this turn.
Other faster rider's comments welcomed on the above - hope you might point out where I can go faster.....!
Have fun. my funds can't stretch to being there.
jeff the mari
for me entry into the hairpin from the middle of the track(blocking) then exit in the middle or wider if you need to block the entry to the right. exiting esses run over to the left entering sweeper from left this is again for blocking but also gives you more exit speed from the esses. brake through the sweeper until you get to about the last grey line pointing at the suzuki sign then let off on the gas the bike will drop in all by itself. hope this helps, im not a racer but am just about nudging the high 44 sec laps at taupo. my funds also cant stretch being there (my tyres are buggered) but may come along and help out.Hi guys - I'm by no means the fastest rider round Taupo - Motoracer etc kick my arse but I have learnt a few things about Taupo which if you may find of use to think about if you haven't been there before; or not!
I'd be interested to hear what other racers think about this too:
This is for me on an RGV so don't try this straight away on your GSXR1000!
Speaking in terms of doing a lap starting at the start/finish line:
Turn one - A fastish left hand sweeper that drops away from you just after the apex. Depending on your bike you should be able to keep the throttle pinned until the seal changes (you'll see the join) - pop up and brush the brakes while tipping it in, and change down (for me) two gears. Try to keep you weight off the front because if you load it too much you'll get into strife as the track drops away from the wheel. The corner opens up on you more than you think so you can keep a part thottle on through the turn and then pin it once you feel comfotable, for me the apex but I think braver riders start earlier. Try to keep it pinned after the apex all the way to the white line that is painted across the track then:
Turn two - left hand hairpin. BRAKE! Down one more gear (for me) A hair pin is a hair pin but don't go too wide on the exit and try to keep it smooth. Try to exit more or less in the middle and then keep the power on the whole way through the next set of esses:
Turn three, four, five (if you can call them that) - right hander with some good knee down action. If you exited the hair pin more or less in the middle you should be nicely placed to enter this turn - nice and flat and you are accelerating hard, up one, two then three gears into the next left hander and then again into a right. Unless you're on a big bike you should be able to keep accelerating hard the whole way through; at least keep the throttle on if not accelerating. The left has a little (Turn 4) bump and you need to watch not getting you knee caught in the grass/fairly high curb here. All the time through the esses think about your exit line through the lot of them into the final turn; the left handed sweeper. If you over cook the esses you can get into trouble quickly on the entry into the sweeper as a lot of riders run off the side of the track here having gone a bit hard thorugh the esses.
Turn Six - this sweeper is quite tricky to learn and I still aren't happy I've got it right. After coming out of the esses you should have the throttle pinned, and be more or less in the middle of the track. Once again there is a seal change that helps as a braking marker. On my RGV I try to keep the throttle pinned until I'm about 30 metres past the seal change; then on the brakes and go wide; missing where your brain tells you the apex is. Go out wide as if you're riding off the track, then peal it over and throttle on. Gear selection going into this turn for the exit is crucial. You can tell if you got it right 'cuase on the exit you'll be tucked in, accelerating as hard as you can onto the start/finish straight and at that time just getting to the edge of the track just where the curbing runs out, having apexed almost as teh straight opnes up. It's sort of a double apex turn but the first apex is imaginary - its not actaully the edge of the track its more like in the middle of the track. You can pass heaps of riders in this turn.
Other faster rider's comments welcomed on the above - hope you might point out where I can go faster.....!
Have fun. my funds can't stretch to being there.
I'm off to the pub, I may be sometime.
Hardcore Biker
Yep agree with the blocking lines if you're being chased - gotta keep that pesky competition outta the way
Suzuki Sign? I'm way to busy to notice that (didn't know there was one!) but I'll have a look next time and see where it puts me.
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