Clubmans Corner...

[puddytat]

Im just a wondering wether there's sufficient Clubmans racers to warrant our own wee corner of this cyberspace world ???
A place where we can can shoot the shit, pull each others leg & generally chat about the world of bike racing as it applies to us...
You know the ones....its that fella on the old gsxr;that on the flash new bike whose quick as on the straights, but slow as thru the corners;or that other fella whose taken his number plate off & taped up his lights.
Or that geezer who hasnt raced for a while & rocks up on his old dunger & kicks all our butts
Some off us might be happier in this class instead of the appropriate formula
as it aint as expensive, plus where else do you end up racing against thous down to buckets?

[Wingnut]

Im just a wondering wether there's sufficient Clubmans racers to warrant our own wee corner of this cyberspace world ???
A place where we can can shoot the shit, pull each others leg & generally chat about the world of bike racing as it applies to us...
You know the ones....its that fella on the old gsxr;that on the flash new bike whose quick as on the straights, but slow as thru the corners;or that other fella whose taken his number plate off & taped up his lights.
Or that geezer who hasnt raced for a while & rocks up on his old dunger & kicks all our butts
Some off us might be happier in this class instead of the appropriate formula
as it aint as expensive, plus where else do you end up racing against thous down to buckets?

So which catagory do you fit into Puddy?

I will be doing the Canty Winter series and pretty much all the south island events I can afford to do this year. Keep an eye out for a shabby old black CBR. Clubmans sounds great to me. Was quite painfull to watch at Levels last weekend. Should have entered, but............

[puddytat]

So which catagory do you fit into Puddy?

Im the fella who took off his number plate & taped up his lights...but sometimes Im that tosser who's slow in the corners & fast on the straight,,,,

I just like the idea of sitting on the grid & looking at all the bikes around me & its like its youre mates finally got thier shit together & got leathers....
There is such a variety of bikes on the grid that its like the road,but you can nail it!!!

[Wingnut]

Did your mate Tama get his bike sorted?

[sinfull]

awww coool a clubmans club where clubmembers can come to club clubmates !
Do we get sponsorship ?
I need a barge and a van sheeesh !

[puddytat]

Did your mate Tama get his bike sorted?

He's trying to get it sorted for the trackday on the 14th....but what with rooting & partying he's cutting it a bit fine!! He's also got to get the fairings fixed,but Duct tape would do i reckon. By the way Wingnut, he's stoked with the forks,I told him while they were out that he should do the oil & maybe the seals too....did you ever do either on 'em?

[puddytat]

Yeah sinful, thats the spirit....we could come up with a special handshake or hand signal like the killer bees, something like this maybe....
What the fark do you need a barge for ?
Sponsorship might be a tad difficult ,but I'll talk to Bill English tomorrow & maybe he can take some of the money he'll no doubt cut from the Arts grants....

[Wingnut]

He's trying to get it sorted for the trackday on the 14th....but what with rooting & partying he's cutting it a bit fine!! He's also got to get the fairings fixed,but Duct tape would do i reckon. By the way Wingnut, he's stoked with the forks,I told him while they were out that he should do the oil & maybe the seals too....did you ever do either on 'em?

Na mate - they were just spare parts. I plan on going up for that day too. What colour is his bike - I will keep an eye out and say hi. You going?

[scorry]

hey wingnut & puddytat, were you guys racing at levels in the clubmans class at all?

or are you guys gonna be racing at ruapuna this weekend?

just trying to suss out my competition lol.
na i know what bikes were racing but wouldnt have a clue who was on them thats all

[sinfull]

:
What the fark do you need a barge for ?
.

Crossin the bloody ditch ! Near two sets of tyres in a return crossing for a van !~

[puddytat]

Yup, I'll be heading down for this weekend, but I didnt make it to Levels ($$)
I doubt if Tama'll have his bike there, but i'd say he'll be along for a look.
I'll be on the R6, #79.
Look fwd to catching up with you fellas!! (wots your numbers?)

[scorry]

Yup, I'll be heading down for this weekend, but I didnt make it to Levels ($$)
I doubt if Tama'll have his bike there, but i'd say he'll be along for a look.
I'll be on the R6, #79.
Look fwd to catching up with you fellas!! (wots your numbers?)

yeah i here ya bout the $$$ thing mate.

ill be on my ktm number 96, n my mate will be on his crf number 242.

im ampn for it man, never been there before but heard awsum things about the track.

ill make sure i come say hi at some stage

[puddytat]

Cool man...im amping too!! packing all my shit onto the truck today , as I'll be heading down on Friday evening after work. The weathers looking real good too!!
Aye, its a great track & I 'specially enjoy the dipper, & the run thru the pothole & into the hairpin

[puddytat]

Well ...its been one of the more exciting times of my life, fanging it hell for leather around Ruapuna this year,a bit of a love -hate relationship really.
Loving in the way of the speed & adrenaline, & hating in the way off the pre-race anxiety & the feeling of being glad when the day's over & the bike & I are still in one piece
But...Ive learnt alot about myself in the process.Yup, my nads are as large as I thought they are but, not as large as some.
That Im as good as what I thought & better than some
That Im not as good as Id wish & alot slower than Id like to be
That Yamaha wont want me ,not even to sweep up after Rossi or even wash his socks....
That having that focus, that single mindedness is Zen like,when you "get da rhythmn'
That I do actually like being the centre of attention , when my mates turn up to watch

A big reason to go racing was the stupid speeds that i was doing on the road, I thought that if i raced it'd get it out of my system.....wrong!!
All its taught me in regards to road riding is that I can brake later, power out earlier,& that poottling along at 120km/hr is still illegal & really quite gay when youre used to twice that....
I learnt that last week.Id put the bike back in road trim & it was my first ride .I popped over to Chch to meet up with a mate who'd come over from Oz....I'd got sick of nana-ing along as well as quite sore from not moving around on the bike like you do when your fanging it round a track, & so I blatted off....would've only been 10ks later & Im sitting on the side of the road handing over my license to the nice Policeman from Culverden
who did book me but let me off the higher speed he'd clocked me at thus saving me a hundy. He said "what speed do you think I clocked you at" & I thought I know what speed I was doin & I aint going to tell you that or Im walking home & it was alot more than what I got pinged at so told him what Id got down to when I realised that those flashing lights were for my amusement. So the racing experince did help in that I know how hard I can brake....speeding got me a ticket,but racing saved my license!!
So I still have a dilemma....I cant afford to ride at a speed i enjoy on the road, & I cant afford to race as seriously as Id like....Murch is a small town & no one'd be interested in sponsorship & the job market is limited ...I did think about being a callboy but the chicks are all fat & ugly & the local rugby boys are all closet Homos & get enough action in the showers anyway....
But hey, writing this has helped in that maybe I'll just keep doing Clubmans...if I gave up smoking I could afford to do more racing, smoking is a certain death some time, as opposed to a unlikely one on the track.Smoking is something i dont enjoy anymore & its just the addiction thats sucking me along, whereas racing has become a new addiction that has done nothing but good for me, & cost wise both in $$ terms & health has got to be way better.
So if yourve made it this far, then your doing well!! Im just praattling on,trying to get it together in my head & to sort out priorities in my life....the risks & costs of Road riding & or racing,& the effect on my partner & the other things in life ,.....do I want it bad enough?

[puddytat]

Well this looks like it aint going nowhere....